The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-03-07
The Second Pope Who Has Reigned for
Quarter of Century Since
St. Peters Time
Confiscation of the Papal States and
Lucid Explanation of the
Temporal Power.

On Sunday evening, March l. ut st.
Charles church. Minneapolis. Rev.
James NJ. Clearly delivered the follow
ing magnificent address on "Popc Leo
Nil and the Temporal Power" to Il
large and apprrcativc audience:
One of the most sublime Spcctaclcs
of admiration I" the civilized world
to-day is the venerable sage who sits
on the oldest throne in ChriStrn,l0n.
and wiclls the widest jurisdiction over
the greatest number of devoted sub
.iccts ever contdcd to human hands.
Joachim Vincent Raphael Louis
Prcci. better known to the world as
Pope Leo NllI, is the most interest
ing parsonage to whom the eyes of
the twentieth century are turned. If
one had been invited II decade ago to
name the four most remarkable and
distinguished men among the peoples
of the old world who will he remcm-
bcrrd hy coming generations as the
Most illuStriolS characters of the
nineteenth century, he would reply,
without Il moments hcSitHtiom: Will
liam Il. Gladstone. Prince bismarck,
Cardinal Henry Edward Manning,
and Pope Leo Nil.
The three first named have passed
| t., ,,1 I .,l p..
| mains The life of Manning the OK
cmpInry chlrcllmnn, and his unScliiSll
devotion to the crying needs of the
poor and oppressed Of all nations,
will not be forgotten Willie gratitude
lives among men. The dock lnborrrs
of London. without distinction of
creed or religious prcjudirrS. will never
forget the generous devotion of tho
llustriOus Cardinal To their Temporal
and moral welfare. The thousands
upon thousands who were rcScucG
from lives of drunken drbauchcry
hopeless poverty and sin. by his tire
less lHbOrS i'm the sacred cause of tenn
prrnncr, will bless the name of Man
ming through their grateful children
cnnncipntcd from the slavery of drink
in generations to come.
"rhr Grand OId Man." England.
greatest cOmmOHrr William Ewar
Gladstone, spent the serene evening o
his long ana glorious life in the swrc
delights of intellectual culture. love,
and respected, lomOrrd and rcvcrcd D..
the common people of England for hi
courageous championship Of the right
of the people, in face of the deter
mined hostility of the arStorracy o
his country. lie had won the undyin
gratitude of the people of oppressed
Ireland for his consistent defense o
their Unborn right to make their owl
laws ana TO govern themselves.
Prince Bismarck hcclmc the ido
of the Tcutonic race for his unilic;I
ton of the great German empire am
his consistent devotion to the father
land The sunset of his life bccHn
Snddcncd by the melancholy that over
SlmdOwcd the "Innn of blood and iron
in his retirement at Fricdrricksruh
because of the studied disregard man
Tested toward him by Gcrmnny'S ct
centric young Emperor. These tw
eminent and illustrOus statesmen Iii
not pass through long and cvcntfl
careers without falling into scrior
mistakcs-intO political blunders. I'll
greatness of the men, however, WA
proven by their readiness to acknOw
edge the mistakes that had east shat
: 0ws on their lives, and to max
, amends for the wrongs of which the
were guilty. Gladstone atoncd for til
crime of his Infamous coercion act
against Ireland by his valorous e.
pOlIS;ll of the cause of Home Rul
bismarck event to CAnOssa,' nOtwitl
: standing the reiterated protests {
Q this naughty prince, and to some e!
, tent, at least, made amends for h
cruel OutrageS upon the Catholics {
the empire, by reinstating the reli
ious orders, and by invoking the muc
: needed aid of the church, which /
had wronged, in suppressing the omil