The Irish standard., 1900-11-10
Unable to Satisfy tho Cravings
of the Human Heart.
A VITAL ELEMENT OF CIVILIZATION
Morality is Found Beyond the
Sphere of Matter.

Archbishop Ireland preached to Il
large congregation in the Cathedral Mt
st. Paul last Sunday morning. His
discourse follows in full:
mot in bread alone doth man live
but In every word that comcth from
the moutl, OF God" Words of our
Lord recorded in the fourth chapter Of
the gospel of st. Matthew.
| My dear brethren:
While iourncyilfg abroad tarricd
| for a while OH the grounds of the great
exposition of Paris. There were gath
cred the products of mans toll and of
mans genius in profusion and elegance
never before eGuMllcd. All that earth
could give, that man could extract
from earth for human instruction, hui
displayed in the exposition. and made
accessible to the eye and hand of the
visitor. Never before was there such
IN accumulation of the results of
man. And surely the visitor could
not be filled with admiration, with
wonder. that man had been able to do
and to obtain so much for his instruc-
tion and his happiness. The visitor
could not but be nwed before the pow
or OF man as made manifest in his
works. There We're the works Of man
of every nation, of every language, the
works of humanity at their very best,
and It were wrong not to rejoice that
man has been able to accomplish so
much, that through his ingenuity and
knowledge man hns done so much for
his own nggrnndiscmcnt ana the glory
of his Creator. But when all that Is
said Il mighty problem suggests itself.
1t is this: Here is earth ut It's best.
Here Is nll the riches 1t can Offer all
the solutions to mysteries of which it
is capable, yet does man find here all
that he wants? Is man, can man he
satisfied with earth mt It's very best,
! with the enjoyment of It's most munili-
cent offerings. Can man live on the
| gifts of earth alone? Never more
| than in the presence of the great ex-
position, summing up as 1t does carth's
most munificent offerings, is the think
cr brought to understand so deeply the
meanings of the words OF the Lord.
mot in bread alone does man live, but
in every word that proceedeth from
the mouth of God" Not sln bread
alone does man live. Man needs in
deed the gift Of bread. Man needs the
offerings Of earth. Earth was created
for him; and let it bring forth for his
use the fruits of it's power and it's fe-
cundity, they belong to man, and man
Is worthy of them. But when all the
earth can give has been received the
truth is, not in bread alone does man
live. With all the riches of the great
exposition at the feet of humanity
what is it that has been done for man;
for mans true grandeur, for mans
moral elevation, for mans happiness?
What can earth do to lift up man to
spheres wherein he grows to true
fed with the products he has wrested
from earth what is he? What does lie
find himself to be as he marches from
one palace to another of human in
dustry? A being Of the earth, part
Of earth's own products, the highest
and greatest, if you wish, Of these
products, but only a product Of earth.
Everything that is put before him re-
minds him that he belongs to earth;
the more he cOntemplates the offerings
Of the earth the more he is drawn to
1t, and the more he is made to feel
that he belongs to it. There is moth
ing there that would take man and
put him at Il height immense above
earth: nothing that would make him
understand and realize that he be-
longs to another world; nothing that
places before him ideals far above the
things which are of earth, and which
Of themselves draw him down to earth.
If we contemplate the things Of earth
| we incline to feel that the highest eff
fort of mans mind is to penetrate into
the bottom of the earth few thousand
feet deeper and wrest from it it's hid
den treasure, or to be able to dominate
the oceans and continents. annihilating
! the space separating them from one