The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-01

the first toast. which was responded to by
Cardinal Gibbons. The toast was "Our
said:
THE name of Leo XIII will live in his
tory. IL will figure as the peer of his great
namesake. Leo /, and of the Gregories. and
the lnnocents. who have reflected so much
glory o. the church OF God. Leo has
proved himself to- be not only u man of God,
but also q man of the people. Like his
divine Master. he can say: Il have compass
sion on the multitude. and 1 desire to
break foT them the bread of consolation
In one of his first encyelicals, entitled
''Eterni PATHS" the Holy Father invites
the student Of divinity and the Christian
prIest TO ascend. like Moses. the mount of
God. there TO commune and to study tho
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. But
he does not allow the minister rs OF religion
10 remain. He bids them descend. like
Moses. among the people. bearing in their
Lands the tables of the law. He expects
them TO be in touch with the people. to CO.
operate with them In their aspirations, TO
enIghten. instruct and sanctify them, and
10 be tho great moral leaven that will puri-
~ the mass of humanity. He reminds US
bishops and priests that our higbes: and
noblest mission on earth Is to promote the
moral and social well-being OF the people.
CATHOLICISM ADAPTED TO ALL PLACES.
I'm his luminous encyclical on the con-
stitution of Christian states. our Holy
Father proclaims the fundamental truth. q
truth which. though fundamental. is some
times forgotten or controverted, that the
Catholic religion is adapted to all places,
and that she finds herself az home under
every form of government. She is at home,
not only under monarchical systems. but
also under republican forms Of govern
meDt. Thank God. We can here. this even
ing. echo back the sentiments of our Holy
Father. and. III the light of observation,
can affirm that while the church has had to
struggle. and while she still struggles for
existence under the dark shadow of des-
potIc rule. she grows and expands like the
oak of the forest under the free air or our
republican institutions. Nowhere does
the church of God enjoy greater liberty
than here, and nowhere does she advance
with more rapid strides. And Nowhere is
the benign authority of the Pontiff more
respected and honOred than in these United
States. Our devotedness toward him IS
not less strong because less noisy In it's
demonstrations. Our loyalty to his spirit
ual jurisdiction is too deep and earnest TO
be wasted in frothy defamation. The fire
that burns in our breast is too sacred to be
allowed to explode in rhetorical pyrotech-
mics. In honoring the Pope | hope we will
not be suspected by unfriendly critics of
man-worship. We worship but one true
God. We honor the Pope because he 10
worthy of all generation. We revere him
NV olllJ LO4 llo pOl6OAta AANuOD u CPO-
cially as the highest representative of
Christ and the uncOmpromising exponent
end vindicator of our Christian civilization.
In his admirable encyclIcal on Chris
tian Marriage the Holy Father proclaims
q truth which has q special Significance in
our times and which ought to DO needed by
the American people. 1t is that If our
Christian civilization Is to be saved and
pe%rpetuated. the sanctity and indissolubil-
Ity of Christian marriage must be recog-
niZed bv the masses. He tells us that the
married couple ara the source of the family:
that the family is the source of society, and
that the stream docs not rise above Its
source.
I'm his latest encyclical on labor the
Holy Father prOclaims the rights and dig
nifty of labor and of the laboring man.. He
example, has ennobled labor, and that ever
since He toiled at His trade in Nazareth
He has shed q halo around the workshop.
In all his public utterances the Pope proves
that he Is abreast with the ines and that
he IS In sympathy with the legitimate as
pirations of humanity.
LEo's IN AMERICA.
1--WE are grateful to tho Holy Father
for his paternal interest in the American
church. We are grateful to him for the
affection he has always manifested toward
the clergy and the people of the United
States. We thank him for his message of
benediction to the venerable metropolitan
of st. Louis, on the occasion of his golden
jubilee; q patriarchal prelate in whose
honor we are bled here this evening
and who is the connecting link between
the past and the present. who has seen the
church of America in her struggling youth
and who behOlds her to-day in her majestic
developments; q prelate who has seen the
episeopate increase from fifteen to eighty
bishops, and amid this bright galaxy no
has ever been a burning and a shining
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peur ct sans reproche who, like his Master
with the scourge in the temple. has the
courage of q lion to rebuke iniquity. and,
like his Master at the tomb of Lazarus. has
the tenderness of q child when sympathiz-
ing with sorrow and suffering; a prelate
who has seen the clergy grow from five
hundred to nine Thousand. who in his epis-
copal career has seen the Catholic laity ex-
pand from one million and O half to nine
millions. and who has seen the general
population of the country increase four fold
under the fostering influence of our free in
situations.
token OF esteem which he has sent to the
venerable dean of the episcopate. and |
esteem it q great honor to be deputed to
present 1t in the name of the Holy Father.
And now. most reverend Archbishop. with
heartfelt pleasure, l discharge my commits
sion by handing you the gift from the
Pope"
This gift is a portrait of his Holiness. in
q handsome gold frame. ~broughtfrom Rome
by the Pope's chamberlain. MOnslgnOr
OSryen.
Other toasts were responded to, as fol-
lows: The Catholic Church in the United
States" by Most Reverend Archbishop NJ.
A. Corrigan. OF New York; Our Country"
by Rev. Joseph Grimmelsman, president of
the st. Lonis Jesuit University; The
Church in louisiana" by Archbishop JAMS
sen. of New Orleans; THE Province of ST..
Louis by Bishop Hennessy, of Dubuque
This closed the banquet. and the prelates
dispersed, to meet again this evening at
the Archbishop's residence to view the
torch-light parade.
THIRTY THOUSAND IN LINE.