Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-19
, FATHER DQYt E.
The Noted orator spsakSB B,Sa Sa st Patrick
 and Temperance.

The feast of St Patrick sBas observed in most hefitting manner,aat St oPatrick's chtitch, At the 1O:45 mass; yesterday Rev A. P.' Doyle of New York gave a very in teresting sermon on the life and labors of the patron saint. Father Doyle is one of the best speakers that has been heard in this city in good many years He said that while the subject which he proposed to speak on was but the recalling of things which had been so often heard, yet it was an honorable thing to recall from time to time the. blessings which had come through the instrumentality of the great St Patrick. ......
 Every nation" he said, had it's bene- factors. God had always raised up some great men in every nation to act in propi- tious moments. In some nations it was a great soldier, in others statesman, poet, or painter. What Moses was to the Jewish people St Patrick was to the Irish race"
 The speaker then in graphic and in teresting manner told the story of the life and labors of St Patrick. The subject has often been, heard by Waterbury people, but tho reverend lecturer seemed to treat the matter in new light and held the con- gregation ,spellbound until his last sen- tence was spoken. Speaking of the Irish in America, he said:
 ''It is we'll to understand the influence of Irish blood in the veins of the Ameri- can body polite. Immigration did not begin in 1S49 and 1850, but began two hundred years ago. Since then a cease less stream of Irish blood has been pouring into American veins. In Washington's army there was a large band of these Irish exiles and it was their implacable hatred of the English government that precipi tated the revolution, and when it was started lent to it the sacred wrath that transformed the American patriots into un- conquerable soldiers. It is the influence of this same Irish blood that has trans formed the narrow puritan of Massachus- etts and the dull, heavy, sluggish, Hol- lander of New York into the bright, broad, daring intellectual being that we know the American of to-day to be. It has been a further influence of this Irish blood to poeticlze, to elevate with dash of senti- ment the hard, stern features of the orfgi- nal colonists. This has been the influence of Irish blood on the neutral side. But on the supernatural side with their deep re- ligious instinct and their inbred reverence for holy things, and their marvellous gen. erosity when it comes to a question of giv- ing for religious purposes, they have dis seminated silently, but effectually through the length and breadth of America, re- ligious influence that has manifested itself in the wondrous growth of the Catholic church.
 1t IS peculiarly fitting on this day when we celebrate the fftieth anniversary of the organization of the diocese of Hartford to recall the great work that has been done by Irishmen within this state. Contrasts seem unnecessary, but the measure of the y,,oIa ic ho ho4w the lowly hut in which mass was celebrated in this diocese fifty years ago and the mag ni6cent cathedral in Hartford today"
 The speaker thought that it is mistake to call any one element of our great nation essentially American. "The American character" he said, ''is made up of the best elements of men of the European races and not the least of these clements is the Irish race"
 After vespers in the evening Father Doyle spoke on temperance to one of the largest audiences that ever gathered within the walls of St Patrick's church. Every seat was occupied and it is estimated that over five hundred people were turned away not able to find standing room. A large number of Protestant people were in attendance. The lecturer treated his sub ject in q most skillful manner and laid particular stress on the necessity of par ents keeping a watchful eye on their children and setting them the noble ex- ample of being total abstainers. The thief, the adulterer, the murderer, and in fact the man who commits all sorts of crime was above the drunkard. The for mer possessed his senses and could be spoken to and reasoned with, but the drunkard was deaf to every appeal. It was the lowest level to which the human being could descend.
 The speakers appeal to the people to guard themselves against the evils of in- temperance and thus avoid the awful fate that awaits the death of the drunkard, was the most touching ever heard from pull pit in this city. He threw his whole soul into the subject and those who listened to his remarks must have gone to their homes with the fullest realization of the danger that turks in the abuse of intoxicating drinks. He showed them the danger in lucid manner and pointed out the remedy, total abstin, nee, and exhorted all to take advantage of it.
 In the afternoon Father Doyle was en- tertained in the Lyceum by the choir and the different church societies. He also addressed meeting in the opera house in the offernoon