St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-20
Pope LEO'S JUBILEE
Made the Theme Of an Flo
quent Sermon by Arch
bishop Ireland.
An Interesting Pulpit Portrait
Of the Aged Roman
Pontiff.
His Policy Touching the
Church and It's General
Surroundings.
The Liberal Views He Has
Always Entertained for
America.

CGIldIn principles anu 1dCGS, Nu6InGI III
the supernatural or the natural order,
upon which important interests reyolye.
The fiftieth anniversary of the episcopal
conservation of Leo MIL, gloriously
reigning as pontiff Of the universal
church, is, with reason, being put to
profit throughout the whole world with
the intent that Catholics apgedend the
fulneSs of the relations binding them to
the Rom9n p0ntiticate and gather les
sons from the teachings and acts of the
present chieftain Of christendOm.
Leo Kill, our pope, our spirit
ual father! We transmit to him
across continent and ocean WarmeSt af-
fections and pledges of answering
loyalty. The church is family, ties Of
spiritual life given and received, cares
bestowed and benefits enjoyed. uniting
children and father, sheep and Shep-
herd, into one great, strong and loving
organism, in which thought and heart
beatings respond to one another and
cOmminge. From all nations, from all
di0ceses salutatiOnS OF love and devotion
go out this day toward Leo. Not only
SHALL the diocese of st. Paul raise its
voice amid the chorus Worldwide, but.
no words going from other parts shall
be more soulful, more expressive of all
that lips may say and hearts may feel.
Hail thou, Leo, pOntitf of our faith,
Christ-appointed guide of our journey
ing toward the sky, friend and father,
high-priest and king! Hail thou! may
thy years among us he yet not few;
may the radiance of thy WOndrOaS mind
recede not soon from earth, nor thy
vigorous hand soon relax its hold upon
the helm of Christ'S noble ship of state :.
We pray that the Lord, our God, guard,
strengthen and reward thee!
Leo. Our Pope.
Leo, our pope! What magic memo
ries. and hottest, sweetest thoughts the
words awaken! Catholics, understand
the glories of the church; understand
the strength with which she is built,
the power with which she. is invested.
Our pope! With all Christian ages we
cry out, our pope; and the word coll
jures up the solemn moment of the
building of the church by the hands of
the Master. when Jesus said to Simon
Peter: And l say to thee, that thou
art Peter, and upon this rock l will
bniid my church, and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it. And [ will
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heaven" The pOpeS of Rome, strung
along the highway of time, are the mile
stones, bringing us from one to the
other, until, from Leo we come to Pc
ter. back of whom stands g riSt. I through
the unbrOKen succession of the pOpeS
the apostOlicity Of the church becomes
the plainest fact OF history. Leo. pope
today, is Peter, with all Peters pre-
negatives and authority, and the words
OF st. Ambrose are as true today as they
were when Ambrose spoke them, and
when Simon Peter took charge OF the
flock after the ascension Of the Lord:
Where Peter is there is the church"
Leo, our pope! How verify the
church, while Catholic in her diffusion,
is one i'll life and action! From all ma
lions under the sun Christians send to-
day oteisance to Leo, in whom, by a
common faith and common submits
sion, they are one. Vast in her domain
as the earth, varied in her membese as
the tribes of the children of men, the
church moves under the impulse OF one
mind and one hand. Hence her power;
hence her beauty.
Leo, our pope! All nations re-echo
the words. The nations retain their
natural traits and tendencies. ana are
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realm are of a higher order. His repre-
sentative is of all nations and Of none.
OF all, because all take direction from
HIM. OF none, because to no one does
he belong exclusively. The pope is an
alien to no people; neither is Christ.
Humanity is the range of Leo's influ-
ence and spiritual nationality, as 1t is
of ChriSt's.
Leo, our pope! No wonder it is that
strong-minded, strOng-hearted men, un-
believers even in his divinely-given au-
thority, are awed when they come into
his presence. The whole Church Cath
Ollie is in him personifed: the splendors
of her whole history encircle him: all
her influences radiate from him. The
disciple of faith beholds Christ's vicar
and he moves unconscious OF self, as If
standing on Tabors mount.
Sublime. whatever the point of view,
is the papacy of Rome. 1t lives with
nineteen hundred years inscribed on its
scrolls; at its feet the earth is numbered
with the ruins of hundred kingdoms;
it Yields power as no existing institu-
ton ur realm; the ardent flush of youth
full years and freshest energies puppies
its brow; the hopes and destinies of the
moral and religious world of the future
rest in its hand.
A PrOvfdentiaI Pope.
Leo, our pope! The popes number
nearly two hundred and sixty. In the
first, there was Simon, and there was
Peter-the man and the official. So is
it in each successor. Men most diverse
in character have held spiritual sway
over the seven-hliled city; and their
works, their actions on church ana civ
iliZed world reflect their personalities.
The series, in the simple light of his
tory, is magnificent. God has plainly
guarded His church IN the talents, vir-
tues and glorieS of her supreme pontiffs.
Through the line there are singular
sky-reaching elevations. Giants fu in
tellect and power, even among their
fellow-popes, there have been, whose
featS traced III story deepest furr0 US.
and lifted to special heights the king
dom of their Lord. Need | read names?
Gregory, the Great, Leo l., Alexander
Ill, Innocent Ill. Gregory VII, Plus
V. Later writer's Will add Leo XIII.
The present is one Of the few solemn
epochS of history, when humanity is in
the throeS of extraordinary eyolutiopS,
which bring forth new worlds of men.
The need of the church is the providen-
IlflI pups W nv ASoNto no az, lto
tendencies, curbs fatal impetuosities,
while responding to noble aspirations
the pope who, with hand firmly resting
on the helm of his fair ship, lifts he'll
across all surging pillows, 1llumining
! meanwhile with her beacon light the
surrounding darkening seas; the pope
who, foreseeing the new world, claims il
in the name of religion at its very birth
aiding it in its infancy, will own it fol
church and divine master in the full
effuIgency of its brightest sun. The
provdeniial pope has been given 10 u:
Leo XIII.
A New Age
The world of men is changing; it i:
an aye of science; IN age of vast ma
terial development; an age of pOlitica
liberty, Of social uplifting OF the masses
Old forms Of social existence and OF gov