The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-03

All sections and too often leave their re-
lieion at home.
The ministerial calling Is man making.
man mending. character building
A knowledge OF government, law. poll
tics. history and science must be at the
ministers command for fact and i~liustra-
ton. lie must be in touch with the
thought Of the day in order TO interpret it
to the Dew.
On the 18th o. March. 1905. ] sat in the
Senate chamber at Washington. Their
was the Senate of the United States. the
highest legislative body In the world.
There was the Speaker and the members
Of the House Of Representatives, repro
senting eighty millions of people. There
were the Judges OF the Supreme Court. In
their judicial robes. There was the diplo-
matte corps in gorgeous array, represent
ing the nations of the earth. There was
the Nica-Presldent-elect and the President
elect of the greatest republic on earth. In
the galleries were the youth and beauty
end intelligence of the nation. Silence
falls aver that gathering Of nations. and
Edward Everett Hale. Few people could
tell the names of the Senators there as
sembled: fewer still the names Of the mem
bers of the House of representatives
fewer still the justices Of the Supreme
Court: still the names OF the dinlo-
matte corps; but Edward Everett Hale,
the scholarly minister. Is known In almost
every household and will be long remem-
hered after these great men for whom he
prayed that day are forgotten. He is re-
hiCiiiOtAG1 RfAAhoC f1 h12 itll HIS IMPRESS
upon the life and character OF the people.
So Father Cantwell is loved and remem-
bered because he has mace his influence
felt in kind deeds and words of praise and
encouragement, because he has been a part
"a modest. but none fhe less effective part
of the community life in its every move
ment and its every effort. a man among
men. uplifting and upbuildlng.
Twenty-Five years of growth and achieve
ment and success Is a record for rejoicing
and congratulation, but twenty-five years
is n short SDan cnmn9 red with the lee ~
the mother church that has done so much
for civilization, and has made occasions
like this possible, 1t was that church that
sent St. Augustine in the sixth century
to England to convert our heather ances-
tors that we might grow up into civilized
beings and participate in civilized ban
quets. 1t was the inspiration OF that
church that sent St. Patrick to Ireland to
the far more difficult task of converting
the denizels of that island and preparing
them for their future duties as Office
holders. 1t was a friar of that church
who induced Catholic Ferdinand and Isa-
bella to hear the plea OF Columbus that
resulted in the discovery of America. a
refuge for so many of our ancestors, who
came here and achieved success where they
might have failed had they remained al
home. where they were better known;
the three graces that have done so much
for America.
| go back to the early days, in the
formative. period of civilization. n 1 see
the church rendering incalculable service
In those days the clergy were not only the
promoters of learning. they were learning
Itself: The Bible needed translators AND
an educated clergy was caHed upon TO dc
the work. st. Jerome left n monument t.
his erudition in the translation of the
Bible into pure Latin. Ulflas, who made
a Gothic alphabet. raised a barbarian
tongue to a place In literature and trans
lated the Sacred Word into that language
was a bishop. ~Cassiadorus, minister tc
Odoacer and Theodoric, gave up from hi.
monastery cell the best knowledge we have
of the Roman empire under the Ostro-
gothic rulers. When Charlemagne wanted