Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-01-17
THE EVILS Of IMPERIALISM.
Cardinal Draws A Striking Picture Of
Conditions Here And Abroad.


text the following from the Sixth
eth Chapter OF Isaiah
The mission of Jesus Christ on
earth was mission Of peace. He
came to establish in our hearts a
triple peace--peace with God, peace
with our neighbor and peace with
ourselves. Mans peace with God
was dissolved by his rebellion against
his Maker. Christ came to restore
man to the friendship Of God by
sacrifice of His life on the cross.
He tells us that this peace is to be
maintained by the observance Of
the Commandments. There is
much peace, o Lord, to those that
keep Thy law and for them there
is no stumbling block"
Following is the sermon
"He has taught US to have peace
with our neighbor by observing the
eternal principles Of justice and
charity, by doing unto others what
we would wish others to do unto
ua And He tells us that we will
have peace with ourselves by keep
ing our passions subject to reason
and our reason subject TO faith.
"But Christ's mission OF peace
had a wider scope than to the indi-
yidual man. His mission was,
also, to bring peace to the family
and society. As the God Of Peace,
which lie is called by ST. Paul, He
brings peace to the family, and "a
Prince OF Peace, as He is called by
Isaiah, lie brings peace to society
and the commonwealth.
"Before the advent Of Christ war
was the rule, peace was the exoep.
ton throughout the world So
regular, incessant and habitual was
war before the coming Of our Sa-
yiour that the sacred writer in the
Book Of Kings speaks Of certain
season Of the year az the usual pc
Rod Tor the feopening ol bosti,i.
ties.
"In pagan Rome the Temple Of
Janus was closed in time Of peace
and kept open in time Of war.
From the reign of Tullus lIostilli.
us, the third King Of Rome, to Ao-
gustus Caesar, q period covering
ESQ years, the temple was closed
only for six years. So that Rome
enjoyed only six years Of tranquil.
/ ty against Gl4 Of warfare.
"But although wars are less fre.
quent and less inhuman in the
Christian dispensation than in pa.
gan times, it must be confessed
that we are as yet far removed from
the millennium Of universal peace.
" GLORY TO the God in the high.
est, and on earth peace toward men
Of good will was the song Of the
angels on the night Of our Saviour 3
birth at Bethlehem.
although these words have been
resounding througout the world for
nearly 1000 years, and though
Christianity is the prevailing reli-
| gion in Europe, it is melancholy
reflection that it has not yet sue.
ceeded in arresting war and estab-
fishing the permanent reign Of peace
on that continent. In fact, the
nineteenth century, from its dawn
to it's sunset, has witnessed an al
most continuous scene OF sanguina-
ry struggles between the nations Of
! Christian Europe.
Wars Of The o. bury.
cat the close Of 1 eighteenth
century we find the a ED forces Of
the Russian Empire a the King
dom OF Prussia inv Fing Poland,
and, after heroic sstance under
the leadership of ! 5iusko (whc
had previously drc p his sword in
behalf of Americ' jndependencel
the Kingdom of ,oland was sub.
dued and diemem bered and parti'
toned out betweenf Russia, Austriu
and Prussia.
"From the begir hing of the nine
teenth century tia 1915 the great
Nanoleon Was enaagel u z .sasdaa