The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-08-20
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significant and gratifying, it brought
TO Ireland delegate from our holv
father, the Pope, in the person of the
lllustrious Cardinal Vincenzo Vannu-
tell, whose presence in such circum-
stances is rightly regarded as gra.
clous tribute Of affection and marx
Oh honor for this country, which, as
was to be expected, has already
aroused in Ireland feelings of univer-
sal joy and thankfuness, and which
Will bind still closer, if that be DOS
slble, the bonds Of union between this
country and the holy see. That it
Will accentuate the loyalty of the mn
ton to the spiritual head Of the grand
Old church, which Of all churches in
the world is alone coeval with the be-
ginnings Of the Christian faith. goas
| without saying.
1t is not surprising, therefore, that
the cardinal legate's presence in Ar
magh was acclaimed with all the fer
vor of popular rejoicing His visit
under such auspicious condition will
add one more notable event to the
glorious record of the primatial see.
already the recipient, in recent years.
of signal honor in the elevation to
the cardnalate Of it's present learned
ana lllustrious occupant, who, of all
comprised in the vast assemblape.
within and without the cathedral, had
the greatest reason to be proud and
happy, for it fell to his lot to complete
the magnificent temple which his de-
voted predecessors helped to raise to
the great glory of the faith. Well
ana nobly his eminence discharged the
task, for, in truth, st. Patrick's cathe-
dral is monument Of which Armagh
and Catholic Ireland may we'll be
proud. Like the faith which it now
cnshrines, 1t has emerged from the
mists OF troubled past, an edifice of
the Catholic church-massive, endur-
ing, splendidly ornate; of imposing and
stern grandeur exteriorly, and efful-
gent within with wealth of decora-
tive beauty and a treasury of the
highest ecclesiastical art-the fitting
ana proper environment for faith
that is God-given and divine. DOM
mating the old city, with it's lofty
Gothic outlines lifted clear of all the
surrounding heights ,and throwing
two gracefully tpering spires far in
to the sky, its position may we'll ap-
peal to ones sense of the grandly pic
turcsque in church-building effects.
u 1t is for other reasons, however, that
the placing of the cathedral on the
green-clad summit Of this towering
height is associated with noteworthy
Importance. The site is on the ground
hallowed by the glory Of a grand relig-
ious past, dating back through the
mists of time to the long-vanished
years when saints and learned school
men, and conquering kings and Ul-
ster's Red Branch knights foregath-
cred in old Armagh and worshipped
side by side at the same altar. The
golden glamour Of those far-off days
has not yet worn off in the peoples
recollections Of Armagh. Its ancient
fame subsists undimmed even by the
long lapse Of ages. The memory Of
what the Primatial City was in the
centuries Immediately following the
advent Of St. Patrick, and down to the
era Of the great st. Malachy, was pres
ent to every rejecting mind at the
recent ceremonial. It was impossible
to thrust entirely aside those fascinat-
ing glimpses of Armagh's past. Their
fnseparable association with the new
cathedral was forced upon, everyone's
attention. And in gazing spell-bound
at the glowing and brilliant beauty Of
the interior Of the building, how much
more forcibly came home to the mind
Of everyone the perfect harmony be.
tween the cathedral that now crowns
the summit Of; Ard -Macha and that
Evanished temple, which was, built by
1.-THE hands Of Patrick, and to which
tmniighty kings and illusFipus Catholic,
fprinces and chiefs brought yotlYe Of +:
ferings for victories won over foreigns I