Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-11
THE BEST HOME LIFE.
Father Mccarthy, the Head of the Jesuit
Mission Priests, Delivers an Interesting

Father Mccarthy, the Head of the Jesuit
Mission Priests, Delivers an Interesting
Lecture. Il
Rev. Francis Xavier Mccarthy, formerly
a well-known clerical priest Of this diocese,
but now the head of the band of mission
fathers of the Society of Jesuits, with head
quarters in New York, under the auspices
of the Columbus Club" lectured in the
basement of St. Paui's Cathedral last even
ing. Father Mccarthy is an old Third ward
boy, and there was large outpouring of
old friends to see him. The subject of the
lecture was 'Home Life" and during his
remarks the speaker said:
In spite of the fact that our literature is full
of romance and fiction in regard to homes
am afraid that in the defense of homes at the
cost of lives it is greatly to be feared that the
homes are decaying from us. What was Gods
intention of a home? When God in the begin
ming of the creation took mp from the face of
this earth the Shiny body of man and breathed
life into it and gave him being, he also gave
him a knowledge of what he was created for
He was given all the forms Of the lower crea-
tion. He was not only given human soul, but
the slime of the earth was infused with the
angelic spirit. He was not only to share in all
the forms of the lower creation, but he was
also to snare with the angels the immortal
spirit of the divine ages. God also set before
him the fact that it was not good for man to be
alone. He put him into a sound sleep, and be-
fore awakening He created Eve out of one of
Adams ribs. God gave each of them to un.
derstand that they were created for one an
other. They then formed the marriage con-
tract and offspring was to be the result of their
contract
In reality human society is based on mar
riage. After marriage comes motherhood.
This is the very motive God had In view
when he created Eve for Adam.
In regard to children they have right to the
truth and knowledge of the law of God and by
the disposition of Almighty God they are to re-
ceive their intellectual rights, moral rights and
likewise the social rights of their parents. If a
child was brought into the world, without mar
riage, by mother not wife. in no reality has
the child social being. Men would not be
ready to make all the sacrifices they have been
known to if they thought the honor they would
win would not reflect on their posterity.
In some places there is what is known as
compulsory education. They do not take into
consideration the families that may object to
the kind of education, kind OF books intro.
duced, etc. The people will talk about Gods
Unborn freedom, His natural dignity, etc, yet
they will trample His life under foot. What
ever is done TO the rights of family is done to
the subversion and overthrow of society. The
home in reality is the family.
There was a falling away of the honors and
rights of women by the introduction of polyga-
my and the introduction of divorce. The lat
ter is only thin disguise for polygamy.
have already stated that home in reality is
paradise, where all the streams of love find
their fount.
Why do we love our country? We know it's
the land OF our sires, it's the place where their
bones rest in consecrated soil, it's the place
where our cradle was rocked and our tomb will
be opened. It's strong family attachment.
When the love of family ties grows cold then
farewell to all sense of patriotism. The home
is the place where the intellectual mind nurses
its development and is bent in the direction of
all things that are good. Everything must
have its concentration within the narrow cir
cles of the home"
In conclusion Father Mccarthy said: mo
matter what may be said about the training
given in the schools, the rays of light which go
toform that day which we call life radiates
from the God-swept circle of the hearthstone."