The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-06-25
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND.

The Address in His Honor Read by Father
Christie at 1ans G.. T. A. Convention.
At the twenty first annual convention
of the G. r. A. Union of the Archdiocese
Of St. Paul, held Last week, the following
address to Archbishop Ireland, who is on
his way home from Rome, WAS read amid
applause by Rev. Alexander Christie, Of
Ascension church, Minneapolis:
Most Rev. Archbishop:-Wet the priests
of this archdiocese, in union with the
lay delegates of the G. T. A.. convention,
beg leave to offer your Grace their
united expression OF profound respect
and affection. There is no Catholic
mind or Catholic heart in the entire.
state which does not feel an inyol-
untary impulse OF gratitude towards the
name of our Archbishop when we call to
mind hia burning invectives hurled
against the liquor traffic. I'm your self
imposed journey to the Eternal City, QUE
our prayers, QUE hopes, and heartfelt SYM
pathy were with you, and when, with the
arms of truth and justice, you won 8
glorious victory, our souls we're filled
with Joy. With love of country, soc
ond only to your love Of God, you have
kept sentinel watch on the tower Of Zion,
and no foreign foe or domestic enemy
has escaped your viRilant eye. Devotion
to the changeless truth and its infallible
guardian, Christ's vicar upon earth, is
the secret OF your success and the source
of your power. In some of the tenden
cies and movements of the age, which
alright the tinaid, you have seen pro-
vidential opportunities opening the way
to moral and intellectual improvements
of the masses in the practical application
of the Christian doctrines OF the brother
hood of man and the fatherhood of Goo
You have gone down in sympathy to this
suffering multitude, and have whispered
to them the sacred words, temperance.
charity, brotherhood, liberty, and with
true Christian charity which knows NO
distinction of race or color you extended
to every naan the full right-hand of fell
lowship and brotherly equality. You
have taught labor that religion will ward
off the oppression Of capital, and yor
have let capital know that it's rights are
dependent on it's fulflment Of duties.
Knowing that bhis is an age in which all
things are tried by the touchstone Of
intellect, your words have been eloquent
end your work unceasing in the course
of education. If the growth of Cath
olicity in the Northwest has no parallel
in history; if churches, seminaries, COL
eges and primary schools have sprung
up as if by the touch Of the enchanter's
hand; if temperance, in the perfect Or
ganization of it's onward march, has the
support of all right-minded men, it is
largely due, under God, to your prudent
zeal and indefatiga BILE labors.
We assure your Grace that we feel a
personal interest in all your under
takings. Your cause is our cause, your
victories our gain. We receive en-
couragement and strength from knowl
edge Of the great success that has al
ways attended your labors. We rejoice,
therefore, over the great things you have
accomplished for the welfare of our
country, for the good of our church and
for the promotion of the virtue of tenn
perance. We ask you, Most Rev. Arch
bishop, to accept of this humble express
sion of our esteem.
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