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 10 Two Lessons of scrip
ture-The Motive, He Declares. Is
the Soul of nm Act - strong APP
pcnI for Financial Aid for the
Catholic University of America.

Archbishop Keane addressed a large con
| gregation at st. Paurs Church. corner Fiji
I teenth and Streets northwest. yesterday
morning Al 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:31-43.
! These two lessons of Holy scripture
/ have 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 j. the .Y.Ggive
that gives the value to an act The mere
external deed is the body Of the act; the
motive is the soul. All rational human
acts are done with motive A noble act
done with a mean or dishono-ab.e mo'iys
is still reprehensible. Love is the fulfilling
of the Law. Every quality, every faculty
that you possess is the gift of your creator.
As the waters Of the earth come from ide
sea, aud the sun draws them up and carries
them in clouds over hill and dale and
puurs them down again in the rams upon
the bosom Of the earth. yet they all flow
back again to. the sea. So God is the be
ginning and the end of all things. Cod
wills that nothing shall be waste! 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 a 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 a 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 n
all those things that life gives, but I
wCuld 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 1t 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 ne gave him in
telligence and free will II is a glorious
and an awful thing to be free. Awful be-
Gcd says. L have given you this gift that
you may exercise il 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
10 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 IT'S is
there any Of us who has not committed
sin? And whenever you have done IL wha
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 a reign Of selhshness.
and now we have the domination Of sell
surely We can have no more miserable
master.
This spirit Of selGshness is exemplided
throughout the world in the conduct Of one
nation toward another, OF he conquerors
toward the conquered. This reign Of self
ishness over the whole world hasTotted the
world. and this was the condition of al
fairs which Christ came to remedy What
Is the meaning of the cross? Il is the de-
NAL Of self in its vicious incliuatiOns. Act I
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 CT life |
should ask themselves Shall l follow the
pathway OF the cross, or shall | turn 10 |
the left and follow my own inclnations /
toward self-appeute and if-indulgence-- |
that fatal path which ends in wretchedness |
and despair Never in the history of the /
world is this question 50 pertinent among /
young people as in this age and country.
In the last century were born the teach !
ngs Of Rousseau and FOltairC and the ter /
rible 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 agu0sticism among phloso- /
phtEa auu teachers OF TINS dbe-
The Archbishop reviewed the results OF /
the teaching of agnOstics which. ne said. |
dealt with material questions and left
undetermined those vital interests Of hui |
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 onomies and ignores the
nature Of man and the desiinies 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 NJ
America, in whose interests he is dcputied
to act by the Pope and said he would feel
il shame il he had to go back TO Rome
with one poor million. when he great uni
versities throughout the country were re
ceiyng such priacely donations. lie re
quested the prayers Of the congregation
for the success of his undertaking.
ANGLo-sAXoN PATRIOTISM.
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