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the basis Of morality civic integrity ana high in6
cd ana dlsnterested patriotism are not be lookcd los
as general rule Sufficient evidence can We addNcee
that the State is not rendering service to manktnd
in establishing schools. and permitting rel Eion -
come to the door; and there stop and not el yer,
would commend to your attention the oblis xsion'
which are imposed upon you by your pa ven. s,
Of transmitting your faith to your children, ane
then TO see whether the State aid you not, oS
best you can discharge these obligations The chur
has invariably kept this in view. When there was bu
one religion although human science had not large
scope for the exercise Of its power and although
even the knowledge OF religion might be limited.
yet It was as much matter OF course as food beng
provided for your children that they should know
all the mysteries OF the Christian faith and tlnet they
should practice them, SO far depended upon thei!
parents. This was perfectly well understood. and
at the same time when, from distress or other CIR
cumstances, the parents were unable themselveA to
fulfil the requirements OF education then it happen 20
in the beautiful economy of our common faith tbA !
men and women of the highest education were pre-
pared to devote themselves TO the task-not for tina
salaries that this world could give them, but for tina
who had been brought into being, and who might
otherwise be left ignorant of the divine inheritance
OF faith. They devoted their whole lives to the tedi
Gus and slow wasting occupation Of teaching, and
teaching that which IS true, to promote the glory Of
God and the welfare Of their fellow beings These
things have existed, and although it impossible that
We can have them to any great extent yet ann
happy and proud to witness the evidence Of
your sympathy upon the subject, and the time is
coming, and not believe, far distant, when everp
Catholic parent, rich and poor, will have ther
opportunity Of having his and daughters
educated In schools in which the State may not
say to religion-that is the Catholic religi0nas vaA
said to the ocean-"Thus far shalt thou come and no
further" The infusion OF religion into education
will assist science, for religion will purify and elevate
the ideas of the student, and will make cultivated
intellect blessing to the age and not curse as il
now is Religion will sanctify all which would other
wise be wasted for confess that all science apart
from religion, however useful it may be, is Of the
smallest possible account The State, in proposing
education, takes man by sections and degrades him
the breed of which is to be improved by premiums
from the State authorities. 1t looks at man, and
values him for what? For his immortal soul. Not
in the least for it has nothing to do with his immor
tai soul. 1t values him for his usefuness-he is to
lie useful, rational intellectual animal, and, in the
space between the period of his acquire deducatioa
and his death, by his knowledge and his enterprise.
and devotion to his own interests. ne is 70 accom-
may undertake, and thus, become, through the mei-
um of se6shness, an example OF activity. the
result Of which must be beneficial to the whole
say that the State has raised its soul, if it has
soul TO a higher consideration OF education than
that; and ask, even if the dignity of man ia NOT Of
that although may have tolerated the practice Of
seeing Catholic children 90 to these schools because
necessity has required it, that Catholic parents shoulG
be upon their guard, and exert themselves by every
schools; for experience has taught and proved that
the teaching even Of the pastor once week Is coun
teracted by the unteaching and the negatvenes tho
children acquire during the other six days. This u
beyond doubt, for it is matter Of boast with many
Of those men who advocates OF this public school
system. that it is wasting away the growth OF the
Catholic Church. and that it is impossible for the
Catholic Church to succeed in this country, BE-
cause what they call their republican American eda
cation destroys the influence Of Divine faith.
whether derived from the public teachings of the
the domestic circle They boast of it; and have we
right to deny that it is so There can be no doubt
OF it, But tell those gentlemen also in return that
the same ruin is oyertaking their own children: 4
could prove by indsputable facts that there is fall
| ing Oft will not say from Catholicism-but from
Christianity that is quite percepble in tracing the
progress Of these schools ! quote one single in
/ stance from reliable authority. Nearly the whole
class by which the Protestant ministry formerly
| supplied has disappeared altogether; and although
they have places and pensions in theological semi
naries, they cannot find candidates to accept them
although they have education and position offered TO
them the race OF pious young men, as they used to
he called twenty years ago, has died out, and this
fact is acknowledged. They know not what s to bs
/ the consequence if Providence should not raise up
candidates to continue their ministry. What is the
effect of these schools but to create absolute nd
ference as to all divine reevation. negativeness
1t may not strike the observer 80 Immediately be-
cause there is still certain tone in the country
vague respect and vague reverence for the Bible;
but, then, this reverence, you will find, even among
those who appointed to teach its meaning.
amounts to nothing but whatever you please. Each
ore is the judge-each one is to search-there is no
clerical teaching out Of the church, and the fact is
they have departed from whatever was possibly al
fmative in their creed to such an extent that now
there is scarcely single doctrine which they would
think it worth while to defend; and il they did, they
could not defend it. because all authority is lost
ccpt the authority Of the Bible and the authority
Oh the Bible is precisely authority for against,
as every man thinks proper to attach mean
ing to the words he read. The race Of pious
young men is disappearing; and is it to their graft
icaton if their children thus falling away into
indifference and scepticism-is 1t compensation to
them that Catholic children are involved in the same
ruin? If they understood the question we do,
satisfied they would unite with us by every means
by which could prepare for the duties of civil,
cal and domestic life. those children who, in the
providence OF God are consigned to be brought up
under the faith and under the training OF their pa
rents. Then yon would retain good citizens to the
State and true Christians to the church. and the race
of Knockers at religion would soon be diminished
Then your house would become respectable. Then
your age will become reverenced; whereas If this
stem goes on for half century longer, with
tNe impulses so natural to the spirit Of
this country. children, before they are fifteen
years of age coming from these schools.
VIII forget the endearng name Of father and mother.
and look upon their parents as only their fellow citi.
Zens-nothing better than themselves. Domestic
reverence for all authority disappears with the con-
temptuous regard that the puqc by its great infuen-
tia opinion has expressed upon education; and, for
tl,is reason say to you that thank God that you
have manifested so numerousy and so zealously your
sympathy with the undertaking of Christian Catho
be school for your children in your nelgnborhood-
hope the time is coming when they will be multi
piled, and be at least as near the church to which
yen bring your offspring to cOnsecrate them to God
in Holy Baptism. You must have care OF your
own and especially those Of your household, under
tie penalty which pray God In His infinite goodness
t. avert from you.
Police Intelligence.
4 Bold 1Tief and a Courageous Womdn:-On
Friday afternoon. rogue calling himself Edward
Mattox entered the dwelling house No. AZ Pike
street occupied by Mrs. Hepburn, and in one Of the
upper rooms selected from bureau wearing apparel
valued 1T $l60, and was on his way to escape with
the stolen prouerty when Mrs Hepburn, on hearing