The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-10-18

! Tho singly he sets the rod.
1.-The hollow which my heel hath
! made,
BE thanks to God and ST. Colman.
| Is filled in every shower by the single
drop;
The single drops becomes the pool,
"'I make a vow that while live
/; will not henceforth my lesson aban-
don;
1t is cultivating learning shall al
| ways be-
I'VE may well suppose that the poem,
and especially the resolution restored
the youthful Baothin to the good
graces of st. Colman: and we have
convincing evidence that the resolu-
ton was kept, for when the great alb
bot and founder of Iona was laid to
rest, 1t was Baothin who became head
master OF the school and abbot in his
stead.
THE greatest man of this period,
and probably the greatest Irishman
known to history, is st. Columcille or
COLUMBIA. Unlike st. Patrick, he was
an Irishnan. born in Garten, County
Donegal. Dec. Z. 521. He was of royal
blood, being a descendant Of Mall Of
the Nine Hostages, that restless war;
rior king Of Ireland, who ravaged
Britain In the fourth century.
Columbia was a poet, q statesman,
Il warrior, and great missionary
saint. HIS name.' says Healey. 'is
dear to every child Of the Scotic race
in Erin and in Alba-and, what Is
/ stranger still, monk and priest though
he was. his memory is cherished by
1 Catholic and Protestant alike
I'm his youth, he was sent to the
monastic school at Neville, for ire
land. since the death Of Patrick, some
half century previous. had produced a
large number of such small colleges.
Here he stayed until ordained deacon,
then went to study in Leinster under
the bard Gemman, and hence to Clon-
ard to st. Finnian, who had studied in
Wales and who taught COLUMBIA the
traditions of the Welsh church.
"Clonard was a famous school in
Columba's day.
i 1T had been founded by st. Finnian
about $50, the fact being commemor-
ated in the breviary on st. Finnian's
4 feast by an old Latin hymn whose
jingling metre would ft 1t perfectly to
the tune of one of our popular patriotic
songs:
I "'Reversus In Clonardiaum
AID cathdram lecturae
Appoint diligentiam
Ad studium scripturae.'
"Finnian is rightly called the Tutor
of the Irish saints From his school
came the IL apostles Of Ireland: Ciaran
of Clonmacnoise and Ciaran Of Saigher.
Brendan Of Birr, the prophet and
. Brendan of Clonfert, the navigator
Columbia of the churches, 1. e., Column
, ellie of whom we are speaking, and
COLUMBIA of Tir-ia-Glas; Mobhi OF
: Glesnevin and Rodan Of Lorrnham
+. Senaus Of lnniscathy. Ninnidh Of Loci
Erne, Lasserian. and finally st. Cain.
3 mech of Kilkenny, known In Scotland
, as st. Kenneth.
1T was men of this type that Col
umba met at Clonard, engaged In
study. labor, prayer and fasting. II
is related that one day F1nnian said
: to his beloved disciple. Senachus. &c
and see what each Of my disciples Is
} doing at this moment
"Senachus went on his errand and
found them all busy at their various
tasks. Some were engaged in man.
ual labor says the ancient manu-.
, script, some were studying the sacred
scriptures. and others, especially Col
umba Of Tir-da-G elias. he found, en-
!: stretched out to heaven and the birds
} came and alighted on his shoulders
, HE it is.' said F1nnian, who shall Of
fer up the holy sacrifice for me at the
: hour of my death."-for his, 1t seems
| was prominently the spirit of holy
, prayer and meekness.'
Leaving Clonard. COLUMBIA went ia
the school Of Bobhi at Glasnevin near
Dublin, where some 80 students were
at work. Driven thence by the plague
, he went northward to the homo of his
| cousin, the prince of Aileach. near
Derry.
1.-The prince offered him the social.
ed island of Derry, rising plot OF
; ground along the slopes Of which flour.
, ished splendid forest OF oak trees
giving the place its name of Derry OF