St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-04
The Rev. Father McGolricks Able Sermon
on the Church and Its Early
History.
Some More of McLean's Vagaries---The
Commercial Page in Modern
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Real Estate of a Year--The Market
at Present--A Glimpse at the
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A Magistrate Put or the Motor--Ire-
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THE CHURCH DEFENDED.
Rev. McGOIrick shows How II MUIR
Iured Science and Literature.

Rev. McGOIrick shows How 1t Nur-
tured Science and Literature.
In spite Of the severe snow storm large
congregation assembled last night at the
Church of the Immaculate Conception TO
hear Rev. James McGolrick preach the con-
tinuance of a series of lectures Oh the Cru
sades. The last one ended with the termi-
nation of the pontifical reign of Pope Greg
DRY, and the lecturer took up the thread
there, giving rapid glance at the state OF
Europe at that time. He touched upon the
deyastations of the Northern barbarians,
who overran Central and Southern Europe
and how the church, through its civiliZing
influences, restrained their impetuosity by
sending out eminent preachers to proclaim
peace coming from religion. He told of
the preaching Of Peter, the hermit, and OF
the successful crusade OF Godfrey OF
BOuillon, who refused TO wear CIVIC crown
where the Savior mad worn crown OF
thorns. Incidental to this was a short
sketch of Mahomet and the tenets OF his
faith. pronouncing it religion Of sensuality.
An interesting portion here was
devoted to the literature of the times of
Pope Hildebrand, who encouraged the
founding of schools, in which were taught
what were known as the seven liberal sci
ences, including algebra arithmetic and the
ordinary branches of to-day, besides music
and painting. Monasteries and various
eleemosynary institutions sprang up at this
time, and especial care was taken in the
bringing up of children. The church was
not responsible for whatever of ignorance
prevailed, as it did its utmost to provide ed
ucation as much as could be done before the
art of printing was discovered. In this age
the mariners compass was invented and the
arts fiourished under the benefcent intiu-
ence of the church. and the feudal system
received its first paralyzing blow III the free
ing of all retainers who participated in the
war.
Coming down to the seventeenth century
he spoke of what he said should be called
the Defamation, instead Of the Reforma-
ton, and quoted Hallom to show the work
done by the monks educationally, and drew
attention to the foot-notes, in which Hal
lom
CORRECTED THE ERRORS
in the early edition of his work on the Mid
die Ages. He quoted Maitland, the English
Protestant writer, to show the monasteres
were the repositories of learning and the
nurseries of art and science. Notwith-
standing this testimony there are yet So
called historians who misrepresent the
work of these monks, call them lazy and
vicious, and who still misname these
times the dark ages and thus continue to
defame the church. But truth must neces-
sarily prevail, the church can do no evil and
could not possibly tell a falsehood. even for
the salvation of Kingdoms. 1t has outlived
these caumnies, and it is gratifying to find
those who once were the church's enemies
are now its friends by writing truthfully.
In the course of this series Father McGol-
rick will take up the Spanish inquisitiOn to
show the church was not responsible for the
evils and prosecutions attributed to the in
QUESTION. He said it would be easy to
show the illiberality and prosecuting spirit
of the Puritans in the East If he felt so dis
posed, and read one instance showing how
Mary Dyer, Quakeress, was expelled from
Massachusetts, and fled to Rhode Island for
protection, being accompanied by two men,
Robinson and Stevenson, who. upon their
return afterward, were executed because of
holding different religious opinions from the
Puritans. Gov. Endicott was urged by
minister named Wilson to hang the persons
named. He would not comment. he said,
further than to say this outrage was perpe-
trated several centuries after the inquisi-
ton. The lecture was interesting and was
heard with profound attention.