The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-14
CITY NEWS.
ST. PA1RICK's FAITH
Addison Moore's Statement That He
Was a Baptist Interests
Father Cleary.
He Says Records Prove Patricius
Was Commissioned by Pope
Clement.

The difference between history and sec
ular inspiration was explained to-day by
Rev James M. Cleary, pastor Of St.
Charles Catholic church. His attention
was called to the fact that the twentieth
century, already prolific Of discoveries,
has brought another wise man out of the
east-one learned in the mysteries Of the
New Jerseyites, yea, one that hath lifted
up his eyes and beheld, and 10! it was
written, st. Patrick was a Baptist!
Yet it was not alone the wisdom Of the
East that wrought this miracle. For the
vision came unto Rev. Addison Moore, pas
tor of the Bergen Baptist church, Jersey
City, and sometime pastor Of the Wood
land Park Baptist church, Selby avenue
and Arundel street, st. Paul. Even in the
unenlightened West Mr.. Moore was pic
turesque of thought. He would never re-
fuse the newspapers leave to print.
Quite naturally, therefore, he announced
last Wednesday that he would tell to-
morrow morning the true story OF ST
Patrick. ' ..- +s "-'@ -.+ -.Tr
The proofs are clear, Mr.. Moore will
say, that the patron saint Of Ireland was
a retroactive disciple Of Roger Williams
To-wit-The Baptists baptiZe by INNER
sion; st. Patrick baptized by immersion
st. Patrick, therefore, was a Baptist. Not
only was st. Patrick a Baptist, but he
could not possibly have been Roman
Catholic. For, as Mr.. Moore will show,
the saint was not sent out to Ireland by
the church Of Rome. Mr.. Moore will also
show, undoubtedly, what church it W2s
that dispatched the great missionary to
Hibernia. .&..
Father Cleary was interested in these
facts. They were so remarkable, he said,
that it seemed will to wait until Mr.. Moore
had published all his evidence. Mean
time Father Cleary would wonder what
Christian church in Europe at the close
of the fifth century could have delegated
a missionary, unless it was the church al
Rome. @2t
IF St. Patrick was a Baptist con-
timed the pastor Of st. Charles, Ibis feast
day will be doubly celebrated this year
! Our Baptist friends cannot fall 10 JOIN
! in the anniversary exercises next TUESDAY
It's to be hoped that all the Baptist socle-
ties will parade in honor of a Baptist Whc
1oined that church more than thousand
years before the Baptists Or even the
Anabaptists had been heard Of.
| But until 1 hear the rest of the New
Jersey sermon, until read all the historic
proofs, I shall still believe the record tina
anyone may examine in the archlVeS OF tht
Vatican, These records declare, In de
| tail, that about the year 4S0-l don't recal
I the exact time-Pope Clement appointed
one Patricius as bishop OF a new dloces'
| that the pope had just created in Hlbernla
! that is in Ireland; and that the peopl
! commissioned this Patricius to convert tn
heathen IIibernans. All the usual OIL
cial records Of the appointment still exls
: as well as evidence that the new bisho]
undertook his labors with remarkable sue
| cess. s@
81 can't speak positively about som
| points in the saints career, so many or IN
old Irish records were destroyed by the in
yasions of the Danes and the English
| But according to Eugene O'Curry, VIII
| was a conscientious scholar. the Brlttalnl
lin which Patrick was born was brittany
| in Northern France, and OF Great Britain
although the names were once confused
i He was captured by Irish sea rovers an
taken to their country. He found patron
who sent him to Rome to be educated. A
the Holy City he showed a strong interes
! in the TIibernians and asked to have tn
I privilege of converting them to Christian
| ity. He received from Pope Clement tn
name Patrick. Patricius in Latin. becaus
Of his patrician birth. He came of a nobl
family and was a near relative OF St Mar
tin of Tours. the soldiers patron saint.
est. Patrick was not even a dissente
from the Roman doctrines-thats evider
} from his Confessions. which anyone ma
; read Protestants have called these con
fessions spurious. But the attitude
such critics is merely that of sweeping dc
nial-a position that is so easy to TAX
| and so hard to attack. You know no
hard it has been to show that Shaksper
ever wrote a line Of literature. and
great Englishman once proved conclusive
ly that Napoleon Bonaparte never e1
listed. mt '
sIf St. Patrick baptized by. immersion
that did not invalidate the ceremony. TT
Catholic church has never denied the va
ldity of such baptism. For sufficient rec
sons she has recommended the simple
ceremony" ~.
4 Eyes. indeed Father Cleary conclude
cheerily "St. Patrick may have been
Frenclnman, but if he was Baptist--Yel
I suppose must say that I'm from Mis-