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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

they added dwellings and places OF
study, and soon they were immersed
in a life of profound activity, spiritual,
intellectual and physical at the same
time. TO the perfect balance, self-sac.
rfice and devotion OF this life is due
much of the spiritual power of the
great men who went forth from Just
such religious settlements as that of
Efonoratus.
To this settlement among the blue
Mediterranean waves Patrick came,
and hero he studied for many years.
From his letters we can form a some
what precise estimate OF what he
read. Latin had been his mother
tongue; the tongue, in fact, both OF
his fathers family in the Roman col.
ony on the Clyde and OF his mothers
people, the family Of the tribune in
the Roman armies, But. Patrick tells
us, he had neglected the study OF
Latin while ne was boy, and had zap.
parently pretty we'll iorEotten 1t dur.
ing the six years of his slavery in Ire,
land, where, however, he learned TO
speak Irish correctly and even elo,
quently, as his intercourse with the
Celtic princes abundantly shows. In
the Isle of Honoratus he took up his
Latin studies once again, and attained
fair proficiency in the tongue of
Imperial Rome, as his Latin letters
show His style is rugged, sometimes
obscure, but always forcible, often elo,
quent and with the ring of entire sin,
cerlty and genuine faith. Patrick then
set himself to read and reread the
sacred books New Testament and Old
Testament alike, in the very imperfect
Latin versions which preceded the &C,
cepted translation of st. Jerome. Ia
his letters he quotes abundantly from
many books of the Old Testament, as
well as the New, and a complete
analysis Of these quotations, giving a
precise measure of his studies. is
found in the editions OF his life.
In this Mediterranean isle Patrick
was within the spiritual province con.
quered by the great Irenaeus, the dis.
eiple of Polycarp, the disciple OF st,
John; and II Is noteworthy that we
find the followers of COLUMBIA, the
Apostle of Scotland, likewise claiming
spiritual descent from st. John.
A very interesting fact has been
pointed out by Mrs Devenish Meares
1t is that the chapel of Honoratus, in
which Patrick worshiped during sew,
eral years, is dedicated to the Trinity
and is distinguished INTELLECTUALLY by
a triple apse, three bays in the east
ern end of the chapel, typifying the
triune godhead. The eastern end oil
the chapel floor and ceiling are, there
fore, in form like a trefoil or sham
rock; and II may we'll be this familiar
building which suggested to Patrick
the simile of the shamrock to Illus
trate the teaching OF the trinity. II
was in this little chapel on the isle
ever since dedicated 10 ST. Honoratus
mat Patrick prepared himself for his
marvellous and fruitful mission to Ire
land.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

which read The voices of the Irish
and while / read it 1t seemed
TO me that heard the cry of the
dwellers by the forest of Foclut. by
the Western ocean, calling with one
voice to me- Come and dwell with us!
My heart was so moved that | awoke
and | give thanks TO my God, who
after many years has given 10 them
according to their petition"
Thus wrote Patrick in one of his let
ters preserved in the ancient book of
Armagh, which dates from A. d. sO7.
In dream he heard the cry Of the
dwellers in the forest of Foclut:
Come and dwell with u.s." and hf
thoughts carried him back to the days
when he was a captive and a slave in
that self.same forest by the Western
ocean.
Patrick himself does not tell us the
details of his stay in France, as he is
hurrying his narrative forward TO the
time of his mission to Ireland; but
there is an abundance of very early
testimony in old Gaelic and Latin
which makes Il certain that he was
associated with three great men who
at that time dominated the spiritual
life of Gaul. The first of these was
Saint Martin OF Tours, a native of
Hungary, son of a tribune in the
Roman armies and himself a soldier
Tradition says that Patrick's mother
was the sister, or at least a close rela-
tive, of Martin of Tours, though his
fathers family belonged to the north
of Britain, close to the rock of Dunn
barton on the Clyde.
Another great man with whom Pat
rick was associated at this time was
| Saint Germanus of AuXerrc Like
Martin, he was of martial origin and
of a bold, warlike spirit
The third great man of Gaul who in.
| fuenced Patrick in the years of his
young manhood--he was 20, he tells
us, when he fled from slavery in Ire
| land-was Honoratus With his broth.
er Venantius this ardent and aspir-
ing soul had set forth to the east, to
give his life to the ascetic devotion
and spiritual secusion which was the
ideal OF eastern Christendom. On his
brothers death he returned ami fixed
his abode on little island off the
Riviera, within two or three miles of
Cannes. Here, with group Of kindred
spirits, he established one OF those lit
tie religious colonies which play so
large a part in early European his,
tory, and from which so much that
was purest and noblest in the life OF
Europe was destined TO come forth.
AS IN all these colonies, church
was built and made the center OF the
life Of the place. The teacher aud his
disciples, as always were their own
builders, masons and carpenters Then
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st. Patrick'S Greatness

cation the sacred light of learning.
So, when the bearer Of the name
Patrick, laborer and toiler though he
be. remembers that his title is de
scended from one of the proudest ir
Rome, patrician, and thinks in his
poverty and humility of the ancient
glory of his people, where is there ar
American who will not honor in him
the survival through the centuries OF
the pride and learning and achieve
ment of his ancestors, and join him
on st. Patrick's day in singing "Al
Hail to st. Patrick"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17
The "True Shamrock. .

The true shamrock" to an Irish
man, ia the plant which is known by
that name around the spot OF his or
his fathers birth. But the botanist
has as much trouble in identifying II
as he has in identifying the "mayfow
er" of New England, a name which is
applied in different localities to the
trailing arbutus 10 The saxifrage, to
the hepatica and to two or three other
plants. In spite OF the fact that the
hailing arDutus is he maynower OF
New England literature tho word is
much more commonly and popularly
applied to the saxifrage than II Is to
the arbutus.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17
3T GS&29

We've known defeat, we've known the
anguish Keen
or those who see their country's glory
fed
The famine days--the living specters
lean
The little children hungering for bread
And yet the Irish nation is not dead!
In spite OF sword and suffering and
sorrow,
When all seems lost again she lifts her
head,
And turns eXpectant toward some
bright tomorrow.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

R10AAkRSZ2a February / supposed
there would be a grand national dem.
onstration In honor of George Wash
ington. But nothing occurred. On the
nth OF March the city was in was
decorated In green flags and Irish en-
blems iuttered everywhere, the hotel
menu card was in green ink and the
evening paper came out in green
Bands played in the streets, men
paraded, the city police force and mill
tary turned out, there we're balls, ban
quets and public speaking. What |
want to know is whether st. Patrick
or George Washington is the nations
patron saint"
Some idea OF how powerful a figure
st. Patrick was may be gained by
comparing the memory of st. Patrick
born 1886 years ago, with that Of
George Washington, who has been
dead little more than century.
st. Patrick went into Ireland when
II was plunged in the darkness of
paganism, He confronted a hostile
people with dozen assistants. He
carried the new civilization with him.
He met a fighting race and subdued II
single.handed.
His first work in reaching a com.
munity was to preach the gospel in
the native tongue OF the people. This
he did with Pauline fervor and a fire
OF conviction which fired tho heart and
imagination of the people. You can
look at the work of any Irish priest
to-day and see the duplication of St
Patrick's method. First talk to the
people, then the building OF a church,
then the election of school, and
then the exhortation to practice the
Christian virtues, the succor of the
widow and the orphans, the weak, the
fallen and the aged.
Patrick established universities
which. by the labor OF the inmates,
were self-sustaining, and TO which the
youth OF England flocked by thousands.
Europe, during his lifetime, was in
confegration. Hordes OF the north
Goths and Vandals, ravaged the south,
and the lamp Of learning, extinguished
on the continent, burned brightly in
the cloisters OF the monasteres and
universities Of Ireland. Patrick trans.
lated nothing into Irish He taught
the Irish Latin and implanted, full
born the civilization of Christian
Rome.
He introduced the arts and crafts,
developed agriculture, taught industry,
application and love of work Institu-
tions OF learning, churches and homes
OF religious workers, training schools
and seminaries. were supported, not
by contributions, but by labor of The
inmates.
From idleness TO industry, from
fighting to the arts of peace, from
Druidlcal worship to Christian prac-
tice and ideals. St Patrick turned the
whole island by personal effort and
example, by incessant exhausting toll
He died as he lived, without the pos
session OF groat.
The arts and letters, science and
biblical knowledge which fled from the
continen, took refuge in the famous
schools which made Durrow and Ar
ragh the universities OF the west To
the eternal honor OF Irish hospitality
be It said that these thousands of
strangers from every country In Eu-
rope were not only welcomed, but sup
piled gratuliously with books, clothes
and food
The scholarship thus engendered re.
furnished Europe when, century's
anarchy over the irish missionaries
emerged from schools and flashed over
tie charred remains Of European civil.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

marked degree Of sanctity by its par.
ticipants-that is apparent at least to
American eyes. OF course, upon that
occasion appropriate ceremonies are
conducted in the churches with becom-
ing reverence, but to Irishmen as a
whole the anniversary of the old saints
nativity is looked forward to as a day
for participating in all the pomp and
pageantry of the street parade, in
which the green flag with the harp
and shamrock shares the honors of the
day with the Star and Stripes of the
Milesian's adopted country.
Looked at from meteorological
point of view the festival of the canon.
lied Patrick's birth enjoys a distinc.
tion that is by no means mythical
Those who have long made study of
the weather and its vagaries can tes,
tlfy that the nth Of March as It ap.
pears each year is, as a rule, charac.
terized by storms of either rain or
snow, or gales of wind. The few ex.
ceptions to this phenomenon only prove
the rule The boisterous department
of the elements on that day, however,
are easily accounted for by the fact
that the Vernal equinox Is then near
al hand, when elemental and atmos
pheric. disturbances are liable to oc.
cur.
.. s-.. .li l.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

No visible memorial OF Patrick has
escaped the chances of time with one
possible exception, This Is a four
sided iron hand bell, preserved In the
national museum at Dublin, which, II
II were not actually used by the saint,
may have been In use at Armagh a
hundred years or 80 after his death.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

adopted country,
and h as m any
times proved his
patriotism, but
when the 18th Of
March appears the
citizen Of Hibern.
ian blood is ready
to celebrate a day
this Is exclusively
his own-a day
commem oratin &,
an event that oc.
Cured 10 cen.
turtles ago, yet
which remains un-
dimmed by the
mists of time.
II must be con
fessed that the
celebration of st,
Patrick's day is
not upon the whole
invested with any
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17
G@Ts 9&&

On England's realm the day is never
done.
She may weH boast her r-hung battle
line,
Her morning drum-beat following the
SUM-
She rules alike the palm-troe and the
pine.
But, Erin dear, a wider sway is thinc
a truer state of empire thou main
tainest!
Thy right 10 homage Is a right divine.
Because, dear land by love alone thou
reignegtl
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17
S@TS 9&9

The winds Of fate have blown us far and
wide,
OF cruel laws we've known the bitter
f. ban,
But all in vain opprcssions hand has
tried
To bend us to a proud imperial plan,
We are no remnant OF a conquered clan
Eight hundred years of tyranny and
terror
Defiant leave us as when first began
Their long, long reign of Ignorance and
errorl
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

beauty, others that are wild and ridic.
ulous. His explanation of the Trinity
to his hearers, whose simple minds
could not conceive of the existence OF
three in one, was timely and satisfac.
tory. Plucling a stem of the sham
rock from the earth at his feet, he
pointed out TO his congregation the
three leaves growing from the one
stalk, by that simple illustration bring.
ing the members of his flock to a
realization Of a Triune God. Since
then that trefoil plant has been sa-
cred. and together with the harp has
been the emblem of the Emerald Isle.
As long as the shamrock continues
to spring from the soil Of Erin the
true Celt will observe the yearly re-
curing holiday that is supposed TO
mark the anniversary of the birth Of
Irelands patron saint. II is true that
many well.nformed Irishmen will tell
us that the nth OF March is not cole
brated as the birthday of Patrick, be-
cause II is by no means certain that
1t Is the correct date: but that the day
is merely set apart as a time upon
which to honor the old saints mem
ory. But, be that as It may, the ma
jority of people, and perhaps a major
ity of the Irish, consider II the birth
day anniversary of Ireland's great
evangelist What the Fourth of July
is to the true.born American ST. Pat.
rick's DAY is to both the native Irish
man and the Irlsh-American. II is
true that the latter is loya1 In his
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17
Gsgas 9&@

The empire won by steel and held by
force
Must sometime fall. must sometime fall
to naught.
The onward moving years resistlcss
course
Full many a dynasty TO dust has
brought.
BclRhuZzars kingdom Cunningly was
wrought,
And yet there came a day of dire dis
aster.
There came message that with mean
ing fraught
Forotold the triumph OF another masterl
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

Twenty-four years Is a long tame
for a ship to be away from Va home
port, but that is the record OF q
whaling bark tnat has just dociSed
in New Bedford. The vessel lett
New Bedford in 1884 FOR voyage
around Cape Horn and since has
been engaged most OF the time In
whaling in northern latitude.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

| was at home in
a vision Of the night
| saw one who seemed
to come from Ireland,
bringing innumerable
letters. He gave ne
one of the letters. in
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

Beautiful women owe their popu-
larlty to perfect health. Hodlister's
Rocky Mountain Tea makes clear.
healthy oomplexions-ned rosy lips,
bright, laughing eyes-a healthy
system clear through. Tea or Tab
let's, 35 cents.
Charles Schmidt & Co.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17
S2ss @&S

The sea a-dividcd Gael' Is one to-day
From north 10 SOUTH from farthest
cast to west,
stay
The spark that speeds from Irish breast
to breast:
We're brothers all at netherlands be-
hest,
Heart cleaves to heart with tenderest
devotion.
And dark disscnslon passes like a Jest
In all the glow Of this dear days emo
toni
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

There was a fair attendance at
the regular meeting of the Red
Men last evening. Aside from con-
sidering regular routine business
arrangements were made for Ind
tiatory work next Tuesday night.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

Canby lodge No. 81, knights OF
Pythias, conferred the third degree
upon one candidate at well at
tended session last evening. Ar.
rangements were also made for
dance to take place in the lodge
halls at 8 o'clock this evening.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17
S%ss 9&S

pass again.
God lives and reigns whate'er the fool
may say,
God is not mocked. He keeps his tryst
with men.
He bides his time untll the appointed
day,
And then he moves And then he sweeps
away
Tho fabrics fondly made to last for
ever.
And then a ruin where the lizards play
Is all that marks the place OF proud en-
deavor,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

Emerald Isle, for by his almost hercu.
lean labors he rescued that land from
paganism. Some uncertainty exists as
TO the date and place of Patrick's
birth The most reliable historians,
however, concur in the belief that he
was born about the year 396 in the
British-Roman province Of Valentia, at
place near the Clyde, not far from
the modern Dumbarton called from
him Fitzpatrick.
About the year 432 he began his
missionary work of converting the
pagans of Ireland to Christianity. 1t
is said that during his stay in the
island he founded 365 churches, bap-
tized with his own hands more than
/ 200 persons and ordained a great
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

Mizpah EnCampment No. so I. o.
o. #. met with large attendance
Tuesday evening. The patriarchai
degree was conferred upon one cam
didaIte and the golden rule degree up
on a class of six. One candidate was
elected to the former degree.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17
Daughters of America Enjoy
Fine Meeting and Program.
MASONS INITIATE CLASS
Mispah Encsmpment Confers
Two Degrees.
Red Men Arrange for Initiatsry
work-NewS and Doings Of the
Local Lodges. Saa.

Paramount Council No. 80, Of the
Daughters of America, held a very
interesting and well attended meet
ing in the lodge halls Tuesday even
ing. Business was considered and
eight applications were received and
two were balloted upon. An invita-
tion was received from the Junior
Order to attend a box social to be
given within the near future.
An interesting program was rem
dered. Mary Smeltzer read an In
teresting selection following which
Mrs. Louis Mayer gave a reading.
Mr.. Cecil Alexander and his two
sisters rendered a number of pleas
ing musical selections. Mary Dom
augh gave a recitation. A dialogue
entitled" The Ten Party" was an In
teresting feature and in this Mrs. r.
A. Brooks, Mrs. Charles Wayland,
Mrs. NJ. G. Chipps, Mrs. B. An
thony and Mrs. Cleagitt participated.
Three tableaus were features of the
evenings entertainment and much
good work was shown.
Ten past councillors OF Lime City
Council No 206 Jr o. U. A. M.
went TO Gallon Tuesday evening
where they Joined with the pasG
councillors OF Crawford. Richland,
and Ashland in adopting bylaws
for the past councillors association.
Aside from this work a class OF
candidates was initiated and the
Marion team took a prominent part
in the work. The meeting was
closed With a banquet and the late
hours of the evening was spent
very pleasantly.
The Companion Foresters will
hold regular meeting Thursday
evening and two candidates will be
initiated. This will be the last
meeting with Mrs. Ida Weber and
Mrs. Callie Grundisch the former
captain and the latter standard
bearer of the order, who will leave
soon TO live In Toledo.
The Royal Arch Masons held a
special meeting in the temple last
evening. The attendance was large
and very enthusiastic session re-
suited. The mark master degree
was conferred upon one and twelve
candidates were introduced into the
mysteries Of the past masters de-
gree.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

number OF priests.
He died about the
year 469 at a
place called Saul,
near Downpatrick,
and his relics
we're preserved at
that place till the
time of the RefOr.
nation.
II is but natural
that the land
which produced a
Flngal ana an Us
sian s h oul d
abound In legends
of the great mis-
sionary who taught
the Christian re.
ligion to the Irish
pagans - stories,
some OF which are
surrounded with
an atmosphere Of
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17
S}g5SSSl. MtricR
1sI.If.gfanSs
tyBB,I Saint
gS'S@ &ErG29

HE parsonage whose
natal day is celebrated
with such enthusiasm
by our Irish citizens
was unquestionably
the brightest luminary
that adorned the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17
G@s @E&s

And even those whose eyes have never
seen
The shine and shadow on their fathcr's
hills,
Have ne'cr bccn Eladdcncd by the living
green
Reflected In thousand rills,
To-day their hearts tender feeling nils.
Upon their ears to-day a voice is fall
ing,
voice that touches them. a voice that
thrills
The voice of Erin to her children call
ing.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-17

n Englishman who had
toured the United
States said to an
American friend:
81 cannot understand
IL. On the 22d OF
February | supposed
The Lake County times., 1909-10-02
CITY GAY
To WELCOME
SHR|NERS
Holman Street a Riot of
Red, Green and Yellow in
Honor of the Great Orak
Temple Ceremonial To
day.

The city is gay in red. green and
yellow today in honor Of the great
ceremonial of Orak temple. which Is
now IN progress. At the morning ses-
sion of the shrine sixty candidates
We're elected to membership, and at >
o'clock today they were paraded about
the streets hanging on to the rope.
This is the big day for Orak temple.
a special train bearing a large dele
cation from Mlzpah temple in Fort
WayTe is expected to arrive at $3.50.
The delegation from Murat temple at
indianapolis with the members of the
official divan will get into the city at
about o'clock
The program as announced in THE
TINES has been followed out closely
this morning and will be followed out
this afternoon. The candidates met
with Recorder John W. Morthland and
registered. They received their instruc
tions for the day and were each given
red coat.
These coats bear the words. "Orak
candidate and the candidates are re-
quired to wear them on the streets
The members of Murat Temple at La
fayette, Zorah temple a Terre Haute
and Hadi temple at Evansville are ex-
Pected in on the indianapolis train.
Tonight at o'clock the city Will be
filed with wearers of the fez. The
drill VIII be the great public feature
of the ceremonial, just as the parade
was last year.
After the members of Orak temple
have met all of the trains and have
held a reception to the visitors from
other Indiana shrines, they will pro
ceed to Central park, where they will
give one of the greatest drills that has
ever been :een in this city.
It is expected that there will be sew
eral thousand people on hand to wit
ness this great drill That it will be
the finest thing that has ever been seen
in this city is shown by the fact that
Murat temple is the finest shrine drill
team in the United States and Canada
After the visitors and Shriners have
had lunch at o'clock they will be
initiated. The initiation will last until
about 10 o'clock and then the finest
banquet that has ever been served in
Hammond will be offered to the can
1idates and the officers of the visiting
shrines
The day is propitious, and the shrin-
ars both of Orak temple and from the
other Indiana cities are all in good
'ririte Again the cry is. Hang onto
lie rope. and the spirit of good fell /!
owship prevails everywhere.