The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-05
OUT THERE WITH HIS PEOPLE.

Let lie out there with my people, under the green
sod of Calvary. Dying WON'T frequently to give
utterance characteristic sentiment which
index their whole The various phases of their
nature appear to converge into point and thus focused
to leave ndeble mark by which their memory may
easily be identified. IN the above words the noble soned
Archbishop Ireland evidence to the world that his
spirit plain, simple and democratic unto to the
end that he wished men to remember him as intensely
human and atfeconate.
With my people In these three words are summed up
the manifold activities of the distinguished preae who
glory for the Church. for his country honor for his
people For this did he strive, that the of God
might be held up high before the world The pagan phlos
opher declared Nothing that pertains to man do hold
foreign to my affection In higher sense might the great
leader who has just passed. eXclam Nothing that pertains
to God do hold foreign to my love.
The of Archbishop Ireland was so varied,
unusual so fraught with teeming possibilities that were
difficult to present composite picture embodyng
the chief features that to make his splendid likeness
He the gamut from settlers cabin to royal palaces;
from sudouS youth, stealing few furtlve hours for
study, to eminent scholar; from simple priest In
wild turbulent frontier town to the metropolitan of vast
province numbering nine docees In each sphere through
which he passed in he absorbed all that good he
transmitted it into the bright gold Of achievement and
placed all on the altar of Cod His high standard of right
and nobility raled in the DUST he kept alof
cleaning with the rays which caught up from the Sun of
Justice, Enemies he made and well it for
has achieved services but that the poisoned
fangS of doubedstled envy sought his He emuated
his renowned model and essayed to make himself all things
to all In this he brought down the of less exalted
minds upon his head Did he mnge with mbelievers for
the purpose of giving them insight into the true nature
of the Church? He accused of dining with atheists
Christ also blamed by for dining with publcans
and sinners.
The present writer made bold to ask the Arch
bishop why he had dned with Vviani in Washington. The
great preate remained silent thinking for moment Then
he said with smile ''There ways Of treating
with who have prosecuted way is by drawing
them out the other by throwing them out Time will reveal
the wisdom of the which followed Even here
Archbishop Ireland willing to brave the shafts OF cr
cm when he opportunity for advancing the welfare
Of the Church. Of his personal standing he cared naugt
when the interests of God were in question Criticism he
despised with the of great when he realized
that religion could be advanced through his sacrifice OF
public opinion
Now he is out there with his people. The cause of
God and country had carried the eminent Churcman beyond
the time and again. Now it to bring hher colon
lists to build up Church and nation in the fertile Northwest
with what result the many thriving in this part of
the country fully attest Again it enlighten the
Father of Chrstendom to the insidous nature of
certain foreign movement that threatened religious and
national peace here at home On other occasions he sought
the city Of Peter to to the of Peter that
the attacks of his enemies instigated by unworthy
motives To put the finishing touches his crushing defeat
of misguided minds abroad. Archbishop Ireland delivered
the greatest Grafton of his life in the Vatican before the
Pope and Cardinals at the special request Of the Holy
Father himself The Archbishop spoke in the French Ian
guage and chose for his subject The Papacy Pont and
Cardinals warmly congratulated him. and declared that he
spoke like Of the old Fathers Of the Church than
amodernday prelae His triumph and his vindicaon were
complete.
ing and science and shone therein by the brlancy OF
his parts; though he lived familiar terms with royalty
and greatness Archbishop Ireland ever remained of
the people my people, always and before all the
object Of deepest socude in his great heart With Lincoln
he shared the sentiment that God must love the common
people, He made many of Them The Archbishop knew
how attract the lofty Of earth but it the people
whom he loved for i'll the he behed the widest
sbes for good and the very foundation Of the
of religion And how the people loved him return His
presence gathering the signal for generous
oubursts Of JOY. Unlike the demagogue the great Arch
bishop did not stoop to the level Of the people he lifted
them up to his plane, and there showed them the
beauties that existed this higher elevation His personal
charm swayed them any direction His impd eoquence
wand that caused them follow his every look
and No assembly listened to his golden words
but that the auditors went away realizing that they had
been lifted to the height of visions.
Archbishop Ireland man oil tremendous y strong
convictions He farther and deeply, felt
keenly than the average On this profound
penetration his convictions based Hence not rarely
happened that his ideas found variance with
prevailing opinions Time however invariably showed that
he but in advance of his age He Indignantly
against anything that threatened individual liberty consist
with law and morality He the champion of tenn
perance through personal choice not through legislation
He argued for the freedom Of religion the Philippines
He maintained that Catholics should take active part
the affairs of the of their country In this
only he claimed could they preserve the liberties guar
anteed them by the Constitution He believed in the rich
future of the Northwest and did yeoman service in upbuld
ing Church and State here He the friend of the Negro
the Indian the outcas the immigrant the oppressed Of all
He ipfua OF tIn of