The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-01

applause I Yes, English history is deception
and snare as far as the Catholic religion ls
concerned. Next we come up 10 tne suuJ.os
OF science, which In these days mas aLtalIeu
wonderful popularity. There IS puonsneu q
"reyiewn that tells OF things which tfty years
400 lhe highest professor would only pretend
10 dream OF, and makes them familiar 10 lne
youpg lads attending school even before tney
know how TO translate "CB ar" But l
have another remark to make akin 10 tnat
which made touching history. There is
scnool OF men advocating the sciences Wno
are intensely hestile-not 10 say 10 Catnoliclly
specially. but 10 religion and revelation gene
rally. They are puffed up by the ride OF ln-
tel!ect, and ore unwilling TO admit anything
that they themselves do not see, and omit no
opportunity of presenting what they nolo 10
be facts most striking when they
think they initiate against any doctrines
that the Christian world accepts or oeneves.
Again, they do not say the same tnlng tney
said a few years ago-a few years hence they
will conlradict what they sey Today. There is
conruson among Them. If one be true me
others must be- wrong, and If true AT tnls
time they were In error before, and Whl oe III
error In the future. tits well, then, thaC we
should 60 back little to the history Oh etese at
attacks on religion. One OF their greatest at
tacks is 10 say that man appeared on thls
earth little better than an animal-pet-
baps highly developed lower AMI,
mai. He ragged about the forest, and
fought the wild beast with his hand8. or
win q stone, club, or branch that ne tore from
a tree. BY degrees he made artificial weapons
of war-he made q little fiint hatcheC, OF
whatever he had. They tell how his dwelling
place was in caverns, In which they found the
homes of animals. And they say he was rude;
oh most rude; and they would speculate ana
and calculate about his mental condition; why
the formation OF his forehead was low the
homes of the skull must have been very tnlcK'
The hollow that received his brain must nave
been very small. Perhaps be coulo oareiy
utter a few words. ne coH'u f ,osG,aaa STACY
Well. IL came 10 pass that IN one OF those
odrn caves they found the skull OF one OF the
olden men, and, for a wonder, the skull was
well preserved. Oh here was prize. NOW
everything was veri6ed-they examined IL.
| The skull-bone was very thin, tne texture Was
| yery fine, the brain cavity was very large,
and, on the whole, the skull Won,d Etona nave very
| must draw to q close. / shall not enter
upon The subject OF poetry, nor on the subject
| nj novels. Poetry know little or and OF
novels. which everybody reads, can only
say that when not bad they are iDJurlous; al
least, irjnrious when we give ourselves much
up to them. They inJure the MIND ana oring
| n 10 state of mental hysteria. Know thal
| tnn novel. OF late, has been the vehicle ol
mncn ,rnih. therefore must respect it when
good and properly used. And poetry ID gooo
and grand, for even the Inspired writer Wrote
in poetry. Until you come down 10 the
modern school oil that sensational noeel
which is upsetling justice and MAKING
| ONT man to be- q man OF passion, Whert
| do Ihey present man as he Should oe
a creature of G)d, knowing and striving 70
serve Hin. Where has hero true sense
| NJ rplIuicas do not mean that the move
should be religious novel, full OF doctrines
of religion; but even II It Is history OF daily
lie. Why should It be man Without Cod
| why should II be world of passion only al
presented TO us! There Ia TOO much OF ina
around US. We need something that Will ni
our hearts with noble, great and prolohno
thoughts. How shall we read! We mus
read with system, choosing the book auo
| choosing the subject. We must read win at
tention, knowing that We undertake a Worh
| of Importance, work OF fculllVatlng our uIgneI
| and nober nature, o wOrk more lnpolIa,mnC ,n u
men than the accumulation OF fortune. Ihel
10 reading read with deep atlenllou-lean ssn
think and digest We must labor lor our cl'll.
| dren-not alone for them because we love
them. We must labor TO save them; we must ia
Dor to save the young from Icing thrust lorll
from The fold of the church, torn from mel
| maternal arms and made impiOus unoeleVers
| in God, by iuterposlng the influence OIL al
! That Is stable and true In reading, not LOT our
| selves alone, but for the country; Tor alter vi
| It Ia but the prevalence OF intelligence lha
conforms to the spirit OF the true conscience
and the knowledge of God, and II Is IN thls
only that this country or any nation can !ino
solid, enduring peace aud safety.
The reverend gentleman then retired
amidst loud and tervent applause.