The Irish standard., 1915-11-27
THE PAN.AMERlCAN EXPOSITION

cal and political divisions are swept
aside, and for the gifts that are ours
by nature we look neither to Paul nor
Apollo, but to the undivided God.
There is no meat for Caesar that
Cassius may not have to grow as great.
Our common dependence upon the Gre
ator is democracy in the making.
Thou shouldst not have power against
me unless it were given thee from
above is the declaration of Truth
that, If the governed must abide by
the law, the governor may not exceed
his warrant; and no cxtorted charter
can be more than the testimony to
that freedom with which Christ has
made us free.'
Indeed no small part of Our Chris
tian Heritage is that it has estab-
lished a comfy of nations and if it
could not entirely eradicate prejudice
since it could not wholly brush aside
ignorance or quench the fire of pas
sion, it does not permit that hate be
mistaken for enthusiasm or that char
ity shall not find place amid scenes of
carnage over which civilization is
made desolate. No Jugurtha shall
again walk in chains to grace a tri-
umph and Vac Victis' belongs now to
the jungle of the savage.
"Shall we not acknowledge that, in
the stress of times, America has had
guidance that directed it in the lines
of wisdom, abating not jot of its
autonomy, seeking only in marvellous
prudence and patience against outcries
claiming to voice a peoples spirit, the
things that are for our peace?
"May we not overlook that broader
sense of mankind which Religion alone
can give and which makes the Ambas'
sador of Christ spokesman to the
outer world.
MAY we never again need the puri
fication that demands civil strife-our
struggles were never that we might
become Injured to war but that we
might strengthen the virtues of free.
dom. Shall we not learn the lessons
of history-of our own house-that
the patriot has no aims but right, no
purpose but duty-he would annihilate
self, even as Moses would have been
blotted from the book of life, to save
his people? They tell of leader
whose remains rest in nearby Airing,
ton, a Christian soldier. A writer says
of him: He may have been faulty
as a commander in his tenderness for
the feelings of subordinates; he may
have trusted too much to men less
skilled than himself; but as he rode
along the front of his wavering lines
swinging them into shape, as whir
in a master hand, he was superb. The
chief-of-staff, whom he loved as he
loved none other, was hurled headless
to the earth at his side. A sudden
pallor, surprised look of horror, and
once more arose the voice in command
that put the courage into doubling
men to change them to an invincible
host
America must labor Immediately fol
its own, but it has it's obligation tt
the world. 1t may wax or wane as
time gees on; it will never be beater
till it is morally beaten-when it for
gets its origin, the testament of its
fathers-when we forget that not onl,
as individuals but in our collective
capacity we are bound by the Law o.
God.
Blessed is the nation whose God is
the Lord"
A fitting complement to the sermon
was the beautiful Prayer for Peace
composed by the Rev. Joseph A. Gun
name, pastor of Saint Andrews Church
Baltimore. 1t was recited by Monsig
nor Russell in conjunction with the
Prayer for Authorities-whic is as
follows:
I've pray Thee, 0 God of might
wisdom, and justice, through whom all
authority is rightly administered, laws
are enacted, and judgment decreed
assist, with Thy Holy Spirit of coun
sci and fortitude, the Presidents OF
these American Republics, that their
administration may be conducted in
Righteousness and be eminently use
full to their people, over whom they
preside. by encouraging due respect
for virtue and religion, by a faithful
execution of the laws in justice in
mercy, and by restraining vice and
immortality. Let the light of Thy Di-
vine wisdom direct the elaboration of
their Congresses, and shine forth in
all the proceedings and laws framed
for their rule and government. so that
they may tend to the preservation of
international peace, the promotion of
international happiness, the increase
of industry. sobriety. and useful knowl-
edge. and may perpetuate to us all
equal liberty"
At the end Of the Mass the "Pan
American March" composed for the
occasion was played by the organ and
full orchestra. This march is made up
of the strains from the national airs
of the twenty-one Republics.
Following the services MonsignOr