The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-06-24
ADDRESS BY BISHOP CARROLL
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cation, at least as much as does his
brother of the city. 1t is only the
trained mind that can detect the scien-
tific side of farming and by scientific
experiment contribute to it's advance
ment The educated farmer will not
only wrest richer fruit from the SOIL
but he will know how to market to
better profit the produce of his fields.
The higher education will enable the
farmer to create healthy public opin-
ion in favor of his noble occupation
and to take hand in legislature and
congress in framing laws which would
benefit state and nation. Mental cul-
ture would make the farmers long
winter nights more agreeable, it
would sweeten the cup of toll and
counterfeit the debasing tendencies of
material occupation. Were the graces
of higher education more profusely
scattered upon the farming popula-
ton, there would be less firing of the
farmer less rushing to the empty glare
and the deep pitfalls of the city life,
and more of our great men would be
recruited from the country.
Material prosperity and the higher
education. while powerful factors in
attaching the farmer to the soil and
making his vocation attractive, are
not sufficient To these must be add
ed religion, if the farmer would attain
the full measure of earthly happiness
and rank among the best citizens of
his country. "Piety is useful for all
things" says st. Paul, having the
promise of the life that now is, as well
as of that which is to come" There
can be no genuine personal happiness
and no peace or order in society with
out morality, and there can be nc
morality without religion. 1--WE should
indulge with caution" said Washing
Ton, in his farewell address, "the sup
position that morality can prevail in
exclusion of religious principle"
. Education and Religion.
Now, if religion is needed for life
religion in education is necessary: fol
education is a preparation for life
Chief Justice Taft, former president
of the United States, in recent lee
ture at the University of Rochester
said. "Not only is education neces
sary.'b but even more essential is moral
training sense of responsibility fol
what we do, standard OF action
which satisfies conscience. 1t car
hardly be separated from religion. II
is unfortunate that we cannot wei
unite religion and moral training in
the instruction in public schools. Re
ligion is the great stay of morality
All intelligent citizens who have the
welfare of their country at heart share
the regret of Mr.. Taft. Catholics a
the cost of great sacrifice have triee
to remedy this defect by establishing
schools of their own. PrOtestants
realizing the insufficiency of religion!
instruction in the home and the Sun
day school, are quite generally trying
TO put it back into the public schoo
from which they now see 1t was un
wisely banished. The fact that, &C
cording to recent religious census
about two-thirds of the American PEG
pie are not affiliated with any denomi
nation is admitted by all to be du'
in some measure, if not in great part
to the absence of religion from thu
public schools. Until some plan cal
be agreed. upon by which all the chi
dren of the republic. can receive tn
religious instruction of their choic
in the schools of the state, the church
es must do their best, says Mr.. Tai
again, ito stimulate religion and 1T
practices. Every university" he cor
tinues, should encourage its student
to the worship of God. AS long as tn
United States remains religious ne
ton, there is no danger of the corrt
sion of bolshevism, communism or an
destructive and cruel cult. Christia
civilization rests ultimately on the il
SEPARATION of the religious spirit.
is that which will render innocuou:
and neutralize the evil effect G
selfishness, which is necessary to Civ
energy and thrift and industry to ms
terial progress. 1t is that spirit whic
sweetens life with the love Of famil!
of country and of God. 1t is the pres
ervatiOn of the spirit of the father
hood of God and the brotherhood c
man upon which we must depend fo
the maintenance of useful constitl
tional government"
Taft on federation.
Beautiful, patriotic and religious an
those words Of Chief Jutsice Taft
Every school, college and uniyersit