The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-02-06
BIGoTRY IN 1REIANp.
The Attitude of Trinity College To-
ward the Church.

ment. The members have had the
GOODNESS to propose to Cardinal l.ogue
as the representative of the Irish
bishops and the vast majority of the
Irish people that the Catholics should
give up their agitation for equal uni
yersity rights With Protestants-nay,
should even fortify the Protcstants in
their position of superiority by hum
bly, accepting the boon of Il Catholic
chapel at Trinity college.
This exhibition of what is nothing
less than insolence. conscious or un-
conscious, to which Cardinal Logue
properly replied With Il curt negative,
is one phase Of the spirit of Trinity
college.
Another phase has Just been exhib-
tied by DR.. r. Tyrrell. one of the
fellows. In Il sonnet which he re-
Gently contributed to Il college maya
zine he referred to Catholic ecclesias-
teal buildings in Ireland as monu-
ments of cold observance. this in
cestuous mate of superstition"
When called to task for the express
sion he defends himself by saying he
is an admrer of the historic position
and boundless capacity for we'll do
ing of the Catholic Church, but he
hates Ito see her dignity belittled by
this i'll considered zeal of the rank
and file of an INSCRIPTIONS priesthood
StitiOn of an illiterate peaSantry"
That is Il sort of ";ldmirmton" which
has been common to Trinity college
men since the days of Queen Eliza
beth, and the 1yrrel episode shows
that no advance may be expected
The whole affair is simply scandal
GUS but is only sample of the big
o,ry and intolerance of the place
What a pity that even Il few Catholic
parents should neglect the advice of
the Church and send their children to
such an institution. The practice.
TOO. of ''booming" Catholic students
who have made Il mark there is very
questionable indeed. 1t can only be
an incentive to others to 30 and do
likewise
Speaking ut Il bazaar in aid of the
Methodist church i'm Abey street re-
Gently. his cNcr'lrnry the lore, licuten-
ant said he WAS anxious to take up
an attitude of perfect Importantly to-
ward all sections of religious clrctls
throughout the country. us. in his
opinion. Ireland had suffered very
much in the past from religious strife.
Ireland would never really be in Il
position to press forward her demands
for Improvement until she could con-
vince England that all religious sec
tons in the country could live in
amity with one another.
1t seems Il pity that Lord Dudley
did not seek another audience to
which lie could deliver his homly. An
address on religious liberation would
be far more appropriate in the strong
holds of OrangriSm. where bigotry is
ever rampant. than in Catholic Dub
lin. which every year places in public
office many of her Protestant sons.
Speaking of bigotry. permit me to
draw attention to a case that recently
occurred in county Cork The Right
Rev. DR.. Meade. Protestant bishop of
Cork: Lord Justice Holmes. and Mr..
Savage French. j. F., constituted Il
diocesan court of inquiry which sat in
Cork to hear an appeal of Mrs. Az
ford, wife of a staff surgeon in the
royal navy, for permission to re-erect
cross over her brothers grave in
Kilbrogan cemetery From the evil
dencc it appeared that the lady had
caused plain Celtic cross to be erect
ed over the grave in April last. but it
had been removed and thrown on the
roadside by the Rev. =. G. Fawcett,
B. a., incumbent. and two church
wardens.
Mr. Samucls. X. c.. who appeared
for Mrs. AFFORD, urged her case in
vigorous language. He could not see
what objection there was to the cross,
which was the emblem of the common
faith. Evidence was then given as to
the strong feeling which existed
among the Professionals of the parish
against the cross The Judgment of
the court was that it declined to inter-
fere with the refusal of the defend
ants to permit the erection of the
monument, although the bishop said
that there could be no more appro.
PIRATE emblem put over the grave of
a Christian man or woman than the
cross. What a precious Judgment! II
should be treasured up by opponents
of the cross everywhere. ''Strong
feeling against the "cmblem Of the
common faith" is all that is necessary
in order to have it banisbed or thrown
OH the roadside.
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