The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-02


ren,o of Recent Date-A Plea for the
church and Its Prerogatsves.
Las, Sunday the Sacred II, art church
was crowded 10 its utmost to witness the
impressive ceremonies of the Catholic
church. Right Reverend r. A, Gallagher
bishop Of Galveston, administered the sac
rament Of confirmation TO thirty-tive chill
dren. Right Reverend lsidore Robot, o.
s.B.. rrefect apostolic of the Indian Terri
tory, sat onahe right side of Bishop Gala
CHER; Reverend Father +. Derue sang high
mass, assisted by Reverend J. q. Martiniere
OF Terrell. as deacon, add J Martiniere as
sub deacon Reverend Father V, Quinon, Of
Sc. pnirck's, acting as master of cersmo-
noes HHr 1904.
Every eye WAS bent on the bishop as he
sat on hts throne, mitre on brow
aud his golden crozier in hand
The Continuation sermon was replete with
appropriate advice aud counsel, and ii {
kindly tone that marked all his uttelauc
was evidently appreciated by all. In per
soH the bishop is graceful and pleasing and
easily, every word Is AZ Gear as bell. Toe
vast congregation left the church equally
impressed and delighted with the impress
We services. t.
BEEfDICTIoN OF THE NEW CONVENT.
Nearly three thousand people visited that
magnificent ediiice, after the benedCtion
According to the rules of the CathOi,
church, the right reverend bishop stood on
ihr ground gallery and spoke as follows on
"ChIstiau education d.
Christian education supposes naturally
a Christian home, and such home caun0t
exist wishout a Christian marriage. Such
IL the dqctrlue OF the church with regard to
the unity. the perretuity, aud the indis.
so,ubility of the marriage bond. All the
modern notions Of divorce are contrary Il
= &c teachings OF the gospel, as we,l us In
furious to The best interest, Of the family
sad The state,
Every parent, still more every Christian
pascht, should provide for the wants, both
teinpora and spiritual Of his child, seems
almost seltevident truth, The child is
entrusted IN most helpless condition to the
cote OF its parents. Nature itself secure,
the growth of the body. But the chic
growth the most important development
q the child, Is. " us intellect-in its spirit.
ual nature and this growth not coming
spontaneously from nature must be brought
about principally by spiritual influences
Tie truths which develop the intellec,
must come from without. TDey will moi
grow in the mind themselves. They must
bo sowu there by friendly hand. The
education Of the mind and of the soul of the
child must then come from external
sources, from those who surround him and
are Interested in his welfare and
= Christian education must come from
sources directed BY the Christian faith.
Now the most natural source OF growth
must be the home, by the domestic heartl
and iiresde-by the side OF the father and
mother. This home teaching Tor Christian
children must be supplemented and con
tiuued by the Christian church--the Chris
tian school. Hence, we have, three distinct
, yet thoroughly connected sources of CHRIS
tan education the Christian home, the
EDUCATION IN THE CHRISTIAN HOME.
Home! What precious memory thu
name cvokes, What pure and holy 10Y
what noble thoughts, what sublime deed
have sprrng from the Christian home
There did our intellect first receive III,
earliest joysOt divine truth~--there did on
heart expand under the pure sunlight of
loving mothers smile; there did our SOU
grow strong under the mighty influence o
good father Home is the first, the chief
the hest centre for the education OF thu
child. Thus the bishop went ON expatat
ing oil the noble mission of the mother o
= family teaching through her lovely heart re
Iigion as sweet source Of delight conso
iatIon, q comfort proving by the histor,
that nearly all great men Distinguish t
over their fellows have nearly all been sucl
as their mothers trained them,
lUuIarTkN EDurk Tfpy ny TIIF furpru
The education begun at home must b.
continued by the church. The teaching
OF the father and mother must be supple
mented, developed and strengthened by tn
Instructors Of the ministers OF religion, VIII
are divMely appointed by Christ to teacl
thenatiois anu to instruct them into jus
tiCe.
CHRISTIAN sCH0oLs
But will home teaching, even when unit
Cd to the teaching In the church, be sul
clenttoiorm thorough Christalne
What the parents began ia their home
what the priest continues in the church, tn
school must develop aud fortiiy.
The Catholic church has ever been III
friendand prJtectress OF all true knowledge
Her whole history proves how carefully sh
fostered 1t IN all. ages. She established
schools and universities in the daikes
epochs. She made her monasteres store
houses OF learning, where all the remains o
Grecian and Roman literature that had es
capped the invasions OF the barbarans wer
carefully treasured up and lovingly trans
mittcd down to our times by the indelit
igsble labors other monks ~ '
, The.wonderful services whiChshe rendere,
to human knowledge are now generally con
coded even by these who do no not submit
TO her teachings, The church has founde,
all the grea, universities of the old world
that established the first public sch ools 10
the children OF the poor that fosters al
the tine ats that invented Gothic arch
lecture, ana reared those mighty temple
" which are even yet unapproachable Il
their majesty aud subimity-r-that gave
soul TO painting and to music--that pspire
Fra Angelica Raphael and Michael Angelo
Palestrino Mozart and llaydn that eucoul
aged every invention, the art Ut printing, tn
mariners compass, the discoveries of a.
tronomy, thereiormations OF the calenda
the church that iostered these aud hun
dreds OF other inventions of the huma
mind cannot be set down as opposed I
Knowledge andto science. oil.
a., To, those who affirm that the state hs
D Merght to teach, will say--tbis is not
~ OhT'stian idea, II is a pagan one. 1t vi
y natural Tor the pagans whe deiiied tn
t..'N "N'S''ffNN ~ NNihA.
lr believe that the state could enter into III
human conscience and take possession
the human soul. But Christianity in cas-
ing down the old idols, raised up mu
from his degradation and made his COZ
science and his soul a temple into which 1
state, no earthly power eau enter. ,.
"Render unto Caesar the things that a
@ SaSar's, and to God the things that AZ
Cod's.' He established the principle
Il OF Gods sovereignty over the human sou
When the apostles proclaimed that sit
/, better to obey God rather than men tn,
atruck the keynote Of true liberty 9TH
freedom wherewlth has Christ made
49, irec." The state is not appointed TO teac
h. the, church alone has that mission.
The state canpot deprive parent Of Il
right to bring NJ his children In his ow
way as long Us he does not ihtiict an iniui
- on tho state, The father has divi
right and divine obligation to educate Ii
,chiid, and II would be- tyranny to depri
him of Il, unless fora notorious abuse
(. violation Of this right. The state ma
aud ought In certain cases assist the p,
pnta. II nlAy insist that the childrcn ana