The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-17
FATHER YORK TO LECTURE IN
BUTTE.

CWrlten for The Intermountain Catholic)
As already announced in these col
umns, Rev. p. c. Yorke of the arch
diocese of San Francisco will visit
Butte on Monday, the 18th inst, and
Ia the evening viii deliver at the Grand
opera house his celebrated lecture, The
Pope and the People" under the aus
pieces of the Young Mems Institute
In connection with the visit of this
distinguished clergyman to Montana,
IL would be entirely superlluous, if not
an act Of supercrogation to speak of
the invaluable services that Father
Horke has rendered on behalf OF his
church and his country. His fame and
reputation as a matChleSS orator and
as a f0rcible and trenchant writer are
well known throughout the length and
breadth Of the land, especially on the
Pacific coasE, where his eminent abil-
tiles have attracted widespread atten-
tiCn for many years.
As a pulpit and platform speaker he
Is without a superior in the United
States, and his presence on the public
rostrum generally TOuses his audience
to the highest pitch of enthusiasm.
His lectures and public discourses are
masterpieces of their kind Not to speak
of the elegance of language, nor the
burning flame Of Christian and Catho-
lie eloquencea that perNades every
thought and sentence, and brings con-
victon to every heart. these lectures
are in a special manner, remarkable
not alone for their originality, solidity
and Sublimity of thought. but for their
logical force and rhetorical beauty.
At the same time one cannot fail to
admire the cOruscaJions Of his brilliant
and fertile imagination, the eXuberance
of his wit. the fecundity of his I'm
guage and the Vivacity of his original
genius.
Father Yorke is also a master of
irony and can be bitterly sarcastic
whenever the occasion calls for it
His eminent abilities as a writer and
as a speaker never shone forth more
cunspiciousIy than a few years ago
when the wave OF Intolerance and big
otry swept over this land when the
Catholic church was most bitterly as
sailed and the loyalty Of Catholics to
the republic was called in question.
These repeated insults and assaults
al once aroused the fighting blood Of
the Irish priest. He flung himself into
the conflict with all the impetuosity Of
his Celtic nature, and like an armed
warrior he entered the arena and
hurlcl his shining lance at the brazen
foreheads of these defamers of his
church and the maligners of his re
ligion
How he throttled and fought and
finally crushed out of existence that
organization called the Amer
can NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is now mat
ter of history He stood in the front OF
the battle like a mighty giant, dealing
death blows to prejudice and bigOtry,
and by his trenchant logic his cutting
sarcasm and his clear statement of
truth he exposed its members to public
contempt and ridiCule.
And while he thus valiantly fought
for his Cod his church and his coun- /
try. at the same time he called Che at .
tentio1 of the people of America TO the F.
claims of the Catholic church. its mar /
Vicious history during so many centu- I
rics. its undying life. its services to hu- !
mRnity in the field of knowledge, char /
ity and civil liberty; of the truths con- /
corning her doctrines and dOgmas: and
the great part she has played in the
worlds history. For the signal and tI'
victory he thus achieved in !
behalf of civil and religious liberty, (
Father Yorke received the praise and |
of all classes, at the same /
time he became the idol of his own /
flock.
For many years Father Yorke has
been prominent in Y. NJ. I. affairs on 4
the Pacific coast He has always been /
a warm friend and adviser in the Varl- (
Gus councils and has given literally
Of his time and his great abilities to I
advance the general welfare Of the or
ganizajiOn.
-Four years ago. at his suggestion,
Lecture Bureau was established in con-
nectiOn with the Young Mems Institute.
Father Yorke was the first president
Of the bureau. and gave much of his
time and splendid abilities to the work
Of putting into operation this most eX-
cellent feature of the society.
Father YoTl1es present visit to Butte
is for the purpose of giving a lecture
under the auspices Of the bureau, and
1t is to be hoped that he viii be re
ccived with a crowded house. Every
Catholic in Butte. every man with d
drop Of Irish blood in his veins SHOULD
deem il his duty to be present in the
opera house on that evening, and give
Father Yorke a "Cead Mile Fail1he.