St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-03
A DAY FOR CATHOLICS.
THEY TAKE COMPLETE POSSESSION
or THE WHITE CITY.
FESTIVAL HAIL WAS JAmmED.

| the Catholic View OF Educa-
| ton = Eloquent Address by
archbishop Ryan, OF Phila-
deiphia, the Greatest Catholic
Orator in this Country.
! WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS. Sept. 3
| catholic Education day" was a mag
niticent success. proving indeed as ex-
| pected, one of the greatest events OF the
| falr. Large excursions arrived early
| from Cincinnati. Louisville. st. Louis,
milwaukee,, and there were throngs OF
visitors from more distant places, be-
| sides the Catholics of Chicago, who
seemingly turned out en- masse.
The day was bright and braciDg, and
the crowd began assembling at an uu-
! usually early hour, as the exercises
were TO commence at Il. M, and the
speakers announced, both lay and cler-
lcal, were known to be among the fore
most in distinction and eloquence
among the Catholic churchmen of
America. A noticeable feature of the
attendance was the number of priests,
Sisters of Charity and other eccIesas-
teal organizations present in the garb
of their order.
| Festival hall was damned when the
exercises began, Archbishop Feehan, of
! Chicago, presiding, and Right Rev. j.
l.. Spaiding, OF Peoria, president OF the
| WoridS fair Catholic educational eX-
| mott, acting as director Of ceremonies
! The exercises were somewhat i'm the
nature OF prelude to the big Catholic
| congress which is to begin Monday,
at which Important developments re-
! garding the school question are eX-
pecled. Today's proceedings. it was
| observed, werc characterized by re-
| markabie absence OF anything like an
! Endorsement OF compromise between
tue parochiai school system and the
public school system. lii this connec-
ton one of the features was an Incl
dental declaration by one of the speak
erS, Judge Morgan }. OBrien, OF the
New York supreme court. warmly adj
Vocatlng the necessity for
-. "EGdleas!ng tIae 1gasses,o
OF the public school system for the non-
Catholic population. and favuring the
present complete separation OF church
and state.
The American Republic March," by
the Cincinnati bald, opened the eXer-
clSes, after which Arcni,iston Feehan
delivered an address OF welcome, and
was followed by Archbishop iiennessy,
OF Dubuque, 10, whose subject was
The Catholic View of Educa;ipn,''
Archbishop tienneSay said: To
speak about educating, or set about ed
ucating mao III this or that science, in
these or those branches usually taught
Ia our schools with Il view ONLY
tu Ills cDufort here for few, q very
|. f,w Years. and make no other pro
vision Tor his welfare, is to
betray stupid. shameful ig-
n0rance OF WHO he is, aud what
he is 1t is to deny practically the in-
mortality Uf the soul and The super
natural ords,r. aad to treat ii,n as an
;iiimai. This is sheer ma!eriaijsni.
From tilr eontagion OF sucii view
OF education and lis Consequences,
ii,ay god preserve our country.
iteiisinh AID seepiar education
Sii0tid not he divorced anu eanant
ilt favored without detrntni to 10th
As Tie separation of 3oul aud body
iiieano dtath. and dissolution, so the
si'pdrat'nnoE divorce OF reiigiun and
Sc'eiicc VIII, inevitably result III
tie corruption OF the latter
i ht. strength OF the inteiIecs does
nos e3i'siSt ia thes@exteht s,g variety of
Its knowledge. h is .SU.iic what like q
ttte. he strength OF tree lies not in
tue size eli Its BRANCHES. the abundance
aiid freshness OF lis foliage. Ii consists
RATHER Ill the strength of It's roots; in the
depths 10 which they have
Strnck Dosvn
and out into The soil that nourishes
then, III their ability to suck IN and
elaborate the juices that becOme the
lila. blood OF the tree and distrip-
Ute IL ali over under the light and
heat OF heaven. SD the vigur of the
ihteliect is not in its knowledge OF the
arts and sciences. III the crainiuing OF the
SCHOOLS. which like undigested food or
excessive flesh, is injurious Or debilita-
ting, but III the grasp with which it
series and the tenacity with which it
huids the great principles that uEderlie
III. that reveal to it It's origin and ues-
tiny. furnish If life anu health and
growth, and on its power to aSSlniiiate
the Hutriment received aud make new
drafts Ior every emergency. Will cult
ure is pre-eininently the great work of
education. Bright inteliectS in myriadS
have gone down To hell; a good will
never. The formation of vigorous
conscience is the essence of edu-
cation. They who Tor obvious
reasons are opposed to reiig-
iouS instruction in the schoo
and dare not deny the duty of giving 1t
To the chlldren somewhere, say the
proper places for it are the home and
the church. This is a miserable Subter-
fuge. an imaginary eXpedient to
get rid of Il difficulty by disre-
garding a duty. Religious education
is not given at home, nor will it
be, for the excellent reason that
parents as rule have neither time nor
inclination nor ability 10 give it. As to
the Sunday school, conducted by young
ladies and gentlemen,a moments reflec-
ton will suffice to realize of how little
value it is. 1t is simply ridiculous as
provision TO" a great work. The best
If not the only good done there is
to hear memory lesson, but the mem-
CRY is not the intellect, nor the intellect
the soul, and it is the soul with all its
faculties that is to be educated And
what is one hour in one day out of
seven? 1t children of school age, say
from seven to fourteen, or eight to six
teen, are to receive a religious educa-
tion to which they have
A Divine Right
on many heads, the school is the place
to give it. Ii any one, fond of fiimSy
objections, should say or think that the
study OF religion in school retards
progress, let him go over and examine
Tor himSelt the Catnolic educational eX-
hibit in this worlds fair. Growth in
the body of Christ is in light. not in
darkness.
Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, said
to be the greatest Catholic orator this
side of the Atlantic. came after Arch
bishop Hennessy. Both were enthus-
iastically applauded.
Archbishop Ryan said:
All knowledge, whether religious or
scientific, is holy, for God is Master in
the temporal as i'll the spiritual order
God OF the starry armament as we'll as
Of the sanctuary. Education, to be per-
feet. must consider man in his entirety.
must call out the heart power as well as |
the intellect power, and educate the
great religious element within as real |
as either and partaking of both.
1t is the vocation of the Christian ed |
ucatnr. by The great truth whinh Ia |