The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-11-03
RECEPTION TO CARDINAL
In new PARISH HALL OF ST. JOHNS
CHURCH.
His EmlnenCe Welcomed by Father
MaIlOn, DR.. Herring and Mr. Pafke.

The reception given Cardinal Glib
bons last Tuesday night in the new
Parish Hall, by Rev. ]. G. Mallon,
rector of st. Johns Church, and his
congregation, was u thoroughly de
ightful OCCASION, and afforded the
people OF this community an oppor-
tunity for congratulating the Cardi-
nal on his golden jubilee.
The new hail, for which much
credit is due Father Mallon, is a
spacious and beautiful building. The
stage was tastefully decorated with
number Of large American flags
and with autumn leaves and cannas.
In the presence Of about 600 of the
citizens OF this city, Cardinal Glib
bons, few minutes after o'clock,
was escorted by the knights Of Col
umbus and members OF st. Johns
Benevolent Association to a throne
-, draped with his colors and with a
| large American flag.
Welcomed by Father MallOn and
Hon. J. W. Herring.
| Father Mallon welcomed the au-
dience and spoke words OF greeting
to the Cardinal, after which a choir,
composed Of members OF the choirs
Of st. Johns and Centenary Metho-
dist Episcopal Churches, sang
Gounod's Praise We the Father"
\ Dr. ]. I'M. Herring welcomed the
Cardinal in the name Of the citizens
OF Westminster. spoke Of his long
personal friendship for His Eminence,
and said that religious differences
should not interfere with our social
relations. He said it was a source OF
pride to the citizens or Carroll coun-
ty that the Cardinal so often elected
to enjoy its hospitality, beautiful
hills and pure air.
Mr. Parke's Address.
Francis Neal Parke, Esq, of the
Westminster bar, then spoke as fol-
lows, i'm behalf of the Catholic laity:
Your Eminence: r-
In the seventy-eignth year Of your
life; in the fiftieth anniversary of
your ordination as a priest and in
the tWenty-ffth anniversary of your
cardinalate, the Catholic laity of st.
Johns Parish give you cordial and
( afectionate welcome. a luminous
and persuasive writer; a sage in the
councils of the church; an associate
ane counsellor of statesmen, and be-
loved OF all men, you sit enthroned in
the hearts Of the members of this
parish.
while the tribute OF this presence
cannot compare in grandeur and in
ceremony with the distinguished hon
ors SO recently paid you by State and
Nation, yet the members of st. Johns
Parish render their tribute from a
fulness Of knowledge acquired by a.
long and intimate acquaintance and
out or rich store OF grateful mem
ories. In 1865, your Eminence, then
young and ardent priest, assisted
In the dedication of St. Johns church.
As you look back upon that scene
what vista must unfold to your
gaze. You behold yourself a priest;
then the Vicar Apostolic OF North
Carolina, the Bishop of Richmond
the Archbishop Of Baltimore, and
finally, the Cardinal OF the Catholic
Church in these United States. Re-
wards followed fast upon good deeds;
but there is a sadness i'm this review
OF your honors as around you sleep
In death your early co-workers, ana
you remain, towering, solitary giant
among their recumbent forms. In
all these years of priestly ministra-
tons, this congregation has grown
and thr1ven under your wise and
fatherly direction; and though this
is not the occasion to make acknowl-
edgment of our religious obligations,
our gratitude presses us to proclaim
how you have wrought in those
things which are of Caesars, and vet
Of Gods.
Your frugality and abstemious-
ness; your courtesy and gentleness;
and your forbearance and charity
have made you the exemplar of our
lives. To your tolerance of differing
opinions, to your respect for honest
religious convictions may be attribute
ed In large measure the subsidence
Of bigotry and the disappearance of
animosity among creeds Your char
ity embraces all denominations in
the knowledge that the common hope,
the common belief and the common
prayer OF them all is that on the day
when all differences shall disappear
and all men shall be judged there
shall BE- but one fold under the One
Shepherd. You have taught US that
service of country il a duty to God;
that liberty, without license, can only
be attained by a devoted adherence
to our form Of government. accom-
panied by a cheerful obedience to
constituted authority. These obliga-
tions you have yourself SO admirably
fulfilled In statesmanIike service To
the Nation that your life has made
articulate throughout this broad land
the civic conceptions and aspirations
Of the Catholic laity or America. Your
career has dispelled the fog which ut
one time beclouded the vision of
many by vividly demonstrating that
loyalty to country and its government
is not the possession of one faith,
but the glorious heritage on all, and
the one staunch cable which binds all
creeds In indissoluble union.
For these mighty labors, these
immeasurable gains, the world ap-
p1auds you,
than whom none with more zeal
adored
The. Deity. and divine commands
obeyed."
"a man framed In the amplitude OF
nature, burning and a shining light
in the Church, an ardent and jealous
American citizen, the example OF
your life shall be a precious and a
perpetual possession OF the laity or
the Catholic Church"
SunhOnnet Drill.
After Mr.. Parke's address fifteen
little girls from the parish school
came upon the stage, Catherine Ying-
ling carrying "Old Glory" Eleanor