The broad ax., 1926-06-26
BY CHUCK STEWART, JR.

having travelled from the four corners
of the earth, representing every tongue
spoken, came to pay a tribute to the
beginning of the XVIII Eucharistic
Congress. They number a million.
Flashing back through the pages Of
history, we find that this million who
came representing the faith Of the
Cross were gathered out of the thought
of a woman whose French antecedents
prove the marvel of the hour-Mlle.
Tamisier, the originator of the idea,
who appealed to Philibert Vrau, "the
holy man Of Lille" to inaugurate the
Eucharistic idea which has proven the
most wonderful success in an endeavor
to give spirit to the fundamental prin-
ciples of the Church in its every char
acter All of the congresses of the past
have represented the ideas of the
broadcast men of the Church, who were
awakened to the highest point of re-
ligious strategy from the very an
nouncement that this XVIII Con-
gress was to be held in the new
ST. Mary Of the Lake, adjacent to
Chicago, dedicated out of the thought
of Cardinal Mundelein. No city in the
world could have given such spon-
taneous, united support to a welcome
that future history Of all religious
gatherings must pause to think that
every denomination joined with the
visitors in order that they might en-
joy the fullness of their public and
religious spirit.
The activities led to their aid from
non Catholic organizations out of the
mind of such Cody men as John
Thompson Of the First M. E. Church
and Bishop Anderson Of the Episco-
pal church, which was sufficient within
itself to stamp indelibly the blessed
ness that is intended in the faith OF
mankind
Last Sunday, in three hundred edi-
fees, Cardinals and Bishops appealed
to God the Father for a wider and a
broader understanding Of the inten-
tons Of the purjhcation Of the lives Of
men and women by the way Of the
Church. 1t is blessed that they came
at this time, from the fact that the
crimes caused by different conditions
need spiritual awakening And il
this effort fails, then the Church has
failed, for their efforts should be SYM
bolical to every faith that worships
the Deity. Truth and hope have been
the light to which they have spoken
in addition to the light of day by the
sun, Old Sol, which has been pleas
ant, and the magnitude of the Mother
of Night, the moon, which has shone
with her brightness, and in addition,
at old Soldiers Field, Edison, the father
of electricity, gave from two hundred
thousand lights an extra glow, which
in itself is described as a part of the
enjoyable life in the great city beyond.
Every effort has been made to DEM
onstrate the higher and better reasons
of living that would pave the way for
eternal blessedness when we shall have
been consigned to our tombs to be-
come a part Of the city presided over
by Christ the Son.
The pilgrimages began on Monday.
Every available elevated and surface
line, bus and private conveyance car
ried out to Soldiers Field sixty-five
thousand children trained by Prof.
Otto Singenberger to sing the Mass
Of the Angels" This was Children's
Day Of the Eucharistic Congress.
They came to see the ponp and splen-
dor Of the Church; they came to be
part of the greatest function ever
known to mankind; they came to lis
ten officially to a message delivered
by the special prelate to them from
the Pope, John Cardinal Bonzsno. He
was overwhelmed to such an extent
at the enorn1ity Of the outpouring that
he shed tears, for two reasons: first,
for the blessings Of the added mis-
sionaries Of the future, and second, for
those who had not understood and that
they might understand, that the united
Catholic world had come to Soldiers
Field that represents earth from
whence we came and must return and
had been baptized in the blood Of every
nation that peace and civilization shall
prevail over the earth in the minds OF
better understanding-that souls of to-
morrow might meet in final Eucharis-
tic sfeasts in the City Beyond. When
these blessings had been given and the
last note from the worlds greatest
organ had been silenced. this army 81