The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-06
HNfrs. Dr.J. B. Dunn and her daughter, Miss
Irene, of shakopee, visited Minneapolis this
week, and after q pleasant time with friends
here returned home on Thursday evening.
70 OUR SISTERS,
A Correspondent Would Open a Series Of

Ii Conversations With Them.
) The nobIest trait Of character in tia,
J. young American is his Jealous guardian
ship of his sisters In NO other way
!. Lean q youth so distinctly and surely
show that he Will be a perfect gentle
9 man than by his conduct in the home
\ OF his parents, his respect and love fol
"a his mother, his devotion, reverence anG
: veneration for his father, his manly de
neanor towards his brothers, and
above all, the pride he takes in his sis
! ters and his willingness to stand up al
ways and defend them when they are
Il right, and affectionately adnonishing
them when they show any semblance
'of wrong. This is the conduct of q
noble and heroic youth towards his ma
tural sisters, but what should be our
conduct towards our supernatural SIS
i tiers The beautiful and virtuous women
!, Of the Catholic Church? Those whom
Christ calls His sisters; those who have
/ always elevated the mind, beautitied
!, the body and equalized the daughters OF
Eve, with the sons Of Adam; in short,
1 elevated and maintained womanhood to
/ the exalted position intended by the
Creator, namely, to be loving sisters,
/! faithful wives and affectlonate mothers.
i As we intend to have a series Of CON
versations with all our sisters of the
Catholic Church who read the indis-
pensab!e STANDARD, we will, in this
issue. only include our young lady sis
tiers, or those whom we will term mar
riagable.
/ AS you are not acquainted with us,
dear sisters, it may be well to explain
to you the kind Of love we entertain for
you, and how we are not saying too
/ much when we say it is the noblest, the
! highest and most disinterested that
ever actuated the human heart, the
! love of our Creator, of course, always
excepted The love Of parent for a
child is natural, even the lower
animals love their offspring.
The childs love for his parent,
together with being naturak
| is dependent, for is he not indebted to.
his parent for his very existence? and
the child who does not love his parent
is unnatural, uDgrateful and even Grim
inal. The love of brother for sister
and vice versa is also natural, and is
strengthened By the close companion
ship of youth. The love of a lover for
his or her betrothed is fed for the most
part by a desire of one to possess the
other and consequently is selfish and
very often foolish and even criminal.
and should never be allowed to usurp
common sense. The love of husband
and wife is indeed holy, but it is nee
assaly to each others happiness, and if
it is mutual and unselfsh, it will beau
tify the home, support the State and
people heaven.
Then, dear sisters, we trust you will
take our advice, as big h.r5Attnier, know
Ing how unseltish we are, and that it is
really your own happiness we have at |
heart. not our own aggrandisement.
Now, dear sisters, we know you are
beautiful, and the very fact OF your be-
ing children Of Catholic ancestors |
brings you an hereditary and indelible
mark Of real innocence, which is the
most essential characteristic of the
true lady. This innocence is depicted
on your CONTINGENCIES; it is noticeable
in your manners; it is treasured by
your look; it is demonstrated by your
smile; it is evinced by your laugh and
substantiated by your whole bearing.
Remember that this indescribable in
nocence Is not your own; it is not ma
tural; it cannot be assumed; it will not
come of itself; it can be very easily con-
taminated by the filthy monster, Sin,
and it cannot be regained very easily
when once lost. 1t is |
as yisable in the homeliest and most
common place countenance as in the
most lovely and lady-like. 1t is this In
nocence, dear sisters, combined with
your matchless purity, which makes
you sought after by emissaries OF the
devil, or young men who call them
selves gentlemen, butwho are in reality
wolves in sleeps clothing; wolves, nay
far worse than wolves, deadly poison
us snakes who would not only sting
aud pollute your chasre bodies by their
vile presence and animal affections, but
would drag you, with your posterity, to
eternal perdition. Beware of them,
dear sister, they will eontamnate you
they will remove that sacred innocence
from your eountenance by their coy
manners and smooth behavior, which I
is only guise of the enemy. They in
spire in you disrespect for your
brethren in Christ who may not be as
fortunate in this worlds goods or have
as much leisure for 'self-culturen and
dudish manners, but in manly worth T
and virtue of body of mind, soul aud
intellect. They are as far removed as
descending is from ascending; in short,
rs far as right is from wrong.
In our next discourse we Will plainly |
show you how you can use those &C
complishments in securing yourselves
the lover of your choice with credit to
yourselves, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to the |
Church of God and the publication of |
society Bic BROTHER.
Coral and Coral Islands was the |
subjec, of a fine lecture given recently
at Loyola College, Baltimore, by the
Rev. Father McGolrick. s. j.