Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12

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the responses. Joining with the
priests before the altar, the voices oil
the men also rose on high. At thu
close led by the band, the thr0ne
voiced the hymn Holy God, We
Praise Thy Name.
Sang National Anthem.
The demonstration closed with ''rhe
Star Spangled Banner" by the whole
assemblage. While this was sung
every man present raised his blue
pennant on high and waved it, while
still higher rose the many silken
American standards of the various
societies, this making beautiful and
picturesque scene. AS the last strains
of the national anthem died away,
the distant chime of bell an
nounced the progress of the Host
within the church.
Before the beginning of the serv-
ice, Father Corcoran read a cable
message, which had been sent to His
Holiness Pope Benedict XIV, by
Bishop O'Connor. 1t was as follows:
"To His Holiness, Pope Benedict XIV,
Vatican Palace, Rome. Italy
"Sixty odd thousand men parading
in nine different centres of the New
ark Diocese salute you as the two
hundred and sixtieth successor of st.
Peter and pray God that you may be
the messenger of peace to the warning
nations.
1--WE mourn the loss of your cardi-
nal-secretary of state and humbly
ask your blessing upon ourselves and
upon our country.
Signed) JOHN ]. o'coNNoR.
Father Clinord's Address.
Taking his text from the Book of
Acts &c. i'll, v. 81. "Silver and gold
have none; but such as l have give
| unto thee; in the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth arise and walk"
Father Clifford's address was as fol-
lows:
"Those words, uttered in st. Peters
person to the lame man healed at the
beautiful gate, succinctly sum up the
| message just as surely as they sym.
bolize the real character of the gift
that God offers to every believing
soul through the ministry of His
church. What does the church really
do for a man? The question is not
an idle one, especially in days like
our own when everything is brought
to the remorseless test of effective
ness What purpose does religion
serve III Inc WOIlu ARE fflcn III lIc
mass actually made better for being
brought under its influence? Indi-
vidual characters here and there, or
even whole groups and races of man
kind, have, at various epochs, indeed,
been helped by religious creeds, Just
as they have been helped by political
theories that are now found to be
outworn; but does religion in the long
event do all that it processes to do9
Look at the world for instance, af-
ter twenty centuries of Christianity;
look at Europe today. So does one
hear the challenge often framed, and
that not always by the scoffer or the
Nihilist, who Is out of humor with SO
much that the normal man loves
"Today's spectacle is, in sense, an
answer to that challenge. Not that
pageantry or the beating of drums
or the blare of martial music or the
spell of marching thousands, or all
these things together, are in them
selves an evidence of the moral worth
or sanctity of movements, or the
ideas that Turk behind the move
ments. Men have marched for the
cause of error and injustice in this
world almost as often as they have
marched for the right, and Satan, we
know, has his pageantries, which are
often more splendid and awe-com-
polling, ii would appear, than those
of God. Yet. as we have said, there
is an answer in great parade like
this; for ii is but the Drawer and