The Washington herald., 1911-01-09
HUNDREDS HONOR
CHURCH PRIMATB
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apart Tor a Whlle ana dweH Win tne
things of our higher nature-the things
that, after all, let man do what he
will. direct this world OF ours, its indi-
viduals. and its peoples. in their course.
If these things matter not, then nothing
matters. For the soul of man, his spirit
ual powers. has been and still is and
ever will be the guide Of men and the
creator of human tendencies and OF hu-
man achievements. 1t may be slow in its
method of procedure. but 1t is sure. An
idea emanating from the solitary soul
of an enthusiast has more than once
overturned governments and revolution
lied nations A spiritual ideal. resisted,
contradicted for years. Yes. for centuries.
by the obstructionists with material
wealth and favored position-yea. with
armies at their backs-has time and again
reused the soul of a people. led them to
go forth and give their life's blood for
its attainment-and the spiritual ideal
has triumphed.
Show Worth Of Race.
LAS these things pre-eminently show the
worth of the race of man in its march
upward and onward, so they alone give
to the individual a sense of his dignity
and his worth. without which he has not
got the primary sense of man. 1t has
been eternally true. from the beginning
even to this day. that his spirit prays.
searches. yearns for the spiritual light
which will enlighten it with certain fixed
and definite truths.
And to the serious-minded man who
views the world of to-day, who cares for
the soul of the race, the souls Of his fel
lows. his own soul. who would read to
his fellOw-man "A message of hope, and
not despair. of real achievement. and not
of failure. il must come as a shock, not
that the spiritual is neglected-for that
has often been-not that God is denied.
for He has been denied before: but that
within academic walls. in school, in
home, in the popular magazine, in the
mart. and in the street, it is preached
to-day as truth that truth is unknown.
The utter radicalism of it is appalling.
But such is the prevalent philosophy of
the hour. We must review all our con-
cluSions without exception. We must
question the very powers by which we
are able to formulate a question. The
world and the race of man are thrown
! back 1000 years. The ancient sophist
who asked what was truth may recognize
a disciple in the pragmatist of the day
who propounds the very same question
| The progreSsivists have become the re-
dictionaries; the soul that was thought
| to be crowned with dignity and the power
| of good and personal immortality may be
! but n passing agency of purely physical
energy: the Christ of historic Christian
! ity but a legend and a myth. and God
| but the creation of dreaming savage
who gaZed mystified upon the wonders of
| the night.
| Must Face Public.
1T is well for US to be here and take
thought upon the things that direct this
world of ours, it's individuals and its
! Azg~ -
ever before known these problems. and
has it ever answered them? The world
knew them as it knows them now The
world did not, could not. answer them,
as it cannot answer them now. But One
came who was the light OF the world, and
in His light the world was transformed
and in His light it can be transformed
again.
| We must bear in mind the nature of
| Christs work. He came to teach men;
to give them positive. dogmatic truth
! truth concerning every question that re-
! garded the relations of God and man. II
| was not that he was to submit 1t to man.
! and that man was to accept II becaus
he approved of it: it was not simply that
He was one of the worlds philosophers
reasoning with men and defending His
gospel by brilliancy of argument, clever
derful erudition. No; the essential char
acteriStic of His work was that He gave
the truth and told man to accept it be-
cause He gave 1t. He placed himself
where no man has ever placed himself
He made Himself synonymous with truth
and such truth as it is absolutely neces-
sary for man to accept if he is to know
peace and strength of character here and
fulfillment of the powers of his body and
soul here and hereafter"
Following the celebration of the pontif
ical mass. his eminence the cardinal helC
a reception from 1880 to l o'clock, in the
parlors of the rectory, and greeted hun
dreds Of parishioners Of ST Patricks
In the rooms above were gathered
statesmen, diplomats, jurists. and mer
well known in official and business lif,
OF Washington. who had been invited
by Father Russell to meet and dine will
the cardinal. The personnel Of the gath
ering recalled the notable Pan-Americal
Thanksgiving celebration a few weeks
ago. The company, after personally greet
ing the prelate, descended to the spacious
dining-rooms below, where beautiful!
decorated tables presented a scene o
compliment to the guest Of honor. ant
the display OF flowers was most attract
i've.
=
; The company at the tables. invited b.
, Father Russell to meet the cardinal, wa
made up as follows:
The Ambassador from Austria Hungary. the Mir
lister from the Netherlands. the Minister frut
China. the Minister from Spain. Attorney Genera
. Wickcrsham. Secretary Ballinger. Secretary Mage
. Chief Justice White. Mr.. Justice McKenna. Ser
, ators Beveridge. Scott, Bacon. Aldrich. Cartel
Purcell, and Taylor Speaker Joseph q. Cannon
Representatives Champ Clark. Joseph L. RaBdel
J. Van " Olcott, Charles V. ForDes. Joseph A
Goulden. Timothy T. Ansberry. Joseph F. O'Cor
nell. J. J. Fitzgerald. ]. NJ. Graham. J. H. kei
her. NJ. +. Discoll. Henry J. Dupre. and Fran
]. Monden Gems. Wilson. OReilly. and Tome.
Rear Admrals Rand and Sands. Judge WilliaI
II. De Lacy. Judge Alexander Muowny. Ju tic
. Wendell p. Stafford, Commisiou9 Of L5c
JOSEPH Z. Ralph, Commissioner Cuno II. Rudolph
William F. Guide, Gen. George H. Hanies. Ma
: Richard Sylvester Col. Crosby. Gen. J. ]. OCoi
. nell Ira L Bennett Edgar d. Shaw. w. A. NJ
Cathran. DR.. ]. L Thompson, Edward ]. Stel
: wagen, DR.. William r. Malone. Samuel G. Blyth
: Bone Henry L. West. Right Rev. Mu. Thoma
: ]. Shahan the Rev. Joseph L. Himmel, 8. j.; II
Rev. James A. Burma G. 8. C.; the Rev. Willia,
Turner, d. D.; the v1y Rev. Geofge A Doushert,
ID. D.: the Vey Rsv. William J. kerby. s. 7.
and +. H. d.
Tribute to CARDINAL
Rev. Father Russell, in the course q
: the dinner, made q graceful speech, I
which he spoke Of the love and esteeI
/. in which the cardinal is held throughou
the country. and then introduced til
, Ambassador from Austria
:. In his response. Baron Hengelmulle.
who spoke in peculiarly happy veil