The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-05-28
A GREAT SERMON.
Was that Delivered by Archbishop
John Ireland in the
Eternal City.
THE MONlTEUR DE ROME
Declares He Has One ofThose Rare
Minds Which Wholly Un-
derstands Leo XIII.

Minds Which Wholly Un-
| derstands Leo XIII.
The Boston Pilot gives the following
interesting letter from it's Roman COZ.
respondent on the eulogy pronounced
on Archbishop Ireland by the Moniteur
de Rome:
| The question raised some short time
ago concerning the position Of the Moni-
| teur de Rome as a journal representing
| views prevailing at the Vatican, would,
| in all probability, not have been raised at
all except for the purpose Of striving to
lesson che weight of it's utterances in
favor of the Archbishop of st. Paul,
Minnesota, the Most Rev. DR.. ireland.
The best reply to this, and one which ap~
peals directly to every thinking person in
the United States, is that the Pope sub
sidizes the Moniteur de Rome to very
considerable extent, It goes without
saying that, under such circumstances,
the journal is by no means likely to COLI
tain anything contrary to- the mind Of
the Pope. Thus, when it undertakes the
laudatlon of Archbishop Ireland. the
value Of its praise is great indeed, and
gives an indication of the high esteem in
which that Prelate is held in the Vatl-
can. An editorial article at the begin
ming Of the week in the Moniteur de-
serves the fullest notice
A. hundred years ago, begins the Moui-
teur's article, Rome sent Mgr. Carroll
to the United States. America sends lis
today Mgr. Ireland. The great Arch
bishop Of ST. Paul, Minnesota, brings to
Rome the fruits of century of evangeli-
zation. When the foreign colony knew
that he would preach yesterday Low
Sunday, at SAINT Andrea della Vale, it
was desirous of hearing this apostolic
voice on ''The Pope and his Time" Like
Cardinal Lavigefie, like the bishops of
the fifth century, Mgr. Ireland is a
founder Of empire. He is one of the
manly figures of the Church and of the
United States. His name is q force; his
action permanent organization. 1t ia
of him that a Protestant statesman
could say that he did more for coloniza-
tion than whole European nation. Mgr
Ireland is eminently man Of evangeli-
zation and of conquest. He understands
Christianity as an acting power, as the
soul Of the world, eternal}y radiant and
fruitful, like the first Fathers and
first fishermen of souls.
Thus, then, his discourses are acts. He
takes things at their highest. When he
speaks he has his eye upon his public,
upon his time. The tide of his confer
ence yesterday, ''The Pope and his
Time" sufficiently indicates the ideal of
him who carries all Christianity in the
folds of his robe and who longs to pour
it out, as a benefit on the age.
You do not summarize discourse Of
Mgr. Ireland, as you do not analyze the
word all light and fame of a missionary.
Rarely, We imagine, has Rome resounded
with accents more beautiful on the
Papacy and Catholicity. It was a grand
spectacle to see this witness from new
world, this moulder Of new civilization,
evoking the image of the Roman Pontif-
cate and celebrating the glories Of the
ancient dynasty, the sole immortal and
the sole dynasty eternally young.
Mgr. ireland has traced the history of
the Popes with the essence Of the soul
admiration. Vauvenargues said that
great souls admire with the greatest en-
thusiasm The combats and the trials of
the Holy See, the picture of it's benefits,
it's work of conquest and civilization, it's
struggles for religion, liberty, the family
and virtue-all these immortal scenes
have passed before our eyes.
And when Mgr Ireland described the
sentiment of the pilgrim at the sight of
st. Peters, this luminous symbol of the
grandeur of the Papacy, we felt the beat
! ing of our heart and the pulsation of
gratitude.
This Papacy is the youngest power of
the world, in spite of the dust of the
ages. It is necessary, as the soul is to
the body. It is in this part of the appli-
cation that we find once more the thirst
Of the ideal and the need of conquest of
the American bishop. A philosopher
and at the same time man of action,
Mgr. Ireland shows the necessity of the
Beyond. This need cannot be satisfied
either by Professionalism OF by philoso-
ply. but by the Church alone, with the
Papacy at its summit; il is this hierarchi-
cal authority which maintaines, fructi-
Ifes and preserves; it is this marvellous