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SATOLLl'S ADDRESS.
The Papai Delegate Instructs the Catholic
Congress.

The Papal Delegate Instructs the Catholic
Congress.
CHICAGO, Sept 6-The papal dele
gate, Mgr. Satolli, addressed the Cath
Ollie congress ut the worlds fair yester-
day. He spoke in his own tongue, the
Italian, and his words were afterwards
translated by Archbishop Ireland. He
said:
This congress assembled here to-day will,
beyond doubt, be productive Of rich results,
II We have SO framed IL to show the church.
while opening to men the treasures Of Heaven,
offered also 10 show TO them the felicity OF
earth. All congresses are, SO 10 speak, the
concentration OF great force. Your object Is
to consider the social forces that God has
provided us with, and to apply rs far rs you
can to the spirit special circums tances OF your
own time and country these great principles.
Now, the great social forces are thought. will
and action. and in n congress you have before
you these three great forces
Thought finds its food In truth. So In oil you
do. in all the practical conclusions you formu.
late, you must bear in mind that they must oil
rest upon the eternal principles OF truth. VIII
has its sphere in the rectitude OF tho human
heart and until the human heart Is voluntarily
subjected TO truth and virtue, all social reforms
arc impossible Then comes action, and this
action must be regulated by truth in thought
and by virtue In the human soul
The well being OF society consists In the per-
feet ordering OF the different elements toward
the great scope OF society. Order is the sys-
temization OF the different relationship differ.
ent elements-one to another. And these re-
lations 10 which men are subject are summar-
lied in three words: God, man and nature.
Man has, first OF all, his great duties to God
which never must be forgotten He then has
his duties 10 himself and to his fellOwmen, and
finally, he has relations with the great world
OF nature. over which his action is scoped
And from the several considerations Of these
different relations spring up the great problems
which have vexed mems minds-the great
problems which to- day are before us In view OF
the different evolutions, social and otherwise,
which mark our modern nature, and II Is for
the consideration OF these that your social con-
gress Is formed to-day.
Bear in mind there was first great social
congress which is to be the model OF yours
which gave out the principles which must un.
derie your own deliberations. And that so.
cial congress, the ideal and model OF all, was
held when Christ surrounded by the thousands
OF the children OF Israel, delivered his great
discourse. the sermon on the Mount There
the solution was given to the human problem:
there were laid down the vital principles:
Seek first the kingdom OF God and Its jus tice
and all other things shall be added unto you
Seek first the kingdom OF God and look up to
the divinity whence comes down truth, without
which man is absolutely At sea-
Men should not devote their whole being and
oil their energies to the seeking OF mere fame
Justice Is before all self-satisfaction, but be-
fore oil attention TO ones own personal wants,
and blessed are the merciful: blessed are they
who know and feel they do not live for them
selves. whose hearts go In sweetest mercy TO
their fellows
This must not be q world OF slavery. where
the multitude live only for the few. There Is
throughout all this universe throughout the
story Of mana divine providential dispensa-
ton. Blind is he who sees 1t not, and he who
studies II not courts disaster. He who would
have only the natural without the supernatural
fails. and must fail The supernatural comes.
not TO destroy or eliminate the natural but TO
purify It elevate II and build IL up
To-day this Is the duty Of the Catholics-to
bring into the world the fullness OF super
natural truth and supernatural life. This es-
pecially Is the duty OF Catholic congress.
There are nations who have never separated
from the church, but who have neglected often
TO apply In full degree the lessons OF the COS.
pei There are nations who have gone out
from the church, bringing with them many OF
her treasures and because OF what they have
brought still shedding partial light But. cut
Of from tho source, unless that source Is
brought again into close contact with them.
there is danger for their future.
Bring them In contact with their past by your
action and teaching; bring your fellow coun.
trymen; bring your country into immediate
contact with that great secret OF blessedness-
Christ and his church. And in this manner
shall II come 10 pass the word OF the psalmist
shall be fulfilled: "Mercy and justice have mot
one another: justice and peace have kissed"
Let US restore among men rs we can justice
and charity Let US teach men to be ever
prompt TO mako sacrifices OF self for the com
mon good This is the foundation OF oil healthy
social movements: this is the foundation OF
your own congress
Now all these great principles have been
marked out in the most luminous lines In the
encyclicals OF the great pontiG, Leo XIII. He
has studied ihom. Hold fast TO them as the
safest anchorage and all will be well These
social questions are studied the world over. II
IL well that they be- studied In America for
here In America do we have more than else
where the Ike; TO the future Here In America
you have Y country blessed specially by
Providence in the fertility OF field and
the liberty Of It's constitution. Here
you have q country which will repay ull effort
not merely ten-fod, but ave, IN hundred-fold.
And this no one understands better than the
immortal Leo, and he charges me, his delegate
to speak out TO America words OF hope and
blessing; words OF JOY.