The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-05-17

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has withstood revolution after revolu-
ton; she has withstood all the DOW
ers of the world and all the powers of
darkness. She has withstood all the
changes Of the past and she will sur
vive all the changes of the future. The
Holy Spirit abides with sher till the
end of time, till her mission on earth
is accomplished.H I SssRy
.. That mission is not. yet accom-
plished. There are millions sof souls
outside the pale Of God'ssC Church, and
her mission will not be accomplished,
the work of the Holy Spirit will not
be complete until all are brought into
one fold and under one shepherd. The
work OF the Holy Spirit will not be
complete until unity and order and
harmony return to the divided house,
hold of the Faith. There is no other
power to take away the reproach from
the Christian household, no other
power to uproot hcresy and schism.
bgotry and bitterness, the scorn of
power to bring back the millions led
away by error and imposture; no 9TH
or power to restore them to their
spiritual birthright. Argument has
been tried for hundreds CT years; elo-
Quence has been tried; every weapon
that heart and mind could WELD has
been tried and tried in vain. The Holy
Spirit alone can undo the work of
heresy and schism and reunitc the
divided household of Faith. And
hence so long as n human being re-
mains outside the fold of Christ; so
long as a human soul wanders in the
darkness of 'heathcndom, so long will
the Holy Spirit be at work in the
world with the stubborn wills and
corrupt hearts and the blinded con-
sciences of men. Therefore let it be
our constant prayer that the Holy
Spirit may speedily accomplish this
work and bring all men into one fold
and under the true shepherd.
And while we remember what the
Holy Spirit must accomplish for the
world let lis not forget what he must
do with our individual lives. We are.
each one of us, temples of the Holy
Spirit as st. Paul writes, and hence
it should be our constant endeavor to
become worthy temples for SO pure
and SO holy a guest. You need the
presence and the action of the Holy
Spirit to bring order out of the chaos
of your lives, to correct your conduct,
to purify your heart and to cleanse
your soul. You need the Holy Spirit
to place His finger on your lying or
blasphemous lips. You need the Holy
Spirit to stop that pencil which is
scrawling on the walls of your imag-
nation the foul figures of lust, the
daggers of hatred and revenge. You
need the Holy Spirit like CONSUME
ing fire to burn and purge away the
foulness and corruption of your
tainted nature, so that instead of in
sulting your Creator by doubt, indif-
ference and contempt, you will kneel
down and thank Him for the thousand
blessings you are at present enjoying.
miracle of opening summer; and, on
every side, leaf and blossom and flow
CT are distilling their perfume in the
air and rejoicing in the warm bright
sunshine that clothes the dead earth
with a living glory. The sunlight OF
the Holy Spirit works the same mir
acle for the soul, clothing it with the
glories Of Grace, and the leaves and
blossoms Of supernatural virtue
Let us pray this morning that the
Holy Spirit, the Heavenly Dove, may
brood over our disordered lives and
over the divided household of the
Faith, that out Of spiritual chaos and
confusion may come order and har-
smony and peace. Let us pray that
His kindly light may reach the sinner
in heresy and schism and dispel the
deep gloom that shrouds the heather
world. Let us pray that God will send
forth His Spirit on this feast of PEN
~tecost as He did Of old upon the earth
and abundantly bless all tho children
Of men, that all may enter the true
fold, that all may successfully endure
the trials of time and reach the re.
ward Of everlasting happiness.
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