The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-01
TO THE
CHRISTIAN BROT HERS
mends Their Educational Work
as an Important Agency in the De-
VeIopment of Good Citizenship.

At the twenty-second annual ban
quet of the Christian Brothers AGA
DENY Alumni Association of Albany,
New York, held on January Fl, Gov
ernor Sulzer of that State paid a glow
ing tribute to the value of the educa-
tional work done by the Christian
Brothers, praised the founder of their
Order, and commended the efforts
made by his successors on behalf of a
higher civilization and better citizen
ship.
He said in part: ct is great pleas
ure for me to be here tonight. 1 re-
greet exceedingly that, on account of
previous engagement, can remain
only a short while. l would like to
remain to the end for the Christian
Brothers have long been dear friends
of mine. l want to congratulate my
friend, Brother Arator, on all he has
done and is doing for the good of
education, for whatever is done for
the good of learning makes for a bet
ter civilization. l say that teacher
is the greatest man in the world and
say so advisedly. When you get that
into your head you will grasp what
| the Christian Brothers have done for
civilization for the past three centuries
and quarter. Whoever is a teacher
is doing greater work than the states
man and the soldier. 1 come here to-
night to pay tribute to teachers.
Teachers make the world go on and
grow greater and grander. All that
there is in civilization the world owes
to the teachers.
More than three centuries ago
there trod upon this earth a great man
DE La Sale. He was a myriad
minded individual. He saw into the
future clearly and unerringly. He was
a teacher, traveller and explorer, and
he left his impress upon two hemi-
spheres. He founded this order and
it's class of work. All honor and glory
to De La Sale, for what he did and
| for his disciples who are going on
with his work. / have prided myself
for lack of prejudice except against
wrong and wrong-doers. have no
race and no religious prejudice and
any man who can live for fifty years
and prove this has not lived in vain
Many years ago 1 met great man.
Brother Justin. He did many things
well and they were good. He taught
me some good things which will new.
er forget and 1 have tried to teach
them to others.
For fifty years there has been a
struggle on the hill Tin the New York
legislature at Albany to pass simple
and honest bill, and for fifty years the
bill could not be passed 1t was called
the freedom of worship bill. Brother
Justin spoke to me about it and
promised him 1 would introduce it
and not stop fighting for it until il
became a law. 1t gave rise to much
hue and cry, but if anyone attempted
to repeal it to-day it would cause
hues and cries thousand times great
err The bill allowed a man to wor
ship God according to the dictates o.
his conscience The bill is now upor
the statute books and strange to sa!
Virginia and Maryland are the only
two other States in the Union whose
statute books carry the freedom o.
worship law. Brother Justin had more
to do with the passing of the bill ii
New York than any other man in the
state. 1t is a matter of congratula
ton to all that the work of the Chris
tian Brothers meets with the appro
baton of all fair-minded men. NJ
greater tribute can be paid to prog
: ress and Christian civilization"
Brother Arator to whom reference
is made in Governor Suffers address
is Director of the Christian Brothers
Academy of Albany, N Y He has {
sister in the Congregation of the Sis
tiers of st. Joseph of st. Paul.