The Irish standard., 1905-12-23

tneofy, ike Aristotle, and men of
practice, like Solon and Numa,-all
had attempted in some way to better
mankind by their teaching or their
laws. But the Holy Church tells us
that no one like He taught the whole
cycle of truth. gathered all men into
His fold, laid before them clearly the
necessary and attainable scope Of their
being, and did all this with ineffable
suavity and irresistible power.
20 Wisdom that goest forth from
the mouth Of the Most High, reachest
from end unto end, and disposest all
things with strength and sweetness,
come and teach us the way Of pru-
dence! o Orient thou splendor of
light and eternal and sun of Justice.
come and shed thy rays upon those
who are seated in darkness. even in
the shadow Of death. O Adonai, and
Leader of the House Of Israel. WHO
dtdst appear unto Moses in the Burn
ing Bush, come and redeem us in the
strength Of thy arm"
In the fullness Of time He came in
divine and incomprehensible way.
He filled the world with His teach
ing. First and only one of mankind
He was himself as perfect as His
teaching. And He gave to His new
and perfect Law its firmest support
in the commentary of His own life
and birth. In His Law there is MOTH
ing imperfect confused, false, sensual,
and narrow as in the Law of Mahomet;
nothing fundamentally immoral as in
the Law of Buddha; nothing of the
low rationalism of the Law of Con-
fucius. 1t is no Law of men, for it
is nothing less than the original Voice
of God heard by Adam in the Creation,
made known by Moses from Mount
Siani, reiterated by the prophets
made plain and certain for all by
Jesus Christ. All other laws are like
sign posts, directive; the Holy Law
saves us, and makes us what it in
dicates,-"O Emmanuel, our King and
our Lawgiver, the Desired Of the Ma
tions. their Savior, come and save u.s.
70 Lord our God!"
Communion With Mankind.
The true teacher must feel with and
for disciples And so, when Christ
would be born to teach all mankind
to rise above himself, and to be again
like the image of God once impressed
tn Adam and Eve, He entered into
the most intimate relations with hu-
manity. Most men are poor, unhappy,
pitiable; it is only the few who are
otherwise, nor is their lot a certain
manger and bore every pang and whip
| of poverty and sorrow; He was weak
and lowly and dependent that He
might teach us how to look on all
these things, might leave to the most
helpless of our race the strong sup
porting philosophy Of Divine Ex-
ample, might glorify and sanctify these
usual conditions Of our birth and
| training. Then again. in all men there
is a source of rebellion against law
and order that made for the things
above. Hence sin and its conse-
quences. In vain had the Father i'm
posed the stern ceremonial, repres-
sive Law of the Old Testament. The
one people to whom he gave it, DOVER
ed with promises and prophecies and
miracles, again and again shook off it's
yoke as something unbearable. But
the Little Infant in the crib brings a
new Law, the Law Of Love-Himself,
the very source Of goodness. From
His person through endless ages there
flows an unspeakable charm that
warns life like fire and draws like
magnet, and sweeps upward to Him
like mighty wind. Now, we have not
only the Divine Example. that touch
stone Of right and wrong, Of good and
bad, but in the heart of every man Of
good will there is planted tho con-
scious tendency to observe the new
law. with the power to do 90.