The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-03-22

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kLoeUESr ADDRESS BY F4TnEE BURKE.
l,.i9I sesiiaha ..7H'
~. ;ftF".f Las ,u2i'QHl9i nd az
Wednesday last, March l7th., being
the Festival Of St. Patrick, a day memo
rablc in Tho Catholic Church, was cels,
DRAFTED wilh,a al tAe solemnity due 10 the
occasion. AS our time aud spaceis too
lllnited;to allow us ito,dweil on the scenes
of the entire day, We omit, the morning
and Pa,s 'toaatle syf4 Til IS scene, hnd
Peon previously anpounqpdg that Father
Burke,' athalfopast. 6P9siJ, Noull de-
liver the rsacgyric of'rRta'patron' Saint
and st. Ct that time the church was denscly
crowded The very large audience,
without anexeepiien, manifested great IN
terest on the occasionally being anxious
to hear Father Burke on Psuch.a pI inipor!g:
k!ant and interesting tepic, Tie reverend
gentleman took Ills text from the XIV.
chapter, NVIv verse ofSt.lJohn's, Gospel !:
"Bm lharc chosen vol, nnaF2llatt aps
Hoiasffilg"'yea Ma!t,yotT's l0ala! .!gSsha4 %pyy
EtoTt frat SID lAa11yqAs .1Hil shollilslI r.
moh.sspei ~ gua,iooI.,e 4a75 ii ~
Wearc ;sorryb thatwc.G cnnnottlgivesa
full report Of 4hd address but circum-
s'apefs ollige ust h be ;cgon:eu.1witl, s.:
Iuopsis.o Tie. ,Exqrdium vas A., master.
piece ofoel0uenca, and, from, its sweet
audauuslcal aows1was'eviacntly.a studied
~ imposition Its,pafcnaii'lca wasEto show:
't',at tic Almighty had implanted 9 ua''ut;:
rale instipe., 1.-THE heart ,qf>mas, which
inspires.us with respect sandiivonera.ion
for the memory Of The great, sthc'virtu-
Gus, and tie good. Hence il Is then,
that though ug wicked We may BE- Of our
Observation-Disclosures. 10 perpq'uatc. the
memory ofethosc -arlo inithcirlday have
lonciwyll;$a ud hayc'left Us models worthy.
Of Initiation. ,lnitlis Nay, 4A,sh;N etenr:y
snaIionn hasits own heroes aud sage.swhose,
.acdons'it transmits to po,!e,i'y for;i'pit :
i,ioniand'instructiong Hence, thu Church
Herself has raised from tha @dust to her
altars The remains renal Sof f.hsrnnen, herds:
men, ansl SLAVES, 'hsaA. , Kings, ,E!mperors,
'snd: Popcs mayvbow down d before them
and emulate ,l,cit'H virtues. eAnd''thhs i
is tGat We ars assen.btsd here this evening
70 mediate "a te,agrfa'n sInpsd cele;
'brateths praises ofhim whom rHeayanf has;
embraced, mud tarh7has recognized as
anshg lielftst of Gods creatures. ''4ei
Passing along ilSn io:;h5is' p4$apdsl'iou7,.
he sAyertsdds briefly te the prsrOgatiycs q
the Saint, to his successful Gad'st cause;
aud how g odsand Nature told usao IRE
member your pseltss, ''vho ycssp5ken
zig Ysraa II |iod vla ss' fsIs{l & 10,
low, aud SUe not led away Will ,! various
and, strange; doctrine, y lie then pro-
cecdedllIf then, St. pasrich was APP
noo;nicdSbv the ccessori Of him 10 when
cdyist ia, saidn will gire q , thee The he
Keys Of a'c Kingdom IF 4 Heaven. and a.
whatsoever ,houtshalt biud.upl on garth
it shalt DC bound also in Heaven,a &cg,t
.Radhe'tiXt'l ieMuptet. 1f,@ when thus
appointed, he brought forth fruit VT a ~ I
that frui. las remained after sufficient,
probation ,,if NO see these qcharacteris:
tics verified to the letter. We can most;
s,ftly Conclude that ist:4Patrick was au
Apostle q, The, Most High. ,.,,V KEW
,Asto his birthplace, he said there
vcrc,many conflicting opiniohs.d1som
,nentlon'scotlsad as tho place Of lis nai
tfyAy, .luls' Without CLING satisfactory.
reasons Othcts say Englanl'; and ma.
ny of tho most profound nrchaeoligists
ASSET tlteland ind not without bringing
fot ward very souhd reasons for ,hcirsihe.
org. However, the general belief is that
lie was BON eJou'lt; illsse vycar a7s Of our
era, in Nor,l, Brittany, in France, and
was descended, Of an illustrious Roman
apccs,ry.sn The place Of his bilth is o y.
but littls Importance. 1t sufices for us
to know tllat he was.a Saint .ef Cod $.
for l,is coantiy We care not, for with God
there is no distinction If persons. One
thing is ccrtuibAhis hname is Roman.
S2'"patritkr has its derivation from the
old Roman Senatorial tcrm 4"L'at, icius
pafA"v "a il yV,ssns Ha Il 9 That frg I'm
the Latin word .'pater," orfathcr---as
the: Patriciahs OF fathers were chosen
frpnsanpnEthA most disniael Iseaators
by the Emperors hence they wcre5known
as fathers IF !hs ,psophle These Patr'-
clans date flpinn Tie days Of ftoinulus.
,h, fouplsri ~ RIMS. Thnst tho name