, 1880-09-13
IN Able Sermon Morality and Its
Incentives"
farewell Sermon Of tho 1sot. G. L.
Lester to tho Hytle.Parkers.
pisty at Home aud It's Aid In Developing
Character.
faying Of the CORNERSTONE Of All saints'
Catholic Church.
MOIlALITY.

thu Central Cnurcu,-nGW Ml16lC-HAlls There
xas At, enormous audience, aud the Professor
tas received with every manifestation Of
p|casllro and delight, Ills sermon was as fol-
loTt; .....
"Whu will show us nny gOb1."-F91lrn6, IT,, O.
Although tho slnfuincss VI fnnn Ii prlmD
doctslne in all 0tir forms Of religion, md f.lct
faly mites trl by OUR observation nru oven cts
perIcnee. yet tho rtrtNc Df tnRn 10 also Il faut,
ind Is ont Of tho most sstme Of spcctdcics. III
the myriad species Of living creatures that ec-
capy nnd, and air, md sca, there ID ono that
.erlsntes itself from tho tnlnit swarms and
varieties Dr tho quality Of righteousness. nrutes
obey tho Htmple Inv OF forco. A temporary In
snct will ieul tho lower forms OF ltfo to o kind
Or Just toward tllclr helpless Offspring.
Tte lloncss or ttgreas Will die fnhtink
far her young; tho polar bcar, wheit sho
md Ier ctIl,s oro overtakon by tho spcnrinan OF
the North. will tak0 >hor ctibs in her arms and
lirn her back to Tho foe rs though to mako
.hIcll Of her body. Tho Etigttsh wuoicook,
alarintsl In tho mnrsh by MI enemy, wilt iIy avIiy
carrying one or two Ut her young between her
feet. Hut this instinct Ia Temporary. Man nlono
has tho perpetual principle Of mercy hnd JUS
ticc. All along, frthn his childhood to his old
sgc he' settl loving ansl developing, and oboy.
fly the sentiment Of right. III the tlecIpherod
recpnIs Of tic most reulote times we rend tho
xorls of Justice, and mark thnt not oven old
Egypt or old Persia could find any poetry or
ptasc SO becoming tho dignity OF monument
ot the solen,nfty Of tomb iii the poetry or
praise Of Write. It Is anoug tho most common
Of MI lanonts that thoro aro few honest inch,
did that history can point to hut oha SOUL TINT
revealed mn Sin, hut It IA In truth an atnazing
i, righteousness. - II we should asss,;io
.1 Ss SSns sset Ct o1 i10 an nataps's aa as R ,
ground OF wonder that be lIas bccuuo nb]u 10
pass from tllo rulo Of force to tfn empire Of
mo1ai!y f imt Us ,nGi.irG wnt nro and ,shnt
:t4.na n Of npra!s. Admitting thAt h,snat H.
teg.My, Gt vstlG nt; or rghteousness Ma 'efectiye
aeeoratct, by much Of tlIs n,oral go@ ncsa. md
a,'S9 sS9a 14 m IT. study y Hsk by what
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70 no good suddenly. Ills. honsr. bis Language,
hs arts' us unjust inGnts, faye MI been llil't 4p
~ beneath ,!'a sci. There II nc no % roason r f1r
lapposlnR. tlat mnti,' whcn ho cttn0 from
posoria as aS's ecnso DR h,s Ss' Gosaesso my
seIa nnilc aid whnt dsssrseoruI. Tho iUi, i,ibie,
IT, ue rcyeas ., a m IL, wS 'aa t r y
great weakness u VIII and n painful want OF In
formation As ~ tho lawful and tho. umlLwful tn
facility with which Adm followed her lcnt,ing
and example, tho most, pttiable and set,sclcss
ar @sr hsst Of Az " h" maka te bc
mankind are tho rpatllt, not oY miraculous
stt n tl,o morning Of mans life, li, Of long
descendants, As tho lliL!o contllns n Rrnwta Of
sfs1f Ss s nd aosps sfss e. Gnrs s eS' e s H %sfs S
RsiSs'y ss ,sn ssen trSn the hIE6is q s Esw es,s