The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-01-06

womanhood without religious lnstruc.
tion and moral training.
"As to the religious status of
no-church people it is not an
exaggeration to assert that they
know little, if anything, of their duties
Cod; that they do not believe in
Inn p of sin so long as It re-
calst G and that they en-
tertsSeate Cociety ament IN the
eternal hefsapitay substance of
the moral code OF -. of them con-
sists in their shrewdness to evade the
punishment of the civil law. 1t would
be unreasonable to pretend that there
is no danger ahead. It is needless to
remind you that they who are at the
same time intellectual giants and
moral pigmies are most dangerous to
the life of nation. If other coun-
tries have reaped their harvest of
misery from such conditions, can
America reasonably hope to escape
unharmed? Are we justified in prom
Using ourselves different fate? The
stability of a nation depends more
upon the virtue than upon the In
telligence of it's inhabitants.
However distasteful the admis-
sion may be, it is beyond question that
the yearly increase of crime Of every
character is appalling. is not our di-
vorce record the most shameful of the
whole Christian world? Is not
our murder rate the highest
among civilized nations? When
about five times as many MUIR
ders per million of the population are
committed in the United States as in
Italy, six times as many as in Canada,
eight times as many as in England,
and fifteen times as many as in Ger
many there is not much room left
for self-complacency on our part. And
these unenviable records are not made
by foreign immigrants who have come
to our shores, but chiefly by natives
by those born here and educated here.
There must be something wrong some
where.
Among the. many other symptoms
of moral decay are the empty cradles
of sou, Gan ltsiits<ss;,3t 3tB ci1sa,,ness
of human life; the lawlessness OF un-
scrupulous greed; the moral decad-
ence of the stage; the popular thirst
for the sensational and the salaclous.
Evidently our country needs the reuli-
zation of Christian ideals.
Gentlemen, I want your Order of
five hundred thousand men to be a
mighty phalanx against the growing
unbelief and immortality of our age
and country. have right to expect
you to be not only as good as the
best-but the best of the best-the
most exemplary citizens and the mob
lest types of Christian manhood in
every community. Let your ideals be
high and holy. Exhibit in your daily
lives the teachings of the Church.
exhort you to aspire to the highest
in civic life and to the best in private
conduct. Let your stand be unyield-
ing for the indissolubility OF the mar
riage tie; for the sacredness of hui
man life; for religion in education;
for justice in your dealings with fell
low man; for the observance of all
the laws Of God; and then you will de-
serve we'll of our beloved country and
will command the admiration of all
thoughtful and righteous citizens
Letters Of regret at their inability
to be present were read from Arch.
bishop ireland, Bishop Carroll of
Helena, Montana; Congressman Frank
M. Nye, Senators Clapp and Nelson,
and Judge T. P. Moran of Hastings,
MINI.
Both the initiation ceremonies and
banquet were successful from every
standpoint, many ladies being present
at the latter, among them state offic.
ers Of the Auxiliary, Mrs. J. J. Daley,
Miss Ella G. Heating of st. Paul, Miss
Margaret A. Grady of Saltwater and
Mrs. c. ]. Conroy Of St. Paul, county
president Of Ramsey.