St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-26
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THE FIRST CHAPEL.
to St Paul in 1861. and was ordained priest
by Bishop Grace on Dec. Il Of that year;
i'll 1862 was commissioned chaplain Of the
Fifth Minnesota regiment, and remained in
service a year. rendering his resignation
only on account Of ill health; became the
pastor Of the cathedral parish, and on the
18th of February, 1875, was appointed by
the pope bishop Of MarOnea, i'll partibuS
iniideiium. and vicar apostolic of Nebraska.
This appointment was subsequently re-
called, and he became the coadjutOr of the
See Of ST. Paul, and was cOnsecrated bishop
Dec. q, 1875.
HIS CHARACTERISTICS.
No man in the Northwest has filed up
the measure Of his usefulness and of his
life work thus far, 50 completely and so
grandly, as Bishop Ireland. No name in
history will glow with greater halo and
greater warmth for good acts conceived, for
good acts performed, for good and noble
acts reiterated again and again, than that
Of him, who coming himself from the
ranks Of the poor and the lOWly, has ever
sought to elevate his own nationality, and
in that act to elevate the world at large.
A mere boy when ordained a priest,
(23 years of age he stepped boldly into the
arena of life, and dealing with the material
as well as the spiritual elements of our eX-
istence, reached down into the great heart
of humanity, and touching the secret spring
of magnetic attraction hidden there, i'll
duced thousands to climb upward on the
ladder Of responsibility and manhood, and
therein he has healed many Il broken heart
and has dried many a sOTrowing tear. Like
his great Master before him, he
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not among the righteous; like his Master
before him, he is imbued with love and hui
miIity, and in seeking the publication of
the inner man, he seeks to elevate the mate
rial OF the outer man; like his Master before
him, he assimiates with thee masses and
sympathzes with them in their great bur
den of woe: points out the path which tends
to better life; leads the way
to temperance, prosperity and hap
pincsS; picks up the fallen encourages the
weak; guides the footsteps of the
faltering. Noman in this great Western
country has done so much towards the Gle
walton of the Irish race as has Bishop Ire
land; no man living has SO strong a hold
upon his people and their affections as has
Bishop Ireland, and no living bishop. of
any denomination. has done more towards
the advancement of the whole human fam
lily lin advancing his own people, than has
this heroic follower of the meek and lOwly
Jesus. | care not what church a man may
belong to, or what creed he may embrace,
for las We SOW 50 shall ye reap" and Bishop
Ireland'S good deeds will carry him to
heaven without church and without a
creed if there is a just God.
THEN AND NOW.
Over Il quarter of century ago. the men
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est at elections and were the first to find
their way to the police court, were the Irish
citizens of this city. They were then 1.-THE
hewers of wood and the drawers of water
the dray horses of society. And vet it was
not the Irish but the whisky in the Irish
Where are the Irish to-day? Among the
most wealthy the most honored and the
most respected of people, How came they
SO? Largely through the influence and the
persistent efforts of Bishop Ireland. |
am writing history, not romance; facts,
not fiction. and am seeking to show what
has been accomplished through the intlu-
euce of one man, and yet this influence has
not been given exclusively for his own peo-
pie but for the benefit of all classes of
citizens, for Bishop Ireland will unite
cheerfully with ministers of any denom-
nation to effect lasting public good
COLONIZATION.
Among the very first to make the colo
nization scheme in this state 81 far rs the
Irish are concerned. practical, was by
Bishop Ireland and by that intelligent and
noble old Irish gentleman, Dillon O'Brien.
father Of eur present mayor. Through
their efforts three settlements of Irish have
been planted upon our soil
and they are all prospecting, and
what is better Yet, no SpirituouS
liquors of amy kind are permitted To be sold
upon the land they occupy. Gen. Shields
and Capt. McGrorty years ago started the
movement, but il was left for Bishop
Ireland and his earnest co-lahorer.
II carry IL a successful issue. very
important element in the future advance
meut of the Irish race in this country This.
with his consistent and persistent efforts in
favor ot temperance, have won for him the
highest love and the highest reverence from
his cNn people. and the highest regard and
the highest respect from y large class at
American men and women who differ with
him in his theological views. but who know
him 10 be
~ man for ali of that"
MS PERSONALITY.
Bishop Ireland Is 4 tall slender. intel
lectual-lOoking gentleman. with sharp fea-
tunes, and with u bright. expressive face
He usually wears long frock coat and 4
slouch hat walks quickly. tlingS his right
arm out 40 his side, throws the
head up. and moves rapidly over
the pavement scarcely ever stopping to
notice anything or anybody GA the way. or
10 even greet an acquaintance. He gives
one the appearance of stirring. active
business man. and Yet back Of all this is in
tellect. As 4 public speaker he is clear.
earnest. concise. logical. argumentative and
eloquent. AS bishop and priest. while
he Is devoted to the church. Vet he is
tolerant, fagf and digni6ed As 4 citizen he
l. public spirited and wide-awake to the in
tercStS of his adopted city. AS a man. pos
seSSing all the essential elements of true
manhood, We know no peer TO Bishop Ire
land.
J. H. STEWART.
DR.. Stewart was born In New York in
1929; graduated AZ the university Of that
state in 1881: practiced medicine at PeelS-
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