The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-22
RELIGIOUs.


Yesterday the attendance ct this church,
9th al the morning and aftsrnooa services,
r. 4, ..s ss ,,.na.r The :erRo 90 "a q.
! ,1 he New. Di. sunnsr, rsrSsffS report o. .
The The sesesi wsiss he read was taken from j
: shall SOC the ssomination Of dsscistion
ss IL Ike holy pisss, lei Rim who read.
IN understand. Then let those who are in
udes nee to the mountains, and let not him
nythins out OF his house, and let not him who
10 the field 20 back 70 take his COAT 81
Heaven lad ID; Earth shall pass away but my
The gospel which have Just read to you 10
hat which belong. to the concluding sunday
the ecclesiastical year. In II are Indicated
rought before your attention in the religious
xercises which are to be given In this church.
do not feel II necessary, therefore, to dwell
he consideration of the feast assigned to this
ay-the Presentation OF the Blessed Virgin
Mary. TIL. festival, which was from the ear
yenesal only 10 the year 1885, under Pope Six.
'us v. y 10 intended to commemorate the
pressstatson 10 the Temple OF the Blessed yir.
parents, Joachim and Anna. II was their de- |
sire that that elect daughter, already endowed |
y A,sssh,y God with traces so extraordinary, |
o. God. they freely surrendered her into the
hands Of her master-they rave up all the
Hence In her society, in order that she mIsht
kssw God more thoroughly, and love Him
motS psrfectly.. She, who In her immaculate
grace never granted to any other creature OF
His-ehs could then unveii her whole soul Ia
t ssss nciy presence she there could satisfy
ali to God there abe could pour out ber .oui
before her Creator and her God, and her hrst
iafsat asssn,s were TO that Throne OF Majesty
Christian parental They see The reason OF
their child expandingi they know there 10
responsibility or its first youth Into the period
when, having been endowed by reason, Il
becomes thesceforth responsibleto Almighty
children from the earliest period Of life to look
rect {helr children how 10 prav, IL ~ nsy, 81
their nrst soiioitude TO see IN Al those children
are exact and fervent in their prsyersi IL
reason Of that child will have siready turne3
away from God.
God loves the arst fruits of the earth. He
children, and he wishes In Al Their raj Accents
should be raised 10 MIN. He desires thst.t hs
nrst emotions OF their hearts should belong to
deprive Aini9hty God OF this risht OF hi., who
In putting the world before them. who In Ma.
inE from their children the glory o. ne future
ness, beauty, and hoiiness or '6od dcnrivs
their children not only OF the inestin sbic
themselves OF that reward whieh thew ths.s
selves might obtain by beoomior ne .scoad
fathers and mothers Of those children. Every
lion, owes TO it the duty Of exnmpie And m.
duty Of correction; and Sy ips,faetpoa mean
not only that mental care, mean not only
worldly knowledge which il more or less neees.
sary to many-but mean that Instruction in
deeper things; that knowledge of 0oi-the
kUOWlRdR0 n hn IN h IT, tha -
of his perfections and his attfibutes. tbe nov
ledge Of what IL req uired By him and how thew
and most Important duty OF ali, and unless n
10 accompanied also by ex.mple In truetion IL
useless, Tor the child Is endowed with a rever.
to them for exsmple aboye III thinss Soh Wy
prscept will be barren IL example doe. not aiso
follow 1t. Those parents, then, who In the
presence Of their children set them an example
which 10 entirely Ia contrast with what they
teach, can blame the m.elyes only Il their child.
siGns for them. Those psrenfs' morsossS xho
from q foolish love-a love which bss IN IN
more Of .einshne.s than OF real love, fail to
too, must blame the Ives n In future veal,
these children become a scourge Instead Of a
blessing to those who have brought them up.
But neither must excessive Correction fol
low any more than excessive kindness. There
must be 40 equality In all; and that psreat
learns truly this Spirit Of God ttod ia 40
merciful and so Just, He Ia 40 sweet ana ~
liberal. Yet He lie so strict And severe nnt
what 10 the conduct Of the greater mari Of NJ.
rents toward their ehiIdreni Their agst
thought 10 not to direct their children In t,ad,
1t Is to establish them in the world; IL h To-
supply them with all those accompIishmeots
which are necessary for them 10 assume with
success their positions in life Athome tho,e
parents seldom surround their ehiidr.a with
religious influences. All the week perh,p,
they are In school, where God is not heard az
where their duties to Almighty God are not
taught-and then at home this dreadful den.
cheney 10 not supplied. No pious mother calls
her children around her to recite with her
the holy rosary-no devout children kaeei to
receive their fathers blessing before going to
rest Tor the night. Nothing about the house
figure, but the walls are adorned h .ni, ~ ~"
tastes OF the age, and centre table cont aims tho
last novel. But where Is the good book the
ptous resdinBt Where 10 the editying nara.
tye1 Where 10 the Christian journail We
may go from house to house-I do not know
how II 10 here, but I have seen Il elsewhsre-
AND not see one single emblem which RENT nds
the visitor OF the faith which they profess
They Introduce Into their household books
and journals which are, perhaps, to saw the
least, harmless, but many OF witch are nosi
lively Injurious; but Catholic book Dr.
ollie paper, q Catholic Journal will n.vsr 10
seen there. And so their children out in ,bs
street-with whom they are associated abs,r