The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-07-12
REV. uUGEuq.
Mastery Address by the
Noted Catholic Divine.
ADay Full of Good Things
1.-THE Black
Samson"

II tie atte1COoE. mrs. dunt. Miss
FIoy Smith anu Miss Brstnober enter
the audience 10 recitation and
sorg before Father Nugeut began his
Father Joseph Nusent Of Des Moines,
90 the ~"Pnisosophy OF CiylIizs
t;on." made an eloquent address. A
man OF courtly Appearance. easy speect
and the power to unfold the deepest
philosophy il the language Of common
thought, he dressed il al! 10 a most en-
PERTAINING and Estimating manner. We
can give but q glimpse OF its beauty.
The world has the highest civilization
at the present time IN history, though
We have not yet met ell the questions
that have been raised. A legend runs
far back 10 the effect that only three
things we're necessary to human happl-
ness-money, education, and more mon
ey. Yet with all our education and
wealth, we are not happy. Vice and
suicide are more rampant than ever A
gunboat creates more interest than the
peace conference at The Hague. And
though our Intellectual and material
thought has made mighty progress, our
happiness is not yet complete. The
common man now lives better than the
Pharaohs. Inventions have brought
everything OF comfort and luxury TO our
very door. Ceaser didn't have a slipper
TO bis feet nor a shirt to bis back. Com
parison OF our condition with those OF
olden time should be made through the
common Leop.e. The Window light has
raised tie log cabin 10 the dignity Of a
home. Architecture is al index OF the
civilization Of the times. An old baron
isl bal. wAs not equal to q livery stable,
according to Hallam. We are now
passing through the greatest scenes and
highest civilization Of history. The way
We view things and the point IF View We
take Of them greatly modities our COZ
c.usioos. Still ROME was materially
grand ard great ia intellect; yet not q
man, IL or chile had sect Ii steel
pen, q 1 newspaper. al electric lamp, or a
thousand USEFUL things We have at the
present time. though We have made
great inventions IL the past loo years
and enjoy pleasures never known 70 The
a%ucients, YET there Is nothing IL the
principles Of art. architecture. literature
and logic but what was laid down by
these ancients and are the standards Of
science aud study to-day.
The first defect in ancient philosophy
is that it was purely intellectual. Men
acting 90 the dictates OF human reason
or passion do not give 9 lasting ciylliza-
ton; do not commit it to posterity. The
thought was not made practical and taken
up and preserved BY succeeding genera
tons. That will lot happen to what 10
good IN our civilization. Ancient civil.
lzation drew from all sources without:
We form union and confederscies by q
bond within. The ancient was al sg-
gregate civilization and would fall to
pieces out Of what 1t was made and dis.
appear; now it is made OF u union OF ele-
ments which are held together by a bond
OF community Of interest. Ancient civ.
iiization was simply motion without
progression: rise and fall without prog.
ress, like waves OF wa.er.
When a republic is young and poor il
's v'rtuous, and seeks only protection
Tor the Individual. When it grows old
and strong, then it wants war and mon.
ey, and aristocracy will seek laws that
Will enable them to rob legally. Ia old
en- time the individual was lost 10 the
state. We have reversed that order.
1ae state now is simply the sum OF the
'ndiv'ousl's rights. The individual il
the keystone Of our national fabric:
hence 9 government Of the people, b.
the people and Tor the peop.e. The an.
clent civilization was strictly human.
cannot elevate himself without
higher power outside himself eee,stioe.
lois the s%ncients recognized, bu, did
know whore to look for the remedy.
Plato recognized this want OF the divine
power. THIS power revealed at Jerusa.
'em on the birth Of Christ was not very
readily believed ct that time even bv
those who expected Him. Now thu
world has that power and We will ENACT
70 have motion o progression. Ths
Of Jesus Christ has raised thu
world from q lower to q higher ciyiliz..
ION. Christian charity to-day lie the
'n'y thing that has not fallen into the
lands OF q syndicate or trust. Christian
doctrine will make our civilization an.
lure for all time.
II the early evening. the band concert.
be chorus, and then Miss Bratuo.er
Mics Smith RECALLED the sudieoo. in
ho auditorium, and II 0.3O RAJ r.