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AN GAOḊAL
a ḃí ans na leaḃraiḃ, a réir a g-cuid
oibreaċa; agus ṫug an ḟairge suas a
cuid marḃaiḃ, mar an g-ceudna ifrionn
agus gaċ áir eile, agus tugṫaḋ breiṫ¬
eaṁnas orṫa a réir a g-curṫa."
An seo tugan Naoṁ Seáġan tuile
múnaḋ uaiḋ an éinfeaċt le cuntas
Ċríost; agus eidir foillsiúġaḋ na
beirte, ṡaoilfeaḋ duine gur réir an
ḃreiṫeaṁnais a ḃeiṫ sé léiġeaḋ an ċon¬
dais, an áit a ḃeiṫ d'a léiġeaḋ róiṁ
ré. Suiḋean Criosd air a ċaṫaoir a¬
gus dearcan Sé air A láiṁ ḋeis agus
láiṁ ċlí; foisgliġean Sé leaḃar, agus
tá réiḋ le an dualgas a taḃairt do'n
t-sluaiġ beannuiġṫe, agus cionta na n-
droċ ḋaoine a ṫaisbeant do'n doṁan.
Ní ṫig innsin ca ḟad a ṁairfeas an
cuartuġaḋ déiġionaċ seo air olc an t-
saoġail d'a ḋeunaḋ. Tá an t-am anois
caiṫte agus agus an t-síorruiġeaċt
ann a toiseaċ. Ní ḃ-fuil aon ġleus ag¬
ainn leis an lá a ṫoṁas; mar sin, ní'l
ḟios againn ca an fad a ḃéiḋeas an lá
seo. Ċaiṫ Sé sé lá a cruṫuġaḋ an
doṁain ; ní ṫig linn a ráḋ cáid a ċaiṫ¬
eas sé taḃairt breiṫeaṁnais air. Ní
ḋeir Críost iona Naoṁ Seáġan tad¬
aiḋ faoi ḟad an lae sin. Ní'l fios ag¬
ainn aċ go d-taḃairfiḋ Sé breiṫ air
gaċ anam a réir a g-curṫa atá sgríoḃ¬
ṫa ans na leaḃraiḃ. Cuireaḋ an cás
seo go soilléir roṁain, lé sin cuiṁniuġ¬
aḋ agus breaṫnuġaḋ air go geur agus
go daingean an ar g-croiḋṫiḃ. Béiḋ an
t-aṁarc air an lá seo níos uaṫḃásaiġ
agus níos mó ná níḋ air biṫ a cluineaḋ
go fóill a g-cáil neaṁ-ċuiṁseaċt Dé.
Cuiṁniġ a d-tosaċ air méid daoine
ḃeiḋaḋ a b-paráiste a ḃeiṫ cruinniġṫe
g-cuideaċta, éiriġ suas céim air ċéim
an sin go d-ti cruinniuġaḋ condae. an
sin cúige, an sin náisiún; air deireaḋ,
gaċ náisiún faoi an doṁan; an sin cuir
a g-ceann an méid seo slúaiġte gaċ
aois a ċuaiḋ ṫarrainn, atá laṫaireaċ
agus atá le ṫeaċt; sé sin an méid a
tá air an doṁan, an ifrionn agus a ḃ-
flaiṫeas, an méid seo a ḃeiṫ cruinniġ¬
ṫe an éinfeaċt. Aċ cad an fios atá
againn air an méid aingliḃ atá a ríoġ¬
aċt Dé; sluaiġte aitreaḃuiḋe a ṫíre
féin air feaḋ na síorruiġeaċd. Tá
uaṫḃás méide an t-sluaiġ so ċo mór,
air moḋ, naċ ḃ-fuil an méid daoine a
tá air an doṁan, in ifrionn agus a ḃ-
flaiṫeas aċ neiṁ-niḋ air a ċoṁair. Tá
an lá seo, mar sin, le méid an ċruinn¬
iġṫe, coirp agus anamnaiḃ aig teaċt a
g-cuideaċta, a ḃ-fiaḋnuise Dé agus na
n-aingeal, as teinte fiuċaḋ ifrionn mar
an g-ceudna a léir an dream atá a g-
cuairt na ḃ-flaiṫeas, naċ ḃ-fuil bríġ
air biṫ an niḋ air biṫ eile a ċuir a g-
comórtus leis, lá an Ḃreiṫeaṁnais.
(To be continued)
REPORT of the D. S. P. I. LANGUAGE.
We have received the Report of the Society for
the Preservation of the Irish Language for 1889,
which, taking all the surrounding circumstances
into consideration, is highly encouraging.
From the report it appears that 826 children in
the National schools were examined in Irish during
the year and that 512 passed the examination. This
is considerable increase over previous years. 12
17 25 93 161 321 371 448 512 children
passed the examinations under the Board of Irish
National Education from '81 to ’89 (inclusive) res¬
pectively, and under the Intermediate programme
49 66 99 150 194 210 278 from '83 to '89
respectively. So that the increase is steady.
Irish was taught in 31 National schools in '88
and in 45 in ’89, an increase of 14 for the year.
That is highly encouraging.
In the July Examination for Teachers for certifi¬
cates to teach Irish, 14 passed and received their
certificates.
The Society expects that a Gaelic professor will
be appointed in the Royal University of Ireland in
a short time.
Professor Sven Soderberg, Director of the Mu¬
seum at Lund, attended some meetings of the
Council and gave an interesting account of some
Irish illuminated MSS. at Stockholm.
A new edition of O'Donovan's Grammar is now
in the hands of the printer and will be issued at a¬
bout half-a-crown a copy.
The financial condition of the Society is good.
Up to this it has sold 95,484 Gaelic books.
It is rumored that a Gaelic journal is about to
be founded in N. Y. city. Well, it affords us much
pleasure to see our children enlarge their sphere of
usefulness, and we shall render them all possible
aid to bring it before the public. Though some
children turn out to be ungrateful, yet it is the du¬
ty of the parent, who gave them life, to overlook
such human frailties and try to push them along
in the world. They will find such parent in us if
they do not persist in their recent frowardness,
and cease to be led by evil companions, remember¬
ing that those who seek to put between perent and
child are not for the child's good ; and that no liv¬
ing being is more solicitous for the child's welfare
than the parent — Remember the Scripture story
of the false mother.
