Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-17

Iui OItH6 glory Which rosHikS W f6tliOn run
being the foster-mother and patroness of
progress, nor in the least afraid that
cannot vindieRte for the Catholic church
this proud title.
THE oaUgcH TEE FOUNDERS OF SCHOOLS AND
UNIVERSITIES.
will present to us a. briefly aa 1 can
tbs work OF the Catholic church during
the perIsd preceding Luthey'5 revolution.
and leave yea 80 AJAX yourzelges If the
church is tbs friend OF darkness, the foe Of
progrcsa, and il when Luther appeared,
thsre vas littsa or 20 prograss IL Europe,
The modern world properly begins wiSh
the eisPr psion Of she BGnsn en- pire and
the oceupsbion Of ita PROVINCES by the
ssrbarisRs Of the norsh. Over 5hs ruins
of tia enpiss thsEs hang, indeed, heavy
sieass 81 sscgian darkness Thsrs was
surely go movement Of progress. But one
sswsr survived that coalG sized highs upoR
aha scsze-she church. We're She the
friend 81 Easntal darkness, sho had the
golden opportunity 10 display her
spirit. What di3 she do!
The answer should forever
silence the caiumny agains5 the church.
Sis gathered up with loving care beneath
ths folds Of her mantle the literary treas
ures OF the past, not only the sacred scrip
ture, and ths writings of hsr own doctors,
but all that shs could ind of the monu-
Ments OF profane learning from Greece
and Roms. Wishous the Catholic church
Luther shoala have found NO Bible to
serve as basis of his religious system, and
his huuasnist friends, Renchlin snd Ulrioh
Won Hutton, could net. have borrowed pure
Latin from Cicero and Virgil
to season their satires against
her priests and menks. She appointed
her monsstsrieE to be the repositories of
the treasures, she commissioned her
monks to guard them, and by their pens
to psrpetuats them. What time was not
given to prayer they spent teaching the
barbarians to pillow, or copying manu-
scripts for the benefit of generations yet
unborn.
Ths church set to work to dissipate the
darkness that had settled on the world
outside Of hsr own ssncsuaries. Profane
learning belonged to she natural order. but
the natural erder Was unfit to guard and
spread it. She came to abe rescue. Itwss
q hercn'eau work, and long ages will be
reqairaa so complete it. Bat all time be-
longs 10 hev, sad she begins, awsiting in
patience the remote fruits Of her toll. Mon
| there are. who blame tho church for the
siownsss of her work; they account it a
srime that the progress of tbs eighteenth
| or nineteenth centuries did not mark the
ninth or the tenth. they know neither
the nature of the obstacles, nor the princi-
pies Of mental development. THIS devoi-
| opment is gradual, ascending from one
step to another step, the latter following
| from she former, and she trst, however
inslgnifoans comparatively it may seem
| being by fsr the more difficult of accom-
plishnsnt. The tres OF progress has noE
| lts growth; it sheds It's fruits III ebun
dance. ne who, With nlight labor gather
them, should pot forget how hard it wal
30 fix lis roots in the earth. "Fhe praise
| OF having originally established schools
says Hallana, (Li!eratGre Of Earopel 'be
longs 30 some bishops and sbbots Of TIT
aIxtn century. They came in place OF tn
imperial schools overthroWn by the bar
barisas. In the downfall OF thet tempora
dominion, 8 spiritual aristocrsoy was pro
vidsaeislly raised up to save from oxlnc
sion aho remains of learning and religion
itself" Ii the capitularies of Charle
raagne, in which the ecclesiastical ant
civil laws Of tbs time are combined, ii /
I.orderad that: "Prissss in towns and vii
iages shall open schools, and in ali CHART.
seash Gods little ones." Schools were at
tached go all episcopal palaces, and to al
monsgscries. The bishops sat at tn
teachers desk. ''Those schools, cathe
drsl and nonastic," says tbs Protestan
Hustler, "were open to ALL" There was IL
favored class; universal obstruction, fire.
inssruction-the notices of the Nineteent
ssntury-Vsrs first spoken in the middl
ages by Catholic bishops. The churc
founded the great universities of Europt
within the halls of which was taught, a
the name implied, universal knowledge
ali that was known. Before the clos
of the fftsenih century sevent
universities had been opened, the greater
number dating back ssveral centuries
Oxford had in 1910 10000 student:
Prague in 1908 $4,000 students and 70
prsfsssors. Ill possible privileges wer
accorded TO students. Instruction wa
free. Numerous gifts were made to cloth
and board poor students. Pope Urba
msiniaiaed in different universities LOO
Young men. Luther himself speaks c
the honor il which learning was then hel
When he says: Formerly masters of al
we're honossd-one Lighted fsmbeaus bG
fore them. It vas great festival whe
doctors wsro made. Men went aroun
the city on horseback and put on thei
best olothss, Al this is no more, (ellud
ing TO tbs days of his reformation) but
wish ths good customs we're revived. (aE
Nichelst).
ZEAL FOE STUDY.
The mos. astonishing activity was dis
played il ahs schools and universities c
ths middle ages. This miAd sweps ovs
the widest range &c thought, and iadulge
in the bolasss Investigations. The ponder
Gus tones of tho masters prove to Us nc
only shsly industry, but their high talen
.hsiT genius. Il is easy TO push aside thei
works With eontennptuoas smile G
menkish Latin aud scholastic subtletie
Thoas Who have penetrated into the wi;
dom hidden in thsis pages speak very dii
fsysntiy.
Ess to theology and philosophy alon
wIs attention given. History was oars
fully studisA and preserved. The 81
naiists of nations were priests. Hum
(Rishard I'D confegsss thas if England i
superior to other countries in the humble
and sxssllsncs % her annals she ia indebt
ed for the honor to her Catholic clsrg,
The missionaries opened up distant II
gions to the knowledge of their country
men and became the teachers OF geography