St. Paul daily globe., 1895-09-05
BISHOP KEANE SPEAKS.
His Words Are in the Same StraiH
as Other Addresses.

as Other Addresses.
The other speakers were Bishop
Keane, of the Catholic university at
Washington city; Rev. Father Danehy,
one of the faculty in the new semi
nary; Rev. Father Moynihan, profess
sor of apologetics in the new
institution; Rev. DR.. Soentegerath, in
structor in Latin, whose address was
in this ancient tongue, his subject be-
ing 1.-THE Ancient Language of the
Church" and Rev. Father Sheeran,
who read a dedicatory poem.
Bishop Keane said that in the name
of the Catholic University of America,
he offered a tribute to Archbishop Ire
land and the man and woman whose
gift the seminary is: THE school will
be great power in the advancement
of thought in the Northwest" he said.
Hearts that love human progress
were glad of this event, because they
were convinced that the march of the
world should not get ahead of the
march of Gods church. They were
glad because an institution like this
up to date in the line of human progress
has been established for the higher
education of men for the priesthood.
Hearts that love Archbishop Ireland
were glad, because they know how he
has been and is wrapped up in the in
stitution. We know how ne has been
attacked and maligned by certain
| classes and certain personages in this
land" continued Bishop Keane, his re-
mark being interpreted as a slap at
| Archbishop Corrigan, and the remark
| was greeted with applause.
eve who know him best love him
| host o6Hod RiShOn cane
1--WE also rejoice in the blessing be-
| slowed on the man and woman who
| have enabled him to establish this in
| stitution.'
| For all these reasons the Catholic
| University of America rejoiced. Among
| all the hearts that love Archbishop Ire-
| land there were none who loved him bet
ter than those in the Catholic university
because to him more than to any other
was due the fact of it's existence.
| There was another reason why the
Catholic university rejoiced on this oc-
\ casion, and that was that the two in
stitutions are joined together in the
| character of their work.
The affiliated seminary holds itself
| responsible never to permit its stand
ard of learning to fall below that OF
the university. All the modern appli-
ances are to be found in the university
| as they cannot be found in the affil-
lated seminaries, and by the relation
ship of the two institutions these ad-
yantages become the property OF the
students of the seminaries.
sT hone that before Archbishop Ire
land and myself shall have been gath
cred to our Father we may see this in
stitution not the seminary, but the
university of st. Paul" continued
Bishop Keane. Where could be found
a more suitable one than this when
the time comes for the establishment
| of another university" The true
American is the man who never per-
| mits local interest to blind him to the
Importance of the central government
and whose interest in the central gov
ernment does not prevent him from
giving due attention to local interest.
Bishop Keane closed with a grand
| tribute to Archbishop ireland ana MI.
and Mrs. Hill.
Father Danehy said that when he
| looked back over the pages of the his
tory of the mother church and saw
how it progressed in an educational
| way, he did not wonder at the inter-
est taken on this occasion. One might
think to read some of the modern lit
erature that the theologians had been
| the opponents of science. This was
| untrue The discoveries of scientists
| had always been doubted and denied
| by their fellow scientists. Calico and
| other great astronomers were slow
to pass judgment until they knew they
| were right. The Catholic church had
always been cautious in dealing with
| scientific matters and had been care
| full before passing upon them. while
our work will be theological, it will
also be scientific, and we hope in the
| future, as in the past, to prove our
| worthineSs of the object of the found
err" he concluded.
Father Moynihan said that mans
aspirations after bliss never scared
higher than the mind. The story of
man was the story of his search after
truth. Every system of human
thought was corelative to religion. A
gift to true science was a gift to re-
ligion. Science strives to classify nat
ural causes and natural effects. But
science finds that every patch of in
vestigation leads to mystery and she
calls upon religion to explain the
glory and meaning of it all. Science
leads up to the portals of the super
natural and then religion completes
the work and becomes the guide to
light. Science cannot explain or ac-
count for the moral side of mans ma
ture. 1t is religion alone that can
account for this. Religion makes du-
ty the daughter of the voice of God.
1t was religion that laid down the
fundamental law of economics when
it said: Love thy neighbor as thy
self"