The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-15
His Personality Will Be
Fittingly Honored
BY ALL PATRIOTIC freshmen
Short Sketch Of the Man Made
Famous Throughout Fiji
teen Centuries.
SERVED SEVEN YEARS A SLAVE

Next Friday, March II, is st
Patrick's Day. Throughout tn
Christian world, wherever a patriot
ic Irishman can be found, he will
wear sprig of green in honor O
the glad event. Whether he displa,
the shamrock or not his heart viii
respond with patriotic thrill to the
call of the Emerald Isle, on the an
niversary of the patron saint.
1t is the day which signifies the
birth of st. Patrick into higher
life, and is always welcomed and
observed by the loyal son of the
old sod, even though he be domicil-
ed far from the Emerald Isle, which
the Roman priest of Is centuries
ago freed from the bonds of pagan
darkness.
About no figure in national his
tory have the Irish gathered so
many legends as around that of
their beloved saint. From this mass
of legendary lore can be learned
much of the man as he lived and
worked among men; much Of this
time, its habits and customs; much
of Ireland as he found 1t and as he
left it,
AS to the time and place of his
birth, the date of his death and the
place Of his burial, authorities diff
fer. The years of life allotted to
him vary from IS to 1870, but after
the lapse of Is centuries it is
enough to know that st. Patrick
was a historic character who lived
in the latter part Of the fourth GEN.
tury and the early part of the fifth,
that he was granted the boon of old
age and until the end he was a man
Of gentle deeds and broad charity.
To this all agree.
Various countries claim the hon
or of being his natal soil. In his
own confession or PROFESSIONALISM
with the epistle to Coroticus and
The hymn Lorica are the only liter
ary remains-he tells that his father |
was Roman magistrate, Calphur-
Mus and the name Patrick show |
hat he belonged to a patrician fam
ly. At the age of 16 he was captured |
by pirates who killed his father and |
mother, and carried him to North
,rn Ireland, where he with his sis
er and brother were sold into sla-
'ery.- For seven years he served as
! slave, learning the language, GUS
oms and habits of the people. He
escaped, returned to Europe. stud
ed and was successfully ordained
leacon, priest and bishop.
Then Pope Celestine sent him
Jack to convert the bronze armed
,elts, among whom he had lived. To
each the people it was necessary
o win over their chief men. Diehu
vas the first chieftain won over to
he cause of Christianity, and his
aptism was at once followed by the
dhesion of the clan. This policy of
rst winning the ruler was followed
n each tribe until all had adopted
Christianity. Everywhere church,
chools and monasteries were es-
ablished, the pagan festivals were
inverted into Christianity solemni-
les and Christianity became a ma
ional institution.
st. Patrick Travelled continuously
ntil the latter years Of his life,
'hich he passed at Armagh, where
@ established a cathedral and an
bbey. and it was in this abbey of
abball 1t is said, that he died.
Propagation of faith. organizer of
church, living spirit force, IT is
OF unfit that his memory should be
onored today in all parts Of the
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