Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-06-25
FATHER coNRoV'S
LEONARD HALL AODRE SIS.

IL j. impossible for q stranger Who
i at all acquainted with the history OF
~. Mary's County tn come into YOU
midst and address YOU on an occasion
like the present without sentiments OF
aWe,and admiration. not only for it
h. stands. halloWed Icy the meInorie
al glorious past. and bunya with
hope of a glorious future: halloWe,l
also 10y the footsteps of your fore-
fathers. Just mrn when God had raise,l
up and called upon tn leave their
fathers house and 20 into an unknown
witness To his revelation and IL. tes-
tlmony tn Ills covenant with his people.
Through their heroic self sacrific,
and devotion Ia the cause of God tho
same doctrine that Christ preached IT,
his apostles. that they preached Up
and down through barbarian Europ,
ssitin" the world on fire. the same that
inspired the great 81 Greagory 90 ex-
claim when he saw the Anglo youth
exposed for sale in the slave martS az
Rome mon NnglI >ed Angclii" ana
also inspired him later On la send IT,
the shores of Britlan the. wonderful 81
Augustine. thai h. might impait /"
them the new faith which would CIV.
them 4 nca conception of life and all
it, consequences. The same docrtinc
ana sacrifices that 81 Gregory com
mi>>i"nrd Augustine Ia preach III
Britain was carried across the broad
Atlantic and planted hy the sanity
Father White "a the ground where ~.
nov stand. How we'll il has been |
Nai"r'd and nnuriShcd even since by |
hi> long line Of sanity and apostolic |
brothers - can Judge hy the incI -.
that God has given. Through thu |
heroiSm and self sacrifice of these |
strong men You arr today able tn iracr |
a thout interruption, your faith. from |
Father Kelly la Father White. Ia ~.
Augustine. l." St Gregory the Pope. |
lrNpm Gregory la Peter. and thence Ia /
Nhri>t and Ia God.
No doubt southern Mary land value |
and appreciate the antiquite of their /
iaith. the evidence Of it, Divinity. tbs
fo:v,.> of life within that en-
Ihle, il Ia bloom perpeIuaily in yer
liant >plendor and fruitful harvest.
ard though crosncd with the dignity |
II age still manifest the Vigor of youth
lyl! :" all evidence ar indications az
decay and dissolution. Their. ! only |
me thing thai they ought IL value ana |
appreciate a. much a. this, and that |
j.. tie devotion. the love. the >elf |
sacrifice. the ear. shown hy tn. good |
Jesuit Fathers from thc day that |
Father WhitS AMI Aitaam- aud Bro.
G"rvl~.' frs raised the standard ~
the Gro on ST Clements Island. an
iii ih' Pr.'seni day: for the propi,. OF |
this land white and colol,.d. inGian |
an acZro. ls,nl ar free man haV-
'-'rn L. Object of their paiernal So
iir'iIac without di>tinciinnot MEASURE
TIE ,-.>;nr! 81 liE land If SancIuar,
without tlIc Father, would - Hamlet
Tltst"ai Hamlet While the Arch |
diocese a. Ealtimor. can hna.t a.
having thc greatest perc>nil .gc 81 cath
@ia.'- a4..nnts her colnr,-d popuIaiin..
81 AIRS ii"oc = a tn world. she mus
.;iEn edit - The Catholic Stare uutr..-
II a. part ~ Maryland. ia, climate
~ credit Elust Ia gts-n - I.e patlrn:
Prirsi> aho haPii>cd and in>tructa..
th'-Gs IN Sac f8iih. Ehile Uarnia.r tn,
owne.' q. The dignity al that hlack
man a. a ciIrzs.n of IN. KINGDOM a.
Jesus Christ and His church. wher,
all possess equal rights irrespective OF
the color Of his skin. or the density OF
his intellect
These are but few facts that make,
the stranger having a slight knoxl-
edge cf yOur history deem the ground
on which We stand Sacrs-d and hoIv.
When Ne turn from the purely religious
side of your history la the more poliii-
cal. though ii may he impossible Ia
separate them clearly. Ee have still