The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1872-08-25

must be ptetiarea by education, because ttat At
very act Of Its exercise that the Church iupoae re
upon msn, requires intelligence OF q Kind q 2,
which the thoroaahlys uuedacatea man V sSSf = ;
psble, he 10 unable to- act fsr hisseif. .The
world finds 10 the uneducssed maa. N the Ister{
uuius,ructed map its greatest enanJi fes, tsooge
ignorant, be knows how 70 DO one tnne. anf
that thing is, to follow the brutal instincts 2
to follow the base iuclinations OF his pasaons ana
in the pursuit Of them he win set at hoetile de-
fance every law, human aud divine; and We SEP
that he mnkea himself the pest the oanker-~orm,
the great enemy Of society, an object OF dread.
Hence tits, my friends, that the whole world,
the whole civilized world, to-day. cries out far
education. The Churchmau, the statesman, the
priest, the philosopher and Protestant
-alt alike cry out we must educate, We cannot
live in society, society cannot exist. without
edueatiou. Aud they are right. For II We
| could imagine time when men were thorougny
and completely uninstructed, then we imagine
| that there was Q time when human society was
an impossibility because the essence OF that 30
ciety is intercommunication. The statesman
| and the chnrcbman alike declare that we most
educate. And they approach this question 'et
4 The statesman has his own views Of education;
the Christian mon outside the pale Of tho Catho-
lie Church, he, too. has his view Of education;
and the Church has her view Of education.
want 70 put these three before YOU IN otuss 1nu'
1 may vindicate the action OF our Holy Mothef'
| the Church to show you that she alone under.
: s,sads tue meaning of thpt mueh,stu,ed word
All aokno~ledge The evil of ignorance; all
acknowledge it is the root and source Of all evil
: ln society First comes the statesman. and he
e saws: IL will educate" And he builds up his
y common schools and his colleges. He says to
It the Catholic bishop "Stand aside. 1on have
e no right to educate the children" And he says
If to every man II will have no fixed form OF re-
" lieious belief! Stand aside you are only secta-
;" rams am prepared to admininter IN unsec'a-
ID rian education" Unsectarian education N6at
ct does this mean my friends? 1t means, In plain
v, Englisb. teaching without God l wish you
- above everything else, to remember these three
Is words when you read political pa iph els. when
ed Won hear political speeches, when you bear mel
a. talking about this glorious land af America tht
ly spiendof of the country OF Eoglnnd, the enNght
W, enment and wonderful intelligence e our ase
lai ing without God (applause) And now, retiec
lily little, my friends, upon what this means- NV
ed read in the Scriptures that st. Paul said: .Th
nal world has committed crimes such as al
ley ashamed to mention"-and turning 70 the Cnri'
,ct tiaus. he said .'let them not be as much Il
us- named amongst you." They must learn. becaus
nre God cave them will and intelligence. The Stat
,ill. refuses. to put God in their knowledge. Fo
nks msrly, they taught without God. Tue .wor
all, was not uneducated when Christ came. "
i ut dear mol The schools at Athens md the schoo
lie. in Rome we're as fiourishiug as any that we ha'
rea. to day. No doubt among the children th
and were educated at Rome and Athens there we
Il nh;losouhers and writer's as enlightened as 81
ami that we have to-day-poo-p p9ohios me aaea
tes mon the earth, He told them that they mt
h;s cbanoe. that they must t'ach aheir ehildr
al Something about God. And they said: "Il
or man. indeed, raises few from the dead;
De- opens the eyes Of the blind He heals me sl
re Of and the paraiyzed and lie WORKS many strar
aonl. m;rac ces that we cannot understand ior this
;,s the language of that Christ who tells US we m
- 'ahis teach our sons about Col" And they answt
. the the Son of God, eighteen hundred years q
ms to pretty much in the ssme % way ss tne unseS. 60
y - structne without God7s Wbat is the meaning
ms, the word educate 1t is derived from two La
mhst words name!y, eI and duco, to lead iorth' 10
ar 10 ncate. or a. the true derivaiion has it, 10 Or
rt is out all that is in that child That child is th
~ for before YOU, u child of seven that child mas
" ~ are hecun,e msn that ohdd is the father OF
cor man that is to be in twenty years time.
~ ,he to educate means to briog out IN that 20
horn mind oil that is necessary to make the man.
l., or | ak you Christian men, can thaL man DC
~ .ud I broupht out in the child without God! Ed
ton If it is to make the man, if it Is to bring
\ ~ - = all the mowers that are in him. must train
~ aa IN in the two great sources, the education oi
=" :. Ma head and the education OF the heart, the
in the great powers ., .ne ma ~ tha Stote mean.
~ s'S IVY educate the mind 1t gives the mind every
s food Of human knowledge. 1t teaches the mnd g
efHn. % ery, history. electricity, mathe geol
anI everything else; but no, WORD "a. auon, ,ouo
in this at ALL Not a.Word o. aIu unnIsSse Of Coz
mighty The science ol Gvu' " a LnowIedge which
oitary child mus; hear He must ,na have e,;S no
a.. h;. ceync every form Of hum.rn knowledge
",nns ,Ur u heart Is hardening every day more and
lie bur- the ha does Of os uppss sass the
OF only tion tor every lor' " ,a;n.a of devine k
Now, and SIN. Nos'a snislI Ind nothinp
ID The the knowledge of this world-human knowi
,ahle nf Itself human, it is vain, say Aud you
TaEe - not Catholics, would still ask these men
=. havs pretend to teach without God, tell me- as
csn.hle 80 wish only TO teach human knowledge thu
fpr ali Guiding Cod. then you wish to teach n ms
10 ia in And 10 teach history you must come 10 tae
d. He tain head of history, and there you nn H
-. Re. creating God. Viii yeu exclude this ~ II
Iolched teach the prostsss % nssrry,iog provid.n
snce Of Cod, guiding and shaping all things. W. y;
EXCLUDE il, aSd preteu1 teach that chid ni
hN n