The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-22
Cardinal Gibbons, Jubilee.

An event of more than ordinary inter
est TO the Catholic world, and of interest
10 the Protestant world also, was the
celebration of the silver jubilee of Car
dinal Gibbons at Baltimore last week.
The celebration occupied two days, and
consisted of religious exercises in the
cathedral on Thursday and a banquet by
the Catholic Club on Friday evening.
The festivities, marked by cordial let
ter from the pope, were attended by emf
nent churchmen from various quarters of
the globe, among them being Archbishop
Redwood, Metropolitan of New Zealand
Mgr. Nugent, delegated by Cardinal
Vaughn, of England, to take his place at
all religious exercises.and social functions
pertaining to the jubilee; Very Rev. DR..
Ring, who represents Cardinal Logue, of
Armagh, Ireland. Rome was present in
the person of Rev. DR.. Rocker, the envoy
of the Holy Father to Cardinal Gibbons,
while the eloquent Archbishop Ryan, of
Philadelphia, and Archbishop Ireland, of
St Paul, the lion Of the tribe of the epis
copacy, did the honors for their brethren.
The ceremonials at the cathedral were
impressive and expressive, and were in
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years of his priesthood, has enthroned
himself in the hearts of the people with
out distinction of creed by his broad in
tellectuaity, his patriotic American
ism and his untiring and well-directed eff
forts toward the betterment of mankind.
Cardinal Gibbons life and work are an I'M
answerable reply to the assertion of the
agnostic or unbeliever that the influence
of religion for good is nil.
AS an illustration of Cardinal Gibbons
Observation-Disclosures, his address to the
Worlds Parliament of Religion at Chi
cago (read by Bishop Keane in the car
dinal's absence), may bereferred to. The
cardinal had, by common consent, been
selected to open the great theological
congress, and the address he prepared for
the occasion was instinct with sympathetic
emotion and a splendid charity that af-
ford an explanation of his popularity,
both within and without his own church.
In connection with the discussion of the
matter of church and state that has been
going on with renewed vigor since the ar
rival of Mgr. SatolI in this country,
it is of interest to note Cardinal Gibbons
views of the matter, as expressed at the
banquet of the Catholic Club on Friday
night. Said he: SIN no country, per-
haps, has the difficult problem been bet
ter solved than in the United States
that of maintaining harmonious relations
between church and state. Here
the church and state run on
parallel lines. They do not conflict
with one another. Here religion
upholds the state by proclaiming
the divine authority of civil legislators
and holds them up to US as the representa-
tlves of God himself She declares that
there is no authority but from God. She
sanctifes respect for civil laws by declar-
ing that obedience to civil authority is
not a servile homage paid to man, but
the homage of free men paid to God. The
state holds over religion the egis of her
protection without interfering with US in
our God-given mission.
For my own part l do not desire to
see the relations between church and state
any closer than they are at present. do
not wish to see the daY when the civil
authorities may be called upon to build our
churches and to substitute our clergy, for
then they might dictate to US what doc
trines we ought to teach. Every one
admits that the United States is a free
country, but they are not so ready to con-
cede that we are a strong government
also. We are a strong country, and the
strength of our country is in the intelli-
gence of the people and our reverence for
the law. We are areligious people also,
which is proven by the annual proclama-
ton of thanksgiving to God by the Presi-
dent for the bounties bestowed upon our
country; by opening our legisla-
lures by prayer, and by that
recent conspicuous example, the
worlds fair, whose first function wa
prayer of thanksgiving to Almighty God
for the successful construction of the
gigantic undertaking, and a prayer of
hope that the mighty enterprise might
prove blessing to mankind"
Such an expression is what one would
expect from the cardinal. While the
whole strength of his mind, soul and
body are given to the service of God and
his church, still he is an American, with
pride in our institutions and an earnest
desire that they continue as they are.
The New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press, under date of Oct. 10,
says: Mr.. Lorettus A. MetcaIf leaves
New York tomorrow for Jacksonville,
Fla, where he is to establish newspaper
, which, it is hoped, will before long be-
, come recognized as the greatest of south
ern journals. When the capitalists who
are spending great sums of money in de-
veloping Florida, believing that in many
respects its undeveloped wealth is the
richest of any state east of the Missis-
sippi, were looking about for a person to
whom they could commit the establish.
ment of such a journal as they desired
they were recommended to open negotia-
tons with Mr.. Metcalf" Mr. Metcalf
will be cordially welcomed in the south.
His successes with the North American
Review and the Forum are conclusive
evidences of his energy and ability But
we tell him, in all friendship and candor.
that the upbuilding of 1.-The greatest of