The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19

utmost knowledge of the human. II has
revered the heroic in man IN the past, DuG
as the rae grows older, whlie IL VIII
always continue to recognize that the hero
and the human may he admirable. 1t VIII
hold it simply ridiculous when the latter
tries TO put itself in the place OF the divine.
in the sixteenth century lndlvlduaiism
was supreme. But it has come TO be recog-
niZed that every man for himself Will not
dc. Everywhere from the earth To-Day
there is cry for the reunion OF dlVlded
Christend0m. Men have come 10 recognize
that those who raised the standard OF IN
dlvidualism and separation made an awful
mistake. 1t divided the body OF CHRIST.
And his prayer stands recorded IN MS
holy writ that his people might always be
as he was, one with the father.
Reunion must come again; the breach
in the divine body be healed. But it must
come as Jesus says. to make men one with
God, not mere human federation, not
voluntary compact between creedS and
men. 1t must become organic unity-a
fusion with Jesus in the one vine. Men
must not say how they would have 1t.
must not ask of God that they be permit
ted to make the reorganization; they must
rather read Gods will, and cry unto him
Inat as he wills. even so shall they 90.
1hen, when they realize that 1t is human
Will which has been deceiving them, and
that GODS will is best, controversies will
disappear, and there will be no such thing
as hatred among men. Instead OF men
looking at each other with dlstrust and
trying to lower one another in human
estimation, all will rather love one another
In honest obedience 10 God.
"In proportion as enlightenment he
comes universal and the spirit of indie
penGeDce teaches man not to be led by
the nose, man will look at the human and
rneacura nv trU0 measure and then
look up and ask: What is the divine?
Give me that; it is what l need Take
the divine-take religion out of human
life, and you have body without a soul.
Put into human life a cody religion, and
you have divine life.
"The providence has made Americans
the leaders in the advance of civilization.
American Institutions are the ideal of
national institutions everywhere. This Is
why the providence of God has so
especially planted the soul of religion
in America. At the very time when
European nations we're trylDg to over
throw human liberty America declared
that liberty was an inalienable right of
every man given unto him by his maker.
The American constitution is the no blest
work of legislation and statesmansh ship the
world has ever seen.
To-day some men are trying to teach
that our country could get along better
said: No man is a patriot who would try
to undermine morality and religion On
no other condition than on the Lerpetua-
ton Of religion can we become happy
nation. 1t was the presence OF men who
denied religion and God tina: created the
rottenness i'll the pagan countries. against
which Socrates and Cicero cried out and
which finally caused the nations over
throw.
ut has been said that the Catholic
church is hand in hand with ignorance.
Who says that, lies. Let her religion
have her way, and liberty and in Intelligence
will be spread TO all the peoples, and The
uneducated will disappear from the earth.
Where now there is complaint against
Catholicism that it does not educate, the
evil is that Catholicism is hampered by
prejudice and partisanship. In the places
where she would educate she is not al.
lowed to do so. Since the time when
Jesus sent forth his disciples to spread the
truth of God, the absolutism of Caesar has
stood against the church. The evidence
that the church loves and ineulcates lib
erty and intelligence is that in no place on
earth is she more at home than In this
land Of liberty. She asks only to be let
alone. She prays that this liberty will
never be abridged.
1.-THE spirit of America is that of re-
lfgiOus and civil liberty. and the right to
serve God according to oue's own con-
science. Away with the spiriA of sus-
picion, and whispering, and bigotry and
Misrepresentation
God calls us 10 lead The van of civlliza-
ton; let us recognize that civilization was
given to us by the Lord Jesus Christ. Let
US recognize that The old church to which
our Savior said: Go, be the light of the
world can be trusted to carry on that
work not only for humanity but for God
forever For He has said: 'Lo, am with
you to the ends of the earth
More enlightenment let every Catho-
lie respond to this. Let it be the aim of
all Catholic fathers and mothers to give
their children all the education they can
that their children may become the adj
vance guard of the reunion. For three
centuries the church has been wrapped up
in almost endless controversies. But now,
when the day OF these is past, let her
strength be concentrated on the propa-
CATION of the spirit of love of the church
of God"