Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-06-15
ADDRESS MADE
BY FATHER BARRY
NASTERLY EFFORT
Much Attention Attracted by
BaCcaIaureate of Ell PaSo
Minister at Commencement
Of ST. Vtncent'8 Academy.

Taking as his subject Educational
Ideals, Rev, Edward Barry. s. j.. Of
l1l Paso, made a mastery address on
the occasion of the commencement of
St Vincents academy last week. and
many comments Of highest praise
have been made regarding his speech.
Father Barrys address was In part
as follows
Know thy work and do IT," saws
Carlyle, is the latest message that
comes to us from the sages and the
ages and again. ITO make one spot
of Gods world little better, brighter
and happier is work for
god have selected these two ex-
tracts because | believe they are fun
damental principles Of the substantial
education that is given in our Catho-
lie schools, and especially in the
schools that are conducted by the
sanity and cultured Sisters of Charity.
under whose eXcenent discipline ana
scholarship you have had the privilege
of being trained.
Nothing in nature is stagnant Ev-
erythng is capable of and demands
development; and education Is secone
only to nature in its effects These
truths need no proof they are almost
self-evident They govern the world
of matter and stll more the world of
mind. Nature never rests. The ma
iestic splendors that thrill us with
awe and admiration are not the work
of moment, but the result Of
gradual growth and development in
obedience to secret but Imperative
laws.
The great wilderness Of worlds that
fleck the midnight heavens like "pa-
tines Of bright gold have been
gradually nodded By the Creators
hand. They have been subjected to
the action of fire and to mighty up
heayals and revolutions. Stars have
revolved in their orbits and have been
broken into fragments. and from these
pieces the Almighty Maker fashioned
other and more beautiful worlds. Per-
petual change and development are
the eternal laws of the universe.
AS with the universe, so also with
our earth, its nature demands dis
turbance, demands cultivation II
left to itself il will yield no values,
nothing but sage brush and cactus.
1t is only when its breast is ripped by
the pickaxe Of the miner or the
ploughshare Of the farmer that il
gives up its rich ores or produces the
golden grain for the maintenance of
man. In a word, nature is one vast
laboratory, ever dissolving, ever COM
bining and always sensitive and re-
sponsive 10 the touch of enlightened
man
II this be true of the material world
If the senseless clod. when properly
cultivated becomes a center of fertll-
ity teeming with life and beauty
what shall we not expect from the
human mind when subjected to the
laws of culture and development that
governs its nature? Or shall we ne
lieve that the masterpiece of God $
handiwork alone is barren and fruit
less, or fertile only in things that are
evil?
Have YOU ever really considered the
wonderful power and strength OF the
human mindq Well, indeed has the
immortal bard of Avon said, What
piece of work is man How noble in
reason! How infinite in faculty IN
form and moving. how express and add
mirable! in action, how like an angel
in apprehension, how like a goa the
wonder of the world the paragon OF
animals.' Verify. the mind Of man Is
the one thing that Is most terrible
and most sublime In created nature.
The mass of gray pulp that is hidden
under our foreheads is the mightles'
of natural agencies II has a memory
a veritable picture-gallery and store
house of lifelong Impressions Faces
and places. scenes and landscapes are
photographed thereon and they are
never blotted out The perfume oil
flower. the echo of song OF our
early DAYS will bring back to our
minds thoughts and sensations long
buried and forgotten. The memory
folds its pictures as we would fold a
chart or a curtain; touch the secret
spring or pull the invisible cord ana