The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-07-17
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nose ConSeENalCt nelaiuS Oh lHt SlN |
pei those harbingels of peace, went |
forth into every quarter of the globe, ,
to every shore, where the waters OF the |
ocean break, hearing the cross of Chris !
Nazarene, and preaching the gospel q! |
peace and h1ppines -. truth ANA .iftD" |
Nation, iog centumes. buried in ieGar |
anee and idolatry, We're raasomed from |
the slavery o. error aad superstition; |
We're lifted into the light OF freedom !
by the day-star Of dc.iver4ncc and made |
sharers i'll the glorious and unfettere,
liberty of the gospel Of Jesus Christ
Those liglt-beare@s of truth and CIV
ilization with no shield but that of
faith, no sword but that OF the cross,
no armor but the truths of Christ. tc,r
cd ma daugers from earthly opposition, |
but W.,.4 an enthusiasm, courage and
love born Of the Cruciiied, planted every
where the seeds of Christianity anl
the principles OF true and lasting civil |
cation.
Look at The map OF the world. study
the history OF every nation. and ynl
will find that the cunsecrl1cd hcraIds of
Chrsl's gospel We're also The pion ror>
OF civilization. All those nations that
willingly received the gospel advanced
amazingly in Intelligence. in virtue, IL
liberty. in civilization. And all thoae
nations that rejected on discarded the
again into the darkness OF Barbarian.
held taS, by the chains of slavery an,
unable to move along the highway.
CT civilization. Modern civilization is
pagan civilization. but the work OF
the Christ church upheld and promul-
gated by Christ'S priesthood. But not
to speak of other lands. where is Their,
Il section of America that has not beer
coioniZad and civilized by the Ca!huii,
! missionaries of Christ's Amounted
pliesthoGd' Who tracked our rivers,
sealed our mountains; who plunged into
the unknown and uncXp!orcd interior
/ to summon the native savage from ig-
i'i -i'' anu i'lplhll WIZ Taught VIC
Hntm'CreA child OF the forest, the moan
tain and The prairie Nh, The names of
| Per" Marquette, llenncpin, La Sa'lc
| Ca! tier. ID" Smct, and other Catholic
missionaries are indeliby written all
over the broad surface of this continent
from the Atlantic to the far-oif golden
Slopes OF The Pacific the sound of axes
followed the voice of tn" missionary and
the pioneers of material Improvement
traced their way in the fec Steps of the
hrra.d5 of the gospel. Centuries before
CuuEl, us had set foDt upon San Saliva
/ dor. tnry came from the old NOrthlhnd
across the ocean to Greenland, hnd
probably to New England. and The
rruzi"rs OF Bishops John and Eric flash
| ed upon the waters of Naragansrtt bay
and their followers claimed the virgin
| continent for Christ and cOnsecrated ou1
/ country to the Lord and King of man
4 kind. Long before IA Puritan ever set
foot on Plymouth Rock, before Il Plant
lgrnet or !, Tudor welded the sceptre
| of an Alfred or Elhclrcd they upheld
! ON these shores the emblem of mans
salvation and spread the light of Chris
! tiani,y. Many a day before the Puri'
itans. forgetting they fled the whip OF
persecution in England. and who scourE-
ed their fellow -exies with scorpions in
America many a day before they ever
dreamt of tolerance or freedom. tho
,nI
proclaimed to the world the sacred
principles of civil and religious liberty
in happy old Maryland. In the old
world as we'll as in the new. the priests
of Christs church were the champions
of liberty AS Christ Himself said: You
shall know the truth and the ruth
shall make You free"
The trainers of the constitution of
these United States learned the prn-
! riplcs of civil and religions liberty from
Cots own church. Our forc-fathcrs of
revolutionary days. when they pro-
claimed individual freedom. simply
re-crhoed the words of Pope Alexander
Ill., who in the twelfth century de-
.
and that all men had equal rights to
lif" and liberty"
Our American constitution is in Il
great measure IL Catholic document. 1t
embraces the great Magma Cllarta wrcst-
ed from the tyrant John on the plains
Of Runnymchr ny Archbishop Langton.
and it inculc.ltcs tn, iiGtlt OF representa-
ton to Justify taxation. taught by Pope
Zachary in the eighth century. But
J there is one champion Of liberty. one
whose name is cherished in every Amer
lean heart. the illlstriuu& Archbishop
Carroll, of Baltimore. Many have stol-
Ell his arrows. but few can ever bend his
bow. With an indomitalil" will. Il fan :
reaching intelligence. Il acart as broad
as humanity. with IN arm guided Icy
providence and uph"'i Ivy God. he sowcG
the seeds Of religious and civil freedom,
and planted the trc, of the cross OF
Jesus Christ so deeply IN this continent
that they shall never perish frcm Amer
lean soil. They shall last rs long as
humanity itself