Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-07

but rather the reverse. For us, there
fore, it is as unnecessary to protest and
whine about our loyalty as it is for an
honest man to put a placard on his
hat while going through the public
streets informing passers-by that he is
honest. Only let the dark hour the
hour of need, come to this glorious re-
public and these assembled here and
those to be educated here, will show
without prating what loyal citizen is!
Every brick laid, or to be laid, in this
school building is proof OF conscience
and of sacrifice! Every joist and win
dow frame is eloquent of sacrifice and
the spirit of sacrifice. The Catholics
of this district first pay into the COM
mon fund for the general purposes Of
education, and go down into their pock-
cts once again to secure the kind Of
education which their conscience tells
them is the best for their children!
Your devoted and beloved pastor has
brought this event Of to-day about by
sacrifice of effort, and zeal, and money.
You know what he is to you without
my charging upon that topic. This
school viii be built and maintained by
private contributions. every dollar of
which represents the spirit of sacrifice
and the ennobling strength of a right
conscience. The lives of the teaching
body here are lives of constant sacri-
fee. They will give up everything
that life holds dear in the great cause
of enlightening others unto justifica-
ton.
1t may be objected by some that you
can have too much religion in the
schools, and that the proper instrument
for religious training is the Sunday
school, with its half hour or more of
purely religious instruction. That is
exactly the point of departure between
ourselves and our brethren who differ
from us. What, Treat religion, mans
highest and noblest interest as we
treat our Sunday clothes? Array our
selves in them for one brief day and
then consign them to the oblivion OF
the wardrobe or the trunk, Who ever
heard of bringing a beautiful flower to
perfection by exposing it to the action
Of the sun for half an hour once
week? Or of developing child into
stalwart man by giving 1t one good
meal on Sunday? No, my friends, be-
,ieve me there must be an atmosphere
of religion in which to breathe all the
hours of all the week in order TO pro-
duce stalwart Christians. The child
TO grow to the perfect man must be
saturated with the principles of the
gospel. the maxims of Jesus Christ, the
examples of the saints, the beauty of
holiness. the fleeing nature OF this
DOOR world and the eternity to come
These things are of the essence Of true
Christian training. Without them
there is no real education, but they can
co-exist with, or rather tend to pro-
duce. excellence Of Intellectual train
ing.
If these principles were instilled in
TO the hearts of all our little ones and
youths. what a transformation would
they not produce. Then we should
have less of the mad race after wealth
-,ess of the discomfort of the lowly
and the poor. Our newspapers would
not be annals of dark crimes, our lit
erature saturated with filth. Then
would the spirit of Christ be abroad IN
the land and this fair republic would
not hold such numbers of highly intel
lectual scoundrels. The heart would
count for something and the brain
would not monopo,ize the efforts oil
teachers of youth. Yes, my friends
the old ways and ideas are true, and
have not only produced the greatest
heroes. but developed the mightlest IN
tellects of all time.
The Bishop concluded by invoking
the benediction of heaven upon the
rev school. its teachers and its pupils.
He hoped for the spirit of harmony
and federation among all classes OF
citizens even in the midst of radical
differences as to religious belief, which
differences have never been found to
he removed by acrimonious contro-
versv. eve should all" he exclaimed,
"recogoize the brotherhood of Christ
and the fatherhood of God. and with
one accord upheld the purity of home
tbe elevation Of the standard of morals
and devotion to our country and our
God"
The Mullen Division of tae
A. O. II. had beautifui
new American banner which the Bish-
Cd intended to bless, but as the color
nearer was not present at the specified
moment this interesting ceremony was
deferred. The clergymen from out OF
town present we're Fathers McMeni-
men of Benwood Weigand, OF Bridge
mort. and Paquin, of Elm Grove.
FEAST OF sHABoUTH.