The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-12-28

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Charity of which write in my humble
way as [ see the light from afar OF
Christian Charity is the recognition Of
this universal instinct, this universal
truth. that all mankind are brethren, {,
aye, it is being brother to the rest OF
mankind. He took the leper to His
bosom, He soothed the sick, bid the
lame walk, the deaf hear aud the blind
see. He made nOta new race of beings,
but strove by personal example to make
mankind charitable to each other. He
knew that if He could affect this. man
kind would indeed prove 10 be the
noblest work of God. And so Christ
taught aud 30 he lived and died, and
came again for brief time to silence
the sincere doubters and set the seal
upon the new revelation, and still the
race, but partially awakened to the
truth that is in every man, waged wars
and built monuments for hatred Of each
other. But this was the great object,
1t seems to me that the Christ lad, to
rekindIe the diving instinct of brother
hood among mankind; by that alone he
proved Himself to be the God His
earthly extraction, HIS surroundings.
were IN and among the people OF all
Others theu in the world, who most
derided the principal of equality OF
mankind before God. hence they were
of all nations the least charitable.
First taught on earth by the Christ as
All absolute necessity amoug his follow
ers. it is called Christian Charity.
''In the year 1915 was born Vincent,
in the village OF Pouii, near Acqs, in
Gascony. France, not far from the
Pyrenees mountains. His parents.
William de Paul and Bertranda do
Morass, lived on very small farm, and
on the produce of this farm they brought
up four sons Ond two daughters, inno-
Cent, Ignorant of the follies of the great
world, aud taught to perform all the
.labors falling to theiE Lot with cheerful
ness. The third son, Vincent, spent a
great part OF his time in the field. terd-
Ing cattle, aud this time he also used
for prayer and meditation; for from his
earliest years he had showed q serious
ness, and an affection orprayer, beyond
his age. In this humble life he also
found those for whose comfort he could
sacrifice some Of his own; for, from his
good parents, he had learned the secret
of Christian Charity. st. Vincent De
Paul died the 9th day of September
1850. in the Ssh year OF his age" I
have taken the foregoing account of
The birth, early life and death of the
SAINT from .'Patron Saints by Eliza
Allen Starr.
He recognized the true meaning of
the words 'unless you have charity you,
have nothing" and "the poor you have.
always with you'' and his heart and
mind were filled with the meaning.
He could not make all mankind at once
the light that had reached him, but he
began a practical campaign IN his own
beloved country. He brought the giving
Of aims aud the doing of good. within
certain rules, 81 that records might be,
kept, not of the givers but of the reci-
pients, that as to so many of Gods
poor AS were written down, at least, it
might be said in truth that we had
them with us. Christian Charity thus
became system whereby the rich aud
able gave understandingly and metho
ideally of their substance towards the
sustenaDce of the poor. ..-..
So thoroughly throughout France had
the example If st. Vincent de Paul
rekindlrd the instinct of brotherly love.
that IN the year 1888 in Paris some
young men Of the Iaity founded the
society. known afterwards as the Society
Of st. Vincent De Paul, Of which we
are members. Among The oremost of
these men was Antoine Frederic O7a-
mum. born April 13. 1878, died Septem-
bgr 8. 1853. To fully appreciate this
man aud the greatness Of his work, it is
we'll to ,kn0w that he was Of Jewish ex-1
traction, the descendant of Jewish
family Of Milan. who traced their an
cestors by names and generations back
10 the origin Of their race; at that era
of Christianity. in the early part Of this
century, came the true light to this
man. and he labored, as few others,
besldes the Christ, Himself, have done,
to make mankind love one another.
Christian Charity however is not con-
fined to the giving OF aims. Do you for
amomeut conceive that by the brother
hood OF men Is meant only that as all
are brOthers each should give what will
be necessary to sustain life in . starving
MORTAR By no means, for Of all the |
unctlaritable am0l,g men the most un-l
just is ne who speaks ~ of his fellow,
and II there could toe one OF greater
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