Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-07-10

which the world is now educated? Who
I say invented it? A Catholic, nurtured
and educated by the Catholic church.
1t printed, do not now remember how
many, but great number Of editions of
the bible, before Martin Luther ever was
heard of.
Who established great seats of learn
ing, great universities, containing thous-
ands of students, yes, tens of thousands
of students? Who, I say, established
them? Who but the Catholic church :?
Look at Oxford, Louvain, Paris, Genoa,
and do not know how many others
Who established them? The Catholic
i church. Where they now contain hund-
reds of students they then contained
thousands. Where they now contain
thousands they then contained tens of
thousands.
! Take for example the great seat of
learning, Oxford, in England, built by
the Catholics long before the Reforma-
ton. Why, in the good, old Catholic
times she had 10000 students at one
time. Now how many has she? About
1000. In some parts of Europe these
great cathedrals, these seats of learning,
have been taken from the Catholics or
they would now be occupying them.
Look at England. Who occupies that.
grand monument, Westminster Abbey :?
The Church OF England. Who built il?
The Catholics. Who occupies the great
cathedral at York? The Church of
England. Who built it? The Catho-
lies. How does the Church of England
manage to occupy she cannot fill
They have partitioned OF aAorner Of the
cathedral on the inside and hold service
in this reduced part. I was recently
reading a short account of this cathedral.
It was begun in the twelfth century, in
the heart of the so-called Ozark Ages"
It took 300 years to complete it. 1t is
524 feet long and 248 feet in breadth.
The cathedral windows are among the
largest in the world. The great east
window is seventy eight feet high, high
er than any building or spire in the
Black Hills; it is thirty-two feet broad
and it's traceries, carved in stone, appear
like delicate lace work, filed with admir-
able stained glass, making it an open
book, treating of subjects which they,
even who know not letters, are able to
read. Other parts of this great cathe-
dral deserve description had the time.
But enough is given you to show you
the education impaired during these So
called Ozark Ages" by the Catholic
church.
Now we will go back and see where
our church commenced educating her
children. During the first three centu-
ries of our era schools were established
at Alexandria, Jerusalem, Edessa, Anti
och and other countries of eastern wealth
and learning. Of these, that of Alexan-
dria was founded by Saint Mark in A. d.
go, less than 30 years after the crucifx-
ion of our Savior. From that time to
this the Catholic church has continued
to establish her schools and universities
too numerous to mention here for want
of time. At the present time the Catho-
lie church OF the United States is found
ing great university at Washington,
costing millions of dollars, in order that
a higher education may be impaired to
her candidates for clerical orders and
laymen desiring an education. Such,
my dear hearers, are the works of our
dear old Catholic church Such the
means she takes to educate her children.
Had 1 time / would show you what
she is doing III the different parishes of
the United States. will only allude to
it. In the first place, all Catholics pay
taxes to support the public schools.
These they cannot use without endanger-
ing the faith of some of her children.
Catholics therefore establish and build
such establishments as this in order that
their children may be instructed proper
ly. How properly" The first duty
we have is to our God. Therefore our
first duty is to be instructed how to
properly serve him. This we do in our
own parochial and other schools, where
the first duty inculcated is to learn how
we can serve God in manner pleasing
to him. Therefore, we Catholics have
double school tax to pay and we do it
cheerfully, rather than have our children
grow up uninstructed in the duties we
owe to God. Not that we do not want
them instructed, but we want them in
structed properly.
Now must say word with reference
to those who are to occupy and be the
teachers in this academy. They are
Benedictine Sisters, all the way from
Switzerland. Did they come here to
improve their condition? No! They
were more comfortable in their native