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ST. THOMAS COLLEGE.
Rev. Joseph Campbell's Address on
Catholic Science.

the patron saint of st. ThomaS college,
Merriam Park, was celebrated on
Thursday, March IS, at the college
with appropriate ceremonies. A large
number of clergymen We're present. to-
gether with a concourse of friends Of
the institution. The church was deco
rated in honor of the patron saint.
Solemn high mass was celebrated by
Rev. Father Dieninski. He was as
sisted by Rev. Father Prendergast,
who acted as deacon, and by Rev.
Father Kennedy, who performed the
duties of sub-deacon. \ special choir
of collegiate boys sang the mass, as
sisted by the seminary choir. Profess
sor Bruner presided ut the organ.
After the services were over, dinner
present to celebrate the feast. Among
those who attended We're Monsignor
Oster. Father Moynihan, Father Tur-
ner, Father Moore. Father O'Brien,
Father O'Neill. Father Plut, Father
Gibllens. Father Conroy. Father Tim
= othy, o. S. b., Father GEMS, Father
Cunningham, and others.
The sermon was delivered by Rev.
Father Joseph Campbell, Of st. Paul
Seminary. who said in part:
According to materialism, the prin-
cipal science is the science of sensual
enjoyment. According to agnosrlclsm,
the principal science is the science of
destroying a belief in personal God,
in moral responsibility and in state
of future reward or punishment for
men. According to rationalism, the
principal science consists in refusing
to admit the historical authority Of sa-
cred scripture. in refusing to admit
miraculously confirmed doctrine. Ac-
cording to Catholicity, the principal
science is the science Of metaphysics
rs known from reason and from reve-
latiOn.
"Physics is the science of concrete
facts: mathematics is the science of
qualities; metaphysics is the science Of
supersensible intellectual truth. Meta
physics may be divided into cosmology,
anthropology and ethics. Cosmology is
the science Of the supersensible origin
and destiny of the world around us;
antllropology is the science of man, cs-
pecially the science of the human soul
the science of the origin and destiny
of the spiritual human SOUL, Ethics is
the science of divine direction given to
man, divine restriction imposed on
man, in order that man may attain his
divincly appointed destiny. Catholic
metaphysics is the principal Catholic
science.
Christ did not teach history, lingu-
istics or mathematics; Christ taught
metaphysics; Christ taught cosmology,
anthrOpology and ethics. This world
of ours is not the result Of eternal force
acting on eternal need the Almighty
plastic;" this world is the result of Ill
vine creation. "Let us make man to
our image and likeness" Man is a fall
len creature: Christ. the Goldman, is
the mediator between God and men.
"A faithful saying and worthy of all
acceptation that Christ came into the
world to save sinners" Men cannot
partake of Christian salvation unless
they practice justice, religion, social
obedience and temperance.
'"rhis is the miraculously confirmed
metaphysics of Christ: this is the doe
trinc Of the fisherman of Galilee; this
is the teaching of the early Christian
fathers, more than fifty master intel
lectS; this is the teaching Of thcologi-
ans of twelve centuries, mere than II
hundred and fifty master intellects.
This is the teaching of the bishops of
the Catholic church assembled in
nineteen general councils; this is the
teaching Of the Roman pontlfrs OF
nineteen centuries, more than 2GO in
number; this is the doctrine that shall
be taught till time shall be no more,
till the sun of our system burns out,
all the planet we inhabit becomes too
cold for human habitation. Il am
with you all days. even to the consum-
nation of the world.
Thomas of AcQuinO was the first to
give to the world Catholic metaphys-
les in truly scientific form. In the
Thirteenth Christian century the revived
philosophy of erring human reason,
the revived metaphysics of the pagan
wonder, Aristotle. revived truth blend
ed with falsehood, was danger to the
faith of the tickle. the unwary and the
superficial. st. Thomas separated
truth from falsehood: he welded nat
ural truth to revealed truth; and his
Summa Theological is the result of
this happy union. There is no Catho.
lie subject that ST. Thomas has not
touched, there is no subject he has
touched that he has not almost. fin.
islel. st. Thomas alone shed more
luster on the Catholic church than all
the other doctors of the church, taken
together says Gregory Mi.
"You are Catholic students of q
Catholic college dedicated to Il name
associated with human intellect, per