Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-02


met by Vice President Fairbanks They
exchanged greetings and expressed their
pleasure in attending the service. Mr..
Justice White stepped up at that moment.
meet YOU President Roosevelt said
Have you your carriage here?'
Yes. thank YOU" he replied.
The President also shook hands with
Father Smythme, who stood at the door.
II have enjyed the service very much.
he remarked to the priest.
When President Roosevelt appeared at
the curb and there awaited his carriage.
the crowd applauded. The same greeting
was given Vice President Fairbanks.
At the service Father Russell made the
principal address, eulogiZing Emperor
Francis Joseph. At the close Cardinal
Gibbons arose and faced the audience. He
explained that he desired to add a word
Of congratulation to the Emperor OF Aus
tria.
May his long life be crowned with
peace and may he enjoy the confidence
of his people throughout his remaining
years, The concluded.
Address by Father Russell.
Announcing as his text the words Of
Romans, xiii:1-7-"There is no power
but from God, and those that are or
datned Of God. Render, therefore, to all
men their dues, honor to whom honor
| is due - Father Russell said In part:
1.-The purpose for which we are assem-
bled here today Is to do honor to one
who for sixty years has guided the des-
, TIMES of the Austrian empire. to thank
Almighty God for the prosperity and
peace with which he blessed that do
minion through the benign rule Of his
majesty, Francis Joseph. and to pray
the God of nations to bestow. out Of
renewal of His manifold mercies upon
the Austrian empire and Its gracious
sovereign.
I'm every capital Of the civilized world
the incense Of prayerful thanksgiving Is
waited today to the throne Of the Most
High in recognition of the blessed favofs
He has vouchsafed to one who in the
name and by the authority of the world S
supreme sovereign has ruled in Justice
over a great people. Is 1t not meet that
we, too, in the capital of our beloved
country, and through our chief magis-
| trate and the representative men of our
| land, should unite with those of the
whole Christian world in this solemn act
of thanksgiving? Nor is it incongruous
! that we who enjoy the privileges Of a
republican form OF government should
assemble to honor one who has with
such justice and benignity exercised the
prerogatives OF imperial authority, for
| in this we are obeying the Injunction of
men their dues; honor to whom honor Is
due
Emperor Is Gods Minister.
| In honoring his majesty. Francis Jo-
seph, we honor the God whom he repre-
sents, for whether the ruler be president,
king or emperor, gentle, Jew or Chris
tan, he is Gods minister for there is
no power but from God, and those that
l
constituted man that he must work out
his salvation in the fellowship of others,
and the existence and preservation of So
ciety demand the exercise Of authority by
human law givers. The history OF the
| human race from its creation, and
| Throughout it's progress and civilization.
/ testifes that man is social being. that
| ingrained in his nature Is the instinct for
Icompanionship. the we'll defined desire for
intercourse with his fellow-be .ngs. and
| that he is in ever-present need of their
counsel and support. Intended for the
society of others. man. flung back upon
i himself alone. is incapable OF working
out his high des my, of fulfilling the de-
sign or attaining the end of his creation.
for individually he cannot provide or pro-
cure for himself what is requ site for his
proper physical growth. nor the essentials
to his development either in domestic or
| civil Ne
| The student of history and of human
Dature gazing upon the may of the Aus
! TRAN empire must inevitably be i'm
| pressed with the magnitude of the burden
| imposed by Divine Providence upon the
| emperor. and the enormous responsihil
ties it entailed. To hold otgether ter
| distinct discordant nationalities, eacl
with it's own vernacular. each welded t.
its own tme-honored traditions ant
| jealously guarding its own peculiar insti
| tutions TO harmonic the Earring Interests
each insistingly thrusting itself forward
tot trnf ha frnn
and forward from ruthless disregard o.
the rights of the weak and helpless. t
hold out encouragement to the dindent
the disheartened and suspicious by
re-enkindling the emoers OF nadona
pride and ambition. TO apply the
/ knife courageously to malignant disease
and salve the wound SO that no open sore
might poison the body polite, to master
the human agencies which he was com
PEELED TO employ by grasping their char
iacteristics talents and ambitions. not dis
regarding the petty schemng. but encour-
aging the larger purposes IN a WORD. ou'
of so many incongenlal elements 10 crys
taIlize a national spirit with all its great
thopes and loves. loyalties and aspirations
! such has been the stupendous labor. sucf
the glorious achievement of his Apostolic
Majesty Francis Joseph. Emperor OF
Austria during his reign of sixty years.
Mention of Personal Triumph.
NO, force of arms. not constitutions
agreements. would have been adequate tt
hold together those antagonistic forces
those warning elements. that constitute thu
empire of Austro-Hungary.
This marvellous consummation is the
personal triumph of the emperor. II wa:
effected by the strange strong magnetism
of the man. his greatness and beauty o.
character, his power OF inspiring trust ant
loyalty and love. of evoking enthusiasm
for common cause by his own honest,