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even suSpicloned as disloyal TO this
great nation. This is indeed trib-
ute at time when so many other
wise good men and women have
been duped into affiliations with
dubious organizations"
In conclusion, the prelate assert
ed that without. the firing of a
gun untold missions have lost free
dom of religion, speech and assem-
bly, because so many men have ne
elected or forgotten or even re-
jected the indispensable basis of
all freedoms and all rights. Unless
God be the Author, no freedoms,
no rights are inalienabIe.
To-day, we bow down in humble
worship, we reassert and reaffirm
these principles on behalf of the
free world.
ITO the arrogant masters of the
Kremlin scoffingly asking: How
many divisions has the Pope? the
White Queen of Fatima replies.
AS many as there are men and
women who will pray and deny
themselves"
Occasion for a Pledge
Bishop Ready welcomed the
huge crowd and noted that the oc-
casion was much more shan an act
OF thanksgiving for the past. 1T is
an OCCASION" he said, "for an act
of thanksgiving that we are mem
bers of Christ's Holy Catholic
Church. 1t is an occasion for a
pledge of loyalty in the name of
Jesus our Saviour that we shall
march faithfully under the sign
of His death and our redemption,
the Holy Cross"
Saying that il was great JOY
and consolation" to have a part IN
the holy ceremony and to see the
vast throng who came here TO
profess publicly their Faith in Je-
sus Christ and their love for His
Holy Name" the Bishop noted:
"There is something here far
greater than just a number Of men
and women and youth. | see here
an uncompromising pledge of 10y
atty 10 Christ and His Holy Church
and for all that the Church by
Christ's command, teaches and
stands for in our present society.
I'VE are of the Church of Christ
and we refuse TO be defeated or
overcome by the engulfing ma
/ terialism of the world, or the al
4 lurements of the flesh or the de
ceits of the devil"
Bishop Ready assured his listen
ers that by the way OF obedience
10 Gods law and the means OF
grace in prayer and the Ssera-
nents and by imitation OF christ's
peniientisl life, I'VE are sure OF
victory"
Pointing out that this years Ho-
ly Name Rally was being conduct
ed during ohio's Sesquicentennial
celebration, Bishop Ready stressed
that this is not the time for SNUG
complacency in a marvellous pres
ent, nor for rosy reveries OF still
more felicitious future.
''It is time for sober stock
taking and for seeing now things
stand with us"
The Bishop noted that oere is
both good and bad in ohio's cen
tury.and-a-half-old history. "The
state" he said, .is a human insti-
tuition, and rs such is imperfect.
It's story inevitably includes in
stances of mans inhumanity to
man.
with reference TO religious and
educational institutions, for in
stance, there are some dolorous
data recorded"
What Would They Thisk2
Recalling that the states found
ing fathers kept closely united the
notions of religion, morality and
knowledge, and stressing that NOR
ality and religion are at least q
part of the business of educational
institutions, the Bishop wondered
whether the men who set up our
state and wrote its constitution
could have possibly foreseen the
day when religion and morality
would be officially banished from
public school instruction as things
alien to its purpose.
without the least thought oi
being invidious," he continued
lone might also question whether
the men who drew up the Ohio
bIue-printS and made plans ano
specifications for good govern