Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1905-02-10
Father Gaynor's Address.

st. Budgets Hall and School, In Balti
more, was dedicated on Sunday afternoon
last by Cardinal Gibbons in the presence Of
a large assembly of persons.
at was q splendid effort, the speakers
enunciation being perfect and his mannel
Of delivery forceful," is the criticism Of the
Baltimore Sun Of the address on the occa'
sion delivered by Father John Gaynor, who
was formerly in charge of St. Mary's Church
here and now at Sparrows Point. The fol.
lowing paragraphs are taken from the ad
dress, which present truth and religious
iervency:
"Hence, despite 80 years Of costly public.
school education, we find little to indicate
general moral improvement. This is pro.
claimed not by Catholics, but BY our metro.
politan papers, by popular magazines, by
judges of our courts, by clergymen outside
the Catholic Church Of national reputation.
Divorce Is spreading its csncerous tentaces
over an appallingly increasing number of
homes, poisoning the very roots Of society.
Mormonism defles the Government. Pc.
litical corruption is widespread in city,
State and nation; efforts to coerce its bane-
ful influences are spasmodic and painfully
shortcoming and impotent. Crime of every
kind, il we are to believe statistics supplied
by the press, is increasing and convictions
are growing scarcer. The laws indecisions
and delays are extremely unsatisfactory,
and schemes of evading its judgments null
| tiply with astonishing rapidly and inge.
nuity. The incalculable wealth Of our coun.
try's natural resources Is restricted and held
back from millions of the poor TO enrich the
Golfers of few hundred multimillionaires
The great public views the situation with
indifference and leaves the struggle for bet
terment in the hands of the few. These are
problems presented in no spirit Of pessim-
ism, In no lack of living hope for the future.
But they are problems to stagger the mind
and force 1t to contemplate seriously whether
civilization can grow from more to more
without religious education.
Civilization is, indeed, Important, but Of
vastly greater importance is Christianity.
The world 10 satisfied to set right the surface
of things Christianity demands regenera'
ton OF the depths of the heart 1t bids us
live and work for eternity. God Is the end
OF man. Even pagan philosophy grasped
this truth darkly; 1t is the fundamental
truth of Christianity. Life eternal Should
it not be kept constantly before the minds
OF immortal crestureS Can any system Of
education which ignores or neglects 1t be
real education or true educationf God
should permeate every branch Of educa-
ton. In Him we should live and move
and have our being. His voice should be
heard not merely in the psalms and rhspso.
dies of the church, but In all the literature
of the world; His providence should be
seen Ia all events and occurrences about as !;
His power in the forces Of nature; His wis.
dom IN the order of the universe His
eternity in the incalculable ages that are
past; and, above and beyond all, His infin-
ite love for man, creating him in His own
image, redeemlng him through His Son and
destining him to a life Of eternal bliss.
Would to God the sublime democracy Of
America could become identified with the
full firm truths of revelation I"