The Irish standard., 1890-08-23
BISHOP M'cOLRICK'S VISIT.
he Makes His Episcopal Cali and
is Given a Royal
Reception.

1s 0lven q Royal
Reception.
|ALL CLASSES WELCOME HIM
A Procession Headed by the Mayor ant
the Third Regiment Band Net
Him at the Depot.
The following account of the warm
reception given Bishop Meg Golrick, 81
Brainerd, Sunday, August 10. is taken
from the Brainerd Journal:
Saturday evening, August 8, the. Rt.
Rev. Bishop McGolrick, of Duluth. ar
rived in Brainerd on the 7:50 train, and
was greeted with most hearty well
come. AS the train drew up to the
depot the Third Regiment band played
a piece of It's finest music, and as the
Bishop stepped from the train he was
received cordially by Rev. Father Law
lor and the mayor, pleasantly greeted
bY the wishing priests from other To-
calities, and was escorted between the
lines formed by the "a. o. III. and the G.
M. B. A.. the former society being in
uniform and bearing banners, to the
carriages awaiting the party at the END
of the platform. A procession was then
formed, led by the band, which was fol-
lowed by the societies above named, the
Bishops carriage and other carriages
A large number of people, not less than
1900. had assembled to witness the
Bishops arrival, and were massed upon
the railroad platforms and along the
streets. The procession stopped in
front of the Catholic church and rector
ate, and the Bishop and party passed
between lines of boys, who wore white
robes and were in devotional attitude,
to the rectorate. The assembled crowds
proceeded into the church until the
structure was filed, and many were yet
waiting outside unable to enter. In q
few minutes the Bisho !, and priests an.
peared in robes in front Of the altar, and
after devotional exercises had been held
Mr.. John Willis delivered an address of
welcome as follows:
Rt. Rev. Bishop: With the deepest
feelings OF gratitude and filial devotion
we are assembled here tonight to pay
our respects to our spiritual father and
guide. and to extend to YOU sincere
and hearty welcome. We, perhaps, are
mostly strangers to your Lordshlp-t0
us you are no stranger. Weh&ve known
you for wears by your life of generous
and noble deeds. We have known you
as the virtuous, kindhearted shepherd
of souls, the staunch defender of the
poor mans rights. the charitable friend
of the needy. the comfort and support
of the downtrodden, the able advocate
of the grand and noble cause Of tenn
perance. which makes man what a
Christian ought to be We, dear
Bishop. are but small portion of your
charge it IS true, put as such Wa pledge
ourselves loyal children. This we
promise. and with Gods help and your
Lordship's blessing the promise shall
be fulfilled. Once more hearty well
come"
The Bishop responded as follows:
s.Dearly beloved brethren, it is with
feelings Of pleasure come amongst
you, especially in this part of my dio-
cese, of which have heard so much
heard nothing, indeed, but words OF
praise from a fellow laborer in the mis-
sion, Father Gleason. who had been
amongst you for while. This is to me
a great pleasure. on coming amongst a
people as the Bishop of the diocese. to
be so heartily received. I. who am here
by the appointment of the man in the
chair of Peter, am glad to see so many
here in the spiritual IN terests Of religion
and the church. That church., even
from temporal point of view, should
be lifted up by its people, that she is of
God, SO she should have justification Of
her claims. It has always been her de-
sire that Catholiclty and knowledge
should be spread abroad. and especially y
in these days when men can do so much
good. How can men do good or fail to
do it, except according to the amount
OF their KNOWLEDGE? Hence knpwle edge
should flourish amongst Us. and this
should particularly apply to the young
Gods workings are open to us as q
book. the boDk Of nature. All nature
defines the works Of God. The human
mind is capable Of retaining q vast
amount of. knowledge, but with knowl-
edge we should look up to the creator.
Here. then, is q great work for US IN the
instruction and education Of the chill
dren. We must set no limit to the edu.
cation OF children. and we should en-
deavor that parents bring up their
children to be taught all through life
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