Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-03-14
ST. PATRICK DAY
IN IRELAND
BY
MRS. THOMAS w.
NEALQN

her people have preserved the race
through centuries Of oppression.
There the fairies still hold their
nightly revels, and there the ''wiilo
the wisp'' still eludes the pursuer and |
at last leads him into trouble be he |
so unwary as to follow. Superstitious !
you say. No, richly imaginative, and !
teeming with delicate poetry and de- |
lightful romance. In its mad rush for !
Emerald Isle" and the greed Of gold !
has passed it by, and so,-thank God
in this great universe there is yet
one little spot where poetry lives and |
romance is not dead and music thrills |
and vbrates everywhere.
| recall a service that / heard in !
the grand old St Patrick 5 Cathedral |!
of Dublin some years ago while on
foreign tour. 1t is said to have been
erected near the We'll of st. Patrick.
1t is very large, very old, and was
restored to its present state of beauty
by Sir Arthur Guinness. of whom
there is a splendid statue in the
church yard.
The floor Of the cathedral is tiled in
mosaics and is, alone, d magnificent
specimen OF art. A feeling Of awe
steals over you as you glance upward
into the high Vaultet ROOF. ., the
beauty Of 1.-The architecture-of the
light graceful arches thrown across
The eXquisilelv moulded columns sup
porting the loof, O, the glorious col
or; of the ancient stained glass VIII
dows through which the sunlight steals
and softly falls upon the Old gray
wallis with the soft, mellow light Of
blended purple and venitian red, SEEM
ing to strive i'll sweet compassion to
cheer and brighten the cold, unchang
ing, time worn relics of the past.
Would that the veil OF charity would
be thus thrown over the weak, the
errine, the faltering, and with her
cIiastened light of blended pity and
love- seek to hide the flaws and to
cheer and brighten the life grown
callous from neglect, and cold, time
worn and hoary with ghe need OF the
sun shine of human Kindness
As we stand in admiration and aw
ed reflection, there breaks upon the
ear a sweet sound of music drawing
nearer and nearer, ana nearer, as the
vested choir approaches, and finally
bursting into a triumphant song OF
praise as the great organ peals 1oEth
III great swelling tons that rise higher
and higher till, reaching the limit of
the building they break upon the
vaulted ceiling and anon, falling back
| in broken waves and ripples, floating
| into deserted corners and re-echoing-
and reverberating till the whole earth
seems filled with melody.
| 1t is a magnificent organ, unsur'
passed by any in the United King
doms, and the choristers are so care
fully selected and SO thoroughly
trained, that when one has has the
privilege of hearing them sing The
| Messiah" The Creation" or that
grand Christmas anthem, Unto Us
Child Is Born" life seems to hold
no further joy. Sir Robert Stewart,
the organist, received his title in
recognition of his great musical gen
Jus.
| On st. Patrick's Day, We attended
services in the cathedral. 1t was an
nounced that the Hymn of St. Pat
rick was to be sung there for the
first time, and that the score was
of recent composition.
While the cathedral is always filled
with a music loving people. on this
occasion it was crowded until the
increasing thrOngs resulted in a
crush and several people We're hurt.
The attraction was due partly to the
novelty of hearing the "Breastplate
of St. Patrick or Hymn of st. Pat
rick sung and largely. to the great
number of the knights of St. Pat
rick who were present. This order
was instituted February the fifth.
Seventeen Hundred and Eighty
Three, and has constantly grown so
that the immense space reserved for
them was filled to erflowing.
Perhaps some of you never read
the Hymn of st. Patrick, and as it
is very beautiful perhaps it would be
interesting to you:
Hymn of Breastplate of st. Pat
rick:
BASS Solo)
bind to myself today
The strong power of an invocation to
the Trinity,
The faith of the trinity in unity,
The creator of the elements.
| bind to myself today
| The power of the incarnation of
Christ with that of his baptism
! The power of the crucifixion, with
that of his burial.
| The power of the resurrection, with
the ascension,
| The power of the coming to the SEN
tence of judgment.
(Quartette)
| I bind to myself today
The power of the love of seraphim,
In the obedience of angels,
In the hope of resurrection unit re-
! ward,
IN the prayers of patriarchs,
In the predictions of the prophets,
In the preaching of the apostles,
In the faith of confessors,
In the purity of holy virgins,
In the acts of righteous men.
(Chorus)
I bind to myself today
| The powers of heaven,
| The light of the sun.
The whteness of snow,
The force of fire,
The flashing of lightning,
The SwiftneSS of wind