The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-09-14
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beacon lights from the towers which the
Brethren Of Trinity House have strewn
along the margin of the deep. There was
hardly a ripple on the waters and the no-
ton of the steamer was scarcely percepti-
BILE save for the vibration Of her paddles.
Overhead and far behind streamed the
sooty plunes OF rolling smoke, the folds
now and then shot with sparks Of fire. like
threads of gold in a raven plume. ! was
almost alone on the deck--alone with the
stars and the waves and the fast recedina
coast line, with its mountainous back
ground, from which the revolving lamp5
long ribbons Of silver across the
water. To the southwark sailing ship,
with every stitch of canvas spread, seem-
ed to lie like "a painted ship upon q
painted ocean," And every moment this
steamer was carrying us swiftly further
and further into the vast expanse that
stretched before us--a vague. watery
waste, unrimmed by aught save the sky,
on the other side of which Lay our destin-
ed haven. writes w. T. Stead in the Re-
view Of Reviews. IA
. The beauty and solitude of the scene
naturally disposed to meditation. And as
paced the deck watching the attenuation
Of the silver riband of light and the dim
mer and DINNER outline Of the strand
where the lighthouses glowed like the
eyes Of sentinels, vigilant and sieepless
for the safety of the seas, it seemed as II
were seeing in a glass darkly a picture
Of the world Of men and of the Catholic
CHURCH, humanity, like, the westward
Bound steamer spurning the waves with
restless paddle, sweeps onward to the
open sea, there to navigate without the
aid of lighthouse or landmark. Far be-
hind US, receding more and more In the
dim eternity of past time, stand the tall
and stately lighthouses. with their lamps
still trimmh and burning, which the
Catholic Church in ancient times reared
in the name of Trinity for the safety q
the waye-tossed mariner The lighti
,lwindled and disappeared In the distance
but still for those nearer the shore they
glow with unflickering brilliance, tended
with sedulous care by those VINO watch
while others sleep that navigation may be
safe and the sailor gain his harbor un-
harmed by shoal or rock.
I was on my way to Ireland, the most
faithful and most western outpost Of the
Papacy In Europe. And az thought pt
the history Of the Isle Of the Saints, and
RENE bered that the archbishop whom
I was going to interview was the success
sor OF prelates who, from the days Of ST
Patrick even until now, had kept tEe
lights Of the Grace of God burning fol
century after century in the midst OF tht
Irish race, did not marvel at the devc,
ton of the Celt to the night waite hman o4y
the Pope. Who is there who can see
lighthouse at night or the revolyinll
CLEAN from the anchored lightship with
out feeling the soul stirred within him at5
the thought that all round our shores
there is not a point or q pronaDntory, ii
harbor or shoal, where this night ant
every night, week ia and week out, yeaa
after year, there are not stout and stall
;wart men waking when Others sleep, toll
ing while others rest to. keep burning
bright and clear the great lamps whiclf
warn the mariners OF invisible danger, q
mark with streams Of silver or crimson
light the channel to the port? }}i55{{5f
Aud If we feel this about these hired
men Of the Trinity House, how mvch hmora
must ne be thrilled by the spectacle Of aI:
ancient Catholic bishopri G, that spiritual
lighthouse reared by the P0ntfh OF am
ether 4 rinity House for the guidance Of
humanity in its stormy voyage across tla
sea Of life? The whole planet is studded
with these light points. There is no land
no speech, no. isle OF the sea where their
light does not stream forth upon tho
hearths and the homes of the chill dren OF
men (; From of old time 1t has been SO.
1t Is SO to-day Wars, peTsecutfo ION, martyr
dom, the bitter pangssof pen11ry, theamord
dangerous temp ionS pf power and aOf
sealt th all these have come and go1e,and
come and 90, and still the tight streams
on. Cobwebs some lines cloud the win.
dOws and; here and there; sonnet times f0rs4
generation or d centlifyJ the cllstod Ian of
the lamp may wax siOth hflll. Then {hls
Light Is sdimmed sfor u time, and the mar
row sea becomes unsafe. But al affef q tiifses
the Elder sBret hrsn uk st lae .spirt ttual Trim
ity House hat stand On the Seven Hill
takes note cf the stance, the neg
ligents keeper \ te sr4 55once more stiis
lfgtts streans ISL its pristine s,leni.H
OF. and the hear t4o fhss observer on MGj
solitary dee and glad HI
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metaphor e tha ths Elder Bret thrSnsyvDsll1
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