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AN GAODHAL
a bhí ans na leabhraibh, a réir a g-cuid
oibreacha; agus thug an fhairge suas a
cuid marbhaibh, mar an g-ceudna ifrionn
agus gach áir eile, agus tugthadh breith¬
eamhnas ortha a réir a g-curtha."
An seo tugan Naomh Seághan tuile
múnadh uaidh an éinfeacht le cuntas
Chríost; agus eidir foillsiúghadh na
beirte, shaoilfeadh duine gur réir an
bhreitheamhnais a bheith sé léigheadh an chon¬
dais, an áit a bheith d'a léigheadh róimh
ré. Suidhean Criosd air a chathaoir a¬
gus dearcan Sé air A láimh dheis agus
láimh chlí; foisglighean Sé leabhar, agus
tá réidh le an dualgas a tabhairt do'n
t-sluaigh beannuighthe, agus cionta na n-
droch dhaoine a thaisbeant do'n domhan.
Ní thig innsin ca fhad a mhairfeas an
cuartughadh déighionach seo air olc an t-
saoghail d'a dheunadh. Tá an t-am anois
caithte agus agus an t-síorruigheacht
ann a toiseach. Ní bh-fuil aon ghleus ag¬
ainn leis an lá a thomhas; mar sin, ní'l
fhios againn ca an fad a bhéidheas an lá
seo. Chaith Sé sé lá a cruthughadh an
domhain ; ní thig linn a rádh cáid a chaith¬
eas sé tabhairt breitheamhnais air. Ní
dheir Críost iona Naomh Seághan tad¬
aidh faoi fhad an lae sin. Ní'l fios ag¬
ainn ach go d-tabhairfidh Sé breith air
gach anam a réir a g-curtha atá sgríobh¬
tha ans na leabhraibh. Cuireadh an cás
seo go soilléir romhain, lé sin cuimhniugh¬
adh agus breathnughadh air go geur agus
go daingean an ar g-croidhthibh. Béidh an
t-amharc air an lá seo níos uathbhásaigh
agus níos mó ná nídh air bith a cluineadh
go fóill a g-cáil neamh-chuimhseacht Dé.
Cuimhnigh a d-tosach air méid daoine
bheidhadh a b-paráiste a bheith cruinnighthe
g-cuideachta, éirigh suas céim air chéim
an sin go d-ti cruinniughadh condae. an
sin cúige, an sin náisiún; air deireadh,
gach náisiún faoi an domhan; an sin cuir
a g-ceann an méid seo slúaighte gach
aois a chuaidh tharrainn, atá lathaireach
agus atá le theacht; sé sin an méid a
tá air an domhan, an ifrionn agus a bh-
flaitheas, an méid seo a bheith cruinnigh¬
the an éinfeacht. Ach cad an fios atá
againn air an méid ainglibh atá a ríogh¬
acht Dé; sluaighte aitreabhuidhe a thíre
féin air feadh na síorruigheachd. Tá
uathbhás méide an t-sluaigh so cho mór,
air modh, nach bh-fuil an méid daoine a
tá air an domhan, in ifrionn agus a bh-
flaitheas ach neimh-nidh air a chomhair. Tá
an lá seo, mar sin, le méid an chruinn¬
ighthe, coirp agus anamnaibh aig teacht a
g-cuideachta, a bh-fiadhnuise Dé agus na
n-aingeal, as teinte fiuchadh ifrionn mar
an g-ceudna a léir an dream atá a g-
cuairt na bh-flaitheas, nach bh-fuil brígh
air bith an nidh air bith eile a chuir a g-
comórtus leis, lá an Bhreitheamhnais.
(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.
