The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-04

Z efl uuill, add ESPECIALLY IN car ee1t8fg
Il Alao en.srs into the ErabA plan, unsas
: pec.sd Of zen, according 70 Vhich Prov
/ dencs Vbbsa % sPgea4 Gnd maintain The
. lg1e form Of Christianity, taught BY lhs
Holy Church. II Ia soEas iuiars eoutaTy
another Bnasgei 8pPea1, and iTon lhe
/ eyre Of bis CsEinI uasts an eagle glAncI
back oyet the pegiod Of history 10 which
uS belopg. he toJ vii tes hou lhcss ms
isrAl Inventions lfe the means which VT0-
Videnee draw from the eXhausiible store
house Of ;H wisdom 10 setve for the propa.
CATION Of the faith. lie will 80 that rail-
uays, ielegrApha, steamships, dc, dc, are
the mute but efieient heFagds OF the Gos-
pei. The e0urte Of sVebls Ia Western Viz.
gihia u one small item that goes to make
up the volume Of evidence which eslab-
liabes The great truth.
THE HALIiNoEE AXp ONO RAiLROAb,
in IL unconscious capacity Of pioneer Of
the tr1e religion, opened the channel foF
the IMPOSING tide Of Catholics. In quest
oI employment, they come by hundreds,
many Of them bringing their wives and
children with them. They were for the
greater par; children Of Ireland, which Is
the same a saying that they were children
Of the Catholic Church. soon the line Of
the iron thOroughiAre vas seatiaels1 by
groups who were eager 10 have houses Of
WOnhiP built Tor them, and priests % say
mass and instruct them. The demand
was urgent and every day growing. Time
could not be obtained 10 do what was
needed. What had TO be done, must be
done with speed Of magic. The man Of
strength and resource was At hand.
Bishop WhslAn vas equal to the emeVVSn.
ey. His cathedral MAS not yet completed,
when already he had gathered around
him company Of young men who be.
sides conducting large school Of boys,
we're preparing themselves by prayer and
study Tor the dignity and lA6ou Of the
priesthood. The whistle Of the lOcomO-
tive had hardly Awakened the schools Of
the valley Of the Ohio, when already the
voice Of the priest could be heard saying
mass and insIEUcting the people in RSeFies
OF chapels from Wheeling to CERnGsrry
Summit, and from Grafton to ParkeS.
burg.
To tell you all that might be told would |
simply be to recount the history OF the
diocese Tor this neither you nor have |
time. Everybody knows that in his day
Bishop Whelan was the most restless &C. |
tive man the city Of Wheeling, perhaps, ! |
would beright in saying the State Of West
Virginia, hHd ever seen. The very rail. |
way that has made 1t 60 easy for you 10 |
come here to-day, was first protected by
his untiring brain. When, at the end Of |
twenty-five years, God called him away
from the scene OF bis lahon, there was .
see III Cathedral in the heart OF -four
lshing city; there were churches in near
~ every village and town from the Pan
handle to North Carolina; there were
schools and academies and Rsylums con.
ducted by orders Of religious women;
there was clergy counting upwards OF
tWenty.eight priests, and there was q we'll.
to.do Catholic population Of not less than
eighteen thousand. Tie desert had
bloomed like the rose; and the lSurels Of
success rested upon the time-silvered
bead OF the venerable Bishop.
think have shown that Richard Vim.
cent Whelan, by his spirit Of Sell.sapridge,
and by his activity and zeal, richly de-
served monument. He also deserved it
by
MS STIRLING QUALITIES As A MAN.
Who Is there amongst you that cannot
wildly recall that lithO, erect stature,
with its elastic movement and manly
grace? One could not pass him on the
street without feeling an inclination TO
turn and look after him. His appearance
was the picture OF diEnitied manhood, and
the worthy type Of the nerve, the courage,
the chiyalry which characterized him.
Nature IN equiPping him for the Rrduops
position he was one day to Oil, had pro.
Vided him With system OF nerves that
never quivered and Of muscles thatnever
relaxed in the face Of physical danger.
1t is not before Wheeling audience that
that need rehearse the feats OF daring
and OF presence OF mind and OF muscular
vigor that he performed. The planting OF
the cross on the spireot this cathedral, the
rescuing OF q poor man from certain
death after be had been suddenly
holsted 10 the height OF seventy feet
through the falling OF the cathedral bell,
the astounding agility through which he
saved his own life before railway engine
at Grafton, and other similar adventures,
are household stories which many of you,
probably, have related to your children.
And what lions hsSrt his was when, in,
stead Of physical damage, he found himself
face to face with the brutality OF men! Then
the hrmness OF his bearing, supported by
the consciousness OF having right and law
on his side, put on an air otmagnanimous
defiance. To the threats Of rulianly yio-
lenpe no opposed q lofty sCorR, and the
attempt TO carry out those threats, he met
with the unhinChiug determination Of sac.
rldcinR his life rather than suffer his
rights oil citizen to be trampled upon.
In tho month OF July, Of the year 1880,
revolution broke out in the city Of Paris.
Revolution, you know, often breaks out in
that unfortunate city. The clergy, hav-
ing reason TO fear for their lives, fed from
the scene Of danger. The Professors OF
the Seminary oil St, SuqpiOe, with those OF
me students who could not take refuge in
their own homes, retired 10 the country
seat oil the institution three miles from the
city. Here, however, they were still With
~ hearing OF the TQSg Of the combat. Pal
hd and trembling, they imagined every
sound was the tramp OF the insurgents
coming to slaughter them. In the general
dismay youthlul.looking student, whose
name was Richard Vincent Whu!an, sat
unconcerned in one Of the class rooms in
dustrioqsly copying notes which he had
taken down in class. Occasionally his
ear would catch the sound OF distant can.
1onadiugi still he wrote on needless Of the
death ine!l Of royal dynasty. At last
tho more peaceful tones OF the dinner bell /
called him from his occupation. In the
dining room he found the dinner on the
table, but there was nobody there, for fear
had robbed the professors and studputa OF i
all appetite. The young nan, however,
seated himself and commenced hearty
meal. One OF the professors entering and
seeing the intrepid youthso calmly eating, /
exclaimed in tremulous voice, "0h, Mr..
Whelan, how can you eat your dinner
when the rest Of usRre all wasting away L
with terror" The dauntless young Whe.
Ian replied with Spartan terseness, 81
would rather eat my dinner myself than
leave 1t to the insurgents" No wonder
that the admirable pluck Of this gallant
man, in 1854, stayed the fury OF a Know