Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-19

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| Tells OF IOpe's Regard.
In his address Cardinal O'Connel
stressed the high regard in which thu
| Pope holds America and Americans
pointing to the Pontin's order tina
he be represented at the convention
| as indicative of this feeling.
| LAS one thoroughly versed and pro
| foundry learned in the story of tn
nations" he said, Plus XI has from
! the very first days of his pontificat'
realized fully the mighty influence
exerted by our beloved country in al
| those things which concern the sta
bility of order and government. Ant
he knows thoroughly well the fine at
| taken toward the equilibrium of goot
| government, without which .perma
| nent relations between the people!
| Of the earth cannot endure.
| But most of all. he has again ant
| again manifested by public utteranc.
| and action his deep appreciation o
Americas magnanimity and generos
| tty in its mercy and tenderness to-
ward the weak and suffering of Flu
| rope, and Of Asia as Well And so IL
| this latest of his gracious acts we SEE
| another obvious sign of the sovereign
Pontiffs great desire to show for al
America and all Americans his par,
| ticular gratitude and affection"
No Secrecy Involved.
| Declaring that there is no secre'
| reason for the assembling in Wash.
ington of the thousands of Holy Name
| men, the cardinal explained that tn,
primary reason is to renew a pledge
| of loyalty to Jesus Christ. "And We
| have chosen this great Capital of oul
Nation he added, las our meeting
! place in order that at the very seat OF
| our National Government we might
| pledge once more and reaftirm on,
mistaken and unshakable allegiance
| renew the spirit of fidelity to hel
| sacred institutions and the mainte-
nance of her law and authority
This Society of the Holy Name has
| for its aim and purpose that which
| its title obviously indicates-to honor
the name of the Redeemer of the
| World, the Prince of Peace Ever,
| one can therefore see at a glance
that this devotion is as Fundamental
comprehensiveness. il is religion it
self, for in it's exercise we behold the
supreme alteration of the eternal
Godhead-the binding in bonds of
love all humanity with the Creator
and Redeemer of men.
I'm the. sacred name of Jesus the
first Apostles wrought those Won
drous deeds which showed that the
seal of Gods power was upon them
The dead We're raised TO life again
| the blind again received the gift of
sight, the lame arose and walked
all at the invocation of that Divine
Name which, uttered first in Pales-
tine, within a few years resounded
throughout the world. And as it was
| echoed from mountain peak to noun
tain peak. it sanctified the valleys
and the plains. Out of savage tribes
| by its power came new nations and
new governments. The rough bar
| barian was transformed by it into a
peaceful citizen. The rude mud huts
once the name of Christ had lowered
in benediction over them. became
| noble cities and in the central place
of honor the noblest movements of
architecture reared their glorious
arches toward Heaven.
Love of Christ's Name.
THE veneration and love of Christ's
sacred name is the miraculous power
which saved Europe to civilization
again and again. When the utter
ruin and destruction of all law and
learning threatened humanity in the
| degeneracy and the utter downfall OF
barrie tribes from the North and Eas,
threatened to overwhelm all culture
and all learning and all civil order
| 1t was the power and love of the
Holy Name, held fast in the hearts
of Christian men. that stemmed the
tide of utter desolation and complete
destruction. and patiently and labor
iously sustained the very foundations
or human culture and morality. And
when, centuries after, the division of
Christendom, hitherto one and united
hurled all Europe into a conflict sc
enormous and so fratricidal that tn.
fundamental principles of Christian
| lty itself seemed on the very verge
of decay and death. again it was the
! men Of the Holy Name, who, when tn.
din of battle had passed and the
| clouds OF confusion had rolled away
came out of the conflict unwounde ed
and unharmed-nay, strengthened by
the conflict for greater endurance
and nobler triumphs.
| E1erts Sublime Influence Today.
THE power of the Holy Name has
not diminished in the passage of the
centuries-nay, each new generation
OF Christian men. loyal to the sacred
their love and their fidelity tc
Christ's Holy Name and to the
Church, founded and conserved by lis
divine power. Indeed, within the Ia 8,
few short decades this holy confrater
nifty, in this country especially. has
grown by leaps and bounds until
there Is scarcely city or a town in
all America where its fame and its
influence have not Penetrated.
"Leaders Of Communities,
Such men in private life are the
edification of their entire community
| good husbands, good fathers, good
c1ttzens-and because they know b,
| their daily experience in the yer,
midst of temptation. the dust and the
! turmoil of human life, the supreme
value of the knowledge and practice
of Christian Catholic principles. they
| stand as they must ever stand. fol
| the freedom of the faith of Christ anG
the complete liberty of a Christian
education for their children.
"Humbly before God and the world
they walk their simple way. but with
the unconquerable strength of de.
tenders of the Holy Name. they stand
ana will ever stand unawed and un-
afraid of the forces and the influences
whatsoever they come. which may
menace them in their rights, human
and divine. These they are ever ready
to defend because they well know
| that bound up with the very funda-
| menta1s of religion are the rights
fundamental to humanity-the sacred
rights of the individual and the
family.
Now since upon these same rights
and duties the permanent welfare OF
the nation depends. it is clear that
| the men who are faithful to the Holy