Daily national Democrat., 1861-05-08
Bishop O'Connell at st Thomas Seminary

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vile, was entertained at the Seminary of st
Thomas Mission Dolores The affair wa,
an exceedingly pleasant one, and we copy
the entire report of the same from Saturday
Monitor.
Shortly after / o'clock the Right Rev
Bishop. accompanied by the Most Rev. Arch
bishop, arrived The Revernd visitors en-
tered the examination hall. where they were
received by the Rev President and student,
also the following clergymen: Very Rev
P. Mugagnotto, V. e.. Rev John Maginnis
Rev. T. J. Dalton, Rev NJ King, Rev j A.
Gallagher. Rev. J. T. HARRINGTON Rev j. S
Cotter, Rev E Sanchez When the Bishor
and clergy had taken their place, Rev j
Prendergust, President of the Seminary, read
the following address:
Address TO BIsAoP o'CoNNELL.
RIGHT Rev FATHER We, the undersigned
children Of the College of All Hullows, mind.
full of past kindness, proud of the high rank
to which you have been raised, and behold
ing in you the embodiment of those Apostolic
qualities hat spring from our faith and are
racy of our nation, beg leave to hail your
return to these Western shores, and to ex-
press our joy that you have been d. emed
worthy to wear the insignia of honor, ol
kno Wedge and of rule The virtues to
which the Church has committed her mission
and her hopes, have been long known to us
though covered with the ohades of the sanctu
ary, they have shone before us guiding
fire, and give you an abiding place in the
vision of our love When passion yet swayed
this, oUr adopted land. and its peoples God
had its shrine in the bosom of the hills. you
clasped the hand that led you away from
your native country, and, like Abraham OF
old, turned your eyes to the unknown West,
to be the spiritual father of II new and mighty
nation. Here you "bore the burthen and The
heat of the day" Here loving men wit
messed your unwearied zeal, and the way
worn stranger found in you brother and a
father. Here, without distinction of name or
nationality, those who knew you cherished
your memory; and your success, thus ITO be-
come all to all. to gain all to Christ" seems
to us your highest praise. And when expe-
diency demanded a new charge, and your
old All Hallows called you 30 consecrate her
halls to study and prayer, your voluntary
labors, without even hope OF temporal re-
ward. was the triumph OF faith over the spir
it of a selfish age. We parted-we broke
the bonds of years. of sacred relations; but
on to-day we are happily reunited and
though the new lie be less binding, it is our
hope that it endures longer than the old
Think not then that you are an exile or a
stranger. No! A missionary institution
claims the earth as its Inheritance and,
therefore in every cline father of All Hal
lows has home where he may rest, in the
shade OF the vine planted by his scattered
children.
And yet, these considerations are not the
only cause of the spirit which your arrival
awakens. Girded in the emblem of a apostolic
rule, Bishop from Ireland is historic per-
sonage-a representative man, who unlocks
the archives in which are preserved the re.
cords Of his eeuntry's greatness. 1t was thus
the missionaries went forth from Ireland in
early days, and the churches and seats Of
learning associated with their Names are the
testimony of their faith and genius. Il was
thus we, their descendants, recently went
forth to Withstand the hordes that have pros
tituted to ambition the hallowed name of
freedom. And it is thus you, Right Rev.
Father, came now from the same soil, clad in
the armor of God; the Cross your standard,
and your sword the Gospel of Jesus Christ !;
effective alike 10y your example as by your
tCncHlHG, ~ tAleHu lHt tlilp pitt VI TSuelIDllOU
to defend The walls of Zion and to cut down
the the legions of the spiritual foes of man.
And your advent at This tiiRe is the source et
>igni Jcant consolation to us She rust Of
nationality mars the equiroise of the scales
of criticism, but the the weights and meas
ures OF the sanctuary are clean and free aud
in matters that appertain 10 the veal of the
fold of Jesus, we esteem more the instincts
of the shepperd than the oblrusive wisdom of
the dictator Bat do we then congratulate
you on dignity which YOU sought to fly, Oh
lahGrs that mnst press you down? Even so
We are net ignordnt that You have already
felt the pain and weight of the diadem Of
thorns, that YOU have only welded the toll
that you had long loved and known, and that
the sceptre you WELD is the seeptre of ohe-
dience Hence, while contemplating the
trials and sorrows that await you, we seem
TO hear those consoing words OF inspiration
-" Pig o6e9iens t09'et&tr Uietortds" May,
then, Almighty God be with you all your
days; may He spare you lcng to the widow
aud the orphaA And in your prayers and
sncrtic forget not Right Rev Father, those
whom YOU lead to the alter, and whose love
for you and admiration of your virtues. grow
stronger and stronger with the advance Of
time
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