The Irish standard., 1908-12-26
England Tried Everything to Trample Under Foot the Pride
of the Irish People but they are as 81
-, -. Proud as Ever. ' = .'
HARSH RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION FOR CENTURIES
The Vast Majority of the Catholics of lrelsnd Better
: Taught in. the Truths of Christianity: !. =
-. Than Converters. -. &


DR.. Collision has given to the public
i'll very prcscntable shape, II diary Of
a tour in Ireland, together with. per-
sonal anecdotes, and His impressions
CT the country and its people. says thc
Rosconmon. Messenger: DIR. Collision
is a. Clergyman Of the Episcopal Church
but by no means a bigot. lie tells in
the preface to the book that after five
years OF hard work in Londom as {,
minister, he woke up to the conscious
ness that "his nerves had been shat
tered. and his memory all but gone
His medical man counseIed complete
change. and this led to his tour as :;
public. entertainer through the princir
ral towns of Ireland. The first por-
ltion Of the volume he has published is
taken up with his diary end his a,lvcn-
lures in the various towns he visited.
DR.. ColIisons dairy shows that thsrc.
We're occasions when exception was t;l-.
ken to some Of the items oil his pro-.
grain. as being apti-1rish.. He disputes
this at length! and devotes.. several
pages of his book to an appreciation
of the Irish Ireland, movement. His.
note or recital given. ut Ballinlsloe
concludes with the following para-
graph: II cannot speak sufficiently
gratefully of all the courtesy that was
shown to MT. all through, my tour by
tie Catholic clGrgS.' Perhaps the nmst
valuable portions of the book to the
Irish reader arc Ills Impressions Oh
the religion 'of :Ireland. Home. Rule,
ard the Gaelic scagrc: In viow of the
,ti-Catholic writings of apostate
members Of that CHURCH. VIC give The
views OF DR.. Col'soh--;. man eminent.
iy fitted by education ana opportunity
to form correct opinions-fulltr scope
tl1an they might have otherwise re-
ceived. Here is what .he says: :,
There is a society. known as The
Irish Church Missions' Tho mere fact
Of its existence is a blot on the fair
face OF the Emerald. Isle. its very
namc-a misnomer. Il ,beli4ve--,is IA
standing insult to the majority of The
Irish people,. Possibly the rcasa, that
it's mistaken, though, no doubt, woIl-
meant labors, are not more vigorously
resented than they arc. is that the
very people for whose benefit the work
OF the society is intended. in thor
heart Of helas pity it's members for
their Ignorance. use the word ig-
norance' in no conteWptuous manner.
for, after, all, VIC cannot all know ev-
crything, and soinc of the best educa-'
ted people in the land are very often.
ignorant with regard to some one ques-
ton or other. Ignorance Of .what?
Ignorance of the fact that tho vast ma
jority of the Catholics of ireland are
Infinitely better taught and. f;n. more
intimate with the fundamentals Of
The Faith than the very people who
arc trying to. convert them.
| LIc Ed1lH Ol lIIc 4TlSn 'ldIlOT us
beautiful, something for the world to
admire. something, yes, for tho, very
angels OF, Heaven to marvel at. Seven:
centuries of English misSovernment
have rolled away and left. the faith
o' the Irish nation stronger than ev-
er. I dd not write as one who. is ig-
norant OF Ireland, but as one wbo''was
born in Ireland, ang whose parents,
grandparents, ana grcat-grandparents
etc, were born lin ireland, too;.sas
one who lived there for thirty three
years; one. whose mothers name was
|o'caIlaghsn; one whose grandfather
because he was. Catholic, could. not
keep in his possession d horse. the. val:
ue of which was more. than thirty
pounds; and this. too. undes u govern:
naent that was professedly Protestant
and tolerant. - -.
II can hardly be. called a. West Britt
on by the most sturdy Gaelic Lacquer.
can l.? Upon returning to Ireland af-
ter an absence Of eight years, saw