The sun., 1916-08-27

AAO Witu tuo ApOStIc II8t SOO -
not far from every one Of us. and that
in Him we live and move and have our
beng. But he knows also that man
Is the object Of infinite love on the part
OF God, and that in this great love and
the human redemption worked by II all
life has been purified and ennobled,
tho mystery Of evil solved, pain and
sorrow TRANSPORTED and man uplifted
above his surroundings, above him.
self. and made a friend Of God and an
heir of Immortality. In other words,
the Catholic school reveals to every
pupil and illustrates the full meaning
OF tho Christian order Of life, that
mighty and final cleavage Of the old
and the new. 1t endows him at the
outset with moral and religious cert.
tude and sets him in tho way Of true
progress along tho lines Of his re-
deemed nature and in conformity with
divne love and providence.
ITO have faith IN God" says Car
dinal Farley. Ito hope In God and to
love God with ones whole mind and
heart and soul 10 mans first and
supreme duty. Neither education mol
philanthropy. nor science nor progress
can ever take the place Of religion.
The modern mind would have substi-
tuted these merely intellectual and
human agencies for . supernatural
faith that - . distinct and superior
light and guide from that Of human
reason. Something higher and nobler
than nssh and blood. something eternal
and immortal, something divine and
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the regeneration Of mar unto . destiny
with God that the human mind within
it, own natural Limitations can neither
grasp no. comprehend" It II this
sense Of the eternal and immortal. Of
all the glorious conditions Of divine
life. which tho Catholic school
nourishes from tho day tho child
crosses its threshold. There human
learning, from its elements to it,
highest achievements. 10 never d.
vorced from tho source and exemplar
OF all knowledge. Tho child mind can
there develop in the radiant sum
light Of religious truth. Of a genuine
realism Of nature and history. Of life
and thought and human experience.
The child m to know the world as
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to q divine purpose. permeated as It
were with the divine and thereby lifted
from the depths Of doubt and
and despair into which II
has been too often hurled by mis-
guided men. He escapes happily the
depressing pessimism OF modern life,
above all, of IT'S cold intellectual Gull
ture in whose cruel. unhealthy light
hope soon withers on the ashes of
faith and love. What an echo the
poets piteous cry awakens in every
upright heart, particularly in those
who have como back from the STRIFE
regions Of unbelief:
God. II tkis we're enough.
That I see things bare to the bun
And W to the buttocks In mire:
That ! AK nor hope nor hire
Nut In the husk.
Nor dawn beyond the dusk.
Nor life beyond death:
Nod. u tAis we're faithr'
The Catholic school II ever the
Of an elevated concept Of Life.
and In this way tends to ennoble and
gladden. the heart and create sturdy,
self-relhnt and contented citizens.
and its admitted evils, BE-
numbing agnosticism and weak, pur-
blind rationalism are not free to SOW
their evil seeds in the young mind and
heart unchecked. The child b brought
from the budding Of reason to see
God. the source and model Of all power
and wisdom. all goodness and holiness.
Natural instinct and his small expert
prepare him to understand mans
relations to the Supreme Being as the
acme and perfection Of all that La good
and desirable. A very definite concept
Of the universe. Of nature, history and
life Il thus formed In the youthful
mind. Grown to maturity. the docile
pupil takes his place In the mighty
scheme Of life. conscious of the COM
mon end Of nature and man, Of the
nature and roots Of duty and right. of
true sources Of evil and imperfec.
ton. private and public, and Of an
overshadowing wisdom on high whose
nothing escapes. and Of an
unbelievable love whose attraction Ia
well nigh irresistible. Ono easily won.
ders why such q positive, vigorous
training, sane and practical, in keeping
the immemorial traditions Of
life. does not appeal ire
sistbly to all who respect and defend
he social order A. now constituted.
Surely there u no better way to meet
Ind overcome tho growing forces Of
Tho social revolution than by intrench-
Lng ourselves on Q vast scale, with al