Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-17
The Spirit of ST. Patrick, Like The Irish
Race, Has Spread All Over The Earth
St Patrick Represents Both Kinds Of Iush Fighting
Spiritual and Physical His Birthday
Deserves Honor
Congratulations to all that
To-day is St. Patrick S Day


have Irish blood in their veins
say that Patrick not born in Ireland That prob
ably he CELT and his blood was Irish as his
ideas and his fighting character were Irish
the blood has been spilled all the world, IN
fights of all kinds the spirit of st Patrick has been spread
all over world and many good battle it has fought.
St Patrick typical Irhman and whether he was born
Island the shore of Normandy across the
channel, makes difference.
did fear the Pagan Irish Kings the Witches, or
any danger.
He travelled far; his teachings travelled farther
the snakes of Ireland the old legend
snakes of suspicion and black terror out of Irish
Kings and their subjects and that important.
writings and teachings and his words spread knoW
edge and better idea all over Europe
The Irish may well be proud Of St Patrick, celebrate his
birthday name their churches in his honor,
quality that of the pioneer the quality that has built
up this country and every other country
He pioneer in ideas taking the truth throughout the
lands pioneer travels going straight preaching
condenng and regulating until the wide stopped him.
had any idea that there anything the other
side of that wide he might have tried ahead of Columbus
and got here first
This newspaper congratulate the United States upon the
fact that many with St Patric Celtic blood in their veins
this country bringing his and honor with him.
great blood that blood of the Irish. 1t working
wonders long there any Irish Kings any Irish
cities.
We look upon the home of the Irish Cet but
matter OF fact the whole OF wherever there ngh
ing and the whole of the North has been their home.
Their blood has been kept pure that little Irish Island
To the English Channel England and then to
again Ireland than the ordinary advenurer cared
for And the Ces wandering everywhere crossing every
and every mountain those that settled Ireland retained
the purity of their blood their strength their moral and physical
fighting character, they did not do elsewhere
those Celts of Ireland the the Ces that
lived Balkan Mountains the Ces that gave the blue eyes
the Greeks the Ces that declined pay any compliment to
Alexander the the Celts that afraid of nothing
cept that the sky would fall on them
Some American citizens take view of St Patrick
and the meaning of his birthday This day merely
lgou day clarifying of the greatest figures the Oldest
and greatest church in the world
The day of St Patrick to the rishman much
CARELESS of religious faith
St Patrick stands for thought for energy
fearlessness the face of oppression and danger
If the spirit of ST. Patrick has animated guided and upheld
thousands of religious teachers missionaries sefsacrcng
and that spirit has also upheld and made he
of thousands of fighting from Scotland the Argen
tine and from Consantnople Europe and the At
antic and across our continent to San Francisco
Whoever honors ST. Patrick honors noble, courageous
fighting man in the best sense of the word
And he DESERVES honor.