The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23
"THOU SHALT
 NOT KILL"
Striking Treatment of Divine Command by Eloquent Panlist Father at Mission at St Mary's Church.
Immense Congregations are Attending the Services - Mems Mission Opens Sunday Evening.

The good weather last night brought out congregation that taxed the seat ing capacity of St. Marys church where the Paulist Fathers are con ducting a mission.
 Again this morning the Church was filled both at the five and the eight o'clock service. At the eight o'clock service which is attended almost exclu- sively by married women this week Father Walsh preached the following most practical instruction.
 Father Walsh said in part:
 -The subject of the Instruction this morning is the Fifth Commandment which reads Thou Shalt Not Kill" be divided into three classes. Sins that kill the body, sins that kill the soul and sins that kill both body and soul.
 It is not necessary to say much about the first class of sins, those that kill the body. The commandment is evil dent in that regard. God is jealous of human life and does not wish it to be taken away except by natural causes. Our life is not our own but Gods, and must be kept and treasured for His purposes.
 All serious sin may be said to kill the soul to God, but this morning I shall consider here only the sins of an ger and scandal on account of their re- lation to the commandment under dis cussion.
 To give scandal means to do or say something that leads another into sin or makes sin easier for that other. Whenever you sin in the presence of another by word or deed, and especial ly if that other is young, you give sin of scandal Yet many seem to be ignorant that sin may be committed in this manner, or if not ignorant of the sin they think it a trifling matter Not so with our Lord and Saviour and divine teacher Jesus Christ Ut must needs be- He said, that scandals come nevertheless, woe to that man by whom the scandal cOmeth. But he that shall scandalize one of the little ones that believe in me it were better for him that a millstone should be hang cd about his neck and that he should be drowned in the depths of the sea-" If this condemnation so severe is hurl- ed in general against all those who give bad example to Gods little ones, how much more severe must be the condemnation against parents who scandalize the little ones God has, in special way, placed under their guid- ance and protection. This is a matter for the serious consideration of all you mothers and elder sisters here present.
 Where do Gods little ones learn first of sins-sins of selfishneSS, sins of CUTS ing ard swearing, sins of pride and vanity and lying. Alas! too often from the very one to whom God has given them to protect them rom these sins and teach them the opposite vir- tues
 Anger may be considered a viola ton of this commandment. You know full well that in order to have your sins forgiven in the confessional it is absolutely necessary you should do all in your power to overcome those sins and if you do all in your power there surely will be a marked improvement. How many of you women here present addicted to the sin of anger are mak- ing a marked improvement in over coming it? Are you getting more kind and patient as the years go by or is anger becoming more and more habit uaI with you? The fact that it is a habit with some of you in no wise eX- cuses you of the guilt. It is said of St. Francis of Sales that in his young CT days he had most terrible temper. He worked hard for twenty years and overcame it and in so doing became Saint renowned for his kindlineSS of disposition. Tempted on one occasion to give way to his temper, he checked himself with the thought, ''I have been twenty years acquiring this virtue. am not going to lose in a few mo- ments what I have labored so long to acuuire'' I imagine that if some of us overcame our bad temper, the change in us would be so great that the members of our families would hail us as veritable saints
 A wise and holy director of souls