St Andrews Seminary - Mapav Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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A K' ,ra Q50 'P lan ' 'L I 1 1- i- -w u - rn , ,,,, .H .lgfiif 'J' D gf' Y N , 1 ,L H p lz, WY-Y -I .Af fivj , v 5 - -K , :it f I-Egg.- an 0 3' 1 , 5 1 J A ..y,Q1b',,': , ,4 izdgaiissis, .X l U Tl IJ Y i v f,gQvp..ib'f1i!i1f3' W-'N 4'1 Q Y'-' ' i if 52 : ' fr' ra mf s-f , ffl. 4 i5N,4 '5 ai 12, lm '39 ' nga 'wif' it mg.. W P? - . 'f ' 1 U 1955 11 I N1 55 at g, dx gf . . . . . ,' ' QEFULLY laclnng is the nation without a Cod. Thus V5 X n G- it is that Russia is plunged into the condition existing ' 'EZ' at the present time, its hour of need of the stabilizing ,IQW-9' N 'f-1 f 1 Q1 1 1f' fG d lfnffft . . JJ,igLQg, in uence o re iigion an tie conso a ion. o o . . 5 'Q -Qi! In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, .:xg,d'1 ., Q evil influences were at work in Russia, underminin ' the faith and ' 1 . g 'e ' ggi, 1 pf morals of the people. As a result, they are easily aroused to a '. ', 5 .1 A pitch of frenzy, and, having few, if any, level-headed qualities, 3, . ,Q glassy. they have been led by ruthless men to believe that the way to Q5 remedy the situation is to destroy all vestiges of religion. In if QW, in N7 obliterating religious sentiments, they are casting their lot not with if 5, God but rather against Him. It would be well for them to ll' . . . . . . . . ' tl - was remember the horrible fate of the evil cities in B1bl1cal times. .gift gf Conditions in Russia went from bad to worse. Early in the T-732' - twentieth century there sprang up in Russia a spirit of fatalism, - 'l I an extreme, radically communistic movement, called Nihilism. Nihilism led to Communism and Socialism, the oppression of .gil X emi. 2 con' J 1 and the cruelty shown to the poor by those in authority led to ,. .wt . .P . lg discontent, and finall revolt. The hairbrained beliefs led each ,y ' ,fd . . y . 3950 man to consider himself supreme, these beliefs led to the break- ' pv ffl X ing of the original unity which was formed by a common goal, .fella V! the alleviation of the sufferings. One thing led to another and sg Lg all led .to chaos. l if yf ' .1 Daily fresh blasphemies are being committed by the unheed- at ff ing. Russians, such as the receiving of new members into the jgggk a, Union of Godless, in a fashion which mocks the ceremony of l '3 1' V. the reception of converts into the Christian and jewish religions. 317:59 The atheistic drive is directed against the home and the school 3'fff:!I1,,w. V thus reaching the heart of Russia. The paper, The Godless 1 One, official organ of the society of Militant Atheists, states, gg, By liquidating the .kulag frich peasantj as a class, we will bring about the fall of his chief support, which is religion. We will 'gig . 5 convert the State and collective farms into great centers of 00 fetfy' atheism H - tw: ' . . .. . . 1 .I The war of -Communism against Religion is being waged long fini and bitterly much to the shame and disgrace of the Russias once wtf? , - - '- '95 lb' ' . gl? peaceful and prosperous communities. What the outcome will be, fs 1 what end is in store for this nation no one is able, at the present R l'5-5 time, .to ascertain, but the possible remedy is prayer and the sup- 7 plication of God on behalf of His erring children. i 1,,1,-elk g WILLIAM I. SCHIFFERLI, '33. F 'iff R 1 , '.'- Y .ft - , ' ME W1 ...t 2. 'fo-iff '1 'sw if ' 9 rf? 1 f iilw -f f lm - ta I 1? p -Tgrgvrx--A xl 9 QD ,, Sk gy-xx, miggfxggg ,uh K ..,q?fQ'j,fS n 5 it gg if-xy . 1 N131 ' , . ,!.?Ql C - - :lp 1 s-arty-mne

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