The Irish standard., 1897-12-18
good of life, we never shall accomplish


cratic republic has sprung. 1t was re-
hglon that nerved the heart and up-
lifted the mind Of Columbus when
athwart the trackles set he made for
the new world. 1t was religion that
taught that men We're not born to be
slaves. 1t was religion that taught that
right was greater than might, that
right is God himself. What l would
say is that he who speaks to the Ameri-
can people for the purpose Of undermin-
Ing their faith In religion takes from
them the only ground wherein they
can stand to defend the rights Of the
poor and uplift the weak
Henry George said to Cardinal Man
ming: I love the people, and my lose
OF the people led me to love Jesus
Christ So it is. We must come ont
Of the natural evolution and say that,
even though nature be blind and cruel
and pitless, the weak shall survive;
that we can lift ourselves up against
nature; that we are accountable to the
and struggle against nature and defy it;
that we will turn the conflict and strlg-
gle for life into Il cooperation for life
and to do this, would say, first let
each Min begin with himself. 1t is our
curse, it is our superficial view of things
that defers our progress. Our great
need is better men, net better meas
ures. Our great need is great
great need is trmer and more
firmly rooted conscious trusting to ete--
nal right, if our poverty and our misery
are to be done away with. Money is
no wisdom. Shakespeare calls the
money of children who inherit from rich
fathers their cursed, blessed wealth.
He knew that money was a curse 10
that wages did not benefit the drunken
husband or tho bad father. No great
movement Is going to result In great
good that is not founded on moral
J
George felt this and 1t was his deep
conviction. In his reply to the Pope
concerning his encyclical on labor you
SEQ all through tho deep righteousness
Pope. In many respects he vitality diff
fcrcd from him, but you can SEQ his
reverence his righteousness, his kind
ness and consciousness of a power above
both Pope and common man.
"Ilenry George has done IL service TO
this country. to England, and wherever
his name is known in turning his brill
liant and solid qualities wholly to the
consideration OF tho wrongs and suf-
ferings and SORROWS OF the people It Is
tho great thing we shall all consider
| myself agree With Gov. Altgeld when
hc talks lightly Of scholars and literary
men If they do not turn their thoughts
to the good of their fellow men. To
quote Goethe agan-'lt Is the curse M
literary men that they do not turn tEell
literary to practical good. That is
what George did. Being Of vigorous
mind and widely read. he turned all the
qualities Of his nature to practical good,
He who helped his fellow men and
worked for them from the higher plat
form has made us all feel wo wore not
doing our duty by them. His voice had
the sympathetic ring Of tho words OF
Jesus Christ, somewhat OF that peculiar
spirit which must have moved Chris,
when he said that the Sab
bath was mad. for man and not man
for the Sabbath. The laws are made
for man, tho country Is made for man,
tho church Is made for man.
1t we do not help man, If what Colonel
Ingcrsoll says be true. that the church
does no good to mon, then 1t ought not
to exist. If VIC can with conviction
point to God SO long as wc can fell
that God is In us and with us and that
wo lovo him and that il We honc in him,
neither sickness nor poverty nor disease
can harm us. our efforts havo not been
In vain 1t is not the lack Of money,
but the lack of hope and the lack of love
that restraints lis. | believe. ANA some
times say, that although we think we
arc civilized, in reality we are not.
My friends. wish to say simply that
am convinced that Henry George is
n representative OF the trucst and best
spirit which can 1.-Two in the heart Of an
American The greatest good which
tho hero does his race Is to have been
hero. The greatest good Henry
George has done us all Is that he was
the man he was, and he has shown rs
that If man loves the people, If he
be sincere and honest and earnest, they
will listen to him. What we need IS
for those who have had greater oppo!-
tuntics of education to como nearer to
for those who have leisure to think and
those who have had fewer opportunities,
study to bring their wisdom to those
who have no leisure.
What a mighty power in America ia
tho press In no country on earth has
there ever been so active. so keen. so
Intelligent, SO searching an organ Of
public opinion as the American press.
What ,,;rht n NOT do far tho Amnri