The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-26
Divine LOVE OUR GUIDE
A Sermon by Archbishop Keane at
ST. Paui's Church.
He Points TO Two Lessons of Scrip
ture-The Motive. He Declares. Is
the Soul of m Act - strong APP
pcnI for Financial Aid for the
Catholic University of America.


Archbishop Keane addressed large con-
gregation at ST. Paurs Church. corner Fiji
teenth and Streets northwest, yesterday
morning At the close of the sermon the
Archbishop alluded to the mission which
he is endeavoring to accomplish in this
country during his present visit, namely.
the endowment so urgently needed by the
Catholic University of America. The text
of the sermon was taken from the First
| Epistle of st. Paul TO the Corinthians.
xii lib, and the Gospel of st. Luke,
xviii:3I-43.
These two lessons of Holy Scripture
have a very close relationship to one
another" he said. st Paul teaches us
the lesson OF divine love: our Divine Sa-
vIour teaches us the lesson of the cross.
St. Paul tells us TO make divine love the
motive of all our actions. II Is the .l.GIive
that gives the value to an act. The mere
external deed is the body of the act; the
/ moJIye is the soul. All rational human
acts are done with motive. noble act
done with mean or dishono-ab-e motive
is still reprehensible. Love is the fulfilling
of the Law. Every quality, every fscul.y
that you possess is the gift of your creator
AS the waters OF the earth come from tie
sea. aud the sun draws them up and carries
them in clouds over hill and dale, aud
pours .hem down again in the rams upon
the bosom of the earth yet they all fiov
back again to the sea. So Gcd is the be-
ginning and the end of all things Cci
wills that nothing shall be was.s;.. IN
human life that small space on the way TO
eternity, how much is wasted?
Like those caravans which in the early
days of cur country. journeyed across the
wastes of the Pacific Coast, and marked
their tracks by the skeletons of men ana
beasts. SO the human race journeys across
this poor little valley of the shadow of
death and leaves many wreck upon the
way. We all have to die. That man is a
fool who does not know that he has to die;
that man is worse than fool who does
not know that he has to be judged. The
meaning of divine love is that God shall
be our end and purpose. The Christian
may say I am willing to have my part IL
all those things that life gives, but
would not sacrifice God for any one of
them. Side by side with this great lesson
is that which is given us by our divine
Lord himself the lesson of the cross. Our
Saviour said TO his apostles at this season
of the year, 1900 years ago. Il am going up
TO Jerusalam, and all those things which
were told of me by my prophets shall come
TO pass
THE apostles did not understand this
Many Of us do not understand it yet for
human nature does not like the lesson OF
the cross, yet the lesson Of the cross is
only the lesson of divine love- embodied
in another shape, Scripture says that as
soon as God created man he gave him in
/ telligence and free will. II is a glorious
and an awful thing to be free. Awful be-
cause freedom supposes responsibility.
Gci says, 4 have given you this gift that
you may exercise it in making your choice
between me and the things of this world.
You will see around you many things which
appeal to your senses, which appear TO
crafty your desire of knowledge. Now.
remember that these things are only means
to be used in attaining your end: that end
can only be reached through the denial Of
self.
with all our knowledge with the ex-
perience which thought has given rs, is
there any of US who has not committed
sin? And whenever you have done it what
have you done? You have preferred body
to the blessed command; you have chosen
self instead of choosing God. Adam. the
first man, chose self and see what is the
result Self has. from the beginning of
the world, built up reign Of Selfshness.
and now we have the domination of sell
fishness in peoples and governments, and
surely We can have no more miserable
master.
This spirit of selfshness is exempIiied
throughout the world in the conduct of one
nation toward another, of the conquerors
toward the conquered. This reign of self
ishness over the whole world has-Fotted the
world. and this was the condition of al
fairs which Christ came to remedy. What
Is the meaning of the cross? II is the de
NAL of self in its vicious inclinations. Act.
then as though you were under trial. Take
up your cross and follow him in the path
way that leads to Calvary and from Cal
vary to heaven. Every young man and
woman starting at the crossroads OF life
should ask themselves: Shall l follow the
pathway OF the cross, o. shall l turn to
the left and follow my own inclinations
toward oaif-appetite and seif-indugence--
that fatal path which ends in wretchedness
and despair? Never in the history of the
world is this question so pertinent among
young people as in this age and country.
I'm the last century were born ,he teach
ings of Rousseau and VOltaire. and the ter
rble French revolution showed the results
of this teaching. There is a better pros,
pect for the beginning of the twentieth
century. Nevertheless, there is a great
prevalence of aguosticism among philoso-
pliers and teachers of this age.
ne RFtnhlSHDp reviewed Tue EtS'!itS OF
the teaching of agnostics, which, he said.
dealt with material questions and left
undetermined those vital interests Of hu-
manity which form the true scope of Chris
tian learning. Education" said he. may
be divided at the present time into two
great divisions, that which deals merely
with the material exposition Of the vari-
GUS ologies and onomes and ignores the
nature of man and the destinies OF The
human race. and that which numbers men
thoroughly advanced in scientific learning
and who still profess themselves Chris
tians."
In conclusion Archbishop keane defined
the needs of the Catholic University nf
America in whose interests he is deputied
10 act by the Pope, and said he would feel
il a shame il he had to go back to Rome
with one poor million. when the great uni
versitics throughout the country were re-
ceiving such princely donations. He re-
quested the prayers of the congregation
for the success of his undertaking.
ANGLO-SAXON PATRIOTISM.
DIR. tnn Schaick's sermon ut the
Church of Our Father.