The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-12-27
THE MAN WITH A MESSAGE !
Equal to His Gigantic EndeGror Is Jeremiah j. CrowIey

AMI OF mufhrr, Wto hAs uuriufpd lhil.
drrn IN that dwelling blessing b With
en- the sucutncss and love q true Irish
moihefhood; or son, uho had Tor years,
entertained hope Of living for. and h.
aide beloved paruis; or daughter, 10
whom every stone in the Old cottage
spcaks iu accents Of ncnediciion, the
grief fcli by the exile Of Erin IL singu.
latly affecting. Well said, 10 IL, that the
esii" s everywhere alone. The Irish exile
feels bis louclincss po.guantly; until call
~ duty, IN his new h1me. demands that
i,Hn bC dTlCl; and toll f0r Cod gud mAa
h.cisss rev surrounding
The Irish exile Il quickly ameuAble 10
the call Of gratitude 10 the laud h. comes
20. lie rccornizcs debts 20 welcoming
cline and people. In America, espcc.
tally, he soon ceases 10 be stranger.
Campbell, the greatest Scottish poet.
touches a chord. swoc, and tender, when
he describes the Irish exile, "the dew
on his thin rohc, heavy and chill, a. he
wandered alone by the winihcaicn hill. -.
Born IN 1851, young Crowley was, az
ter a thorough collegiate and theological
training, admitted. IN lSs6. % the priest.
hood. That benign providence, which
bad 40 far guided bin thorough cole.
giate and theological trimming. soon In.
spired him with dcsirc for wider fields.
more extended activities, and more en-.
phaiic triumphs than Ireland could AZ.
ford and he emigrated 10 America.
ARRIVES IN AMERICA
IN AN any man imagine Andrew
UW jackson a British subject, or
~ Abraham Lincoln legcman Of any
European soyereicn' Just a. we'll. then,
think Of Crowley as M for any other
place, In freedom = domain, than that
he now holds on American soil.
America Is mind.opening and heart. |
broadening land, the complex conditions |
OF its national life sugguesting 10 |
thoughtful, ohservant mind, considera. |
tious Of profound sociological value.
Given ministerial position and duty In |
New Hampshire, Crowley at once idcnti. /
fled himself with the toiling masses.
He soon saw that the public school was
the corner stone. solid, enduring ana
Respondent of America y temple of civil /
liberty. Convinced, Of course, at the
same time, tha, any system of education.
a..cn and antagonists to the public
school must be hostile 10 American free l
dom, he has never swgrved from that 20.
sition.
For a Catholic priest. however pro.
foundly convinced Of such a truth 10
entertain IL, courage Of the highest or.
der is demanded. An opinion, so hostile
TO Roman pretensions and 20 papal
claims, was sure, sooneF or later, 10 bring
is advocate into variance with the lead.
nrs Of his church. Rut the more oppo.
sition such a man as Crowley, conSccrated II
10 popular uplftments, meets. the more
determined he becomes to fulfill his mis-.
sion.
RETURNS To IRELAND
His clear perception Of the public
schools position in American polity, I
which gradually grow upon him, made
him a foe profound Of all foreign dicta.
ion, civil or religioss, 10 Americans.
5oing back 10 Ireland in .lsss. ha.
brought to his native land some strong ,
rev world convictionss which did not 60. |
neide exactly with Romanist prejudice
md hierarchical bias !;
An observant man, like Crowley, big
n heart and Of brain, could not breathe ,
'or over two years New England s invig. !
'rating air Of freedom, without losing
espect for class or caste privilege, and q
OF eFecual intolerance.
jefferson 5 doctrine Of human equal. !
~, was, he saw, a mere theory, but for
he powerful activities Of the public \
chool, an institution wherein children J
Il rich and poor met aud mingled on \
erms Of equality; making not alone for .
united, invincible citizenship, but for a
brotherhood OF man, commanding the I
world 5 admiration. {
CLASHES wfTH GOVERNMENT
His philanthropy refined, his human. !
~ broadened, his Christianity deepened
nd strengthened by American eXper. :
ences and American iafluences, his fear. !
,ss, generous soul took early umbrage
{ lsndlordism s barbarity in ireland.
Tho cruel eviction from estate and I
of a poor blind Protestant
entleman, by Protestant bishop evoked
rom Mr.. Crowley protests so vigorous
nd 10 practical that he was by govern. q
lental influCnces confined in iaH for n
wen months. A man 80 ready 10 suffer for d,
fellowman, and that man not Of his 5,
lith, appealed strongly TO Irish and 10 o.
ritish public sentiment. The injustice d
one Mr.. Crowley drew from Mr.. Glad. Al
.one himself powerful protest on the el
COR Of parliament, his courage and "
,lf-sacrifee gave hnn a permanently ~
igh place amongst the people s bene. q
sciors in all Of tho British dominions. e,
RESTS in Ireland are, in many cases, II
illiug enough 70 talk FOR, but few, in. nj
aed, are ready 10 ,affcr for the on. n
fessed multitude. s!
RETURNS To AMERICA
N REF profound seized on all Ire.
H land when in 1896 Mr. Crowley "
- once more turned his face toward hi
America, to whose betterment, di
lriheatiOn and disefthralment he felt Cl
He'd. Fame having preceded him to Chi. ed
60, be was, on ARRIVAL there, made as "a
slant pastor Of the very important city AZ
iurch Of Nativity. aud, after excellent p,
n'ice in that position was promoted in Ct
i99 20 the rectorshiP Of the extensive vi
ID important rural slarish Of Oregon, vC
!, with its subsidiary missionS of
Ecclesiastical conf fions were. at the
ne, IN the arehdiooeee Of Chicago such &c
TO beggar description. Drunkenness so
d immortality reigutd supreme among le,
9 clergy, secular and regular. The paro- 10
iAl school was a uers annex 70 brOthel, fu