The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

come unto Me" Since our
Saviour uttered these words
nigh upon twenty centuries have passed
and many generations OF little children
been born into the world. Yet in all
that time no other religious body pro-
Tossing to follow the teaching OF Christ
has remotely approached the Catholic
Church in the literal acceptation OF and
obedience to this one of HE commands.
Among her most distinctive and distin-
gushing activities has been the way
in which. as soon as she was In a posi-
ton TO address herself systematically to
the problem OF education. she has up
held courageously the right OF chill
dren to receive from the very beginning
OF their mental lives a thoroughly Chris
tian training. and her refusal TO divorce
this training from secular studies. And
there are not wanting instances Of
thoughtful men and women who have
been led TO accept her as the repre-
sentative and m~outhpiece OF the Son OF
God because OF her tender motherly
care OF His little ones. And now. at q
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in q land where countless boys and
girls are being brought up without any
knowledge Of God or heavenly things,
Catholics are more determined than
ever that these words OF our Lord shall
not be made void. and that no manner
of temporal sacrifice shall deter them
from providing in the Catholic school
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shall be brought closer to Christ.
The Church's position in this matter
Ia simple and clear. Since we are
commanded to love God with our whole
heart and with our whole soul and with
all our mind and with all our strength
It follows that religion IN not a matter
that concerns only certain types Of char
acter nor a thing to be restricted to
certain times and places, but is the
duty of every human creature at every
moment Of his life. 1t is not to be con-
fined within the walls Of a church. but
must permeate all our activities,
social. intellectual. economic. As st.
Paul tells us, Whether you eat or
drink, or whatever you do, do all for
the glory OF God" And II is the
forgetting Of this and the unnatural
separation Of religion from the every
day affairs OF life that has begotten
that false morality which would set up
one standard for private pursuits and
another for public relations, which
would allow a man to be goddess In
business on week days provided he was
externally devout on Sunday, And
nothing has done more to foster this
pernicious idea than the establishment
Of n school system that tries TO impart
an intellectual training without any
reference to the God that gave the in
t%ellect. thereby creating, subtly but
surely, the impression that the Supreme
Being-if He exists at all-has no
share In secular knowledge or In the
things of this world. On the caltrary,
the Catholic Church maintains hat II
the child is to learn and fulfil his
duties toward his God and his country
his early education must include moral
training, and hat not simply as an
accompaniment. but as an all pervad-
ing influence. the very foundation Of
all other training, and that II circum-
stances ever make the choice necessary
the claims of the more important dis
cipline shall be given the precedence.
This has been strongly expressed by
the fathers OF the Third Plenary Coun-
ell Of Baltimore, in that passage Of