Evening star., 1911-06-07
one hand and sincere devotion to his
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one hand and sincere devotion to his
church upon the other.
"One of the tenets of his church Is re-
spect for constituted authority, and al
ways have we found him on the side of
law and order. always in favor OF
peace and good will to all men, always
in favor Of religious tolerance, and al
ways strong In the conviction that
complete freedom in the matter Of re-
ligion Is the best condition under which
churches may thrive. With pardonable
pride he points to the fact that Mary
land under Catholic control was among
Grafton.
Nothing could more clearly show the
character OF the man whose Jubilee we
celebrate than the living testimonial
that this assembly is to his value as a
neighbor In the community Of Balti-
more. II you would find what a man
is. go to his home and his neighbors.
and there, If everything that he does
and says rings true and shows his
heart-whole interest in the welfare Of
about him. you have the strongest
proof of his virtues as a lover Of man
kind.
Career In Brief.
Born in Baltimore. educated In ireland,
made a priest in Maryland. a curate in
North Carolina. a bishop in Richmond, a
coadjutor in Baltimore, Archbishop of
Baltimore and successor Of Archbishop
Carroll and Archbishop Kenrick in the
primatial see of this country, he was
called to the high position Of cardinal
June Z, 1886. by Leo XIII.
bilities Of his high position in the church,
he has taken part in the many great
movements for the betterment Of mankind
and has shown himself not only a good
Catholic In the church sense. but he has
been broadly catholic in the secular sense
OF that word. so that the affection felt
for him by his coreligionists has spread
to all denominations and to all the people
who are quick to perceive all disinterested
friend.
THAT he may long continue active in
his present high position, that he NAV
long continue In secular movements to
take the prominent place he has always
had in works of usefulness is the feryent
prayer of Catholic and Protestant. of lew
and Christian
The congratulations of the United
states Senate were extended the cardinal
In a brief address by Vice President
Sherman.
Address of Mr.. Roosevelt.
When Mr.. Roosevelt was presented Gov.
Crothers simply said: Former President
OF the United States, Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt and prolonged applause fol.
lowed. Mr.. Roosevelt said:
MY fellow-Americans: It is indeed q
pleasure to be here this afternoon. And
governor. not only is this gathering char
acteristc of Maryland, but it Is charac
teristic of our great Union. 1t is char
acterist1c of America because here in
TINS republic. with all Of our faults and
nd 1,n,
nevertheless true that We have come
nearer than any other nation to solving
the difficult problem of combining com
plete religious liberty and federation with
devoutly religious feeling in the people
as a whole.
And we meet this afternoon to do
honor In the name of all the American
people. In the name of the American ma
tlon. TO you. because while the American
people may d1ner among themselves on
recognizing what accounts in civic af-
lalrs Tor so much more than dogma
conduct In the churchman as in the
statesman
Friends. we read now and then proph-
ecies or woe about the churches in the
future, complaints as to conversations
growing smaller, complaints as to lack
or belief among the congregations There
Will be no trouble about the future of
any American church IL that church
makes as it's cardinal principle the rem
dering of service to the people
No church in the United States will
ever have to defend itself as long as
those standing highest in that church. as
Well as those under them, serve the peo-
pie. devote their lives to the service of
the men and women round about them
as YOU. Cardinal Gibbons, have devoted
your life to the service of your fellow
we care for, what we Americans wish
to see in the church is service; what
We wish to judge the man by is his con-
duct and character. And IL the church
renders good service and IL the man rings
true when We apply the touchstone of
principle to his conduct and his character.
then the American people will be we'll
content with both church and man.
1T was my good fortune the other day
to attend meeting composed chiefly of
Protestant preachers, where l was in
troduced by Catholic priest and where
we were led in the Apostles Prayer by
a Jewish rabbi. and now we come to-
gether, Catholic and Protestant, Jew and
render honor to the man who Is our fell
|low-citizen and in whom we all claim a
certain proprietary right.
Religion No Bar.
And. friends religious intolerance and
bitterness are bad enough in any coun-
try. but they are inexcusable in ours.
Our republic. mighty in it's youth. des-
tined to endure for ages. will see many
Presidents during those ages. and it will
see Presidents who are Catholics as wei
as Presidents who are Protestants; II
we live long enough. Presidents who are
Jews as well as Presidents who are Cen
tiles"
Brief tributes were paid by Senator
Root ex-Speaker Cannon, Amba ssadol
Bryce and Gov. Crothers.
Speaker Clark made q witty address
that ELECTED frequent applause. He said
with other things:
"Vice President Sherman says he pre-
sides over the most august Legislative
body on earth. l will not dispute about
the augustness Of the body, but / preside
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