The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
Chapel Services.

Catholic services were held in the
prison chapel Sunday morning. In the
absence of the regular chaplain, Rev.
Father Kassaime officiated. The an
them GAS Pants the Hart was sung
by the choir, which was followed by
invocation and reading of chapter
on Temper" The lesson for the day,
the sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost,
was taken from the episte of St. Paul
to the Ephesians: chapter III, 1921.
After reading Of the gospel, Father
Kassaime discoursed on the golden
rule, dwelling on the necessity of ap-
plying it to everyday life.
God has ordained that we must
think of others as we think of our
selves. Every state in which man ex-
lists supplies opportunities for tighten
ing the burdens Of our associates and
encouraging them to higher and no.
bier aims. To fulfill the mission of
our being we must accept as our guide
the greatest doctrine of Christianity
that love must not be self-centered, but
diffused for the good of our fellow
creatures. In the early Christian days
what struck the pagan Romans as
most extraordinary in the tenets of
the Church was the enunciated canon
that we should love our enemies. In
that cruel age, when barbarity was the
rule and mercy the exception, this
sounded strange and out of keeping
with the savage ideas of the times.
Alexander Severius was so impressed
with it's truth that he caused the
divine command of Christ, "Do unto
others as you would have others do
unto YOU to be inscribed on his pal
ace. and declared it thought worthy
of the gods. Through all its strug-
giles with wrong, paganism and the
forces of evil the Church has constant
ly taught and exemplified this under
lying principle of the religion of
Christ that we must love our neigh
Dor as we love ourself.
The highest law, the law of love, is
the enemy of selfshness and envy, of
ignorance and passion and wrong and
sin. When we obey this law we are in
accord with the realities of religion and
their implied virtues-the virtues that
raise us above the vanities of this
world into the conscious presence OF
our Maker. The virtue of action that
prompts us to seek out those in need OF
moral and material aid, and, to the ex-
tent of our powers, supplying their
wants and soothing their pains. is the
love that is purest and most accepta
BILE in the sight of God and the one
which will, in the final summoning uI
of our lives, bring the highest reward
In this world we are expected to dc
something more than advise and direct
our duty lies in aiding with what
means we have at our command. The
beauty of charity rests not on how
} much is given, but in the spirit il
which it is given. All men admire thu
charitable and forgiving: the man wh(
can freely and benignantly advise an(
!, assist without mercenary motives an(
correct without the severity of anger
The golden rule is the expression o.
divine purpose and the law of life
When we live within it's precepts W.
come nearest to moral perfection
, Purity of living does not consist in thu
singing of hymns and recital of pray
ers. We must act, and combat evil il
! it's lair of temptation and throttle i
with the weapons of right, of truth ant
of justice. In this duty, which we ow'
to both God and man, we enact ou
part in lettering humanity and advanc
t ing the cause of Christianity.
Father Kassaime's sermon, Will
= strictly theological, was very effectiv
3 in impressing on the congregation tn
1 necessity Of self-denial as the twill
s virtue of charity, and in closing ex
&. horted his hearers to view it as pleas
ure as we'll as duty. Services ende'
by the congregation singing the hymn
: "Just Word for Jesus
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