The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-18
OLD ERIN'S GLORlES
Rev. Father Carroll, of St.
Patrick's. Talks Of the
Irish Race.
Yesterdays CELEBRATIONS
Whittier House Honors Ireland's
saint-Other Social
Events.

The congregation of ST. Patrick's X
c. Church have heard many eminent
speakers and nave listened to many IN
teresting and instructive lectures, but L
is doubtful if they nave ever heard a
more eloquent or interesting discourse
than tha delivered by the Rev. L.. G. NJ.
Carroll. the new rector of st. PatrlcK's.
last night.
Father Carroll chose for his subject
1.-The characteristics of the Irish RACE
He is a most eloquent speaker and mas
the great power of carrying his audience
with him. He set forth all the points IN
q clear manner, bringing out the facts
with remarkable clearness. After the
lecture g collection was -aken Tor the
benefit of the ST. Vincent de Paul So
ciety. In his address Father CarroH
said
..The sons of Ireland stand out as
unique characters il the pages CT his
tory. Whatever they do. they do it with
a sacrifice of self. Whether II is peace
or war, love or hatred, the moment Jhey
are convinced they will sacrlfiee then
very existence TO carry out their ldeas;s
To prove this he reviewed irish ms,
tory. How Irishmen had withstoed
Caesar and defended their pagan Ialtn
and their fatherland, n wnen the
gentle Patrick came and they became
convinced that he brought the true falth,
they received it with all the eagerness
of their arduouS nature. 1reland IS tne
only country in the world OF Whlcn 1he
Bible took possession without bleodsnea,
he laid. Immediately after conversion
learning and the great instructors OF
nations. The whole island was covered
most renowned men of their age. for
sanctity and learning, received, the laou-
sands of students who focked to them
He then told eloquently how this people
chung to Christianity through the deyas<
tation of the Mortimer. or Danes, from
Brian Boru conquered the invaders on
the plains of Clontarf. After $50 years
by the Anglo-Normans, followed by, 7o
years of woe and strife, through all OF
which the Irish held their faith -. Tn ne
the memory of many who were listening
TO him. ,o.c
God in his providence sends blight upon
the land; the staple food of millions rots
in the ground, and famine covers the
money, food and clothing to the suffer
ers, but what is the exchange they ask
in return? The price they demanded was
But money could not tempt those eyes
swimming in death. Their lips CULVER
ing in the throes of hunger disdained the
found an early crown in Paradise"
Among the reasons for another char,
atlCi1SllC llC 1IlSI PCOP1C II liz
intense love for their native land. the
reverend lecturer said
Their love Of country beats more
warmly in the breast of an exile than 1t
does in the bosom of a resident, for alb
sence makes the heart grow fonder, ana
his minds eye those charms from which
he is separated. and in which he may
passes before him, with ever increasing
brightness, the green fields of his native
stream. the roads and lanes ever familiar
TO his memory: through which he sported
when a boy. He still hears in fancy the
%B Sag 51as OF 9f the dhe l fhnefh' H TIE recalls aarfi t afi
the harmless and innocent pleasures in
that land CT mysterious charms. He
wedding feast. and the smiling faces of
the neighbors. He hears the gay music
Of the flute, the fiddle or the bagpipe, and
his feet beat a sympathetic tattoo on the
floor as he remembers how his partner
rewarded him with a smile of approval
that set the other boys jealous; he thinks
wanders to the little c~hurchyard and TO
the father and mother buried there.
Then comes an ending to his pleasant
While he was speaking of Irish nation
atty he said:-"Tara and its glories are
archs are gone; but the spirit that crown
ed them at Tara has not died with them;
that that was and the fSa spirit inir Of I lrsss fod patton n
strong, as fervid, as glorious as it ever
lived in the hearts of the Irish Min
s~trel..."
In closing he said:-''sons and daughters
of Ireland, there is no necessity to tell
you to be good citizens. for you are the
citizens. Your. positions of trust attest
fhis-i in every large city throughout the
length and breadth of<the land. Accom-
plish then by word and example what
St Patriek's sons and daughters were
chosen to accomplish, the conversion of
the noblest people on the face of the
earth. America needs your voice and
example to stem the tide of heresy,
socialism and infidelity that threatens
to engulf this fair land"