Daily Republican., 1888-09-03
sG PAUb's sOasOL.
Its Dedloatiou Ysstsrday-Vhs address
OF Rev. N. X RAuOn.


streets, was dedIcatea yesterday &itsr-
noou BY tie Rev. n X FAllon, assisted
By Fathers DSEminRhAmt DonAshv end
Bradford aud semlnAtisn 0oorge OF, Of
Mount 81. Mays College. The bald.
tuR 10 OF btlck, tWo stories high, with
MAnsAFd roof aud ornamental granite
trimmings. It 10 oonstrnoted with black
mortar and presents . neat and attrac
tive appearance. There are four rooms
on the hfst and also on the Oeoond nosr,
each OF which will be used for the dif-
ferent GLASSES. The third floor oonslsts
OF ons large room, and will bo used as .
Ths services In the achool house were
brief, and consisted In blessing the diff
Ferent rooms, which ceremony was / er
formed By tSs Rsv NJ x BAlloU. At
the oloss the vast semDlaRe Of people,
among whom we're many children, ra'
paired TO the basement Of 81 PAuPs
OhuFob, where the prinoipAi services
were held Among those present vas .
deleRAtion Of young ladies from the
Academy Of tho ViGitAtlon. The large
room was pack d, and many who were
unable TO obtain admiaSion were salts
led TO stand Around the open doors aud
windows. The music, which vas ex
oellent, was furnished by the choir Of
st. pAui's Oharch, upder the lsaderahip
OF Louis b Preston, with Miss MARY
Bonner presiding ut the orgAB.
TIE exercises eOmmepced With the
uLAudAsion" By the choir, after which
the Rev, Father Fallon delivered the
addeSea. He said: "LsdieB and gentle
men, tha most religions part n this eX
ercise seems 10 consist IN DaAal~,1 around
the hat, buI Va 49, dispense With that
IpAFt ". a few minutes. feel that 1
love you an apology for presuming TO be
there To-day, bat assure you that II 10
,Aot my fault, foE l nsye invited gold
tonRusd oTAtors, silver tohgup, iTos
tongue, tin tongue, wooden tongue and
long ton gued orSioFs, bLt owing 10 cir.
oumstanoea they w6fe ~ unahle 10
Ispeak. They we're All euease6. There
ten minutes. There are three oauses
i for tho existence Of this sob o1l--the re-
mote, the approximate and the imnb edi-
ate cause. The remote cause goes bHok
70 ths Ar ien of Paradise, ard is found
In the fall Of mar. When Gcd said
unto our AEst parents: 'Fbou shalt
earn thy breAl by the sweat OF toy
brow thtir intellect WAS WtGksnsd,
an ttey were commanded to acquire
by labor that which was Lost By the sin
OF our hrst parents. All, except our
LlTd and Savior, hal TO undergo this
penacs, for AB no was holy he grew
aud Increased In wisdom. With us
the case IS different, m We are Obliged
to work As hard 10 strengthen our In
le,ltot as we are TO sustain the body.
"rhis Is our true penApoe, which Is
rot a. great 10 come cases IS II is IN
others, lost As II is lass trouble for some
TO keep the commandments OF God then
1t ls for others, and that 10 the remote
Calss for having schools where all can
acquire an e5unati9n.
"rbe approximate oAnBe 10 the extra
ordinary interest taken by goVernm mt
to get It's olt.Esns to become educated.
Our common school system,' says .
great Protestant thinker, 'sucoeeded In
making way for the waits and stray 8
OF society.' 30 II began, bat IL RrsR
until nov there 10 chance for All, rich
and poor, and no child bAs any excuse
for gro wing up IN Ignorance.
"JuBt here the State, and by the State
l mean the government and Catholic
Church, come to terms. But they differ
In ona de,atl and win differ for some
time co GONE The State holds that "
have RCoi oislzsns all must be abie TO
read and write. The Catholic Oburoh
hOlds, with all the great Protestant
thinkers and, strange to Bay tnhaela
too, that this is not neoeGBary, aud can
prove Il By pointias to those Who can
deal tntellgently with their fellow man
and oRn vote iutslligsntly aud inteliigt'
hly. The greatest Protestant writer's OF
England, Of Russia and OF Germany,
the contributors to the Westminster
Review. the greatest paper published
in the EDRlish Language, held that the
functions of government are but two
TO protect the life and protect the prop
IeTty Of iis citizens. The man TO AusWer
their arguments has not yet come.
'But the church also holds thSt the
Estate, and by that mean the govern
ment, has no more right to educate the
children Of iip citizens than II has 10
buy enndy TO place on the street corner
for their use, buy balls for the boy 10 OF
dolls for the girlE.
"While the SAFE ard the church
disagree en- this point, the church, with
ell her benevolence and charity gives
her children an 90 duoStlon. Sac teaches
them to read Bnd write, to deal with
their fellow n eu aud TO be honest. The
cburch holds that the State, in edu
ca. ting childTer, "a performing An act Of
bensyolenoe, not Of duty. RsmCmber,
the huroh frds 10 fault with The
State. The church eduoAtes It's children
for charity and is willing and anxious
Ii believes In an eduoAtion benehtinG
Doth mind and body. II thii ks that 4
man should be strengthened in bOtt
mind and body, fer one aotA upon th'
other. a slroRg mind oAn exisi out
short time Ia . weak body. w arr
made nf body and soul, ard SO closely
are they intfItNiped thAt when thel
are torn ssUndeT man 10 naid 70 90 uesa
UThe church does not object to thii
bepevolCnoe on the part Of she B.ate
but claims the right 10 educate lite owl
children and this It is doing ut IA epor
mous expense to Its congregations. Stil
Iit is done Wiliugly, IS an act OF charity
the same ~ bread is given TO the starV
ling ThIa is . grand work, and 1t is
grand thing to hAve sob bools free TO all
No distinction bet ween poor and rich
and this is the only country In God
great earth where social cast Is o
Iiegeled off eo great progress have "
lmade that the great thinkers for hft!
IyeATs havs mAFveled how We ooul
, make 90 much progress in so snort
thine.
"In this country every man is give
the ohauce to rise II ne wishes, and tb
: Presidential ohsir is opsn to she poorea
hoy In the country, God bless the gra9
rapublIO. and may II long be preserved
"The third reason for building t1l
sci DOL houSe Was the absolute imposs
billty OF gathering 60 many cnllose
Into the basement OF our church Tn
I' health OF the children became tmpatre
aad We were compelled to build a schot
s. houae.
al Now comes the strange part, "a
riddle Of the problem. It ls tlnhl