The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-20

as the representatives of that church |
which is the representative of God. |
Mexico and the West Indies had Las |
Casas, who for sixty long years proved
himself a father and friend to the
poor Indians of those parts, laboring
necessarily to ameliorate the condi-
tton of the natives both in material
and spiritual sense. Florida had it's
Bishop Juarez and it's Brother John
de Palos, who became the first mar.
tyrs of the new land. California had,
for its apostle, the beloved Father
Juniper Sierra. Maryland had its Fa>
ther Segura and Father Andrew
White. Maine had its apostolic Fa-
ther Druilettes. New York had its
indomitable Brebeuf, its courageous
Jogues, its labor-loving LIE Moyne, its
sanity Lallemant and its angelic Gar
nier. Wisconsin and Michigan had
their renowned Marquette, and Mime
sofa its immortal Hennepin. Those,
the early missionaries of our land,
have in their days wrought deeds
worthy to be written in letters of gold
on the pages Of American history and
to be spoken Of at every fireside as
the noblest manifestations of Chris
tian charity: For greater love than
this no man hath than to lay down
his life for his friend"
Those Saints the Catholic church
tgave to America. But this grand old
church has given America more than
race of Saints. She has also given
to our land race of warriors. Catho.
lies took a notable part in the war of
the Revolution. The Catholics OF
America, of 1776, threw their whole
being into the scale of independence.
The noblest heart and boldest hand
that held the pen that wrote the Dec
laration Of Independence, was that of
Charles Carroll of Carrolltown. The
first sea battle of this great war was
fought and won by Catholic COM
mander, Jerry O'Brien.
The Father of the American Navy,
John Barry, was fervent Catholic.
He founded our navy, won our bat
ties, taught the art of sea warfare to
Murray, Decatur, Dale and Stewart,
and died commodore chief of Ameri-
can warships.
Washington's life guard was COM
posed chiefly of Catholics. There
were no Catholic Arnolds. The Cath
olic soldier of this great army fought
for American liberty, and Stunned
American dishonor. Among it's off,
GERS we find the Catholic names of
Moylan, O'Brien, Sullivan, Montgom-
cry, Barry, Lafayette, Rochambeau,
Dekalb, Cosciusko and Paulaski;
names that will live side by side with
those of Washington, Jefferson, Frank
lin, Adams and Henry, in the immor-
tai story Of the Revolution and it's
many hard fought battles. Together
they won the crown of Independence,
triumphed over tyranny, founded
new Republic, and all the world, save
naughty but humbled Britain, re-
joiced and welcomed the new star to
a place amid the constellation of na.
tions. ...
Who did more for the advancement
OF good morals and high social stand
ing here In this land of ours, than the
bishops of the Catholic church? Look
at the lives Of the patriotic Archbish.
op Carroll, the illustrious Archbishop
Hughes, the learned Archbishop Ken.
rick, the Literary Archbishop Spald.
ing, the sanity Archbishop segers, the
fearless Bishop England and the
Apostle of the West, Archbishop Ire.
land. Look at the lives of those men
and you will see the lives of labor
spent for the cause of God and the
betterment of humanity.
| A great cfvilizer of nation is the
good literature of its people. The
Catholic literature of America has
done much for the betterment of civil
ization in America. Its influence for
good has consisted in the fact that It
Is pure literature. It is pure litera.
ture because those who gave it to the
world were pure men and pure wom-
en-. There is Catholic literature in
America. In the department of his.
tory we find the names of Carey,
Fredet. Mcsherry, Campbell, Botta,
Edmund Callaghan, John Culinary
Shea, Thomas Darcy MCGEE, Col
onel James F. Meline, Rev. A. ]. The
baud and Father Noethen.
OF poets. we have Charles J. Can..