The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-10-20
lserning Star and Catholic MESSENGER.
INV ORLEANS, SUNDAY. OCTOBER 20. is'a
FArHER BURKE.
HIS OPINION OF JOHN MAC HALE, THE LION
OF THE FOLD.


HIS OPINION OF JOHN MAC HALE, THE LION q
OF THE FOLD. b
IN the occasion of his recent visit to st. q
I,ouis a prncely banquet was rendered the I
great Dominican by the Knights OF st.
Patrick. One of the toasts proposed was
IN honor of John MacHale, Archbishop of
Tuam and Bishop Ryan was called on Tor
the response. Bishop Ryan in answer
said:
There is a certain fitness in the toast OF
patriotic and q holy Archbishop, repre-.
sentative man in ireland being proposed
here this evening when We entertain pa
triotic, eloquent representative priest from
that island. feel honored in being called
upon to respond to this toast 11s ad hnt
only know that great Probate as you All
know him-through his writings and his
public life. There is one here this evening,
however, who knows him personally ana
intimately and who is snt PIE comnlimsot
that you have paid him. and this man OF
whom speak is none other than the guest
of the evening from whom We have not yet
heard half enough. When invited TO lecture
here on 80 many occasions during his short
visit here, I sincerely sympathised with
him and said, "Wel,, Father Tom, it is TOO
much !; YOU cannot possibly lecture 80 Of
ten; your health can't stand it."
go! man alive says he; ~ can ni tan. a,s al,
charity he used those powers with which
Almiebty God has blessed him for the
cause Of the poor and suffering and the
cause of Catholic education and man
who can talk SO eloquently an cay ths slect se
CITY that CLOVIS in that moral magnetism
that flows from heart to heart-tnat man
can talk with the same facility, were IL neces-
sary, all night ALSO Therefore Wn" %cn fnr
not being prepared flor know that with
those rich mines of eloquence that are
within him, he is always ready, take
the liberty of calling on him to RESPOND 70
Patrisrch of the West, the eloquent, and
warm-hearted representative lr'shman,
John MacHale, Archbishop Of Taam.
The President Burke is next IN
order.
RESPONSE BY FATHER BURKE.
Knights of st. Patrick, am a friar. ant
one of the friar's vows Is obedience. Act
ing upon that vow, a great big sixfoot tou
of a friar in ireland was once known to ca
the whole of a roast-go because ne wa
told to do it. "It can't be done man, SAY
he to the farmers wife,. "You will have ave
ma'am," says he'll was brought up t
obedience. and I will try it," The voic
of ecclesiastical authority calls upon me
speak, and thought might resist becaus
this s not exactly an ssna n the
or Of the knights is lifted up, and from o.
that visor Of q good-humored face, I'll
voice comes telling me am in order 1 sal
to myself in the language of the old mon
lvWhen the Baron comes in with him, mu
ise right. Well, gentlemen, you have
ceived with acclamations of honor and j.
the memorable name, and wish, In +
t. ,snt, won IA -
turn for the manner IN winch you nave i! :
ceived the name of the great lrishman, Il
heat reward that could wish you-that
were here himself to charm you with l
eloouence in responding, but the old man
far away in the midst of his people, and
is indeed .hs ana yuy and yeUera
name. Dear to every Irish heart wherey
that heart throbs, venerable shall 1t
when the future historian of Ireland sh
come to chronicle that grand character o
life over which seventy three, aye, eigh
winters have passed, and have found
man always faithful to his country in
exigepcies of the hour, heart that ne!
grew old in its love for Ireland mi
that never lost its acumen In the pursuit
all that was truly for the interest of his p
ple, and a man who to-day, blanched W
the winters of nearly q century, is still
fervent as youth of twenty in his love q
aspiration for dear old Ireland.
What does the name John McHale, Ar
bishop of Tuam bring before youf
brings before you the image OF n
crowned with the glorious and beaut
Rifts of Irish genius and Irish intelliger
gifted with hereditary faith which
man of his race or of his name ever yet
aligned or gave up; standing upon the st
of our national history as priest and
bishop, whilst the nation was yet ly
bleeding and fainting, after the last I
perate struggle of 1898. John MacHale
priest, comforted the poor, failing,
nn1sive 0eDerous Irishmen who "
- brought to the scaffold under a mocker
justice, because they dared to hope in
last Rnal effort of their country. F.
that early date up to this present yea
grace, 1872, that man has stood before
and his life belonged to Ireland and to
people. His was not private life,
Ioys or the sorrows of which were screc
from the public eye. His was heart
secrsted unto the altar which he ser
and unto the country from which he d