, 1877-11-25
Illustration, let me tell you Of little work in
which nave taken an active part.

which nave taken an active part.
''O:tcn have I noticed low readily help is ex-
tended to the children Of the vicious and IT,
PRAYED. but if 4 poor woman keeps her house
Clean, and makes her children tidy, everybody
says: On, she needs no help She and her
husband do not squantfcr tficir little earnings
thing for their children. This has always sccn
ell to me very uuj Just. do not see why q pre-
1nin,l, should he placed uron drunkenness. I
therefore decided to open school for the chill
drcn Of the most frugal aud wcll-contluctel
among the poorest Of the poor 1rish-such
children as would inevitably become mere waits
and strays Of the streets. After i time | saw
that that the day would come when the children
must pass from, us and be set to earn living
without help or guidance. | therefore cstab~
1!shed in connection with the school place
where the GIRLS might be trained as domestic
servants-somc MS housemails, some to wait at
the table, and others OF the more intelligent
kind to 30 out as lady's maids. L kind-hcarted
lady has gwen US great assistance, and can
assure you that the servants We turn out are lar
above the average They know how to do their
work properly. When they 60 out to service
they return us q little Of their savings in return
for the money they have cost us-but, OF course,
| could not 20 on with even this limited expert
"Thc Cathedral is not rich, 1 believc,''
said |.
'.1t is not,'' he replied, "and to my office
there is no income attached. These schools are
drain upon both my time and means. One is
obliert to write little in order to cke out on
onc's income. But ito not think you would
persuade these poor girls who have been trained
by us that the Roman Catholic religion has done
them ilarzn.''
at is this kind Of se.f-aenying labor,'' said I,
''combined with the solid ground which you
offer to all men Of devotional temperament,
that is making for your church SO many new
Iollowcrs.''
tsThc truth is,' be said, "that VIC are living
lt~1sE
England between thcn-Catholicism and In
fidelity or Frce-Thnking; IN other words, pure
belief and the absence Of all belief, These arc
the antagonistic forces, for Professionalism as
power is deal. speak Of it 50 far as regards
lie Anglican Church, for undoubtedly Method
ism is a power still. For tile most part,
however, the intelligent men Of the
day are becoming either Frce-Thinkcrs
or Roman Catholics, chiefly, believe, Free
Thinkers. II seems to me that more 60 to that
struggle in Europe between these forces, .
struggle which will involve vast consequences
for Empires as well as Tor religions. In that
contest expect to sec Amer1ca play great
part; whatever may be her disposition, she can
not fail to exert i tremendous influence. Hence
it is that, if you had not come here to-day to
ask me what | thought Of Roman Catholic
progress in England, l should have liked to ask
you what you thought OF it in the United States.
l: is a wonderful thing TO INC that thcy are
WnT1d in New York. and that a Protestant
should be The architect OF it.''
s.If ra1holi,.s,n is makin7 progress in New
yorE ), sai,1 I ssit il rrraty ow.j1.r to the un-
f,ilnr T1 tart which has been exercised on many
'asnns hv Csrdinn1 Sirt,loskey.''
"so beiieyc,n said The Monsienore; sand I
know that he is . man of very great ability.
Il. h,rn no sn,'ht tha, MANY ProtcsIants besides
the architect have given l.cip toward Quilting
that cathcdral in Fifth aycnue.''
'u..t :. I.unw of son,e w},n have done so.''
ian' ;,t ~ t,r.,, ;,,tcr,sf m wha1 ye arr do
'oon :" 9,,ar. 10 ,,.,t - n,,,.st;on Of r.
~; ra;;,;,.r - nrannd rrcr' fc,d anl fost-always a
J;a;n,,it Sci Th.f il what is before us here