The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-16
CATHOLIC SUMMER
SCHOOL LECTURES
Dr.. Campbell and DR.. Adonis Continue
Their Interesting Courses
at Capitol.

The Catholic Summer school held
three sessions yesterday. In the morn
ing DR.. Joseph Campbell Iectured on
THE Natural Moral Law" In the aft
yernoon the Sunday school conference
was continued, land in the evening DR..
Henry Austin Adams continued his Sc
ries of lectures on the Dramatic
Promise Of the Twentieth Century"
with a mastery discourse on 'Herod."
DR.. Adams considers Stephen Phillips
the most promising dramatic genius of
the time and predicts great things for
him. His lecture vas an illuminating
Interpretation OF, the play s,t., III.
Tonight he will lecture on Ulysses"
and on Friday night he will lecture on
'"Wyndhurst." .r
Tomorrow night DR.. Doheny will lee
ture on 1.-The Bible in the. Public
Schools" Archbishop Ireland and
Bishop Cotter were present last even
ing. DR.. Campbelfs7tIecture a in
part:
1.-The principal destiny of man is the
glory OF God; the secondary destiny of
man is mans oWnvhappiness. Natural
happiness lis that satisfaction which
suits the nature of man, that satisfac-
ton which the nature of man, In a
measure, demands.s%The natural moral
law is that law thes observance of
which tends to lead man to at least his
natural happiness.
"An intelligent. creator has evidently
assigned to mar adeStfny which is not
less than the nature of man reasonably
demands. The purpose or destiny Of
man evidently surpasses the
of the lower animals. The divine natu-
raj moral law forbids man attempting
to convert himself into a mere animal.
All men at all times were convinced
that certain restrictions were imposed
on men, by powers higher than men.
Everywhere in human history theagod
demanded respect for parents, fidelity
to promises; even the gods forbade the
deception Of friends. The d~isobedient.
the unfaithfuI and the treacherous
were always, punisheds4by the O d
Even the most skeptical, the most
sensual, the most degraded of human
ity nave a code of restriction which
they observe; they have a moral law
Of their own. 1t is not the correct
moral law; but IT is an admission that
social life is impossible without some
moral law; it is an admission that
moral law is natural to man; it is an
admission that there must be for man
a divine natural moral law.
"The primary precepts of the natural
moral law are justice, religion, domes-
tic and civil obedience and temper
ance." $50 ~
"The natural moral law is substan-
TALLY immutable and partially evident
to reason, The. precepts Of the nat
ural moral law prescribe relations to be
observed between men and men, be-
tween men and God, between children
and parents, between citizens and civil
rulers. While the terms Of a relation
remain substantially the same. the re-
lation itself cannot change substantial
ly. Men are the same as they have
ever been; history does not record any
substantial change, in men. God is es-
~sentially immutable.. > The family and
the state are substantially what they
have ever beenas The9duties OF men to
men-the dutiesI of men to God, the
duties of children to parents, the duties
of citizens to their country, all these
duties are substantially immutable.
THE primaryd preceptS of the nat
ural moral law are evident to reason"
Everyone who p~ossessfs the use of rea-
son, perceives That parents are to be
respected, that promises are to be full
filled, that friends are not to- be de-
ceived. Everyone possessing the use of
a p~erceives' that murder is unlaw-
full, that theft is unlawful, that deceit
is unlawful. Everyone who possesses
the use of reason perceiVes hat idola-
try, blasphemy and superstition are
unlawful. Everyone. condemns the dis
obedient child, the ungrateful friend
and the traitor-citizen. The human in
tellect perceives the truth of some
moral precepts as clearly as it per-
ceives the truth of mathematical
axioms. 1t is as evident to human
reason that children should obey their
parents in certain matters as it is thai
things which are equal to the same are