The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-19

Mr.. George 4 Larkin
Country Fair Waits, OAorus Of chOirs
Miss Twigg and Mr.. Larkln
The Harp That Once Threugh Tsra,s
aaile Miss Minnie Burke
Bridal Chorus from 1.-THE Hose Maiden"
Chorus Of Ohcirs
Orchestra.
Accompanies Miss Eannie n. Tag an,
Miss Annie shanahan, Mr.. Cha riss
IA. Mcdonnell.
Direotor-GeOrge A. Quinby.
Applause YVES frequens and hearty and
all of the numbers were finely rendered.
The chorus Of the ohoirs consisted Of
about one huadred voices. The male
chorus Of the cathedral wss compose Of
Messrs. Joseph A. Watts, Thomas J. Des'
mond, William Moeunnigle, Charles
Clark, George ID. Davis, Henry Hinds and
Edward Petteo. The male chorus of st.
Dominio's was composed of Messrs. Frank
Doolsy, John Dooley, Thomas Lappin,
John Callan, Ciarencs Coughlan, George
Larkin and David W. McAndrews.
At the co nclusion of the tirst part Of
the concert Bishop Hesiy entered the hall
accompanied by Rector O'Brion Of the
Cathedral and Michael Z. O'Brios of
Lawrence, Macs, who Is . brother OF
Rsnt,r O'Brlon. As the party proceeded
to take their sests on the stage the big
audience broke forth into hearty cheer.
Bishop Hsaly bowed his thanks and then
introduced Mr.. O'Brion who delivered
an eloqusn Grafton upon St. Patrick.
nnAaV
circumstances similar to thoss OF the
apostles" said Mr.. O'Brion, "His words
filed the hearts Of men and faith. humili-
ty and charity then began their works In
Ireland. II 1t had not been for Sc. Pat
riok's own writings we would not get .
glimpse Of his life. The most important
event In the worlds history was his con-
version to Christianity. Upon the COM
Ing Of Sc. Patrick Ireland regarded him
not only Is q stranger but also ms an en-.
envy. How mysterious and Worldwide Is
the domain of St. Patrick. With only
his sainly quality and the grace Of God
he brought the people Of Ireland to the
worship Of God.
"The heart Of humanity mu st respond
to Ireland's wrongs and 10 Erin's wrongs.
1t makes no difference to the Irish soldier
whether no fights under the flag Of Eng
land, France or OF the stars and stripes Of
the United States, he wears the green Of
Ireland and today they are not hanging
men because they wear shat green. who
was 1t that made the American nation
possiblef When the citizens Of Philade J.
phia subscribed one and one-half mil
ions OF dollars for the states at the out.
break OF the revolution was not one
third Of that sum contributed by 81 Of the
sons Of Irelandi The spirit OF Bunker
Hill was again manifest In go and in
that fierce stru Rgle where were the des-
cendants of Sc. Patrick. Let the records
answer Where, my friends. has there
ever been struggle for liberty In which
the Irishmen were not in the front,
whether In America. or with the brave
Beers In the Transvaalf cloud applause
and cheers
there also will be found the same indom-
liable Irish blood. 1 oite Burke and
O'Connsll. Whenever we stop and oonsid-
er all of these things, and gay that II
1t was not for st. Patrick going into Ire.
land when we pause and look into our
own souls, we must rise to the conviction
that there is higher estimate and must
exolaim with Hamlet. "What q wonder
full thing is man. We are accustomed to
admire genius but genius is the gilt Of
God rather than the attainment of ener-
gy."
Mr.. O'Brion was frequently int rrupt-
cd by applause. his references to Oh 9
efforts OF the Beers eliciting the greatest
cheering Of the evening.