St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-25


standing. He took proffered
seat between the cardinal and Bishop
Ireland on the platform. Secretaries
Bayard, Villas, Whitney and Endicott
and Postmaster General Dickinson ar
rived soon after and took seats near the
president. AT 4 p. m. choir of $50
voices, accompanied by the Marine
band, rendered Haydn's anthem, "The
Heavens Are Telling" This was fol-
lowed by the chanting of Psalm SO by
the choiristers from st. Mary's seminary
and st. Charles college, of Baltimore.
After selections were rendered by the
Bishop Spalding, of Peoria, began the
delivery of his address. Speaking of
the religious eXiles who sought in
America a home for Christian con-
science, he said: "Who could have had
faith that men of different creeds,
speaking various tongues, bred in un-
like social conditions, would here coal
eSce and cooperate for
THE GENERAL PURPOSE
of free government? Above all, who
could have believed that form of gov
ernment rarely tried, even in small
states. and when tried found practical
BILE only for brief periods, would have
become SO stable, so strong, that every
manages its own affairs. The achieve
ment is greater than we are able to
know: nor does 1t lie chiefly in the
millions who, coming from many lands
have here made homes and found them
selves free; nor in the building of cit
les, the clearing of forests, the draining
of SwampS, the binding of two oceans
and the opening of lines of rapid com
munlcation in every direction. Not to
numbers and wealth do we owe our sig
nificance among the nations. but
to the fact that we have
shown that respect for law is
compatible with civil and religious lib
erty; that free people can become
prosperous and strong and preserve
order without king or standing army;
that the state and the church can move
in separate orbits and still cooperate
for the common welfare: that men of
different races and beliefs may live to-
gether in peace. and that in spite of an
abnormally rapid increase of population
and of wealth; and of the many evils
thence resulting, the prevailing tend
ency is to unity of thoughts and senti-
ment, thus plainly manifesting the
vigor of our life and Institutions; that
the government of the majority, where
men put their trust in God and in
ment of the good and wise" OF the
Catholic
CHURCH IN AMERICA
he said: "All observers remark its
great development here, the rapid i'll
crease in the number of its adherents,
its growth in wealth and influence, the
firm but gentle hand which brings het-
erogeneOuS populations under the con-
troll of common faith and disciple, the
ease with which it adapts itself to new
conditions and organizes itself in spite
of unfriendly public opinion and of
great and numerous obstacles, in spite
impose and of the lack of easy and
supple movements, which gathering
years imply, to enter new fields, to
bend ones self to unaccustomed
work and to struggle for the
right to live, in the midst of
generation needless of the
good and mindful only of the
evil which has been associated with
ones life. And this is what the Catholic
church in America has had to do; and
has done with success which recalls
the memory of the spread of Christian
ity through the Roman empire. 1t
counts its members here by millions;
while hundred years ago it counted
them by thousands, and its priests,
churches. schools and institutions of
charity it reckons by the thousands,
while then they could be counted
hardly by tens. And public opinion
which was then hostile is no longer so
in the same degree. Prejudice has
not indeed ceased to exist, for
where there is question of re-
ligiOn. of society, of politics, even the
fairest minds fail to see thiEgs as they
are, and the multitude, it may be sup
posed, will never become impartial; but
the tendency of our life and of the age
is opposed to bigotry. and as we lose
faith in the justice and efficacy of per-
secution, we perceive more clearly that
true religion can neither be defended
nor progated by violence and intoler-
ance; by appeals to Sectarian bitterness
and national hatred. And by none is
this more sincerely acknowledged or
more deeply felt than by the Catholics
of the United States" The bishop pre-
dicted splendid future for the church,
and at the conclusion of his address
said: ''And now how shall l more fit
tingly conclude than with the name of
HER WHOSE GENEROUS HEART
And enlightened mind were the impulse
which has given to what had long been
hope deferred and dream-like vision,
existence and dwelling place-Mary
Gwendolen Caldwell"
Bishop Keene, rector of the university,
here stepped forward and addressed
himself to Miss Caldwell, who was
seated at the right and in front of the
platform, reading short letter from
the cardinal to Miss Caldwell; express
ing the profound gratitude of the church
for her gift of S300,00o, which, he said,
entities her to be considered the
Of 10 tha1
Accompanying the cardinals letter was
one from the pope to Bishop
Keene, expressing gratitude for
Miss Caldwel's munificeDce, and
bestowing upon her the apos-
tolic benediction. Bishop Keane then
handed Miss Caldwell the medal sent to
her by the pope. 1t is of solid gold and
about two inches in diameter. 1t was
struck by order of Leo XIII at
the beginning of and in commem-
oration of the eighth year of
his pontificate. One side contains the
profile of the pope. On the other is a
representation Of the genius of history
lifted aloft by angels, with an inscrip-
archives of the vatican to the historical
researches of the scholars of the world.
Miss Caldwell received the gift
with bowed head. The ceremony of
blessing the site of the chapel and
laying the corner stone was postpond on
account of rain. These ceremonies will
be performed at a future date. While
the bishops and a few specially invited
guests were dining with the cardinal at
DR.. Chapelle's this evening, the follow
ing cablegram Gn Latin was received
from the pope:
"The pontiff offers his hearty congrat-
ulations for the work that has just been
begun, and gives his apostolic blessing
to all the bishops"
Almost Immediately following came a