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 faith and  a  protest  against  profanity,  false  oaths  in  and  out of court,  and  all  immodest  and  indecent  language. The demonstrations must  vary  according  to  dioceses. In some places ten,  twenty,  and  even  thirty  thousand  men  parade in the  episcopal  city. This is  not  possible  in  dioceses  where the cities  and  parishes  are  separated  by  great  distances. The Brooklyn  and  Newark  and  Boston  Unions  have  admirable arrangements  by  which  the  dioceses  are  divided into a  certain  number  of  sections. Each section  or  group of societies  at  the  same  hour  conducts  its  public  demonstrations. In this  way  near-by  small  towns  can  unite  and the place  of  demonstration  may  be  changed  each  year. These demonstrations  have  a  wonderful  effect,  not  only  on the  Catholic  population,  but  even  more  wonderful  on  our non-Catholic brethren. When we  see  fifty,  sixty,  and seventy thousand  people  gathered  together  for  public  benediction we  realize  that  we  are  living  again  in  the  ages  of  faith.

9. Untold  good  is  being  done  by  establishing  Holy  Name Societies for  boys  and  young  men. An ounce  of  prevention is  worth  a  pound  of  cure. The best  way  to  have  no profanity  and  indecent  language  among  men  is  to  prevent them as  boys  and  young  men  from  contracting  the  habit. Boys are  soon  taught  that  profanity  and  obscenity  are  unmanly. In some  places  a  body  enters  the  Holy  Name Society as  soon  as  he  has  received  his  First  Communion.

Let us  take  care  of  our  boys  and  young  men  now  and thus wall  we  ensure,  so  much  as  it  depends  on  us,  a  loyal Catholic manhood  in  the  next  generation. Praised be God  and  blessed  be  His  Adorable  Name  for  all  that  the Holy Name  Society  has  done  for  the  good  of  religion  among the men  of  the  United  States!

ESUS, Name  of  wondrous  love! Name of  all  other  names  above, Unto which  must  every  knee Bow in  deep  humility.