The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1879-01-19

Bequently its only true sense, meane tn
bringing forth of oil tho powers of man
soul-intellectual, effective, moral.
mtars the cultivation and development
| in q right direction of his intelligence. hi
heart, his WILL Truth, natural and super
| natural, is the virtne of the intellect
beauty, the object of the affections; aud 1
just estimate OF the truly beautiful theil
virtue; charity, in it's widest sense, the
| guide and virtue of the will. Deny any
one of these elements aud education be-
| comes deficient aud unworthy OF the name
| Cot out of the scheme of your education
| the cultivation of the heart or of the will
atd that which should be so fair and &C
beneficent becomes monstrosity and q
| curse. The system of ed ucatiOn, therefore
which banishee God and religion from the
| school is in reality no education at all. 10
such system the intelligence receives only
bali, and that by no means the most im
portant, of it's foOd-naturat knowledge as
apart from the supernatural knowledge OF
divine faith. Nay, even the natural know
ledge is false aud imperfect without the
supernatural. In such a system
Philosophy. which leant Heaven before.
Shiuks to lite second cause, and is no more"
In such system the heart and will are
left wholly untouched by grace, aud de-
livered over to the dominion of .srepro-
bate sense" Such is the education pro
pounded, and indeed enforced, by SD mSny
in our day. Such is the education de-
nounced by the inspired apostle OF old,
and which at this time is covering the face
OF Europe with it's bitter results, 10 law
lessness, Socialism aud blood. Against
this education the Cardinal Arch bishop
labored with voice and pen, and 10 oppos
ing it successfully che took care of his
nation and delivered it from destruction ;"
But whilst comb batting the false and dan-
gerous systems of education, the Arcbbish-
OPP labored daily to provide for bis people
an ample supply of true, that ia, religious
ed ucation. Primary education ne provided
for by multiplying schoois for young chill
dren. The schools of the Christian
Brothers, the Presentation Schools, and
those of the Sisters of the Holy Faith, as
well as many others, sprapg up aud spread
under his fostering care and loving en-
For purposes of inferno.
date education he invited into his diocese
and welcomed every able teacher. The
Fathers of the Holy Ghost and the Marist
Fathers came from abroad whilst at
home the Jesuits' schools were fostered and
cherished by him the Fathers of St. Vim
cent de Paul, the Carmelites, Augustinians
and others were encouraged in the found
ing of schools and colleges for the purposes
of intermediate education. Iu the depart
ments of primary and intermediate educa- |
ton great, palpable aud immediate soccess
crowned tue Archbishop's efforts. Far
greater diff culties attended the foun dation
of a Catholic University. Fierce opposi
ton on the part of the State, and of some
of our fellow citizens, who are not Catho
lics; the sneers of the worldly wise, the
difficulty of providing the large, yet neces
sary resources; these and maoy other
obstacles confronted him, yet the man of
faith had confidence in God and Peters
blessing and began the work. The thought
less and short sighted expected, and still,
perhaps, expect a great, immediate snccess,
not remembering that the great works of
God mature slowly. A University is a
great work and cannot be expected to
spring up in a hight, like the prophets
gourd. Bat the germ of inevitable success
is there-the truth of the cause, and the
blessing of Gods Holy Church. Who can
deny t. Catholic Ireland the right TO a
Catholic Uaiversity7 Who will assert
that the Blshops, whilst toilng laoorlously
for primary aud intermediate education.
are to be denied all voice and all control
in the higher etudies, which are, more
than any other, likely to be tainted aud
Influenced by the iufdel, false and shallow
philosophy so prevalent in these times7
Ono Of the greatest evils of ouf day is the
premature emanclpatlUu, moral and intel
lectual, of youth, and ibis at the very
time when temptations are strongest, when
passions are Widest, and the World full Of
pride and sin SmOst elluring. SO StulH
aligdndo sdpite 20 ye fouis, be vice in
time" exclaims the Psalnist. How long
will it take to open mems eyes to simple
truth, even when brought home to them
by terrible facts3 Look around you and
behold the fruits of University education
which is not based upon religion. A god
less, pitiless atheism spreading on every
side. Young men plunging into every
| form of extravaganza, luxury and Elm
| without conscience, without heart, without
| affection their manliness lost and effem.
| mated by their vices,-all reality of soul
and character destroyed in them every
recollection of early faith, every lingering
influence of youthful piety effaced from
their minds, and nothing left but the scoff.
ing tongue, the polluted heart, the blank,
| weary mind of the voluptuary and the inf
\ del! To save his people from evils like
these, the Cardinal established the Catho-
| lie University, and go surely as Ireland is
faithful to her true interests, to her faith
\ and her history, 80 surely will that Univer-
sity flourish and become great institution
| in the land.
The next great cause which engaged
the attention of the true hearted prelate