The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-04
TIE nORNG SAR AND CATHOLIC MESSENGER SUNDAY

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of God. When he came to establish that
kingdom how did he builG it upf First.
then, He came, and He came to teach, for
He came to dispel darkness. And He said
-" am the Light. shining in the darkness
all over the world" And again he said,
come, for ain Me is the Life, and the Life
is the Light of Men," He taught, then,
and he commanded-comma an ded-little
children to 60 to Him. And they went to
Him, Him alone who could give them
grace and life eternal. "Sutfer little chill
dren to come unto Me-" Behold, then,
Christ came to establish. He came to
teach-He spent three years teaching aud
building up. After that the Son of God
mounted the gibhet of the Cross. He had
now almost finished His course; He had
spread the light of faith and the light of
more for Him to do. He must shed the
last drop of His blood for us. All His
preaching, all His teaching, would have
heen of no avail had He not done that, and
He died and gave US this blood, and He
gave the Church her mission that she
blood to assist her in her duty. He estab
lished the Blessed Sacrament of the Holy
Eucharist, witheut which all knowledge
will not avail. If possess all knowl
edge" says Sc. Paul, and have not char
ity, what availeth it7" The Church must
be the teacher and must preserve within
her the Sacrament of Love. And there
foro Christ established kingdom of God
in the Church when He left that adorable
sacrament in her possession. Behold that
school, and think what it is. That school
which your pastor is building is nothing
more than this-that it receives into it the
ignorant child. and labors upon the child's
intellect, and teaches it, and improves il,
and makes it able to fight its battle of life
in the world, and to fight it so as to gain.
1t takes in that child in it's young ignor-
ance, and fashions it and m Guilds it till it is
able to know and love God, and to do so
it's manhood labors
THEORETICALLY, HONESTLY, AND PRoFITA
But that school will also eradicate out of
those young minds all the seeds-Of evil
that may have already been sown there,
and will supply good and noble germs in.
stead. The young heart is carefully watch
ed, and upon the young soul is sweety
and imperceptibiy impressed the image of
Jesus Christ our Lord. The man that is
thus truly educated goes forth to work his
way through life. That man is able to do
so well the battle of life he can fight and
conquer in "a well as any man, for he is
we'll fitted to do SO. But there ia more than
that. He is reliable friend, for he will
never break his word to his companion.
He is safe comrade, for he will not betray
a word he has heard. He is a good SER
want, for he goes to the Sacraments aud
respects the masters property. He is
safe workman, for he knows that the wa
ges he receives must receive fair labor in
return. He is good husband at home for
he comes to the altar here, and he comes
to where the sacrament nourishes him, and
makes him good and true and honest to
his wife, and makes her as true in word and
thought to him. He turns no eye from her
he cares not for others; he turns to his
wife, and is true husband. The Church
knows all this, and trusts to that man to
make an engagement with that woman that
no power on earth or in hell can break.
Behold, then, the Kingdom of God in that
mans heart. 1t is q building of God, visi-
BILE and manifest. Every man can see him.
The word of God is in him he is like unto
the Father who is in Heaven. Well, our
works can guide US to heaven. The good,
chaste, educated man is known by his good
life-he is above all reproach. He has
never been known to do any one an injury,
he is too noble for that. He has never
been known to do q mean or an unworthy
action. Such man and men like him are
they who build up Kingdom of God for
and in themselves. Where is the man who
can do all these things 7 who can grace
even the humblest station in life : Who
is the man who can do it 1t is the edu
Gated man who has guarded the purity of
his soul, and who truly receives the Sacra-
ment of Love at the foot of Gods holy al
tar in state of faith and purity. All this,
my dearly beloved brethren, depends upon
the school, aud therefore say that the
school is the first element in the gaining of
tho kingdom of God. Take this away
take away the school, and let the Church
strictly confine herself to her religious
duties. Do this, and you destroy the la
bors of all. You send men into the world
without any strength of mind or any useful
mental resources. They ars not able to
mind their business, bat much less to at
tend to their souls, the more important
part.
THEY ARE UNITED TO RECEIVE THE SAC
RAAENTS.
But, besides the Kingdom of God, which ia
go frequently built up in the soul of the
child in the school-besides the love for
God and heavenly things that is built up,
there is also built up the Kingdom of Grace
! in the soul of that child. But there is also