The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-02-17
Most Mischievous and Dangerous Person to
Be Met With is the Demagogue
Who breaches Discorte tent
Earthly Happiness and Real Dignity Do Not
Depend on Accumulation Of
Wealth and Honor.

Last Sunday at the high mass at the
Cathedral His Eminencc Cardinal Glib
learned sermon on the parable Of the:
Talents, says the Baltimore Catholic
Mirror. His sermon was clear and
decisive Interpretation Of the parable.
and dilated forcefully upon the broad,
true meaning of the phrase: "All men
are created equal" 1t contained, be-
side a severe arraignlnent and con-
demnation Of Socialism, as the teaching
and holding OF the untenable theory
that all men are equal, one to the
other. This theory, he declared, when
followed to it's logical conclusion. must
lead to the inevitable collapse and
downfall of the great social structure,
the integrity OF which depends not on
thescquality Of men as individuals but
their equality under the one high Law
~ by which. the Universe is bound.
He took as his text, Matthew XIV,
1923, and spoke as follows:
The obvious meaning of the parable
Of the Talents is that Almighty God is
unequal in the distribution of his gifts
and graces to mankind. To one he
gives more, to another, less, according
10 His good pleasure: for all that we
receive is the gratuitous bestowal of
hfx ssA1~ S<x,
and variety pervades the whole world,
both of nature and of Grace.
In studying the material world
around us, have been deeply impress
ed with the fact that all the works of
God are marked with the stamp of
variety and inequality. The Almighty
same mould. There are no two stars
in the nrmanent of heaven Of the same
magnitude and brilliancy. AS the
Apostle says: "One is the glory of
the sun. another is the glory Of the
moon,, and another is the glory of the
stars, for star differeth from star in
is independent Of other planets.
There are no two trees of precise
~ the same shape and proportions. OF
the myriads of leaves that clothe the
trees in the forest there are no two
leaves exactly alike.
There are no two grains of sand on
the seashore in all respects of the same
form. If you take a microscope. you
will observe in them some differences
of formation.
There are no two days and nights
throughout the year of absolutely the
same precise length.
This variety in the works of God is
source of unfailing delight to us
What dull, cheerless world this would
be If all trees were of the same size
and shape and of the same color, II
all days were of the same length, and
IL We lived in perpetual sunshine. After
the night is over we welcome the birth
of new day. After the rain, we exult
in the sunshine. When the clouds have
passed away and the storm has spent
its fury We rejoice in the presence OF
serene, cloudless sky.
Passing from the inanimate world to
man, we find that there are no two
human beings identical in physical ap-
pearance. There are no two human
faces alike. A close observation will
disclose some shades of difference even
among twins closely resembling each
other. They differ also in dispositions
of mind Some are gay and cheerful
others are grave and melancholy. One
is of phlegmatic, the other is of a
sangufne temperament.
There are no two human voices
which emit the same sound. Stradi-
varius with all his musical genius could
not make a dozen violins varying in
tone. There are now seated before me
more than a thousand persons. and
every one of you has a voice SO Pc
culiar to yourself, that friend after
years of separation, could distinguish
you by your accents from the rest OF
the congregation. Nay more, of the
lifteen hundred millions of people on
3 The face Of the earth, every one OF
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