The Church and Her Members

The child is father to the man; hence it is most important for the child to have clear ideas about religion. If the child is well taught and learns definite and correct ideas, the man will have nothing to unlearn; he will have a clear light to guide him, and will be forearmed against dangers to faith which he may meet with in his daily life. And, further, he will be able to help others; a non-Catholic will not ask him in vain for an explanation of some Catholic practice or doctrine. And one of the most important matters for a man to understand thoroughly is the nature of the Church, its origin, its powers, its work, and our duty towards it. Now that is what this little book seems to me to make quite clear, and in a way easily understood by the ordinary boy or girl. The happy comparison of the Church with other societies which they know well must bring home to them in a vivid manner the chief things which they ought to know about it, and will help to lay a good foundation for their future life.