The Irish standard., 1909-07-17
tinguished statesman and pontiff, Leo


every question between the church and
the state in the Philippine islands.
which We're SO closely united that it
seemed almost impossible to make
separation of the two, as it had to be
made under our constitution, has been
settled fairly and justly to both sides,
and no bad taste or injustice exists
on either side with respect to those
questions
| At the opening of the celebration on
July 4, Catholics from all parts of
the United States and Canada gathered
at Cliff Haven, the home of the Cath
olic summer school of America, to as
sist at the pontifical high mass cele-
brated by Bishop Cotton of Buffalo, an
altar having been erected in the open
air on the bank of the lake east Of
the Champlain club. Using the tall
cedars on the bank of the lake for a
background, the summer schoolA's had
erected an altar which won the admir-
alton of not only the Catholics, but
also of the hundreds of on-Catholcs
who were also present.
Never before III the history Of the
Champlain valley, perhaps never in the
annals of the Catholic church in Amer
lea, has there been such beautiful
impressive. inspiring ceremony as that
which took place on these shaded
lawns. The day turned out ideal for
the festal occasion. The procession
;; formed at the Chapel of Our Lady of
! the Lake and proceeded to the altar i'll
the following order: The cross bearer
and acolytes, the chancel choir, the
| surpliced choristers the mems choir,
the visiting clergy, the visiting pre-
lates. the officiating bishop, the Off
GERS of the mass and. his eminence
the Cardinal.
After arrival of the procession at the
altar the celebration of the pontitical
mass was begun, Cardinal Gibbons
presiding. The celebrant was Rt. Rev.
Thomas F: Hickey, bishop of Roches-
ter; assistant priest Rev: 2: K: Hickex
| of Brooklyn; deacosais REV. John P.
Chadwick; sub- -deacol1yFFRe John T.
Driscoll, of Fonda; master of cere-
monies, Rev. John f. Burns, of St.
Patriclls Cathedral. New York. The at
tending prelates to the cardinal were
Rt. Rev. John j. Collins, Bishop of
Jamaica, W. L.; Rt. Rev Charles W.
Cotton, D. D., Bishop of Buffalo; Rt.
! Rev. Patrick w. Ludden, D. D., Bishop
of Syracuse; Rt. Rev. John Grimes,
Coadjutor Of Syracuse; P. S. McSher-
ry, Bishop of South Africa; Mgr. NJ
; j. Lavelle and Rev. D. J. Mcmahon.
The sermon was preached by Cardinal
Gibbons, who said in part:
We are assembled to pay honor to
the memory of the llustrious Samuel
Cfamplain, who three centuries ago
discovered the lake which bears his
name. Champlain was filed with an
apostolic spirit and was burning with
zeal for the conversion of the aborig-
inal tribes of North America We may
judge of his spirit by the sentiment
ascribed to him, that "the conversion
Of one soul was OF more importance
than the finding of an empire" For
three centuries after the discovery Of
the American continent French mis-
sionaries We're Fastening across the At
lantic with the view of converting the
native tribes. They explored our lakes
and rivers, our mountains and plains
at the risk and often at the sacrifice
of their lives. They carried the torch
| of faith in one hand and the torch Of
science in the other. And as evidence
of their scientific attainments they sent
to France charts of North America,
which are still regarded as lnarvels Of
typographical accuracy. AS a result
of their labors there are few Indian
tribes in North America today which
do not reverence the black robe.
My brethren, if these men accom-
, plished so much in carrying the Gospel
to the heather when they had no ships
but frail canoes, no roads but eternal
SHOWS, virgin forests and desert
, wastes, when they had no compass but
the naked eye. no guide but faith and
hope and God, if they effected so much
in their day. how much more should
not We be able to accomplish in our
times by the aid of steamships and
railroads and other appliances of mod
ern civilization. Speaking Of the mem
bers of the summer school who were
assembled in the church, the cardinal
said: am sure that all of you that
are now before me are actuated by the
same lofty sentiments of patriotism
and religion that burned in the breast
of Champlain and his followers The
great purpose Of the illustrious explor-
er was to enlarge the empire Of France
and to extend the kingdom OF Christ