The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-02-16

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ity. or to underrate the zeal of those. who
are the patrons Of purely secular eiuca-
ton. 0nr! complaint 10 that the system
which they espouse, does not SO far
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We want our children to receive an edu-.
cation which will make them not only
learned but pious men. We want them to
be not only polished members Of society,
but also conscientious Christians. We dc,
sire for them o training that will form their
hearts,, rs we'll as expand their minds. We
wish them to be not only men of the world
but above all men Of God.
It is our earnest wish, that every Parish
10 the Diocese, consisting. Of three hun,
dred souls, or more, within radius of
three miles, should have Parish school.
We know that the difficulties ars great.
Our Jealous clergy are often obliged to Wis
territory, and with scanty means at their
disposal. But the difficulties are not un-
surmountabie. Pastoral zeal aud Catholic
liberality are inexhaustible. We never fail
in oar efforts to build churches; neither
shall We fail in erecting schools for our
work. When mother Seton founded St.
Joseph's modest school In Emmettsburg, in
1909, she little dreamed that from this little
grain Of mustard seed would spring forth
= luxuriant tree, whose branches now ex-
tend over the leugth and breadth of the
land. =.
The most enectual way of building up
congregation in to take care of the little
ones. Their piety impercsptibly reacts on
tue parents. When st. Francis Xavier ar
rived at Goa, in the East Ladies', he was
tho Christians of that city. He began the
reformation Of the people by catecbising
the children, whom he assembled in the
church. "And thus" Gays Alban Butler,
"by the modesty and devotion of the
youth, the whole town began to change its
gan to blush at vice. d.
feel IL also my duty To- adrnonish pa :,
rents of the imperative obligation which
devolves upon them, OF instructing their,
children at home, in the principles Of Chris
tian piety: The education Of 4 child must st
b child, like softened wax, receives with
ease, the first impressions, which are al
ways the deepest sud most enduring. GA,
| young man according to his way, even.
when he ia old, be will not depart from it."
prov. xii. 6.) A child is susceptible of
instruction much earlier in life than pa
rents generally imagine. Mothers Should
watch with g Jealous eye the first unfold
ing of the infant mind, and pour into it
the seed Of heavenly knowledge.
1exRcFt you, parents, IN the name OF tue
holy religion you profess in the name of
your country, which expects you to rear
up, not scourges of society, but honorable
and law-abiding members I AJAX you in
the .name of that God who requires you to
have your offspring fed with the healthy
nourishment of sound doctrine 1 ask you
in the name OF your own eternal salvation,
and of the souls committed to your charge,
for which you will have to render a strict
account, to provide for your children, at
home, q sound religious education. "f
aNy one have not care of his own, and es-
pecially those of his house, he hath denied
| the faith and is worse than an infdel." q
Tim. v. 81
exhort you also, to co Cooperate as far as
possible, with the clergy, in their efforts to
establish and maintain Catholic Parochial
schools.
And then what subject of joy and con-
ISOLATION it will be to you in your declining
years, when you reflect that you will leave
after you children, who will inherit not on
ly your name, but also your virtues and
your faith. How gratifying it will be to
yen to hope that when you are gone, when
be.vacated by you, it will be filled by your
sons and daughters who will perpetuate
your memory. Aud your children when
they enter the temple of God, and recall
to mind that to you they owe not only
their life, but their faith, will remember
you with gratitude. They will rise up and
call you blessed. Prov. xxi. %.
Given at Richmond on the Feast of St.
Francis de Sales, 1878,
JAMES GIBBONS,
Bishop of Richmond aud Admr. Apostolic
of North Carolina.
HONOR Yor1R RUsINEss.-Be proud of