The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-06

| the one and to property fulfil the other.
The home! What sweet and holy sug-
| gestions there is in the word. What is
| the home? 1t is not merely the habit
| ual abode OF ones family?" Not merely
| a place to be born In, not merely place
| for sleep and rest and shelter. That Is
the home according to the dictionary,
but different 1t is from the definition the
| heart makes of 1t.
| Now, as the home is the nursery of the
| church and the state, if we are to have
men and women of faith, of virtue, of
| character and of honor. who alone will
| be the hope Of the future, our attention
must not be diverted from the disasters
| that must fall on society, wherever the
| blight of intemperance falls upon the
family. And with society. religion as its
| basis and foundation, suffers also from
the curse of intemperance. in that men
addicted to drink lose spirituality, be-
| come Indifferent to the practice of prayer,
| to holy mass, and neglect the sacraments,
the moral restraint to our weak and
fainting nature, and neglect their duties
to neighbor as we'll as to God. In this
way the church is made to suffer, and
with the duties of the child of the church,
so 1t is with the duties of the citizen.
The duties of citizenship, our patriotic
-
ly fulfilled by men the victims of drink,
and as proof of this assertion which is a
deplorable fact 1t is known throughout
the whole length and breadth of the land,
that when men are to be corrupted and
debauched as voters, the commonest no
less than the vilest means employed by
cunning knaves and designing dema-
gogues is in Intoxicating drink. Here Is
grave danger to civil government.
The republic, which after the church
is dearest to our hearts than any object
on EARTH is endangered, for when men
fail to value as their most sacred civic
possession the sacred duties of citizenship,
the power that guarantees to every man
his inalierable rights, is itself imper-
lied AS good men loving our country
1t should be ever our deep concern to la
Dor for the preservation and promotion
of good citizenship: and as good, devoted,
respected and sober members of a family,
try to tighten the sorrows of the father
and mother, so should we as loyal. devot-
ed and sincere sons of holy mother
church. comfort her in the Affections
brought upon her by her wayward chill
dren, by our more jealous endeavors to
lessen the evils of drink which brings so
much rcproach upon her, and by the edi-
flying example of our own lives. not
merely in abstaining from strong drink,
but in all that makes the child of the
church.
JUVENILE SOCIETIES.
In an address by M. S. Lavelle. Of
West Scranton, the delegates We're
urged to form juveile societies, which
must be the mainstay of the adult So
cieties-the feeders for them. He urged
girls societies, as we'll as boys "This
may not seem necessary here said Mr..
Lavelle, but in my home we see things
that you don't in this place"
Secretary John r. Delaney occupied
his office for the first time. On the
stage We're: William r. Glroy, Arch
bald. and NJ S. Lavelle. Scranton. dio-
cesan vice presidents; Timothy Burke.
Scranton. diocesan secretary; Peter
Cleary, Forest City. and Patrick F. Gal
lagher, Jessup, of the district board:
NJ. j. Mccarthy, Olyphant, district
treasurer.
At the conclusion of the convention,
an enjoyable musical programme was
rendered as follows: Vocal solos, by
Frank Brennan, Forest City: Miss Bea-
trice Hodgins and Marshall Williams,
Carbondale: Teresa McGovern, Jermyn,
and a clever duet, violin and piano, by
Miss Marie Graham, of Carbondale.
The delegates. as reported by the ere
dentials committee, Eli j. Birs. of Car
bondale, and James Lally, of Olyphant,
were as follows: