The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-11
BEAUTY OF 4 GREAT LIE
JUDGE KELLY SPEAKS TO CRUSAD-
ERS ON THE CAREER OF
= LINCOLN
HOLDS LESSON FOR YOUNG MEN
Influences He Welded In Life Re-
main EnseparabIy Connect
ed with His Mem

The st. Paul Crusaders. an organiza-
ton devoted to the cause of temperance
and the dissemination of the creed of
total abstinence among Catholic young
men, held an enjoyable rally at their
club rooms IN the basement OF the Gre
tin High School building yesterday after
noon
AS a furtherance of the temperance
idea, and to detract from the influence
Of the saloon as social rendezvous, the
society has provided club rooms in the
Cretin high school and here the young
men of the various Catholic parishes
gather of an evening and on Sunday
Every three weeks a rally is held
and the one given yesterday was not
lacking in respect to the popularity that
these. meetings. seemed to have gained.
No tiresome temperance speeches tinged
with narrowing tales of those who seek
enjoyment in the flowing bowl inter
sperSed the programme, the numbers be-
ing vocal and instrumental selec ions in
which the boys took delight and entered
into with zest Not the least OF the
good things was a short talk by Judge
ely, Of the district court, who devo ed
his remarks to a brief outline of the
life of Abraham Lincoln and the exam
PIE it should hold to every young man.
=~"Of the twelve calendar months of the
year" said Judge Kelly, none is more
ElcmO1dDtSe To- IHlS., ndllOn IN respect ID
important events than that Of February.
1t gave to US two great men, Washington
and Lincoln, men whose lives ere linked
in our very history and whose greatness
increases as the years grow apace. On
Feb. u the people of this great coun-
try, irrespective of nationality or creed,
will join in doing honor to his memory.
How well God has builded. What
beautiful thing is equality. When the
yJ,n ic to {S
found.
"a man for such a crisis was Abraham
Lincoln. Born In cabin. In locality
where pride and station were much es-
teemed, his lowly birth and surroundings
did not detract from the work a divine
Providence had laid out for him. Within
the man was soul and it looked up to
Gcd. He learned his lessons wei, not
in schools, not in. churches. but in the
great school, adversely. His was an
education money could not buy. Abfa-
ham Lincoln hated slavery, not because
he could not own a human being, out
because he knew it was wrong. He
loved peace, was tender-hearted, and
some men called him coward, but yet
he did not finch when it was necessary
to shed blood that the Union might 1--we,
His power was absolute, yet he did not
abuse it,
Through all these four years Of terror
and sacrifice of life, his individuality was
ever to the front He was born leader
and from chaos and war he brought
peace. With it went cut his life and Il
nation mourned. North and South, torn
apart by animosities and the struggle
of war, grieved in unison because of his
death, but his memory remained and
with it were the influences that he had
welded in life. To you, young men,
though all of you cannot be Lincoln,
1 would say his was path through lite
that all of you may follow with profit.
In life, whatever your employment do it
faithfully and well. Do that which IS
right Be true to your Creator and
work out that duty which He has given
you Follow Him and you Will not go
astray"
The remainder of the programme was
given over 60 vocal and Instrumental Sc
Iections, Miss Keogh, Ray Grady,
George Early and Mrs Golfer, of Min
neapolis participating.