The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-17

never nursed a sentiment Of q mother;
whose vows in every way opposed such
a sentiment. Miss o German then gave
her experience as Sister at st. Joseph 8
orphan asylum, Patterson, n. j., with
reference to the treatment Of children.
They had to rise at 6 o'clock precisely,
take bath and proceed to the retectory
for breakfast; which meal consisted Of
the dryest bread and poorest coffee.
No plate was furnished, and the coffee
was served in tin cups.
Miss O'Gorman then related several
instances of cruel punishment OF chill
dren by the Sisters, and intimated that
in one case, where nun had formed a
dislike for a child, she was poisoned.
Salts were said to have been admins
tered, but she (the lecturer) knew that
child could not have died OF heart dis
ease, as was suggested by the Sister who
had had her under treatment. The
mother of the unfortunate girl mad
barely obtained permission to see her
remains.
Had she miss OG.) continued a
Catholic, these facts would never have
reached the public. A Roman Catholic
would suffer death rather than make
the exposure. Thank God, she was nc
longer Roman Catholic
Would that Protestants were half as
true to their faith. Did Catholic al
tempt to make known such facts, the
cry, the terrible cry, Of "let them be
anathema" was raised, and that every
Catholic feared. She, however, had
dared to make them known regardless
of the vengeance which the Church
might visit upon her.
The lecturer at this point proceeded
to relate circumstances concerning hel
alleged cruelties towards children, by
which she showed that the charges OIL
untruth brought against her were re-
tuted by the mothers OF the children
during her lecture in Paterson, \. j.
They had stood up and before large
audience had denied the lies which the
priests had made with the purpose Of
defeating the efforts OF her Miss OG. 81
statements.
If parents OF the punished children
dared to speak OF it they would be re-
fused dissolution. The education Of the
children was necessarily imperfect, for
in many cases one nun was sent 10 In
struct from 100 10 200 pupils, and
sometimes the Sister could only write
her own name. Children OF Protestant
parents were generally carefully educa-
ted, but in such a direction as to make
them learn towards Catholicism in after
life. Notwithstanding the plausible
statements OF the nuns, this was so, for
the children were surrounded by Chtho-
lie books, pictures, and beheld the bet
ter part of their services. All such
children were instructed with view to
their future conversion. The theatrical
allurements of the Romish Church had
peculiar attraction and charm for
children and the weakmiuded.
She miss O'G) had never seen a
Bible-Protestant or Catholic-durlng
her stay in the convent, aud yet she
was what could not but be considered
an intelligent Catholic. She appealed
to her Catholic hearers to know wheth
er the Caurch ever advised its reading
The dogmas OF the Church were 80
fimsily supported by it that they would
at once be rejected by a truth-seekng
person.
In the converts there were many
beautiful spirits pining away who could
not shake of the chains Of the Church
and others remained because Of the
adulation they received.
She related an incident of a nun
whose seduction by priest had been
attempted, but who, escaping, had been
forsaken by her family and bitterly per-
secuted by priests and other agents Of
the Church.
She had been slandered on all sides,
but would not waver in the discharge
of what she considered her duty to the
community. Attacks-and they had
been made upon her-would not deter
her from the course she deemed right.
Her peroration consisted OF a warning
to Protestants against the power OF the
Catholic Church.