The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-11-11
MONTANA INTELLIGENCE.

MONTANA INTELLIGENCE
The Catholic Knights at Helena Tender a
Welcome and Reception to Visiting
Bishops.
Special to The Irish Standard.
HELENA, Mont, Oct. 80 Last evening
the Catholic Knights of America ten.
dered to Archbishop Gross, OF Oregon,
and Bishop Glorieaux, of Idaho, public
reception at St. Aloysius hall. A COM
mittee of the Catholic knights escorted
the distinguished visitors and Bishop
Brondel, Father Palladino and other
clergy to the spacious hall, which was
crowded to it's utmost capacity. MIR. G.
2. Connolly, the brilliant young attor
ney, delivered mastery address OF well
come, and Archbishop Gross, who ranks
high as an orator among the hierarchy,
fellcitously responded. In the course OF
his speech Mr.. Connolly said: ~
'Since your former visit many events
have taken place which have marked the
enlightened progress and policy OF the
Church in America, and have drawn the
golden bonds of election that encircle
che faithful throughout the world close
to the person Of our spiritual father,
Leo XIII. His virtues have spread the
halo of his reputation broadcast over the
Christian world. Even the enemies OF
the Church have united in words Of
warm praise for the sanctifed character
that occupies the throne of Peter. IRE
spective of sect, the great lights OF SCI
ence, literature, philosophy, religion and
government have justly joined in one COM
mon acclaim in the warmeet eulogies on
tho virtue, wisdom and humility Of Car
dinal Gibbons, while Mgr Satolli has al
ready gratiied the country by his VIE
dom and holiness. These instances but
verify the common truth that wherever
the characters of the apostles Of the
Church are known they are appreciated,
beloved and admired, turning the poison
of narrow minds into the instructive love
of the great and good.
Matthew Arnold, calm, enlightened
and impartial obse rver, summing up the
reasons which forced him to the concln-
sion, has said that the Catholic Church
has great mission and great future
before it. Can his words be- doubted
when We behold the vast and growing
population of this unparalleled republic,
constantly transjusing itself into chaotic
the angry pillows of the sea? Are we to
believe that the unbridled passions CT
men, when once aroused. can be calmed
by logical appeals to their cooler ludg
merits? Or are we to believe with Ed
mund Burke that the great mass of hu-
manity must be guided and controlled by
an overpowering belief in the justice and
| judgments of an Onnipotence who rules
the universe and in whose hands the
statesmen, philosophers and sages OF the
world are but the instruments of His
power? cannot but think that religion
will save this republic some day from
the last and greatest shock which shall
threaten it's life, and that the incense OF
its affairs, like the smoke of former bat
ties, will be the harblnger and pledge of
it's perpetual peace.
With ignorance on one side and the
dull despair Of education without faith
on the other, the people Of this republic
like the army of Napoleon at Moscow,
will walk between walls of fire in doubt
and perplexity unless the leavening
power of religion shall be all pervading.
Let us trust that the admoniti0ns Of
Washington on this subject may never
be forgotten.
| I believe in the future of thisrepublic.
believe it's men and women are the
brightest, the happiest, the most con-
Tented and most virtuous Of the earth.
II they shall ever go far forget them
leelves as to despair OF it's future, or if
they shall fail to appreciate it's glorious
privileges and the happiness of it's citi-
zenship,I cannot doubt thatthe Catholic
Church will WELD q potent power in re.
claiming their patriotism and welding
| again into indestructible bonds their
love of home and country; for the great
masses Of our working people are within
tits fold, and the democracy Of the re-
lpnblic is tho democracy of the Church.
LET the restraining infiuenceso f relieion