Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-10-23

ard the possibilities Of his country; but
Will teacn MIN also needed lessons that
other nations possess their own peculiar
eXcelencies and have also made great ad-
vauces in the arts and liberty.
By the glorious memory Of Peter Stuy-
vesant and his successors in the Guberna-
tOrial Office by the Cosmopolitan spirits OF
our city and the broad hospitality Of State
which has always welcomed the immi-
grants, educated him 70 our standard, and
conferred on him our citizenship, and on
behalf OF nv associates in the commisSionI
give this building to uses OF the Fair dur
ing existence. Afterwards l trust IL may
be a dwelling place Of our New York spirit
as the club of our people who have settled
n the Westn
Then came the acceptance Of the
building by Director General Davis and
next addresses by Governor Flower and
Archbishop Corrigan.
Archbishop Corrigan's address was as
follows:
The scientist appears in this that In
the domaine Of nature and positive fact
Columbus took nothing for granted.
The persistent opposition OF the most
erudite Professors Of the day did not
disconcert him. While he bowed rever-
emily 20 teachings Of faith, he brushed
away as cObwebs certain interpretations
OF scripture, more fanciful than real
and calmly maintained that the word OF
God cannot be in conflict with scientific
truths.
As a scientist again he was again
conscious of the grandeur and untold
promise OF his discovery. He recognized
to use the phrase Of Voltaire, "that he
was doubling creating, thus writing TO
Ferdinand and Isabella after his arrest
by Bobadilla, he says: THE lands
which obey your highness are more ex-
tensive and richer than all ChriStendom
put together"
In 1900 he wrote Dona Juan Della
Tore: Through the divine will l have
placed already under the dominion OF
our Lords the King and Queen another
world, whereby Spain that was poor is
now made exceedingly rich"
His cOntem poraries often used similar
language, speaking explicitly OF the
I New York, as NarrisSes Columbia Biblo-
graphy abundantly illustrates. A man OF
such a calibre is no more adventurer nor
/ a bucanneer. The results Of the studies
OF lifetime cannot be accounted a
! simple stroke Of good luck or Sub
/ lime blunder.'
And now let US consider our hero as
exemplifying his name. In cathedralS
/ of Spain as you enter the vast portals,
you generally End printed on the
walls a colossal picture Of st. Chris
topher, al times some thirty
/ feet high, as, for instance, in the Cathe-
/ dral OF Seville. For some unexplained
| reason the old Spaniards were very fond
/ Of this subject. Columbus must often
/ have gazed on such representations. At
all events, the project OF bearing Christ
over the waters, sank deeply into his
heart. Time and again he alludes to IL
as the main object Of his researches and
aim of his labor. Other motives Of ac-
/ tion undoubtedly he had, but they were
I a means to an end. His diary opens
with an avowal of his Crane purpose.
| The record OF the great discovery Is ac-
compauied with a similar declaration,
and ia various other passages OF his
journal the same project appears, like a
dominant note in music always present
/ in the composers mind, even though
not always heard. Again, can the his
torian assign any other motive so pow
/ erful as this feeling of deep interest Of
/ the prior of Ia Rabids, Of the various
| Franciscan ard Dominican friars, as
well as of the great Cardinal OF Spain,
who so earnestly pleaded Columbus
cause before Spanish sOvereigns? More
over may we not reasonably presume
/ that the great navigator after all was a
willing instrument In the hands of God?
| Unexpected resources came so often in
/ the history of Columbus, that we can
not but conclude that the Lord or His
own wise purpose was with him and
evidently not for his own sake alone,
/ but for ours as well. And il the Lord
had mercy for sake OF the thousands
and millions who are to serve Him, not
only in this glorious Republic but
throughout the length aud breadth OF
| America, may we not reverently repeat
the admiraPs prayer: 80 Lord Eternal
and Mighty God who by Thy Holy word
didst create the Heavens, the land and
sea. hallowed and gloritied be Thy
name: praised be Thy Majesty which
has vouchsafed to suffer the Holy name
bv the work of Thy hum BILE servant TO
/ be made known and proclaimed In this
new part Of the world"
The dedication poem by VIM. II. Nc
Elroy and music by SOuss's Marine
Band successfully brought the dedica-
tiOn TO close.