The morning call., 1894-03-18

limbs. OConnell may say: This victory is
mine for taught you The METHOD
There are scenes in this worlds history that
| create rpoehs; so sublime aud dramatic in
| themselves as TO challenge the attention of
men; so fruitful in their results as to be rightly
considered turning point In human thought.
ana lnaugurating new era in human instiIu-
/ lions. Such is that sublime scene, as depicted
IN the Acts Of the Apostles. when ST. Paul
went up from the market place OF Athens, and
!. standing on that stone from which defendants
before the Areopagus were wont 10 plead their
c%nse' aud taking his theme from the altar on
Mhlcn had been carved an inscription, ITO the
unknown Cod" gave utterance to that marvel
| Gus discourse written for us by ST. Luke, the
| sublime message OF the religion of Christ by its
most ardent apostle, to the errors and supersti-
/ lions OF Cir clan philosophy. Above him tow
| cred the rock OF the Aci0 polls, which was 10
| the Greek what Mount Zion was to the
Hebrew. Beneath him the temple of the awful
| goddess. whose name inspired terror 10 all
strangers; around him the vast multitude, ill.,
/ herltOrs OF he errors Of the past; and giOrying
| in the supers itonS of the declining period of
| q ecian splendor. in full view OF their many
| temples, with their shrines of hundred divinl-
Ties, he proclaimed the existence of one God,
creator OF all, preserver OF all, The Lord OF the
material univeTs and of I'll his children IN the
| great family OF man; and OF all nations, which
| b d received from his DEGREES he limits of
| their endurance aud OF their domains; that the
| Kingdom OF Coo had al last come upon the
world, and that he who was TO judge it was he
| who had been lifted up upon cross, upon
| whose work God had set his seal by raising
| BIN from the DE- ad.
II was an epoch-making scene when on
| Easter day the apostle of Ireland stood on
1ara's bill, befor tie King and mobiles, and ex-
| planned the doctrines OF The Christian religion
! How, from the summit of that hill. the voice OF
| the 81 eat preacher has be, n carried by the de-
4 scendants of those who listened TO him TO every
| land and every cline; has formed The thoughts
and Influenced the lives and fortunes of millions
| OF The humOu family. and whose echoes Will he
carried TO the remotest generations.
There is nothing IN all history that Can be
| compared 10 those TWO scenes in the magic
al gpf m mi affoa ra
| OF which they were the source, unlesss that
third scene, when upon the same hill OF Tara
the gr' al leader Of the Irish people uttered TO
| the world their night TO civil and religious
liberty. quarter OF million people had
come at the summons OF their chief. The in
cense from an hundred Iude allarS flOated
u on the wind, ana The solemn music OF the
mass. rising above the din. gave a
weird conservation to The scene. Standing
on the MI, me seat OF ancient roy
atty, the birthplace OF their religious life,
by the very stone where be Kings of Ireland
were once crowned he reviewed the history of
The past, TeasseTted the dem nds Of he present
and with the gaze of prophet unroed the
vision OF a glorious future. Beneath him. like
mighty sea. that vast multitude. passive,
Orderly, decOrous, bound toge her by one over
powe'iDg though, the love OF their country,
and held together by The magic OF that marvel
Gus eloQuence. This is lie scene which Bulwer
has so graphically described.
once TO my sight the giant thus was given,
Walled by wide air aud rooted by bOundless
heaven:
Ben cath his feet the human ocean iay
And wave wave flowed into space away.
Methought no clarion could have sent its sound
Fen To the center OF the host around;
anu, As enouSnt rose the sohoFOus s"eli,
As from some church-tower swings the silVery bell
Aloft and clear from airy tide to tide
II glided easy. a bird may glide.
II the last verge OF that vast audience sent.
1t played with each wild passion as 1t went:
Now stirred the uproar-now the murmurs
stilIed,
And sobs OF laughter answered as it W iIIed.
Then did know what spells of Infinite choice
To rouse or ull has the sw eet human voice.
Then did learn TO seize The sudden clue
10 the grand troubous life antiQue-to view
Under the rock stand OF DemostneneS
Unstable Athens heave her noisy
1t was resting place, where for a moment
the army oil frr edom lay eDcamped and re-
fIeshed themselves for the contest yet to come
with strength undiminlsbed, wi b courage un-
abated. Aud II for some years after the great
llberator haG passed away their efforts slack
ened, II was Tor causes over which they had no
control. anime widespread. death-dealiDg.
and its attendant scOurges, came upon the land
and rendered all effort Impossible. A black
pail had settled on the island, and from its
numerous haTDorS old ana young sailed out
upon the great ocean 10 seek ID other lands the
food and freedom they were denied al home.
But lreland's cause was not dead. but sleeping.
Such cause never dies II is the expression
of mans natural SplTatioH toward light, liberty
and the freedom of the children of GOd
Later on the church establish d and MAIN
tanned by law was disestablished and deprived
of stale protection. Then came, than $ to .he
ability of Michael DavitG, the organization OF
the Land League, which introduced iuto the
Irish struggle more potent principle Of union
IMAM even me struggle Tor the repeal OF the
union under O'CoDnell. The Land League was
a unifying element binding into solid pha.
LINK the irish at home and abroad and winning
the SYMPATHY OF the world. IL was the means
of bringing The condition of Ireland to the at
tentlon of he worl0. All minor questions were
Tor the moment put aside as forgotten, md it
has done more TO EDUCATE all classes to the
necessity and power of union than any
other demand that the struggling race had
ever made FaiI-minded men all over the world
/ In aen
Itself Oh The attention OF England, and at last,
IN the face of most bitter opposition, a land
bill was passed that if passed only a few years
ago would have set Ireland mad with joy, but
which has only wheted her appetite Tor more.
Whence had II the power 10 unity the whole
FACE? Because 1t appealed TO one OF the funda-
men al principles OF human progress, VIZ: that
the profits Oi mans labor should be his own
and that the land OF a country belongs 10 the
people Of the country. The forces of the l. nd
League were marshaled with consummate skill
by The leader OF the Irish National party,
CHARLES Stewart PaTUell, who, single handed,
had To contend with The consolidated power OF
the British Empire; wEO. single-handed had TO
contend with the combined skill of the British
faI lament. Whatever opinion may be held as to
the unfortunate occurrences which surrounded
the close OF his career, the liisn race owes his
memory debt OF gratitude, and his name must
be enrolled on the tablets OF greatness with The
leaders OF the Irish cause. " itlin The last year,
under the leadership Of The greatest Of English
men, Mr. Gladstone, another victory has been
won, and the principle OF home rule has re-
IclNOu tuS VI OOIiinOus Oh EDSidDu,
While its rejection by the Lords has sounded
tbe deathknell OF that institution,
which for so. many years has stood
In the way OF every movement looking
toward kthe enlargement OF mans liberty
aud more equitable admins ration of law and
more general and just distribution of the ma
toms wealth. huS, step by step, slowly, il Is
true, but ever onward aud upward, the Irish
race has proved its loyalty and fidelity TO the
great principles OF civil and lgIous liberty,
and at last, Ia the face OF the most powerfully
organized opposition, has forced its way TO the
very confines of the promised land. With IL Is
the rising sun advancing TO its meridian splen-
dor; with IL The flowing tide of the enthusiasm
and approb ttion OF the entire world.
Island OF destiny nnisfail, for thy faith is the
payment near.
The mine of the future is opened aud the COLDER
veins appear,
Thy hands are white, and thy page unStaIned