The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-11-10
MISSION CLOSES CHANGE OF BASE
Father Constantine Comp etes
Work in Sank Centre
A SUCCESSFUL WEEK
LARGE Audiences Greet the Passion
list Father and Listen to His
ELOQUENT Sermons

lIOQuCuS SOb
That the weeks mission conducted
by the Rev. Father Constantine, g..
p, of the Passionists Order of Chica-
go, was a great success, goes without
saying. The only regret of the pas
tor, Rev. Father O'Connor, brother
of the good missionary, is that the
church edifice was not large enough
to admit all those who turned out to
hear the eloquent speaker. AS it is
however, he is much pleased with the
good work done and hopes ere long to
have him back with us again.
That the Rev. Father Constantine
is a man of high intellect, whose re-
ligous principles are the result of deep
and careful research, being based on
good sound logic, is not to be ques-
toned He presents his views in such
a crystalized. logical form that they
must carry conviction to even the
most obtuSe mind.
Add to these great mental qualities
high degree of culture, a ready wit
and a keen sense of humor: then couple
this wonderful mind with a grand,
fervent soul that keeps it's self sweet
ly simple and closely in touch with
every phase of human life through
the medium of great, big, sympa-
thetic heart, and you have this God,
inspired man who conducted the new
er-to-be-forgotten mission.
1t would be impossible to say which
one of his beautiful instructions or
eloquent discourses could be chosen
as his finest production.
However, his discourses on Sin and
Death were especially adapted to
His addresses on, "Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God and Him alone
ADORE" and on, "Mary, the Mother
of Jesus" are SPLENDID products of q
high order of reasoning. In the form
er he proves logical arguments based
on the words of Christ himself that
Catholics believe implicitly in all
that the church teaches purely and
simply because she is Gods mouth
piece upon earth and with her He left
His III o ly Spirit. He proves tn e
church to be the most sensible, the
most brainy institution ever organized
upon earth.
In his beautiful discourse on MARY
the Mother of Jesus" he crystalized
by forceful, logical deductions the
possibility and paramount necessity of
the immaculate conception in order
that the Son of Man might not be
born of one who had ever been sub
ject to the arch of enemy. He proved
by Illustration how natural it is for
the church to look to her as the
greatest of all Gods creatures and as
our heavenly mother because Christ
gave her to the human race in the
person Of st. John at the foot of the
Cross.
The earneStnesS and fervor of the
missionary's soul come out especially
strong in his many beautiful talks on.
THE Sanctity of the Home, the
Foundation of Society,""
This many-sided man is an enthusi-
astic lover of children. From the
very beginning he told that the sue
cess of his missions always depend on
their prayers. He was at hissweetest
and best when with the little ones,
being as it were one Of them and art
fully Interviewing religious stories
and anecdotes and sending them home
brimful OF fun and anxious to do all
the lovely things Father Constantine
wants them to do.
This successful mission closed Sun
day evening with impressive cere-
monies consisting of sermon, renewal
of baptismal vows, giving of Papal
blessing and Solemn Benediction
The church was crowded to it's ut
most on this final occasion. Father
Constantine quite outdid himself Civ
ing to us all the cheer and encourag-
ment that could be cleaned from the
significant text, "The patient man is
greater than the valiant and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh
cities" He proved by striking con-
trasts how inferior the mightiest of
earthly conquerors are in comparison
with him that overcometh himself,
showing that generalship is proved by
length of siege and reward gained.
Reverence forbidS us to make men,
tion of the missionary's holy prayer
in behalf of his brother our pastor,