Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-30
HOT SPRINGS, SOUTH FRIDAY. AUGUST 30 1901.

.INGS, SOUTH DAKO'
to address, as l saw you crowd SO close
around the speakers who preceded me.
In fact, it reminded me of a southern
story. An old darky was preaching to
his congregation in the open woods and
they we're all Baptists. Now if there
are any Baptists here trust they will
not grow offended, because 1 am broad
in my religious views, and mean to
offend none. The preachers name was
Rasius and he said: 81 dreamed went
to Heaven, and l see no Baptists; l look
all around and see the Methodists,
the Episcopalians, the Catholics and
every other denomination, but see no
Baptists." His audience was much
exercised and shouted, "whar was dem
Baptists, Uncle Rastus?" and the old
man continued, II looks again, and dar,
close to the feet of the lord, see dem
Baptists His audience arose and
shouted, "Aint glad Use Baptist
What made the Lord put them Bap-
fists so close to his throne?" and Uncle
Rastus replied, "Case dey was such
onruly creeters, he had to put them
whar he could get his hands on 'em."
Now do not mean that you are un-
ruly, but am glad that you are close
to me, where can talk to you SO easily.
And on tehalf of the visitors within
the confines of your beautiful city,
thank you for the kind welcome spoken
to us through your mayor. We have
met today to place on this edifice. that
will stand as an enduring monument
to the push, the pluck and the enter
prise of the Benedictine Sisters. a
memorial tablet. These good women,
these Sisters of the Benedictine Order,
have come among you in their kindly,
quiet, gracious way, to care for your
sick and dying. They are truly good
and pure women, and your citizens
have greeted them as ministering an
gels rs they are, and you have respond
ed nobly and generously to their call
for aid and assistance. And by your
generosity and cooperation, you have
made it possible for them to erect this
magnificent building that is a credit
to your city. May their good work go
on, and may God bless and protect
them and guide them in their work of
charity and love. You of Hot Springs
are proud and we of the Black Hills
are proud of this magnificent building,
that stands a monument to the push
and enterprise, rot only of the Bene-
dictine Sisters, but Of the r.y2ple ofthe
Black Hills. Here in this isolated por-
ton of our grand young state have
congregated the brightest intellects of
all the nations of the world, until we,
like the gentleman from Boston, who
had listened to the remarks of gentle
men boasting of the products of their
several states, in convention of bank
ers, can say as he d-'sMassachusetts
cannot boast of her virgin forests, nor
of her ineShaustable stores of gold, sill
yer, lead, iron orcopper, but Massachu-
setts can boast of the brains she has
produced and furnished to the world;''
and we can say, 1--WE are rich in gold
and precious metals. but we can boast
of the brains that have congregated
here. Our pc ople are alive, they ship
no dead men west, but we ship many
of our dead east"
And again thanking you for the uni
form kindness and courtesy that has
been shown and extended to every Wis
itor in your midst, 1 will conclude.
Judge Moore was followed by Very
Rev. FIR. Redmond, Vicar General OF
the diocese of South Dakota, who de.
livered an able and scholarly address
which was listened to with close atten
tion. We regret that lack of space for
bids the publication of Father Red
mond's address in full. He said:
MIR. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men: AS sad experience too we'll in
forms us, the human family has its ill.
both spiritual and physical. Waving
for the present occasion, those of
spiritual nature, may we not say tn,
physical ills are legion. Who cal
count and name all the ills to which
the flesh of man is heir? Like astron
!. omers, who know something of tn,
5 science of the broad canopy above us
but are constantly making new dis
: coveries, physicians know and nam
! ills to which human nature is heir. bu
: new discoveries are frequent TIL
i science of our own physical natur
f seems to be as difficult as that of tn
J. heavens, that which we have alway
with us, nay is part of ourselves, i
:, as great a labyrinth of mystery as tina
t which is above and beyond us. Wit
: the onward march of the triumphal ca
L of civilization, however. these salutar
Q discoveries of the physical ills Q
8 humanity. and still moro eoInt,r