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 lnsh Fighting
Spiritual and Physical. His Birthday
Deserves Honor
Congratulations to all that
To-day is St. Patrick S Day.

have Irish blood in their
Some say that born Ireland That is prob
ably But he CELT and his blood was rsh as his
ideas and his fighting character we're Irish
As the Irish blood has been spilled all over the world IN
fights ali kinds the spirit of ST Patrick has been spread
all the world and many good battle it has fought
St Patrick typical shman and whether he was born
on the Island the shore of Normandy across the
channel, makes difference.
He did not fear the Pagan Irish Kings or the Witches or
any danger
He Travelled far; his teachings Travelled farther
He drove the of Ireland the old legend
of suspicion and black terror out of Irish
Kings and their subjects and that important
His writings and teachings and his own words spread know
edge and a better idea all over Europe
The Irish may well be proud 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.
was pioneer ideas taking the truth throughout the
lands and pioneer his travels going straight preaching
condmning regulating until the wide stopped him
And he had any idea that there anything the other
side that wide he might have tried ahead of Columbus
and got here first.
This newspaper congratuates the United upon the
that many with Patricks Celtic blood in their veins
have this country bringing his and honor with him
is great blood that blood of the Irish 1t working
wonders long before there any Irish Kings Irish
cities
We look upon home the Irish Celt
matter of fact the whole of Europe wherever there fight
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 to England and then to
again to Ireland than the ordinary advener cared
for And of the Ces wandering everywhere crossing
and every mountain those that settled Ireland retained
the purity their blood their strength their and physical
fighting character they did not do elsewhere.
But those Ces of Ireland the Ces that
lived the Balkan Mountains the Ces that gave the blue eyes
to the Greeks the Ces that declined pay any compliment
Alexander the Great the C that afraid of nothing
cept that the sky would fall on them.
Some American citizens take a view of ST. Patrick
and the meaning of his birthday This day not merely
hgous day clarifying of the greatest figures the Oldest
and greatest church in the world.
The day of ST Patrick to the Irishman much
gardless of religious faith.
st Patrick stands for courage for thought for energy
for feareness in the face of oppression and danger.
If the spirit of ST. Patrick has animated guided and upheld
thousands of religious teachers missionaries self sacrificing
and that spirit has also upheld and made he
of thousands of fighting from Scotland the Argen
tine and from Consannope Europe and the At
lantic, and across continent to San Francisco
Whoever honors St Patrick honors noble courageous
fighting in the best of the word
And he DESERVES honor.