The Irish standard., 1916-02-19
Address Of His Grace, The Most Reverend George W.
Mundelein, D. d. Archbishop Of Chicago, at His In
stallation AS Third Archbishop of Chicago.

selves that to me always generous in
your sympathy, generous IN your sup-
portland then stay with me always,
in good times or in bad, in certainty
and in doubt, stand Loyalty by your
bishop; let nobody, let nothing part
you from him. Christ's words come
ringing down through the ages for
they were meant as much for the sue
cessors of Apostles as for the Apostles
themselves. He that heareth you
heareth Me: He that despiseth you
despiseth Me-" A little while ago, in
the hushed silence that followed the
moment of Conservation in the Mass.
l could almost hear the whispered
voice of our Sacramento Saviour as
He breathed over us the prayer He
uttered over His Apostles just before
He began His passion, Father, pray
for them, pray not for the world,
but for them whom Thou hast given
Me because they are Thine. AS Thou
hast sent Me into the world | have
also sent them into the world. And
not for them only do l pray, but for
them also who through their word
shall believe in Me, that they all may
be one, as Thou, Father, in Ne and I
in Thee. that they also may be one
in Us, that the world may believe that
Thou hast sent Me-" That we may be
one, one in all things, one at all times.
that as we are one in faith and doc
trine, so we may be one in work, one
in charity-bishop, priests and people,
one here and there. You remember
that one splendid sentence in the
Epistle of All Saints Day: And then
l saw a great crowd that no man could
count of all nations and tribes and
peoples and tongues, standing before
the throne in sight of the Lamb, cloth
ed in white robes and palms in their
hands," The great Church of Chicago,
gathered from the nations of the
earth; that it may be there, bishops.
priests and people, that we may all
be one there, when you and l pass
from the Church Militant God grant
! that it be to the Church Triumphant,
to the great white throne of Heaven,
! to chant Gods praises forever and for
ever!
would hardly be human were to
remain unmoved by the warmth of
your welcome, and would be ungrate-
full did I not give some expression of
my deep appreciation of yeur kindly
feelings. 1t would be unwise and use
less to make extravagant promises
now, but one thing can assure you,
in the moments of loneliness that
sometimes come to all of us and espe-
cially to those in high places, the men,
ory of the warmth of your reception
and the heartiness of the welcome of
your peoples to me will cheer and COM
fort me for many years to come. But
yesterday left home and kindred and
the dearest friends man ever had, and
abandoned the fruits of many years of
labor, but I did so without regrets.
for today the Lord has united me to
the house He had selected for me for
eternity, to the wonderful Church of
Chicago, and to her and to her chill
dren. will, with Gods help, remain
faithful until death do us part. And
now let me say one thing to comfort
you, priests Of the archdiocese, and
say it here in the presence of His Ex-
cellency, the Apostolic Delegate. For
great, proud diocese like ours. prac-
tically the first in the country. it is a
test of loyalty and obedience to receive
as its head an obscure bishop from
long distance away. I know of no do
cese in the east that could have stood
the test so nobly as did Chicago. Cen
tlemen, am proud of you. Although
stranger to almost every one of you.
the diocese, almost to a man, prepared
to welcome the new archbishop warm
ly, saying, Whom the Lord sends us
will be welcome" Let me tell you that
example of this kind does more to con-
vince our on-Catholic brethren, as
we'll as our own people, that our pro-
fession of loyalty to the Holy See is
not lip-device, but comes from the
depths of our being, with the entire
power of our will and all the warmth
OF our hearts. And now from the
clergy of this archdiocese am going
to ask favor today. 1 am going to
take advantage of the warmth of your
welcome to ask you to be patient with
me and to have consideration for me.
Remember this is the first day l spent
In your city. 1t will take me time
to study the diocese and its circum-
stances. Rome was not built in a day.
and l don't expect to accomplish much
for awhile. I must first study men
and study conditions. Secondly. I am
different from the late archbishop-the
Lord cast me in a different mould.
Perhaps l am quicker in grasping a
thing, and am likely to act more quick
~. SO don't Judge at once that 1 have
not attached enough weight to your
case, and if l seem to hurry you little
when you call, 1t is not that am not