The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29

never die In the hearts of those who hay
heard them. All o. rs have heard thos
| voices.
Fer one it may be that OF AT aff-ctsonati
| parent speaking words OF encouragement
Tor another, u cherished brother. sister o.
friend. Are net those words spoken 10 u
IN childhood the sweetest echoes or tn
past?
OF art, music seems to excel in echoes
Tie power of music is the most pleasing
| charm. Every feeling from the mos
reTerest devotion TO the wlides
outbursts OF joy il holds subject TO It's i'm
| perative will Il echoes the joys OF youth
It calls the friend 10 the shrine OF friend
ship and summons the patriot TO hi:
conntryss altar retiaing, inyigorating ana
| eievating their noblest sentiments. Music
! does not address its self Gully 10 the sens,
| OF man, II speaks more directly TO the sou
that mighty harp whose strings ylbrats
even 10 the most delicate tone.
| All nature may be said 20 produce one
I great echo o. its own. The low winds oil
summer blow over the waterfalls and
/ brooks and bring their voices - our ears
sweet whisperlngs OF love and peace.
The most delicate of natures echees is
/ the evening breeze gently signing through
/ the foliage OF the forest where the slightly
hung leaves at its merest breath rustic
/ like Thousand angel wings.
I Int bCtQttiOk lD"tIS VI summer as I0ey
! lift their little heads to receive the dews
o. heaven re-echo the praises OF their
| Creator the highest source of all beauty.
| he lilies, roses and vioiets as they repose
peacefully on the fair bosom of the earth
expand in all their beauty, and as their
i fragrance fill the air their sweet lew
| voices re-echo the music of the celestial
virtues they typi1y.
| When memory bursts the twilight OF
q M n Nntxyy
We hear resounding. Some of sorrow.
others OF JOY, friendship aud love.
There are others dear TO the
hearts of all Christians, work
OF the early martyrs and doctors OF the
church. The profession of faith made By
the former Will resouDd till the end of
| time, while the teachings of the latter
VIII continue to echo and re-echo till they
wait their listeners TO the eternal shore.
Ever dear to our hearts are the echoes that
reSound through Colnmbia's land. recall
ing those who animated by holy zeal left
their homes In Europe to plant ia these
distant wilds the little mustard seed
which has since grown into beautiful
tree sheltering many with its branches
and sending lis traits to other and more
distant chimes.
Yes, thrice sacred are these cherished
rememberances which will ever remain
enshrlned n memory'S halls and Will ever
r9-echo from Catholic lips till in eternity
they break into joyous peals on the golden
shores.
How consoling; how fortifying, in the
moments OF temptation and trial and sad
ness, are the echoes that recall the words
which have been uttered by those devoted
to the service OF the Divine King.
When pride and am Dition seize the heart
and proud humanity is COMPEL
ed to descend from the pinnacle
raised to its Own glory the gentle
accents of ST. Francis de Sales
enter the human heart, penetrate it's most
secret recesses aud softly whispers ''cour-
age rejoice that we make no account
OF you or tue words of Teneion "Misfor-
tune adds new luster to the glory of
great men"
Or again the words of Lacordaire bidding
us acquire in retirement those virtues
which are not shaken by the applause of
men. This world Is the temple OF God S
love.
There is no nation or age which hat not
a heavenly echo, that reminds il of its
Creator goodness. In travrrsing the his
toric land of England We note the names
OF many great aud noble men who have
made England llluStrious. Among them
that OF Edward the Confessor, is especially
worthy OF attention. The echo of his life
sweetly whispers that which tells Us he
was plous, kind aud compassionate
Crossing the channel into France we are
met by SO many noble characters that we
are at loss to choose among them u
ClotlIda, "A Blanche. n Louis IN. John the
IL, who returned To captivity rather than
break his word. saying, IF honor were
banished from every other place il should
Ind an asylum in the breasts OF kings"
a noble example of those who desire the
echo OF their lives TO resound only from
Z ta.r yssfT Of .I.-- 81.
la religious life we meet blessed Mar
garet Mary, the repository of the secrets of
sacred heart. She was IA fideiess violet
IN terrestrial garden, the herald of that
last effort TO enkindle in the human heart
undying love for its Creator and to
whom her heavenly Spouse said, Ny love
turning in humility. II reigns in
suffering. It's enjoyment Is IN unity and
that echo will console Inauy, who like her
tread the narrow, thorny path; that road
to Calvary's mount, where from the wine
press OF the cross is heard the undyiug
echo: My yoke Is sweet; my burden
light
Ia Spanish history the names of St. Ig-
natius, the great soldier of the cross ST.
Francis Xavier, that vessel OF election for
the heatbeu, aud the seraphic St. Theresa.
the brightest gem in the crown of Spain.
will remain iudelibly engraveu on the
pages of history while the echo OF their
lives will mIngie, 1t were with the
music of celestial spheres while ages run,
and at some far distant day the light of
their virtues will be reflected on those who
in time have seen and admired them.
The grandest of all echoes that have
been heard by man Is sounded acros the
dark waters OF the Atlantic in the year s,4
declaring that Mary the mother Of God
was proclaimed our Queen Imaculate
filing every Catholic heart with Joy aud
gratitude.
The angelic music of celestial courts
united with earth's sweetest melodies in
one glad chorus OF praise and thanking
when this most glorious Of all titles echoed
from sea to sea, from horizon TO horizon
and even penetrated the golden mist OF
time Never was the name of Mary en-
circled with dladem more rare. When
we contemplate the effort that is
being n.ade IN our grand, Old true re
ligiou aud realize the stupendous
enterprise OF the present age
we cannot but think that with the last
swell,of the worlds mental aud physical
there is setting in spiritual
echo that Will roll backward over The
nations OF the east, cultiyating and puri-
flying them 50 that ~ 40 distant day ali
snalI join hands enlightened Christians
around the common table OF the world. /
Aud this echo = Identical with that glad
soug of apostolic iaith and t.atafuiness
hat first sounded "a the prison v2ul. Of !
heath-ndon, aue wkIca has come ecBoing
down 10 Us Ikr5agh ca5scDnb aud csthe- /
Sras until it, mighty ch9gous sSsl!s up in
one glad volume and at last breaking I
forth from tue halls 81 tine rolls n one
n gaty jubilee OF never ending praise and ]
adoEation Way lnro eleraity.
Across the BoaRdry" vas Mss DAISY /
Lynca's ESSAY L was very fac and worth !
5giRtiBg, bGt unfortunately tie manu-
script .or Il could net be obtained AIss I
Lynch hiss been educated exclusively in 4
he parochisl school and - oae 81 the +
OF ghtest AID most Accom- piisbea grad +
mates ia the city. She IS very highly 4