Telegram-herald., 1891-11-06
SAFE GUARD Or SOCIETY
That 10 What Dr.. Egan Terms the
Catholic Church
MODERN LITERATURE CRITICIZED
He Attacks the system of Eaaeatisu In
Aths Public schools as W ell As the
Liberty ana License Allowed
the Press

| thufch, the sale Uuard VI society
The Doctor said:
I'VE are confronted Oh every side
with social problems which press for
soaution. Sometimes It takes the
throes OF a social revolution TO rouse
US from our Indifference TO these prob
lems. Certain dangers threaten the
weli-being OF society. First, the pres
ent system cf state-edgeation, which
Herbert Spencer aptly calls the super
stiticn OF the age Whatever effects
children effects society. That process
which brings an educated man out of
.hat which would have otherwise have
been remorseiess savage should ex-
cite our greatest wonder. Religious
| training is interviewer with all true
| education. II we exclude religion from
, the school room every process Cf
thought Will be arrested before Ii
reaches Its proper goal. The public
| schools only hall educate. They devel-
ope only the mental power and exclude
all the moral powers They are doing
tdat which would put a sword into
the hands OF maniac. Our public
school system as at present conducted
is crying injustice TO the children OF
America. Another danger that threat
en1s society is the popular literature.
OF the day The printing press may
be used as a giant ciyilizer, or as a
monstrous destroyer. In this age the
liberty OF the press is only another
name for the license OF pollution. The
leading journals Of our great cities
publish crime in so great detail that
every modest woman should wish TO
veil herself, and every honest man feel
| IN Il Of uh. 4 N
| his Lace
Here DR.. Dillon-Egan criticized the
| literature OF the public libraries, and
scored literally the writings OF Dar-
win, Proctor and Tyndall.
| Corruption in society.
The corruption o. the iaMly, which
| is society, Is l4so uAer greao danger OF
society, and tle prevalence oi divorce
! Is o4se vi the most alarming and
IameDtaDie condlIJons oi society to-
day. LiDert.InSm Is legalizeG by this
act o. d.vo- c.. y syst III o. religion or
"a irrei-ss ,1A, " nicA we..AenstLe mar.l-
age bO4a attacks the very fountain
head of society.
Standing alonsLde this monster OF
| divorce, We see The Demon U. inpurity
sAow .Ils its evil features. A mother
| mlSht as well strtIlgle her bright and
bioona-nS child a. 10 destroy ~ in the
process Oh ma lernsty."
AT this point, DR.. Dillon Egan told
q story and nioraiized upon IL in such
way Lnat II II were printed, 1t might
| suggest 70 sonlc that r1ne press de-
served all the odium the speaker had
passed upon it earlier in the lecture.
The dishonest policy of the com
mercial and political world is another
menace OF society. This political dis
honesty is a cancer which is eating
into the very heart OF our public strue-
| ture.
We should seek a remedy for these
corruptions OF society. There is u
power that can remedy these great
and growing evils; il is the Catholic
church. the safeguard OF society. Born
| OIL God, Ike God. She IS the same yes
terday. today and forever. During the
first 800 years OF her history. from
! Christ to Constantine. she had to
! struggle against the idolatores OF
Rome. The conflict appeared unequal
but the Catholic church came forth
victorious.
Passing down the corridors of time.
we come TO the fifth century OF the
! Christian era. and see the barbarian
! invasion. and the fail of the Roman
empire. Only one power. mid the fall
| of empires. was able TO withstand
this terrible barbarian invasion; that
i power was the Catholic church. under
Leo the Great. who boldly met Attila
on the plains Of Mantun.
| Vic;ori OF the Church
''No sooner had the barbarian In
vasion occurred, than the Catholic
church was assailed by the arch heresy
OF Mohammedanlsm, but Charles
Martel met it on the field OF Poiters,
and the Catholic church was trium-
phaut Again, she heard the war cry
of the Crusadcs and led forth the con-
verted SONS OF the barbarians to some
OF the grandest battles ever fought
In the world.
The divine teaching Of the Catholic
church has moulded and fostered and
preserved the sacred edifce of tho
family. The church. in honoring Mary
as the mother OF Christ. has drawn
around woman the magic circle and
placed her at once into her proper
place among humanity. The Catholic
church hns maintained unsuilied the
sa anctfty ~ Christian marriage.
Martin Luther. that great reformer.
gained the favor Of land grave of
Hesse bv concedinS him polyrsmy-
told hsr, he could have two wives II
he wanted to- II Henry VIII. Of Eng
larvi had ben granted a divorce there
would have hecs no Anglican church
| today The church has been rrodue-
tive ~ tfle..nost signal blessings 10
mankind. f'la endowed oxford,
Padus. Sos~rn amen. and other great
collegiate centres; today they are liv-
ing monuments Of Catholic rcai.
Promoter ef Esre.tfc-.
Tho chu-ch has ALWAYS been the
promoter of cdneation. and the patron
~ literature. The fathers Of English
iteratvre were Catholic monks. When
the rnonies ~ the ehrreh claim her
deha~erncuf os tho intellect by chain
ing the minds ~ men with ienorance.
she points with pride - fhe faffhfnl
records of 80 o1den tsnae. m show nat
she has always been the patron 81
( sfucaticn. It is common safine
/ that the church dscs NJ wish her peo-
pie 20 ~ educated. became ignorance
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