The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-24
Jhos. J. McDenmoH eloquent on ireland

tionality, when asked what event oc-
ours March II, will promptly say: That
Is st. Patrick'S day.
In the city of St. Paul, whence / came
this evening, everything bears the as
pect of a Sabbath day, and you need not
be surprised to find the little green rib
bon, the symbol of loyalty to the cause,
worn not only by every Celt, but by
many others, including sons of Norway,
France and Italy, as We'll as dusky sons
of Africa.
people that think right, the more surely
will righteousness triumph. And as evil
Gence of the multitude of persons that
will celebrate this day with ceremony
quence and music, tomorrow mornings
great daily papers will, all over the con-
t1nent, contain words spoken from the
Golden Gate Of San Francisco to the
Cradle of Liberty at Boston; and all will
be benefited thereby if they only enter
properly into the spirit of the occasion;
if they possess the tenets of that faith
the great saint promulgated throughout
the Emerald isle.
This is the only day during the holy
season that the mother church so far re-
lakes her infexibility as to permit what
may seem in a certain sense gaiety; but,
while it is a time of joy, it should be also
time or serious and thoughtful ref1ec-
ton. 1t is time to ask yourselves are
you doing as much az you should do to
be considered worthy follower of that
immortal saint. Do not say: My lot is
hard. / am circumscrbed in my limits
Remember the cross bearers of today are
the crown bearers of tomorrow, and if
you make the most of your OPPORTUNITIES
God in shis mercy, if 1t is best for you,
Will enlarge your field of operations
When l say best for you,, do not
mean for your temporal welfare. because
the good do not always prosper and the
wicked suffer, but l use in a more i'm
portant sense, the spiritual.
What Irish Have Done for America.
Let us examine the conduct Of the
Irish emigrants on arrival. Are they the
laWleSs class the British government
would have US believe? When l refer to
England it is not for the purpose OF con-
demnlng her people, because the land
that can claim such sons as the great
theologfanS, Newman and Wiseman and
Manning; such statesmen as Chatham,
Peel and Gladstone; such writer's as
Johnson and Macaulay; such poets as
Milton and Shakspere cannot be con-
demned as class. No, they proved
themselves peaceable law abiding, order
ly people. Take as example the class
that came into this locality forty to fifty
years ago, sand they are a fair sample
of all others. They were poor it is true,
but they have been robbed in the home
of their birth. However, they possessed
health, strength and vigor, and with the
pest intentions they proceeded to trans
form wilderness into a cultivated gar
den, and they succeeded wonderfully.
They built substantial homes and com
Portable surroundings, reared their fami-
lies in respectable Christian manner,
erected schoOlhouses, educated their
children, constructed churches, until one
would be reminded on looking at their
tall spires looking heavenward of white
hands pointing to the throne Of God.
Those rugged men and their virtuous
wives are well worthy of the respect and
admiration Of the world. and Won tneir
children will do well if you emulate
their noble example by leading exem-