St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-19
CLEARYON CATHOLICS
The Eloquent Temperance
Advocate Speaks for His
Church.
Catholics First in Advancing
the Cause Of Civilization
and Christianity.
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Trifles.

Rev. Father Cleary last evening de-
livered an interesting sermon on The
Catholics and the Worlds Fair" at
DANA hall. After comparing previous
worlds fairs with the present Column
bian exposition. and characteriZing the
latter as the greatest in the history of
the world, Father Cleary asked: "What
interest have we as a Catholic people in
the eXpositionw Answering his own
question the speaker said:
al think we have IN it not only the
interest of American citizenship, of
American industry, but we have an
other and especial in terest in the Col
um0ian exposition. because Columbus,
the navigator, was a Catholic, and so
were Ferdinand and Isabella, the sover-
eigns through whose aid he was en-
abled to make his great discovery; be-
cause the undertaking was fostered
by deYout monk, set Oh
foot and conducted by a
Catholic nation. Columbus has had
his traducers, but his first OBJECT in I'M
dertaking the discovery was not gold,
but to plant the standard of the cross in
the new land. All the first missionaries
were Catholics. The Catholics were
first to preach Christianity in the land,
the first prayers were Catholic prayers.
So the Catholic church is not stranger
in America, not an alien. In the south
east corner Of jackson park stands a
facsimile Of the
Monastery of La Eabida,
where dwelt the monk who took up the
cause of Columbus and lnterceded with
the sovereigns. This monastery is
standing monument that the Catholic
church is friend of human progress,
enterprise and genius. 1t is In the fore
front Of discovery, of ability. Of great
works. A stupid speaker at the Lyceum
last week spoke 10 stupid audi
ence OF the fair as the pope's
fair. We are proud of what we
have done, but we do not claim
quite as much as that. We have often
heard it said that the Catholic church is
an enemy of education, and that the
principal work OF the priests is to keep
the people in ignorance. The truth is
we are advancing the schools all over
the world. The church is foe of ig
norance, because ignorance is the friend
of vice. The Catholic church has al
WAYS tried to be beacon of light in the
world.
The Catholic educational exhibit at
the exposition is the most wonderful
display of the work of schools in the
world, or that has before been gathered
together i'll one place. All who have
seen it are simply astounded. l do not
say that the exhibit Of the common
schools of this country could not be
made as good as the common school
exhibit presented by the Catholic
church, but l do say that they have not
done SO. The congress OF religions in
will be the most wonderful
thing of its kind ever held. ALI
creeds or absence of creeds Will
have an opportunity to give reason
of the beliefs in them. 1t was said that
the Catholic church would refuse to
take part in this convention. The
church likes the dusky places, it is
charged. On the contrary, the Catholic
church is glad to take part in the con-
gress. 1t will be the greatest oppor-
tunIty ever offered to let the people
know just what the doctrines and the
of the church are. Thes
Catholics will deliver twenty out of the
eighty addresses to be given"