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 understanding of  all  that  is  taught  by  the  infallible  Church. This is  more  especially  necessary in  the  days  in  which  our  lot  is  cast.

Come, Holy  Ghost,  Creator,  come, From Thy  bright,  heavenly  throne; Come, take  possession  of  our  souls, And make  them  all  Thy  own. O! guide  our  minds  with  Thy  blest  light, With love  our  hearts  inflame; And with  Thy  strength,  which  ne'er  decays, Confirm our  mortal  frame. Far from  us  drive  our  hellish  foe, True peace  unto  us  bring; And through  all  perils  lead  us  safe, Beneath Thy  sacred  wing.

HRIST founded  only  one  Church, for He  declared  clearly  and  decidedly: "Upon  this  rock  I  will  build  My Church,"  and  not  "My  churches." Hence the teaching  of  Christ  is  one,  the  faith  is  one, the truth  is  one. This, however,  contrasts in the  most  striking  manner  with  religious indifferentism. What does  this  term  mean?

My young  friend,  you  have  perhaps  already heard, or  will  hear  at  some  future  day,  the foolish talk  which  asserts  it  to  be  a  matter  of no  possible  consequence  to  what  religious  body one belongs,  for  one  can  save  one's  soul  just as well  in  other  churches  as  in  the  Roman Catholic Church,  since  it  is  only  necessary  to