St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-28

buque. going out upon that vast expause on
which ii seemed as if only rash or heroic men
could embark with aught of hope in their
breasts. And lol the tide of civilization had
already advanced hundreds of miles, and IN
1851 he stands here in his newly appointed
see of ST. Paul, his cathedral, log
chapel, his diocesan clergy three brave
priests, and before them another bound
less horizon of wilderness TO De won
to civilization and to God. Like Bisnop
Loras, he brough to his task the holiness OF
saint, the wisdom of statesman ana the en-
ergy of hero. In six short years the ardent
burning of his zeal consumed his life; Dut
when in 1857 he went to his well earned re-
ward, he had laid far and wide the solid
foundations of that wondrous growth OF re-
ligion and of civilization which now glad-
dens the heart in all this fair western land.
The immediate successor OF that pioneer
bishop is here with us to-day. Surely, his
heart must swell with emotions Ike those OF
holy Simeon as he looks upon the scene De-
fore us, as he beholds him whom as boy
Bishop Cretin trained for the holy priest
hood, and chose from his band OF priests
to share with him the ever-growing burden
of his episcopal responsibility, now invested
with the insignia of the archiepiscopal dlg-
nifty which tells that the infant diocese
which he received from the sainted Cretln
has become a metropolitan see. the motner
of other fiourishing sees around 1t. The poor
little outpost of nearly fifty years ago is
to-day the center of great eccleslastlcal
province, which challenges the world ad,
miration no less by the mature s0ldltv and
symmetry of It's development than by the
marvellous rapidity of its growth. And what
a canticle of praise to the Giver OF all GOOD
gifts must go up from the heart OF the new
archbishop, whose only thougnt, when
the generous fervor of youth, was to
spend his life as one of a scanty band OF
missionary priests, ministering to the poor
Indians and the scattered settlers OF
western wilderness, and who now, Wnen
the years of his ministry are, we trust, not
more than half spent, sees the wilderness
transformed into land of beauty and peace
and plenty. Where a happy population, i'll
hundreds and hundreds OF thousands, ENJOY
all the advantages of the most advanced CIV
ilizaton and refinement. pushing on towards
the foremost ranks III the progress or our
western world, the church of God still lead
ing the march, as she did the vanguard OF
the pioneers. pointing ever onward and up
ward to still higher and nobler achievements.
AS we contemplate this wonderful fact we
cannot but ask its explanation and its cause,
for cause and explanation 1t must have.
Answers come TO us, varying with the stand
points of those who give them. "TheSe null
titudes have been drawn or driven here" :"
says one, by the need of making living.
They have come, " says another, TO escape
from the thraldOm that fettered and ground
them at home " ''They have been impelled," :"
answers a third. ''by the energy, the enter
prise. the ambition, which recognizes great
opportunities and leaps forward TO improve
them" All these answers are, doubtless,
true; but they only touch the surface or the
fact There must be a deeper reason than
these. a spring of action living at the very
heart of things, law of nature emanat1nG
from Him who gave nature all It's laws. The
fountain of the laws of nature lies III the mo-
tive which impelled the Almighty 10 give
nature its existence. That motive is the wei
fare, temporal and eternal, of His reasonable
creatures Not through any need did He
create, but through the Oufpouring of bounte'
GUS love. producing beings capable of shar-
ing in His perfection and happiness. and di
recting all the plan of creation towards that
end of generous love. Time He made the
veSiibue to eternity-time the period of our
well-doing eternity the endless duration of
His bountiful rewaTdIng. III time, as in
eternity, lie wills that all things shall work
together for
HIS CREATURES WELFARE.
The various relationships which make up
the organism of human society are meant to
be inStrumentalities for working out this
great result; for helping all, individually and
collectively, towards the supplying of all
human needs, both corporal and spiritual; !;
towards the attainment of perfection and
happiness, both temporal and eternal. Here
is the origin of all human rights and all
human duties, the fountain of truth and JUS
tice and charity in all human relationships,
the meaning and end of all the orders and
functions and powers of human society.
But into this blessed plan there creeps,
alas! another element hateful TO God and
ruinous to mantle element of selfish greed.
1t NAV be greed of possessions, or greed of
power or greed of place and praise and ad-
miratipn, or greed of aught else that it covets
in all the wide world; but its spirit and
character are ever the same, and that is that
it seeks not the welfare of its fellow beings,
nor the accomplishment of Gods blessed
will, but the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, eXaltatiOn or
qualification of its own wretched self. That
spirit makes its home in any heart that will
give il lodgment; and it blights the beauty,
stunts the nobleneSs and distorts the I'M
pulses of tine heart ia which it reigns, hard
ening it 10 the appeal of human need, dead
ening it to the touch of Gods love, perVert
ing its notions of justice and charity, making
all things secondary and subservient to self.
That spirit may enter into all the ranks and
relationships of human society, and it de-
praves them all, wrests them aside from
God S end and plan, turns them to the injury
rather than the welfare of mankind. 1t
makes heartleSs neighbors, grasping misers
dishonest business men, corrupt legislators
and despotic rulers. 1t is the degradation of
humanity and the blight of the world 1t
cares not how the many may wilt, wlther and
fall short of what God and nature meant for
them, provided only that self be satisfied.
No wonder that men hate it and escape from
it if they can.
Look now at the facts: When Europe was
made Christian, ii recognized the end for
planned the harmony of social relationships; !;
il hailed God as the Supreme Ruler; IL called
itself Christendom, the kingdom OF Christ.
Under the gentle sway of the Prince OF Peace,
rulers and subjects were bound together by
ties of mutual duty and service, and relolced
i'll the loyalty which was beneficial to all
If violations there were of right or of duty,
there stood the supreme law to rebuke It, and
the obligation of reparatiOn was acknOwl-
edged bv all. Thus humanity was lifted from
har rhor daCnnfiSm yVpatrha6npSS
started towards the realization of the Crea-
tors plan of universal harmony, peace and
welfare. Centuries roll on, and Io selfish
ness and greed, ever struggling, gain tempo
rary mastery. The supremacy Of God, the
kingshIp of Christ, the rights of conscience
must yield to the supremacy OF little man.
Even in divine things the motto OF heather
despotism is revived: "Cujus regio, illus re-
ligio''-whose is the country, his is the relig-
ion. Royal supremacies in things spiritual
are proclaimed. ard the millions submit or
are hanged, drawn and quartered. Kings
and emperorS, pretending reverence for. re-
ligion and the church, seek to enslave them
and use them for their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Revolution rises to shake off the hated incu-
bus of despotism, greed and self; but the an
CRY multitudes have so long seen religion
parodied and disgraced, that they spurn even
religion itself and seek to dethrOne the AL
mighty, and while clamOring for the rights
of man they trample on every right of both
man and God. The tempest passes, the re-
action comes; but again it is man that asks
to rule without God and Christ in his coun-
sells, and therefore. with the aim of advanc-
ing selfish greed, rather than of supplying
the needs and promoting the welfare of man
kind. And see the result to-day in the
mill ons arrayed in standing armies, hol-
low mockery of peace and in the hundreds
of millions groaning beneath the load laid
on them by misrule, because man, not God,
is king. Is il any wonder that
THEY SHOULD SEEK TO FLEE?
In our new world, God provides a refuge
and home for oppressed humanity, and
over Its portals He inscribes His own blessed
name, to show that, forever not man the
petty tyrant, but God the Father of all, shall
| here hold rule. The fathers of our country
proclaim to all the world that it is the land
| where humanity shall forever be free to at
| tain untrsmmeled the ends and the rights
| bestowed on man by his Creator. Thus,
| while the old world, in its folly, asserts man s
Supremacy and makes man deDendent on