The Irish standard., 1913-05-10

UNDERSTANDING bGLNGCl INOlllc anu
The Catholic Church is the
Church OF the people. the
Church of constituted authority,
OF that trucst Socialism that thinks Of
service. rule. obedience. Ireland will
obey her Church, and Ireland is well
assured that her Church will never
lend its authority 10 persecution or
oppression. and that if the hierarchy
and priesthood are become the cham
mel OF English action England means
we'll by Ireland He remarks that to
Ireland its national Church is every
| thing. He sees that the Church has
| played and will play Il great part in
Ireland's future ordering. And he
asks OF lIngland: when will il be
realized that the Church is the one
real bulwark OF law and order, the ono
real guardian of the State and OF tho
Family? The value TO England of
| Ireland'S devotion to her Faith is be-
ginning dimly to be realized. and in
| uccN IL 10 al asset JtNpllu piitC.
Good Fortune at Last.
Ireland. SO long Il trial to England
which never took the trouble to un-
ticrstand her wants. let alone remedy
them, is to have good fortune at last.
And this through the Catholic Church.
And through the Catholic Church blest
"A
are the final words. the operative
ideas. OF this remarkable article. "Eut
the help that can come from England
must come from the Catholic Church,
Tor otherwise it will not reach the
irish. The catholic Church in Ire
land. more by far than in any other
her teaching. Whether Home Rule
comes or does not come, the Catholic
Church must stay. In that sense 1t is
true that Home Rule would be Rome
Rule; but it rests with England to
make it Rome Rule hand in glove
with her own. England cannot with
, iliF'i'AtS HltiiNi ISiotS vi 'pI'ooS luS
= Church. Ftr~t.irt,1xsia 4..- +i>cre-aY,t. will
remain. II harm bcfcll ii. not Cath
olc Ireland only would perish utterly
but the sturdy people of the north
east corner and England's most vital
interests. But England cannot expect
. the Church to ignore the national as
| nil, finn n iyn r.ly
of her to cstrange or coerce the people.
!, For. firstly, the Church would not
consent, and, SECONDLY. ireland would
not submit" And with those words
the article ends.
What Confession!
What a candid admission that the
Catholic Church iS not only not the
peril. but is actually the one hope OF
ireland. J am not SO cnginu AS to fail
. to observe the background OF this
writer's treatment of his question
But that takes nothing away from tht
value of his testimony that the boges
Of religious persecution in ireland I'M
der self-governrnent has lost its last
c rags and 1attcrs and is now seen ir
: all it's naked hunbug and folly. Whcl
i the ProtrstHnts themselves are com
. ing forth. not to ask England t.
t shncklc the CATHOLIC Church in Ire,
: land, but to shake hands with 1t ant
g make friends with 1t ana assist it. tt
D work for Ireland, we may fairly con.
d cludc that the hollow fears Of reli
E gious persecution are now empty ant
o dead. AS Home Rule approaches, til,
:, old uninlosities, the old tcrrors. thu
S old lies arc 1.trcating like ghosts t
n the congenial darkness in which the!
:, were born and bcgottcn. Like bat!
o and owls they cannot stand the light
: And Ireland, poor. distressed, down
d troddcn ireland is entering into he
q day Of sunshine and turning her eyes
It now cleaning with hope and conf
G dcncc in herself, towards the day o
c fortune, towards the day Of good for
: tune, of glory, of uninlaSinably ricl
= and unimitcily vigorous national lif
.; that is quickly dawning over he
n golden mountains and her silve
e streams. No more shall the alien op
: prcssOr crush down to the soil ant
y drag from her the profit Of her hus
h bandry. ireland hcnccforth shall b.
'f for the Irish. For whom else sholll,
\. she be? 1t is possible, some of us be
IT lieve it is even probable, that befor
/ Holy Patrick's Feast comes roun
again, the long and chequered travel
road of ireland towards liberty an
ID justice will have had it's ending an
ii Ireland will be nation once agar
lc Please God!
;. He Was In Doubt.
uyyhy If6n't ynu uO n tho ha1n n