The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11

on behalf of it's Directors and mem
bers and expressed the hope that hi
would be present again in the neal
future to attend the ceremonies plan
ned in honor of the forthcoming jubi-
lee Of Archbishop Farley's service in
the church. AS presiding officer OF
the evening he introduced Justice Vic
tor J. Bowling Of the Court of Ap-
peals, who said:
''Your Eminence: It is with no Or
binary sense of qualification that the
members of the Catholic club avail
themselves of the opportunity of ex-
tending their Fluctuations on the two
anniversaries that will serve as new
milestones in your wonderful career
1t is because you represent in the
Sacred College the Catholic church in
the United States that we find the
strongest appeal to our affections
Your Eminence is happily connected
State which, because of it's colonial
history, is the peculiar pride of our
people. Well has Maryland been call
ed The Land of the Sanctuary
cit is difficult to realize how large
a part in the history of our country
your Eminence has figured for your
life has covered more than half the
a quarter of the time since the Colony
of Maryland was founded
Cardinal Responds.
In the Cardinals response he ex-
pressed his deep qualification at the
reception arranged for him and the
words Of greeting spoken by Justice
Bowling.
cit has been my privilege and good
fortune he said 'to have known the
last four Archbishops who have pre-
sided over this archdiocese; the lion
hearted Hughes, the gentle and court
ly McCloskey, the polished and learn
ed Corrigan, and your present beloved
Archbishop, who has been my sterling
and steadfast friend, ready to assist
me by his powerful influence in every
emergency. I might truly call him my
'fidus Achates'
"a jealous and enlightened laity is
the glory of the Christian church. The
most luminous periods of the Church S
history have been epochs conspicuous
for laymen who have INDICATED the
cause Of Christianity by the eloquence
of their writings or by the luminous
sanctity of their lives. The golden
age of Christianity gave birth to a
long line of learned and intrepid lay
apologists of the faith. Among others
I might mention Justice Martyr, Minu-
thus Felix, and Lactantius who is
STYLED the Christian Cicero in conse-
'And in the nineteenth century,
France contributed to the cause of
the Christian religion Chateaubriand,
Montalembert, and Frederick Ozanam.
Spain has given Donoso Cortes; Ger
many has given us Windthorst; Eng
land. Sir Kenelm Digby and William
G. Ward. and Ireland, the great tri-
bune. Daniel O'Connell. whom a dis
tinguished critic of another nation has
the greatest orator Of the
century. He could sway
the multitude as the breeze of heaven
sways the ripening field of grain. And
DIR. Brownson has shed unfading
glory on the Church of this country
by his luminous writings.
members of the Catholic club, there
are two paramount principles that
govern your society and that are in
scribed on your banner, namely, 10y
atty to country and devotion to your
religion, and every member of this
is a patriot, as he ought
to be.
THANK God we live in a country
where there is liberty without the
liberation of license and authority
without the liberation of despotism,
and where the Government holds over
us the aegis of it's protection without
interfering with the individual rights
of conscience"