The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-12-14

Ito be supported D7 puOllc Iunus, tHou
EXEMPT him from taxation or give him
his proportion of the money to educate
his children in his own way. he offers
to subjecthis schools to any test as to
their tfficiencv and good conduct as
condition of the appropriation. He OBJ
]ects. very justly, to pay for the sup
port of schools where nofalth is taught,
and from which he can derive no bene-
fit, and then to be compelled to support
wholly at his own expense the schools
to which he must send his children. II
we are asked whether we favor the an
preparation of public money to support
such sectarian schools, we answer with
a decided negative. But we do say if a
Romanist is taxed to supports school
which is stencil in his nostrils, and
the goddess character Of which is essen
tial to the fairness OF the system, then
he is justly entitled to proportion OF
the fund thus raised for the school
which by all that holds sacred he Is
compelled to patroniz9. The common
school outgrew it's usefulness. and it's
right to exist at los puDllc expense, at
the moment it ceased to give the young
committed to iJ training III the fear
OF God, Wnen the teachers could not
carry on this, the very highest part of
all proper education, the schools should
have been left as the churches were, to
the voluntary support Of the people.
This is the only logical and consistent
answer to the Catholic demand for
school money. Let them educate their
children in their own schools at their
own expense and make no demand
upon them to support any other school
The Temples of the Holy Gnost.
Two temples the Holy Ghost inhabits.
the Church, aud the Cil1 istian soul.
For this was he sent into the world.
Il will send you another Paraclete.
who will teach you all things and who
will abide with you forever" BY his
strength and by his power, the holy
Church, the Bride OF the Lamb, goes on
in her conquerlng Career, gaining souls
to God. Ii }liuess aud truth are in her.
Uncnanging III her teachings received
from her founder, Christ; changing in
discipline to accommodate herself TO the
different customs Of the peoples; kept
from error by the Spirit OF truth; obe-
dent to her clergy, her commanders
IKE an army in battle array, sue advan'
ces III this holy time after Penuecost to
the conquest of souls, to battle with
the old enemy of our race. Nothing on
earth Can De compared to her. She is
above kings and governments. she Is
the mountain on top OF mountains.
Prosecuted for time, yet she is always
triumphant. Guided by the Holy Ghost
she converts, sanctlhes and saves the
souls OF men, This she always will do
till the cOnsummatiOn Of the world
This work of the Spouse of Christ is
typified by the After-Pentecost Season.
She gathers then the fruit of holy souls.
She baptizes and guards the child from
the moment of its birth. She teaches it
her holy doctrines. She guides its
stumbling footsteps during life, and at
the end sae sends the holy soul to
Heaven to worship God forever. Thus
the work OF the Church is typified by
this holy time, the last Of the Seasons Ut
the Christian wear.
The Christian is temple of the Holy
Ghost; "Know We not that your holy
members are the temple Of the Holy
Ghost?" No temple ever built BY the
hand of maui can equal the beauties OF
our bodies. In the beginning, God
made man to live within him as a
temple, till sin in the garden drove the
Lord away. Man becomes again the
temple OF his Lord at Baptism. Then
we should be like the Church. We
should go on from virtue to virtue,
gaining during this season-gainlng In
grace aud good works before God and
man. But there is difference between
the Church and man in being the
temples of the Holy Ghost, that while
the Church represents in summer time
the ages which will come to pass from
the days Of our Lord to the end Of the
world, the soul can at the end of this
season begin again the same series OF
feasts aud fasts, of ceremonies and
services, of the times and Of the sea-
sons of the year, and thus increase III
holiness and goodness, till at death God
calls him to the everlasting glories OF
heaven.
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