The Irish standard., 1907-11-30

tence is lost In the fog of ignorance.
Intemperance and a lack of the lnowl-
edge of the relations between our
selves and God strangle the soul and
body and weaken Faith. which is es-
sential to salvation. The priests are
ever active. They are most zealously
at work in giving knowledge, giving
form to knowledge so that the people
may know and may do, and after liv'
ing a life of Irish knowing and Irish
doing, may die the death of 1reland's
saints to rise to live the crowned life
of Ireland's saints in heaven. That's
the destiny of the Irish!
Ireland is a lovely country-emer.
aid, indeed! OF course she is, and why
not? Only too true; when one drives
over the whole Of Ireland as have
done and lesurely gazed on every
spot. The Shetland cot, the culti-
waited farms. But oh! The ruins and
the wreckage of the tyranny of the
past. These old abbeys, towers, cas-
ties and the vestiges of the spotted
pages of Irelands history call up the
memories Of the past like visions Of
blood, enough to fire an Irishman's
soul to very madness for that revenge
that only finds its solace In the froth
Of frenzied fury led astray by thoughts
of the treatment of our race under the
merciless government of hate.
| l am here in Ireland since I landed
last May the Sth, and although raining
and cold and gloomy, alas! too fire.
Ireland, and God forgive me, and J
know He will, sure, because l can't
help it; I am like the mother who
hardly ever minds the bother of the
children's noise. no matter how it af-
fects others. So. with me in Ireland,
l always see a CLEAN through her fog,
a CLINT through that CLEAN shining
through every darkness; even II I'd
shut my eyes l could see Il whole lot
in Ireland, because the eyes Of my
longing, yearning soul would be peer
ing into the future to see the darkness
give place to the light Of liberty, to see
the sweet, soft glow of that light over
the Hill Of Tara, would show to the
world the realizations of the sighs of
heaven and the hopes of the universe,
| Ip,1v n1x,. TrE1n
ireland once again the heavenly des-
tined home for the inspirations of the
priest, sanctuary of Gods church;
Ireland our Goddess of Liberty to
whose altar We. the exiled race, would
come back to worship after wandering
from every spot on earth and even up
out Of the sea, aye and out Of the
depths. Oh, my poor Ireland! I'll
leave you in few days or weeks, but
my heart, my very soul of spirit, prayer
and love, will lie with you. My heart
will be bent before you, and my aspira-
tions will go skyward wherein free
dom's light comes in heavenly radiance,
higher higher, intuitively I'll rise to
catch one gleam and oh may l live to
fan the flame that Ireland may be
aglow with liberty, that out of it's radi-
ance we may go to enjoy the trans
cendant splendors of the glow of
heaven.
"God save Ireland; oh. she's rich
and rare land!
Oh, she is fresh and fair land
this native land of mine."
with all her faults love her still"
She must be free. Let the word go
over the world. Let it be in every
mouth of every one Of the Irish race,
and the rest will take up the grand
refrain in universal echo.
Ireland must be free! Not to Eng
land, but to landlords. Orangemen
Free Masons in Ireland, to the Prot
estant preachers, of class religion and
to their illz and kind at home in Ire
land, in England, in California;; every
| WIeEe let us pTOCldllll IL WIN meaning
Before God, angels and men, 1 swear
that Ireland must be free! And that
will hold England accountable for
continuing the stencil of the tortures OF
the diabolical ages Of her tyranny by
withholding what she must give anG
shall give on the ground OF natural JUS
tice-"Home Rule to Ireland" 1t is
Gods law. 1t is Gods Will. 1t is $
crime that must ever invoke the ven.
geance Of God to cast the gauntlet ir
His face, to place obstacles so as to dis.
turb Gods order in very nature The
society of every nation of same Ian.
guage, habits, customs and must ant
should select it's own form of govern
ment. The selection is in their owl
hands by God the Divine Ruler, ant
therefore, where is the title to Eng
lands government of Ireland? Sh,