Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-12-01

MS priests, arose ana maue SuOft uue
affecting address, Rev. Father Collier
then made an address of welcome 10
Cardinal Gibbons and the visiting
clergymen. Father Coffee, the toast
master, then announced the first toast,
which was responded to by Cardinal
Gibbons.
The toast was sour Holy Father,
Leo KILL" Cardinal Gibbons said:
"The name of Leo XIII will live in his
tory. 1t will figure as the peer OF his
great namesake, Leo l.. and the Greg
cries and the Innocents who have re-
fiected so much glory on the Church OF
God. Leo has proved himself to be not
only man OF God, but also man OF
the people. Like his Divine Master, he
can say, i have compassion on the
multitude, and desire to break forth
with the bread of consolation
"In one of his first encyclicals, en-
titled, 'Eterni Patris,' the Holy Father
invites the Student OF Divinity and the
Christian Priest to ascend like Moses,
the Mount OF God, there to continue
with their maker TO study the mysteries
of the Kingdom Of Heaven.
SIN his luminous encyclical on the
constitution OF Christian States, our
Holy Father proclaims the fundamental
truth, truth which, though funda
mental, is sometimes forgotten or
controverted, that the Catholic religion
is adapted to all the times and all places,
and that she finds herself at home un-
der every form of government.
ksGha 10 or hnpoa only nnnar M0n-
archal systems, but also under repuo-
lican forms OF government. Thank God
we can here this evening echo back the
sentiments of our Holy Father, and in
the light Of experience and observation
can affirm that while the Church has
had to struggle and while she still
struggles for existence under the dark
shadows of despotic rule, she grows
and expands like the oak OF the
forest under the free air OF
our Republican institutions. Nowhere
does the Church of God enjoy greater
liberty than here, and nowhere else does
she advance with more rapid strides.
SIN his latest encyclical on Labor. the
Holy Father proclaims the rights and
dignity OF labor and the laboring man.
He tells us that Christ, by His teachings
and example, has ennobled labor, and
that ever since He toiled at His tradei In
Nazareth He has shed halo around
the workshop.
In all his public uttsrances the Pope
proves that ne is abreast with the times,
and that Le is in sympathy with the
legitimate aspirations Of humanity. We
are grateful to the Holy Father for his
paternal interest in the American
Church. We are grateful To him for the
affection he has q ways manifested to-
ward the clergy and the people OF the
United States
1--WE thank him for his message OF ben
edictlOn 10 the venerable Archbishop OF
st. Louis on the occasion Of the Golden
jubilee; patriarchia prelate In whose
honor we are assembled here this even
ing, aud who is the connecting link be-
tween ahe past and present, who has
seen the Church Of America In her
struggling youth, and who beholds her
to-day in her majestic developments.
"And now, most reverand Archbishop,
with heartfelt pleasure ] discharge my
commission by handing you the git
from the Pope.
This gift is portrait Of His Holiness
In handsome gold frame, brought from
Rome by the Pope's Cham berIain, Mon
signor O'Breyan.
Other toasts were responded TO as fol-
lows: "The Catholic Church In the
United States" by Most R"v. Arch
bishop NJ. A. Corrigan; "Our Country"
by Rev. Joseph Gwimmeisman. Presi-
dent Of the ST. Louis Jesuit University;
"The Church in louisiana" by Rev.
Archbishop Janssens. of New Orleans;
"The Province OF 81. Louis" by Bishop
Hennessey, OF Dubuque.
This closed the banquet and the pre-
lates dispersed to meet again this even
Ing at the Archbishop's residence to
view the torch light parade.