New-York tribune., 1902-12-08
IN DEFENCE OF FRI4RS.
Cardinal Gibbons Says Judge Them
by Brethren Here.
TELLS OF ORDERS IN BALTIMORE.
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE,l

Baltimore. Dec. 7-Cardnal Gibbons preached
at the Cathedral to-day, saying in part:
Much has been said and written in the last two
have BEN praised and abused in turn Perhaps
n Gest S tbe e Far 70 Ef is to consider the character
Of their eonseerated brethren ana @ SISTERS heTe & IA
tunity Of aseertaining how far the religious men
and women of this city are NE rtv @ ard bI
Of Christ in the sacred cause OF chail@y anu H"7
manity. - .tat ono half Of
lives. This truth eniinenty applies 70 Ihe 9ho
ic men and women of our city How many al tnoaf u
sands of our fellow citizens pass by the homes OF
our religious men and women l institiifions
knowledge of the inmates OF tnosd daInfed M sisters
How who get glimpses OF our ea of their
private lives except what they gather from movers
and prejudiced publications? . d ,,,on,
en- and what is the spirit which animates it theLl
Let us M lift the Ve m aof o hes devfed of
God. Their example will cheer and INSPIRE f eaioS hgy
seIfsdenisi and good works They chiefly occu-
pied il teaching and in various woIks OF e Pai
fimore upward OF 1000 pupils under their ehargs f
who do not cost cent to the EACH ct pp in the pub
lie Schools is about $40 II add the outlay on
sfhSS bdS STeES Children and to SIS
our religious teachers save the State s5o0ooo
and Christian Education. so that they are brought
be enlightened citizens as well as carrying ohfis
There is no phase of human misery suffering
for which our religious community does not pro-
CITY an infant asylum under the charge of Sisters
have b been cruelty abandoned by their unnatural
parents or have been 0er oI S ProveDce be
fore they were capable of knowing a mothers love
TS T aF e reseed bI one Of G the @ daugher Of the
great King from b and PrHa. asaTh rs h
who become nursing mothers IT. to them; ro,ides
home for those who on the threshold of life, so
does she secure retreat for those who are IN me me
is a provident mother. She rocks her children IN IN
the cradle Of nfahsy IN dS, and e she s @ sses hsm 10 Of m
Poor have charge OF asylum where aged men
storms snd of life na and at 's to item
happy eternity In N fhs The fafh atf buf as5
those Of other forms Of worship and an & Of aT a
St Mary's Industrial School for Boys contains
from five hundred to six hundred youths. ranging
fully instructed in the elements of Christian seeu,
lar education, and are well provided and grounded
they are transferred TO ST. Janes's Home for Boys
regard this home as one OF the most @ o,e oS
which our city may well be proud; 50 high IS M tne
of these Scen 50y fr Is ts4
long the business men of the community. that
y y T Tses IA the Ro&s TheTe s IS not
idle boy in that home, and the brothers in charge
We have in this city similar ms sttutions for the
care OF female orphans St Marys Orphan an
Sisters Of Charity is credit TO the diocese
various orders in charge of hospitals for the treat
ment OF every form Of disease, where patients are
tended by skilful physicians She sends her daugh; @
ters Of charity and of mercy to the 6atteleId and
they come to this abode of death they can say
with Dante, "All ye who enter here leave we hope
Let US to-day ask our Heavenly Father that He
with these delicious flowers of prayer and charity.
Let US beseech Him to inspire HIS GSngeeradea ser
so that with renewed constancy they may carry
on their noble mission in the cause of religion and