Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24

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| sincere in our difference, but when
here is question of evil to be eradi-
'ated. OF good to be done along the
many lines, we are as one in recog-
niZing the well-meant effort and we
ire proud of what one another may do
FOR our city and it's people. The day
Of narrow mindedness and bigotry is
past and the day of broad tolerance
md honest acknowledgment of sincere
purpose has dawned.
All Friends Are Loyal
1--WE are citizens of the greatest and
best republic the world has ever
Known. The blood of many nationali-
ties flows in our common citizenship
No prescription along religious or race
lines can live in the presence of fair
minded and honest Americans. We
kneel at different altars; we worship
Sod according to the dictates of our
conscience. We would not be the men
to honor if we were dsloyal to these
convictions, but we are all citizens of
one country, we are all friends and
1eighbors and our honest rivalry ought
to be in doing our best to make men
and women better and thus safeguard
our republic and preserve our standard
unsullied.
1T has been my privilege and pleasure
to have visited the old world during
my days of absence from this diocese.
| had great delight in visiting for the
first time the cities of Spain. I found
much to interest me in the religious
and historical traditions of that great
people. i realized more than ever the
debt the Christian world owes to Spain,
and particularly the debt which Cali
fornia owes, for from it came the eX-
plorers who discovered these shores and
the missionaries who built for us those
shrines of religion which are today the
pride and glory of this great state.
Pays Visit to Rome
II visited Rome in fulfillment of my
official duties and l knelt at shrines to
me the holiest i stood reVerently in
the presence of the great pontiff who
rules our church. knelt at his feet for
the blessing which came from him as
the spiritual head of the greatest body
of Christians. I saluted him in the
name of my diocese, my priests and my
people. In my report of the work done
here 1 told him of our church in this
southern part of the state, it's tradi-
tions of the missionaries and it's work
of today; and l had the happiness OF
hearing his words Of kind commenda-
ton. / told him of the pleasant rela-
tions of our church with all classes,
and l particularly assured him that
nowhere else was religion so free or
friends so true, and his great eyes
lighted up as he said in his beautiful
Italian: You give me the greatest joy;
blessed be God for it, I asked his ben
ediction on our diocese, it's works Of
religion and charity and its schools,
and he gave it to me in all the apuH-
dance of his fatherly love.
Invokes Blessing on All
"I asked him for his blessing upon
all our people, non-Catholic as we'll as
Catholic; for the buessing OF good
man, a venerable, sainted old man is
one to be coveted by all true men; and
i'm that spirit bear his blessing to all
our neople. No one can look upon that
face. nor listen TO his words of love
without feeling that If there be on
earth something of the divine in man,
some of it is found in him, that Whlte-
robed sheperd of christendom, Wno
rising from the humblest ranks OF me-
Is today venerated by king and peasant,
by rich and poor by men or all reilglous
beliefs and men of no religious opinions
Above ALL he holds in his heart the loVe
of his religious children.
"T took well merited pride in pre-
senting TO the holy father as repre-
sentatives of Los Angeles the popular
Young clergyman who accompanied me,
Eather clifford, and the distinguished
members of your chamber of com
merce. Messrs. Kays and Hampton, VINO
stood for so much of the business as
we'll as the religious life OF TINS COM
munity. .,, g..
student of the past, but to the Cathohc
and especially to the Catholic bishop 1t
means more than words can express.
"J passed through France to spend
some dayS in Paris on my return, put
must confess that, though all these
great countries have their charms
there is not one nor all combined that
to me has the charm whlch comes lioln
our own beloved country. Every TIME
I visit the old world L return better
American. | would not give one stripe
nor one star of Old Glory for all the
embIems of all the nations OF the ola
world. 90
'In my own name and in the name or
the church over which PRESIDE, ac-
cent my sincere appreciation OF the
Kindness of this reception, and be as
sured that. come what will, the inter-
ests of this community will not suiter
nj our hands, but rather, new mn
petus will come to us because OF thls
whole-souled brotherly expression
which binds us together as one IN the
great work for the advancement ana
prosperity of this city, destined, as II
is by Providence to be great COM
munity, stretching from the mountains
TO the sea and holding within its sunllt
and flowerdecked valleys happy
prosperous people"
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Bocker-Dolby is the most logical man
ever knew.