The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-08
.EASI Of PATRON SAINT
SOLEMN SERVICES HELD AT ST.
THOMAS COLLEGE YES
TERDAY
GREATEST OF THEoLoGIANs
NfsIT
Rev. Clement Thuente, of New York,
PronOunces Eloquent EuIogy
ON .Ethea Life of ST.
- Fhomas.


Yesterday. the feast Of the patron of
the College of ST. Thomas. was inaugur-
ated by the celebration Of solemn high
mass in the Church adjoining the coll
leGe The officers of the mass wers:
Rev. William Colbert, celebrant; Rev.
Francis JAEGER deacon, and Rev. William
I'obbin. sFoheacon. Mr.. L. Ziskowsky
apc Mr.. M. Griffin were the masters Of
ceremonies. The, students of ST. Paul
seminary and large number of the
clergy of the province of st. Paul were i'll
attendance. Among others were: FIT.
kev. Mgr. Oster, Rev. P. r. Heffron.
Rev. j. F. Dolphin, Rev. M Horrigan,
.. p, Rev Jerome Heider, o. 8. B.. Rev.
ather Moran, o. p, Rev. Father Tim)-
thy, Q. s. B., Rev. Otnmar Erren, 0. s.
b, Rev. Fathers r. Fitzgerald, j. c.
Byrne. j. M. Cleary, P. Danehy, Harri-
son, j. Harrington. Turner. Moynfhan,
Campbell, GEMS, F. x. Cores, ]. Limberg.
II. Mayer, w. L. Hart, M. j. Egan. T..
Moore, A. Carey, P. F. O'Brien, M. Masl.
w. III. Sheran. p. J. Toner, d. Hughes, G.
Murphy, F. Schaefer, r. Schlinkert, T.
Frinton, ]. Dunphy, J. j. Goergen, p.
Kelly, J. Gleason, P. Meade, o. Dolphin.
J. Reardon, G. Arctander, j. Powers, j.
II Prendergast, A Coyle, c. McDevitt,
P. Kenny. J.. Riley, j. Kennedy, Profess
sors Hartigan, Sullivan, Conway and Nc
kenna.
The preacher for the occasion was the
Rev. Clement Thuente, o. P, of New
york. After stating the reasons for the
celebration the speaker dwelt on some of
the most interesting and important events
Of the life Of the angelic Saint and
Doctor" and explained the magnanimity,
nobility and sanctity of his character.
The ancient Grecian and Roman philos-
cphers and astronomers" he said, pen
etrated deep into the mysteries of ma
ture. By the acute logic of their minds,
long and perfect training, clear observa-
ton of the heavenly bodies and everything
in nature they acquired great knowl-
edge of the laws that rule the universe
and concluded rightly as to the various
causes OF the same. Still these philoso-
pliers died before they brought their sys-
TENS to perfection. and the schools they
founded had but short duration. After
them came Jesus Christ the creator of
these heavenly bodies and everything in
nature. His mission was not to teach
natural truths but to perfect nature and
to raise it to the supernatural order. He
sums up the wisdom of all Of the sages
by saying: The, sun will not give his
light, the moon Will be darkened, the
stars will fall from heaven-heaven and
earth will pass away
Soon after game the decline and fall
OF the Roman empire and the invasion Of
the barbarians, These barbarians were
civilized and Observation-Disclosures in these
days was by far more universal than IS
commonly belieyed, Still education was
more or less limited to grammar, logic,
rhetoric and religion. The sciences were
neglected, and the great wisdom of the
ancient world was ignored. Alfred the
Great and St. Thomas Aquinas opened
these books of such philosophers as Plato
and Aristotle, brought to light these ia
mense hidden treasures, studied these
doctrines, and with their master minds
compared the masterpieces OF human rea-
son With the truths of revelation and
harmonized them. They made use Of
philosophy to explain and interpret the
olegy, and they used theology to correct
direct and advance philosophy.
With them begins the new and golden
period of Christian arts, our Christian
sciences and Christian education. ST.
Thomas. uniting and mastering all the
truths, which come to us from one and
the same God-through the two fold chan
mel Of reason and revelation-planned and
built that grand edifice, SO magnificent in
it's outlines, so perfect in It's edetails-the
well known 'Summa Theological
+ 'tWisdom is power. Such wise man.
and therefore such powerful man. the
whole world admires Sill there are
some learned men whom we rather fear;
we dare not approach them. They are
the men of the world, who develop in
an eminent degree the mind but neglect
the heart. Such men Pere Monsabre
compare beautifully to those high i'm
posing mountain peaks isolated by their
own greatness They seem to be near
the sun, the sun seems near to them,
they receive the light of the sun in album
dance, but re5ectssthe heat. They are
eternally coveIed Swith ice and snow.
: est Thomas was not only learned
man, st. Thomas was a. saint. The sun
of justice not only enlightened his mind
but also warmed and enlarged his heart
St. Thomas is justly called the prince OF
Christian philosophers and theologians;
he, may with eduaI right be called the
prince of Christian poets. AS an angelic
doctor we admire ST. Thomas; as an an
gelics saint we love him.
The floral DECORATIONS Of the sanctuary
and the taste displayed in their arrange
ment elected r1bse-favorable comments.
Palms, ferns and AIN assortment of Las
ter lilies. azaleansS and tulips adorned the
affairs. %>s~%
After the religious ceremonies repast
was served in the college dining hail.