The Irish standard., 1908-04-25
America is no longer depending for

America is no longer depending for
its population on the native product,
but on yearly increasing importations
of the European surplus Until 1910,
the growth of population by native re-
production was estimated at seven
times greater than the growth by i'm
migration. But at the present time the
native population is slowly dying OUT
OF course, several causes may be
assigned for this condition. Neverthe-
less. race suicide stands prominent
among them. We are thus forcibly
reminded of the massacre of the Holy
Innocents by the impious Herod. Holy
Scripture says: "a voice in Rama was
heard, lamentation and great mourn
ing: Rachel bewailing her children, and
would not be comforted, because they
are not"
We can hear the shrieks of thousands
of hearted mothers and the
plaintive cries of innocent babies COM
ing down through the ages, but when
we contemplate the slaughter of the
innocents of our day by the parents
themselves, we hear no tones of grief
but rather Of satisfaction that they
have prevented them from being an
obstacle to their worldly pleasures.
Herod deprived thousands of their
physical life. but these heartless men
and women prevent also their spiritual
life. How many thousands of children
are sent into the other world without
baptism, unable to see the face of their
eternal Father! How many thousands
more are denied life through the en-
ployment of skillful devices to prevent
conception!
When God had created our first par
ents, He blessed them, saying: IN
crease and multiply and fill the earth,
and subdue it," The selfsame thing
He said to the lower creatures They
are ever obedient to the laws of their
nature. Instinct alone is their guide.
What a spectacle, then, to see rational
men disobeying the laws of nature and
natures God! Let not the end of mar
riage be set aside. and it's sacred re-
lations employed for the destruction of
society and the nation. Let it be dis
tinctly understood that every act, of
whatsoever kind, designed to prevent
conception. is strictly forbidden by the
Church, and that those resorting to
such practices are guilty of heinous
crime.
Maternity is a woman's crowning
glory. The husband and wife's union is
never thoroughly welded until offspring
enters the home, and makes it a para
disc of joy and affection, all centered
in the prattling, smiling, laughing in
nocence of childhood
The excuse given for small families
is that it is better to have one or two
healthy. well-developed. properly edu-
Gated children than several, on whom
the parents are unable to bestow that
care which is required for their we'll
being. In other words, it is better to
have quality than quantity. But OBJ
servation shows that those who limit
their offspring often have only one boy
or girl, who become a spoiled. pam
pered pet; worthless, spendthrift of
a man. or a vain, frivolous woman. Do
not attempt to regulate generation,
whose laws are so imperfectly under
stood. Obey the laws of nature, and
God will provide for the quality and
quantity of your offspring. What pic
ture more beautiful than the Madonna
with the divine child in her arms!
What scene so inspiring as the pure
Christian woman. her Jewels gathered
around her while she points the way
to heaven! The eternal Father Him
self and the Court Of Heaven look down
with complacency on the Christian
father, the Christian mother and the
Christian child.
Church Suicide.
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