The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-26

bishop Ireland and r0nOnnc2q l16
paper Is one 81 marked ability. In the
course of his address Dr.. Sample said:: q
in order that we shall defend the pub
lie schools rightly and wisely We must
refrain from ldentItYing their defense
with q crusade against any church
whatsoever. One OF the greatest dan
gers to our public schools is just here,
There arc many Protestants who are
foes Of the public school as it is to-day;
on the other hand there are many
Catholics who are devoted friends Of
the public schools. / think we can go
far enough to get over the scare about
the peril Of the Roman Catholic Church
In America. Do you want to fear? I
would advise you instead Of fearing the
Pope Of Rome to fear some things there
are right at our doors. Fear MONOPOLY,
fear Mormonism, fear godlessness. Let
us fear these things and we shall be
placing our fears right. I nave heard it
said thai good Catholic cannot be a
good American citizen. You might
show that if Roman Catholic were
thoroughly logical he would not be.
But man does not live BY logic alone.
Logic is a two-edged sword. could
show you that the thorough Calvinist
could not logically be a good American
citizen. There is no irrefutahle logic
save, the logic of noble life, and if
that's the kind of logic YOU mean, I say
the statement that a Roman Catholic
cannot be good American citizen is 9
Islander Of the darkest dye. There are
Catholics who are good American citi-
zens. Let us do away with such talk.
Let us acknowledge goodness wherever
tits. HILL
81 want to recognize the good there is
in the Roman Catholic church. hold
1t is the duty of Pedestrians and Libe-
rails to do this. There is danger that
we on our side will become intolerant.
The Roman Catholic church is here be-
cause it answers the ends of large
classes of people. who find their spirit
ual wants best satisfied III that church.
There are dark chapters in the history
of that church; there are dark chapters
in the history of everv church. :"
1t is safe to say that no Protestant
preacher in this CITY has spoken in as
tolerant and Christian a spirit on this
subject than DR.. Sample, and his fair
treatment IF this absorbing question of
the day has gained for him the respect
and good will of the Catholics Of this
city.
1.-The public schools are not goddess, =
said DR.. Sample. 'sNo science, no edu
cation is goddess. Are the schools god
less because they do not teach q POSI-
tive theology Silence on this great
subject is not teaching godlessness or
irreligion any more than the primary
teacher who does not teach astronomy
teaches that there are no stars, or the
teacher who does not teach geology
teaches anti-geologY. The silence OF
the school IN regard to theology is not
irreverence. it is simply admitting that
it is beyond it's sphere.
II would make this PROPOSAL Let us
have wholly non-sectarian schools; let
us not even have the Bible there; aud
let the churches give half hour or an
hour of religious instruction every dar.
'sIset US improve the pubic schools.
make them SO good that no Catholic
will send his children anywhere else;
make them far better than the Catholic
hierarchy can ever make their schools.
We shall let the school do It's work, the
family its work, the church its work. (
We commend a careful perusal ofsDr.
Samples address to Or. Burrell before
he again says that the Roman Catholics
cannot be true and loyal citizens Of this
country. II saw said DR.. Sample.
s.that the statement that a Roman
Catholic cannot be good American
citizen is SANDER of the deepest dye"
So it is, and DR.. Burrell knows 1t, II he
is not entirely blind with prejudice.
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