Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-18
1ttbe Bisbop's Restdeuce.

pcEity.
1t the Bishops Residence.
Upon the conclusion of tho last gospel
the congregation retired to the thrilling
strains of "St. Patrick's Day in tho Morn
ing" as rendered by the Great Western
band. A procession was then formed in
front of the cathedral by the Knights of st.
Paul and tho Father Matthew Temperance So
cieties.
Headed by the Great Western band the
procession marched around the block, re-
turning to the residence of the bishop and
forming in hollow square in front of the
parsonage. The band rendered the popular
air, "Wearing of the Green" following
which Mr.. Timothy Reardon, president of
the Knights of st. Paul, delivered the fol-
lowing address:
RIGHT REVEREND BISHoP:-lt would be an
unalloyed pleasure at any time to be privi-
legged to present you the good wishes of the
Irishmen of st. Paul; it is more than pleas
ure to-day to speak in the name of its Father
Matthew men, st. Patrick and Father Matthew
apostles both of them. The one freed Ireland
from paganism, the other under God Was the
instrument to rescue thousands of persons
from brutalism. The one 5.nished snakes
stamped out the vice which causes men to see
snakes when they not, and on this st. Pat
rick's day we Irvine the shamrock, moistene"
with our tears, but unstained with tie poison
ed cup, around those nRmes the one saint
of God we cnyoke his prayers, the other an
angel of charity, we pray Col his folio Sers
be multiplied equal to the sands of the sea, and
hero in tho great West, though Theobald
Matthew be dead his voice still rings from the
lips of one aptly called his successor, the Rt.
Rev. John Ireland. To name him is to speak
his praise; the presence of this array of tenn
perance men is its living testimony TO his
work and worth.
We congratulate you, sir, as we congratulate
ourselves upon your continued good health.
We trust, God may yet spare yoH many years
to lead and edify your people. We congratu-
late you upon the spiritual and material pros
perity OF your see, upon the contentmcnt and
peace that bless all its borders.
We thank you, too, that you have never for
gotten the old Motherla I'D, now in her dark
hour of woe, and that first among the foremost
you have extended to her helping hand. and
when the coming tide of expatriated Irishmcn
reaches our shores, we tender you and your
worthy coadjutor and all our reverend clergy
the willing hearts and hands of the st. Paul
Irishmen to make them welcome.
And in this, as in every good work. it will be
our.endeavor and pledge, the Total Abstinence
men shall stand abreast of the foremost. And
now, Right Reverend Bishop, accept our good
wishes on this st. Patrick's day.
RESPONSE OF BISHOP GRACE.
In reply to the above the venerable and
Rt. Rev. Bishop Grace stepped forward and
delivered an eloquent address of congratula-
ton. In commencing bis remarks the VEN
cradle speaker extended sincere thanks for
the honor conveyed and alluded to the OBJ
servances on the recurrent anniversaries of
St. Patrick's day. Reference WAS then made
to the condition of Ireland and the fearful
famine that is ROW desolating the fairest
portion of her land. By some inscrutable
decree of Gods will Ireland had been made
to suffer.
But who could interpret the divine edict
or fathom the economy that had permitted
the famine and distress? Who could pene-
trate the depths of Gods inscrutable good
ness which inflicted with a divine hand to
draw out greater good? The oppressive and
ubiquitous laws of bad government, the
speaker was convinced, were mainly instru-
mental in bringing about the sufferings of
Ireland. 1t was the speakers deepest con-
viction that the exercise of these oppressive
laws had brought about a crisis from which
would flow the greatest good.
Reference was then made to the wide
spread indignation that now agitated this
and other countries at the expressions heap
ed upon Ireland, and the speaker said that
the present crisis was an occasion when the
Creator was glorifed by the mantle station
in man of God like sympathy, the deepest
sentiment of the same. Not only the United
States but the people of every country had
come forward to the relief of Ireland, actu-
ated by the same noble impulse. Especially
in the United States, all parties and all
creeds had joined in the manifestation OF
the highest impulses and most substantial
sympathy.
The disastrous propensity of intemper-
ance was then spoken of, and the reverend
speaker paid a high compliment to the
Father Matthew and othersTotal Abstinence
societies for their noble work and progress
in the cause of temperance. In conclusion
the reverend speaker extended his warmesi
wishes for tho prosperity and well being oil
the temperance societies, expressing the de-
sire that they might grow in usefulness until
Minnesota would be pointed to as an ex-
ception to the States that were cnrsed by the
horrors arising from drink.
After popular air by the band Father
Stanley was called upon for speech, in lie.
spouse to which no made few happy and
impromptu remarks, congratulating the go
cleties upon their appearance and abiding
briefly to the cause Of Ireland, which he stat