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

To-day St Patrick Day, Congratulations to all that
have Irish blood in their veins.
Some say that born Ireland That prob
ably he CELT and his blood was Irish as his
ideas and his fighting character were Irish
As the Irish blood has spilled all the world in
fights of all kinds the spirit Of St Patrick has been spread
all the world and many good battle it has fought
ST. Patrick typical Irshman and whether he was born
on the Green Island or shore of Normandy the
channel makes difference.
He did not fear the Pagan Irish Kings the Witches
any danger
He travelled far; his teachings travelled farther
the snakes of Ireland the old legend
He drove the suspicion and black terror out of Irish
Kings and their subjects and that was more important
writings and teachings and his words spread knowl
edge and a better idea all over Europe.
The Irish may well be proud of St Patrick celebrate his
birthday, their churches in his honor.
quality that of the pioneer the quality that has built
up this country and every other country
He was pioneer ideas taking the truth throughout the
lands and pioneer his travels going straight preaching
condemning regulating until the wide stopped him
And he had any idea that there anything the other
wide he might have tried ahead of Columbus
and got here first.
This newspaper ongraulates the United States upon the
fact that so many Celtic blood
have to 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 any Irish
cities
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 England and then to
again Ireland than the ordinary advenrer cared
for And of the Cel 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 as they did not do elsewhere
But those Ces of Ireland the the Celts that
lived the Balkan Mountains the Ces that gave the blue eyes
the Greeks the Ce that declined pay any compliment
Alexander the Great the Cets that afraid of nothing
cept that the sky would fall on them
Some American citizens take narrow view OF St Patrick
and the meaning of his birthday This day merely
gous day clarifying of the greatest figures the Oldest
and greatest church in the world
The day of St Patrick to the hishman much re
gardless of religious faith.
St Patrick stands for for thought for energy
for fearessness 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
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 geous
fighting in the best of the word
And he DESERVES honor.