Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-01-21
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'And II should live to be
The last leaf on tas tree
| "a the sprtng,
| Lstthem smile, as do new.
| Al the old forsaxen bouxn
| where cling"
But that was not the sort OF fun made OF
| Michael Reilly at the store. IL was Of an
| other kind entirely, and IL was no wonder
that the old man asserted himself. The
wonder was, be did not assert himself a
little more than he did, ana announce, at
more frequent ire intervals, that he
asd the boss. He thought tho old
| man must have lived a life OF perpetual
| discomfort, in his late years, AT the store.
| lie would not 60 over the evidence as TO
| this, but one witness had said James told
him TO tell the old man anything-"tell
him anything; get rid OF himv'
AWAY back in the early ages OF the
| world. Away back in the early years of
| the Christian religion, there came "A man
from among the immediate followers OF
| Christ, and he laid deep the foundation
stones OF a mighty Christian creed and
| taught himself and through his successors
as the heads OF that creed how sinful man
might emancipate himself from his sinful
relations. And from the throne OF that
| Church went forth great host OF self
sacrihcing men TO spread abroad the truths
| OF salvation. If my friend, MIR. Hubbard,
had sought, instead of searching the uni
verse Tor imperative law, had sought out
place where the representatives OF that
! Church had not planted the doctrines OF
| Christ he would have had
HARD TINE TO FIND 1T.
We may not agree with all the tenents
| OF that faith, but however that may be
| however you and / may differ as TO that
no one can withhold his admiration for
| the captains of that great army-for the
captains, and the lieutenants, and the SER
! geants and the corporals OF that great
army or Jesus Christ battling for the
| cause OF reli giOn all over the world When
! TINS country was still "A domain of savages
! VINO was IT that came here and preached
! Christ TO the Indiansl A priest OF the
Catholic Church! When Montezuma was
sacrificing his thousands OF victims
in tho southern portion of this con
| tinent, who was IL that led the
conquering white standard through the
| Wilderness to the capital of the the West
| ern hemispherei A priest OF the Catholic
| Church Up the ST. Lawrence up the
| Hudson. through the trackless wilderness
| along the great lakes, and up the valley OF
! the Mississippi, penetrating this continent
| on every side, came the faithful and fear
! less priests OF the Catholic Church-not
! sordid seekers after gold-but self-sacrlfic-
| ing seekers after the benighted of other
| races, and carrying with them the gospel
| OF truth and light. And as the country
| advanced, these priests OF the Catholic
| Churcn have been in the vanguard,
ana IN the advance, and in the
rear Whenever the fight was thick,
| est there they were to be found
to lead the people on. Powerful. not for
| evil but for good. the Catholic church has
| exhibited itself to this country as "A great
and mighty Church and has the admiration
| OF our people What a state OF bigotry is
! shown II you and /, who may happen TO be
| Professionals, shall say that clergymen of
| the Catholic faith are objects OF suspicion
The Catholic priesthood believes in the
| same religion in which l believe. They
! are tending toward the same peace on
earth and the same home in heaven i'm
! which l believe, but because YOU put "A
| different construction upon this or that
| portion OF the Scriptures from that think
! Is the correct one, stall | believe that
! there is no good in your intentionsl
| The onslaught of counsel upon the
| other side OF this case have been upon that
| reproachful line. And they have even gone
! so lar as TO attack the representatives Of the
| Church. in the persons of two OF it's emf
| nent priests, who now sit before YOU and
| not only that but they have gone farther
| than that and have attacked the Church
itself and in doing that they have at
tempted to excite you into
| RELIGIOUS FRENZY
which shall result in verdict which will
| carry out the wishes of those upon the
| other side, and which will dispose OF the
| fortune which belonged to Michael Reilly
| ST., ADD not 10 Michael, and James. and
John and George Reilly, his sons,
as they would have il disposed Of
II this IS free America, you are not to be
| swerved from the path OF duty bv an an
peal to religious fanaticism. III you are TO
! be thus swerved, you are not the twelve
men l take you 10 be. You will not
! even hesitate ore moment, and this
attempt TO make Father Sullivan the OBJ
( lect OF special attack, and TO hold up
| Bishop kain to your detestation will fail
| What pretty set of boysl They couldn't
| safely attack both, so they took the weak
| est one. Why do they assume that Father
sullivan Connected and drew up this will
| alonef Bishop hain was Just as much
! concerned in il as Father Sullivan But
! they want to aOsolve Bishop Kahn while
| they want TO disgrace Father Sullivan
| DO you suppose If this black and midnight
| scheme, which they say is in tho
| interests OF these two gentlemen, and
| which they say ought not TO De carried
| out, don't you suppose, if this dark
scheme was carried out by Father Sulli-
! van, that Bishop kain had not hand in
IL too Ihat one of them deliberately
| set TO work 10 make Mr.. Reilly make a
| Will, in favor Of both Of them, and that the
| other took no part in liz IL will not do
| and II you did believe them. you convict
| Bishop Kahn and Father Sullivan as the
/ blacklist representatives OF the BLACKLIST
! inequity that bigOtry ever planned in any
| part OF the world. Do you believe any such
| thing as thati DO you believe that any
sucn scheme as that was concocted by the
| gentlemen before you theref You cannot,
and Cannot believe for a moment that
| you believe IL, and especially ia the alb
sence Of any proof. You won't believe
! anything they cannot substantiate IL has
! been freely alleged that they might posi-
bly, be enabled 20 wrest from your religi-
| Gus prejudices a verdict TO which they are
not entitled under either the law or the
evidence Gentlemen, they paid you a
very bad compliment when they thought
you would let your religious prcjudices, +
you have any, warp your Judgment, and
| bring in verdict 70 which they are not en-
| titled under the law ia the case"
He then asked what were the undue in.
| tuences which would make IL necessary 10
! invaidate the will and proceeded to find
an answer In the law books, first citing
from 30 W Va, p. 13l. He denied
that undue influences was true, but il
the other side was 20 DO believed the holy
man Of God. Father Sullivan, who had
spent his life in this community, In
spreading the gospel OF Jesus Christ. had
descended 90 delraud Michael Reilly and
his children Dy undue influence. lie asked
upon whom this allegation, which was not