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

10 Thus Tar; and iss that attempt b CON
demned as. the sacrilegious act q the de-
spoiler which, either through the clamor
OF enemies or the insidious voice Of
friend, would bind Church and state in
closer union, or quicken into life the
dead embers OF religious strife in this
fair republic.
The Catholic Church, with the broad
Christianity which moves it to-day, laid
the foundation of religious federation
amid the colony of Lord Baltimore. Let
us hope that this spirit, still actuating
it's teachings, is spreading its divine
mantle over this great union from sea to
sea, inculcatinR the doctrine that
the lowly life and lessons Of
the Nazarene are not incompatible
with the Hottest aims and the highest
national and intellectual aspirations Of
it's people -and thus teaching, with ST.
lenee for her unthinking enemies, and
the olive branch for all men, her earthly
mission blending with her divine, will
confound the babel OF the earth with
universal peace.
Your grace, and you, reverend clergy,
will pardon this disgression from the
common. places Of a formal but glad and
affectionate greeting. Not less loyal
children Of our Church, we live in an At
M sphere Of ripened patriotism, and love
Of our country minsiss with the spiri-
tual love OF faith and Church. We now
tender you both . welcome. As country
men We greet you. As patriarchs ofthe
Church militant we warmly welcome
you.'' .... -,
In his response, the Archbishop said
in part: "The Saviour OF mankind might
have come in thousand different ways.
He might have created body 'or him
self; He might have appeared In this
| world as a man, but in coming into the
| world, He came in such wsy as to
STRENGTHEN the foundation Of all soclety
the family. The whole human system
rests upon the family. Take tho bricks
and stones of the wall, and let them be
rotten and good for nothing. and that
! wall will fall. Let those stones and
rocks be what they ought to be, aud that
| will be strong wall. All human society
il but an agglomeration of families, and
let each individual family be what it
should be, and then society wall be safe
aud grand and splendid. Jesus Christ
| restored the family to it's original purity.
! He did away with uil shameful divorces.
and He said not SO; in the beginning 1t
| was God that united husband and wife,
and what God has united let no man
nut asunder.' The Catholic Church has
! ever taken this advanced step. In this
vast world Of ours to-day We have di-
vorces made easy; matrimcny ID no
longer sacrament. but q contract be-
| tween man and woman that can be d.
yorced at the will. The sacredness OF
this tic is the want Of our age. There In
no place as sweet as home, tnat good old
Anglo-Saxon word, home. When man
comes from the toll and labor Of the day,
is there any place on earth so sweet as
home? Where does woman reign SO SUI
preme as in the family circle? The good
wife exercises an incalculable influence
for good in the family. How many men
are there who would never have known
salvation but for the influence OF pa
tient, pious, loving wife? AS for mother,
where would / end? I simply point to
that illustrious son Of the Church, who,
standi1 by the coffin of his mother in
the cathedral and looking around upon
the congregation, said: My friends, be
not scan allied that weep over the COT
flu of my mother, f,r | owe to that
mother not only the natural life that
have, but that higher and grander life Of
eternity Is it any wonder, my friends,
that Pope Leo, this great pope OF our
day, calls to the attention OF the Catho-
lie world the want of the Holy Family.
I am proud of the Catholic Knights OF
America. / have been member OF that
organization now for many years, and
that rganization has in view this OBJ
jec To make the Catholic man be
what he should be, good heads of famj~
lies. I do not intend to initiate against
the power and influence of women in So
ciety; I fully appreciate all that but
you will permit me to cay that after all
st. Paul has said: But man is an i'm
age Of the Glory Of Cod 1t is man that
is the head of the family; it is man that
is to legislate in the councils of the ma
ton and administer i'm the balls of JUS
tice; it is man that is to take his musket
on his shoulder when the flag of his
country is in danger; it is man who is to