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 Muntnnl has fihviiys {iiiil'fss''tl in its [)il.^t liistnvy an unc(|Ui\oi.al 
 l(>\t' for (lisci)ilinf mid order. At a yroat cost and with ai'duoiis lalior, it 
 has nt\tr failed to |)id\f nii ctfictual Itan-icr to any attempt of encroach- 
 ment upon its pi'ivile;;e and honor Its nolile attituiK- is its security ami 
 (guarantee of wonderful vitality. In the pn.sccution of this worthy end, 
 our fair city meets with the a])[)roval and eucoura^L^cment of every h»yal 
 .suhject and warm-liearttil patriot. It abhors and r''[>udiates the false 
 claims of any class whether organize<l t)r not, to trample under foot the 
 law.-, enacted hy its con)petent authority for tlie preser\ati(»n of ci\il har- 
 mony' and civil peace among the varied elements that make up and con- 
 stitute its social life. In this regard tlie Irish of " Ville Marie" are 
 hlamcle.ss and in-ejiioachahle. Their annual processions of the ITihso 
 inottensive and so harmless in their conception, administration and ex- 
 ecution are vii'Wed with favor generalh' as a lawful and [).>w-rfid means 
 of Mending together the ditferc nt shades of Irish character, and sinkiny 
 into one common fund the varie<l resources of Irish enterprise. It is 
 aliiy directed to iTupress upon all minds tlie elevated idea of national 
 greatness, and to encourage all nationalities to tread the ]iath of honor 
 ajid u[irightne.ss throughout the intercourse of life. It recall.^ no painful 
 circinustance writtcTi in hlood-stained letters on the reconl page of by 
 ifone davs. No ' It strives to blot out such doleful me'iiiories bv mvini)' 
 way to a playful nnd Joyful [»a,'<tiiiie and spending a poi-tion of tin 
 festivities in the exercises of holy religion. 
 
 Ever since the days of Father Ricliards, a devotMl an<l self-sacrific- 
 ing priest of St. Siilpic*', it has been traditional among the Irish pojada- 
 tion to honor tinis the cause of patrioti.--m. Irisl inen of all rank' and 
 gi'ades join hand in hand and display with enthusiasm the shamrock an<l 
 the bar]) of Krin as theii- national emblems of distinetion. 'J'he ye.ir 
 I (Sl)() i.v a uolden \'ear ii\ the histor\' of Montreal, 'i'he uinversal union 
 existing bet\\een the societies of the English-speaking parisius: the 
 hogt- nundier in atteuilanee . tln' immense gathei-ing of spectattirs lining 
 the route; tlie Hying of the Hags and the waving of the banners of Ire- 
 land ; the rich and e.^qnisite strains of musii' of the liands; the el(n|Uent 
 spiritual discourse at high mass, aiul the platform sjic* dies an<l general 
 entertainment {)rograinmes in the exening; in a word, according to 
 gt neral appreciation, e\erythi ig in cfjiiueetion with the demonstration of 
 IMK) entitles it to a foremost rank in the line of public e\entualities. 
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 REV. MARTIN CALLAdHAV, 
 
 THE DISTINGUISHKl) I'L'LIMI AND .-STAUE ORATOK. 
 
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(JHAXT) HANNKH HF ST. I'VTKKKS ('HHISTIW r.HoTHKIlS' 
 
 .SCHOOL 
 
 ULK.SSEH I!V KEV. .lAMES (.ALLAGHAX. 
 
 T\\'\> Ixiintiful CI rriimiiy tuuk ])lfic. ..n tlic eve of St Patrick's day. 
 rii'v . .lames Callacfluui. a true t'riciui of \i>utli. presided In pivscncc of 
 till' [iiipils and tlu'ii- tcaclit IS In- dt'li\t*red a very neat iiistruction. The 
 i-i'v. gentleman spoke on tli(? virtues of St. Patrick and the hiessed John 
 iJaptiste <le 1m Salle, the founder of tiie iHustri.)Us and \x "ild rini>\vned 
 < Inistian P.rotherh(Mid, arnl exhorted his juvenile hearers to iniit^.e tlu'se 
 yreat chaie.pions of our Holy ('lunch. An\one; those present was Rev. 
 Jirother I'obias, of St. [^itriek's school, whose |.>ve for his Itoys cannot \»i 
 contested Tlie honoj- of carryiuLT the banner on St. Patrick's day had 
 fallen to ill; Tollowine e.\-pupils: Timothy Shea, Patrick Seullion, Dimiol 
 Mackav, William Smith, Jame.s Greene, Daniel McNuItv. 
 
 ST. PA'JiUCK'S ACADKMV. 
 
 There is no i'<lucational establishment m ^ur metropolis where Ire- 
 himl's Patron Saint is honored with more genuine feelini^ tlian at St. 
 T'atrick'.sAcaden)y, under the able direction of the ladies of the Noti'c I )ame 
 eonereti'ation. The love of religion is instilled in the hearts of tlie pupils, 
 togt'ther with a noble pride in the land of the harp and the .shann-ock. 
 It needs but a festal day like the 17th to arou.se within these vounff 
 natures the heaven-l)ori"i inspirations of cliristian patriotism. By a liappy 
 coincidence, they have been enabled to feast from yeai' to year in one 
 connnon joy the Pati'ick of the gi'een and verdant isle and our beloved 
 Father l)o\vil. the faithful imitator of his virtues and the worthy Itea.rer 
 of his name. The celebration of the l7th is hereditary hi this institution, 
 and takes a decidedly religious turn in being held on the eve when the 
 Fii'st Vespers of th<' Oftice of the illustrious .^aint are bi>inof chanted in pul»- 
 lic choir or in private throughout the church. The programme of 1890 
 has certain peculiarities of merit which class it amongst the most re- 
 inaj-kal»le ever carried out by the academy. A rapid glance at the Narious 
 items is able t() discover .secrets of succes.s. 
 
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 INST HUM KNT A I "^t. I'litriik's l»uy,"... 
 
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 {\ Welcuiiio— KuisTKi.i V Ki.iiorr. ) 
 
 iulr<,ihuti,rii l: iiinrku Aiiuii Wnlf. 
 
 SOI'KANo "King a Joyuii8 ilnu'iing," M.\<HiiK Dui'mm. 
 
 I IIki.km: Ti msKON. 
 
 ' M \Y .Mn,i,.>Y. 
 
 I K ATiK Kkauns. 
 I'CH.VUKil'E -I niMi.A MrAN.MLV. 
 
 I MA(i<iU;()'Si I.I.IVAN. 
 
 ; Lii.i.iK Ni:v[i.i.K. 
 
 I Ni'M.i.rK U.iWMW. 
 
 (MaIU iMtlMM, 
 
 K\«:iii;i, ( I Ki<\N. 
 
 ] MAfrfili; MacA VAl I.Y. 
 
 GRANP) PIANO m:E'n\ (IH l.aH<l8>..."A ( irnn.l (iiii.lo," -j LjiJ.In' iVlv^n-I^^^^^^^^ 
 
 i' liorni; Kkakns. 
 I Mai I) Nkmi.i.k. 
 LBi.AN(Mii'; VKUiiKir. 
 
 liECITA'J loy " Tht^ Dead I)./.l," Aiick .Moiuauty. 
 
 SONG AMMIIOIU'S IiMouCiioiK. 
 
 Lizzie Wall, Blanchi: N'tJiKhrr, Claka C'iuhav, Aonkh L<iui(iAX, Cakrik Dkv.mm. 
 
 RECITATION "My (iiioculy Ishiivl IImihc," U.vciiKi. Ci'ukan. 
 
 aoNG ANlXTloRIS "We'll UtimriilHT ( )M Ireland in IVayer 
 
 MA(MiIE lM.\CA\Al.I.Y. 
 
 FESTAI, ECHOES Lnrni; Kkakxs, Mary M"i.. m\. 
 
 A I )l 'KEFS Maid Nkvii.i.k. 
 
 ]>T ETT "St. Patrick's Day," 
 
 Mamie Nkviu-h, ir\(K^iK I'm mm, Ei/jZii: Wai.i,, Mahy Muhiakty. 
 
 Tlu' {jfraiid .suId.-^ ati-l (.•Iidimiscs were reiulercd witl> cxtiuisitc taste liy 
 tlu- nn'inlxMs of St. (\'('ilia cituir i)t' thi' acadt'iny. Special mention might 
 l>e judic-idusly iiiurlc of Miss Mac/Vnalh', Lottie Kenrns, Ma<r,u;ie Drumm 
 Mai-y aiitl Alice Moriarty. 
 
 ST. Cecilia's choiii. 
 
 Mary Milloy, Jleleuo 1 jeon, >[aud Xevillo, .Tolmnna >rm'|iliy, NLtihIo 
 Neville, Miiggio MoAually, Katie Keavus, Katio Hiinl(;y, Ma^y Elleu O'.Ntnll, 
 Lizzie I'owau, Juxcliael ('urnm, ^[a^•gio .Druiiim, Marv Markuin, Lillio Nugent, 
 Lottie Kearns. ^laygie O'Sullivan, Aniiii' Wall, .hniie M«!< 'all, Kugenio Doiidet, 
 IliMegaidc' Nevue, Mary Moriarty, >Liggio Muriarty, Knuly Scott Fielder, 
 Mari.t Xugint, Agne^i Flynn, Agues IJurko, Aunio Ifanu-l, Mauiie (.'ougliliu, 
 Katie Lorigan, Ijella Mc.Vnally, X'ellio O'SiiUivan, Mary Koran, Lillie Mathews, 
 Susy Larry, Mary Kate .'^liea, ^[a^y Klleu ^^'alsh, .Maggie Rogers, Julia Harry, 
 Adeie Turgeon, Maggie feuiule\ 
 
 The teaching .^talf of St. Patrick's (LS89-00) i.s a.s follows: Sislor St. 
 Aloysiufi. Sifter St. Magdalene du Calvaire, Suiter St. Melanio, Sister St. Mary 
 Magdalen, Si.stor St. Patrick, Sister St. Mary Clare, Sister St. Petronilla, Siater St. 
 Aloyiu.s du Sacre Creur, Sister St Mary Agnes, Sister St. Hubert, Sister St. 
 Cordiile, Sister St. Mary. 
 
Avhir w.iir. 
 
 ...M.\fHitK MuiMM. 
 
 ;i.km: Ti RiiKON. 
 
 kY MllLoY. 
 
 rriK Kkaunh. 
 iii.A McAn.mi.y. 
 k<;i.n;()'Si i.i.ivav. 
 I.I.IK Nkvii.i.i;,. 
 
 I.I IK H,>\VM \N. 
 ,UY JMtlMM. 
 CIIKI, ( I KHAN. 
 
 ,i;(iii; MAcAsAMiY. 
 1 1.\ M \c.\nai,i.y. 
 'ME MoM-rriK. 
 rni; Kkakns. 
 .IP Nkvim,!-;. 
 
 ANCIIi; V'KIlIlKT'r. 
 ..A I UK .MnUIAUTV. 
 
 Il .M'IKCiKHK. 
 
 AKRIK Dlil'MM. 
 
 ..KaciikI; Cikuan. 
 Vayer 
 
 (Killi iM.\CA\Al-I,V. 
 
 -Mary Mmi.. unY. 
 ...Maid Nkviij.e. 
 
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 nu-nti 
 
 )n iiii<f|it 
 
 la.LT^ic 
 
 Driiiiini 
 
 ^^u^l)lly, Miiiuio 
 ' Kllt'ii O'N.mII, 
 , Lillio Xiignut, 
 Kugenio IJoiulol, 
 Scott Fioldcr, 
 laniio (.'ouglilju, 
 Lillie Mathews, 
 rs, .rulia Harry, 
 
 ws : .Sinter 8t. 
 Si.stor St. Maiy 
 oiiilla, Sister St. 
 ubert, Sister St. 
 
 'I'hc youug Iftrly .isKJHtanta aru : The MiH»ff< Monetto, Dowd auJ I)rumm. 
 
 Thi- ('nlHtuimiumt was grfatly Hnhmiml by the iuvitatioii of many ox- 
 I'lipil-jui l.).o Hclioul luul till- tollowing cli'iieiil .iiid luy g'mtlcnif.'n : Ifovdn. V. 
 \h>ml, V.W, nohuuiieau, O.P., J. A. N[H 'alien, S5..s , M. Callayliau. .-^.S., Janu-K 
 < allayhan, 8.S., Joa. Canuy. Bro.-A. AinuKl (St. Auu'n), JIoiuikI and I'lu.lour, 
 Olunut St. Loiuh), Hon. Senator Murphy, d. .1. ('urmn, Q.( ., \I.l' Dr. \\ . H 
 JlingHtun, AM. V. Konniidy, M. I' K'yau, Ovmu Mc.(Jarvey, tho .special guesjts 
 and |iorsonal I'rit'uds nl' Fatlicr Ijuwd. 
 
 Til" J'olluwinj.,' \,i)em was recited 1.3- May Milluy with umiv th»m 
 ordinary al»ility. /^ 
 
 THi: 111 1)1' V A\(.KL. — - 
 
 A l>l(tck of uiJirhle caught the v\ ucc '•!' j^uiu) ,;,ii'.s ry.-.s. 
 I Which iiri^-hteucd i.i ilieir .soleuui deep, M^e uieteur lii^diteiied skie.s, 
 : And one wlio st<.od be.side Ijini li.steaf I, smilinij ns he heard 
 .| Vol — I shall uialvQ an augei i>+* it,"' 
 % Was the .Sculptor.^ r^ord, 
 
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 *f A ni.iHet now, and chisel shaqy the stubliorn block aasail 
 And blow by blow, and baiin- l,y bang, the prisoner unveiled ; 
 A brow was b'fted Jui-h m.ii'1 pun;, (he wakijiir eye.s outshotie. 
 An<l as the Ma.-^f'-r sharply wronirht a sniil. biv.ki In.ni tin stoue. 
 
 Beneath the chisid's <<dge the hair escaped in Howinrr rings, 
 And plume by {.luine was slowdy freed— the pinnies* of half furled \vn» 
 I The stately bust and jrracerul lind.N their niarbje fottcM-s shed, 
 And wiu'j-e the shapeless block had been 
 An Angel stou<l instead. 
 
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 K-.'irt "( iiiDit.- 
 
 O : blows that smite, (> : hurts that pierce this shrinking 1 
 What are ye luit the Miister's tools fonuing a work divine ' 
 : hope that eruinliles at my feet, () : joy that mocks and Hies, 
 What are ye but the clogs that Iiind our spirit to the skie.s? 
 
 8culpt<ir <d' So ids ! I lift to Thee unencumbered heai-t and hauu.s, 
 Spare not the (diisel, let me free ! how.'ver dear the ]>ands '. 
 HoAV blest if all tho.se seeming ills, which draw my s..nl to Thw, 
 Should only prove that .'Jdiou .should'st make 
 An Angel out of me. 
 
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 PK<.)CESS10N, HKJH MASS, SERMON", 
 
 I\ ST. PATHKK's. 
 
 Tlio v'ariouH associations met at I).:}0 at the f not of St. Alcxaiuior 
 str<'ct .•111.1 [)r()ceedtMl to St. Patrick's. The churcli was richly dccoratinl 
 with Hays, mottoes and huntinLTS of variegated colors. 
 
 Hioji Mass iKiraii at ten o'clock. Vcrv Rev. L. 1). A. Mar'H^hal, 
 Vicar-Ciem iTtI of the l^i<.icese of Montreal, otHciated. Rev. John C. 
 p. rophv, acted as deacon ; Rev. James Farrell. sul»-deacon. 'I'hc nia.sters 
 of ceremonies Avero Revds. ConK'Iius Sul!i\nn,an(l .\. (liroux. Censor- 
 licarer: E Ei^an. Acolytes: P. Quinlan, H Scollard. 1'lif followiiiir 
 Rev. clergvmcn occupied seats of honor in the Sanctuary. Revds. I'. 
 Dowd. P.P., St. Patrick's: Sontemie, P.P.. 11. I'^'dard. \otre Dame ; P. 
 De^i^uircP.P., St.James' ('hureh . J. l'. Leclnire, St.Josepir.s: J.Salmon, P.P 
 O'Dounell, Kelly. St. Marys; Jame.s Loneri^an, P.P., St. Prid^ct's : 
 O'Meara. P.P., McClinnis, St. (Jahriels : Pivvost, P.P., Cote St. Paul; 
 Bubonneau, O.P.; Fatlier Jean Marie, of the Trappe ; Perc Joly, O.S.C: 
 Stnibhe. C.S.S.R.: Rioux, C.S.S.R.; Hfuicart, CrS.S.R.: J. Bray, SS.; 
 DriscoU. S.S., (Srand Seminary ;> Lelandais, Dir., S.S.; de Eoville, 8.S.; La- 
 liberte, S.S.; Cluvrier, S.S.: Portier, S.S.; Laurier, L. T. Callaghan, Mon- 
 tieril O.illege ; Tntnolet, S.S., Tragasser, Hotel-Dieu; Donnelly, Morrell, 
 St. Anthonys : Roussin, Le Sage, Kavanagh, Clmplairi of Villa Maria 
 (Vmvent; J. Tonpin, S.S., J. A. McCallen, S.S., M. (Mllaghan, S.S., J 
 Callaghan. S.S.. and J. Casey. The singing of the ehoi/ with full 
 orcliestral accompaniment was rendered with great musical perfection. 
 Lu/.zani's Mass was sung. Thf .soloists wen; Messrs, ,1. J. 1{ owan, F. J 
 (iretMie, tenors; J.J. Hammill and Jame.s Crompton, baritones; T. C. 
 Emltlem, E.F.Casey, basso.s. Tht^ sermon was preached by Rcn'. Maj'tin 
 Callaghan. It occu]>ied an mtire hour, and ut-ser was a <liscourse list 
 enrd to w'ith more delight than his magnificent panegyric of St. Patrick 
 
 SERMON 
 
 [!V Tin: UKV. MAirnx callaghan. 
 " -Moses wa.9 beloved by Goil mil men, whose memory is in benediction." — Ecc\. 45, v. i 
 Denrbj Bdori'd B ret lire n,— 
 
 Tiie Irish charactt-r is pre-eminently grand, singularly imposing an<; 
 unobtrusively impressive. It has featuj-i-s of tran.scendent merit and sur 
 passing brilliancy, which are frecpn-ntly ignored or nnackiiowledgiMi, bn' 
 which emphatically assert themselves at all times and in all ])[aces. Tin 
 Irisliman <loi's Jiot cease to revci-rnce the ]iM,st, whilst he 'yins the I'^xcel 
 
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 St. Alcxiuulov 
 :'lily decorated 
 
 A. Mavclial 
 Rfv. Ji>lin ('. 
 Tht' masters 
 vuix. Censor- 
 Tlic followiuu 
 ly. K.-vds. V 
 «(itn' J)aiu»' ; I' 
 .[.Salmon, IM' 
 St. Hi'idgc^t's 
 ,'<'itr St. Paul 
 ■re July, O.S.C 
 J. Brav, SS 
 'i'Dville, S.S.; La- 
 yallagliau, Moii • 
 jniielly, Morrell. 
 of \'illa MarJM 
 laghan, S.S,, .) 
 ehoii' witli ful- 
 sical pert'ection. 
 J. llowaii, V. -I 
 •ari tones ; 'l\ C 
 b}'^ Re\'. Maj'tin 
 I discourse list 
 ic of St, I'atriek 
 
 ion." — Koii. 45, v. i 
 
 ly imposinjj aiii; 
 it HH'rit ;Mid sur 
 knowledgiMi, ]>\u 
 all J) laces. T]\> 
 joins the I'lxcel 
 
 sior movement of the present. He holds with undyinji; affection to all 
 the traditi(ms ot" his ancestry, and still kcps pace with tin/ onward march 
 t>t" prou're.ss. In spiritUid thinsx-s he is essentially eonsfi'vativf, hut in a,ll 
 other matters he can urford to be lilx'ral. Behold him intently watching 
 all the chances of the hour, carefully mcasurint,^ all his .-.teps, readily 
 jiilapting himself to all his circumstance-? and viijorously pushing' foi'ward 
 towards the attainment of tli.- objects whicli h<- has in view. Nothing- 
 admits of uenc solid ai'LTninctit tlinu liis convictiims, which suttiee to 
 rt'inkr him illustrious. Nothinjj is so tender, earnest and enduriny: as his 
 sympathies, which couunand universal respect. His lieart is loyal to his 
 rca.son. Both his reason and hi-art are always docile to the insjnrations 
 of I'diLT'on. No day of the year is for the Irish Celt like the s»'\i'nte<'nth 
 of March. Ill louffs to see this day return annually, hails it with tlur 
 liveliest joy and celebrates it with unbounJ*'d enthusiasm. On no otlun* 
 day could he feel hap])i<'r or prouder. .\olile is the^ pride which swells 
 his l)rea,st, and uothine' is more legitimate tlian tlv ha j)])ine?s which he 
 cjijoys and communicates on ell sides. St. Patrick's Day is possessed of 
 charms whicli he delights in n<»t resistin^f, and teenung with salutary in- 
 'Huences to which lie yields spontaneously. It appeals to his inmost soul, 
 and brings into lu'ominence the leading <>:l'>''i<>ns charact(;ristics of his rac.(!. 
 ( Ml this diiy he solemnly renews his allegiance toRonie ami Ireland. < >n this 
 <iay lie knt^ds in fervent devotion at the foot of tlie nlta)" an<l unfurls to the 
 wind the tiag of his country. ( )n this day he deeks the cross with sprigs of 
 the shamrock and listens with enraptured emotion to the ndngled strains of 
 l)a\i(rs lyi'e and Erin's har]). Faith and ]iatriotism shouM go hand in 
 hand, y^evi^r should they be separated, and always should they blend in 
 the most peifeet harmony. On St. Patrick's Day the Catholic .Irishman 
 displays a heroism which r(>do\ni<ls immensely to his credit. Th<nigh the 
 Church is passing thi'ough an ordeal of the tiercesi: persecution, though 
 she is t>i>^>"alv>5'^d in her actii n and threatened in her very existence, 
 nevertheless he proclaims b^'fore the world his belief in all her teaching.s, 
 and I'ilies \\ i«^h implicit confidence upon tlie ni>ver-failing promises 
 of her divine Sjiouse. The tide of adsi-rsity may l>e break. ng with 
 unabated, nay, Mith increasing violence upon the shores of the Emerald 
 Isle, and the political horizi>n may, far from l.rightening, det^pen in gUxmi, 
 still he loves tiie land of bis forefathers, still he prays and hopes and 
 works For better days, for times more prosperou.s. On this day Irishmen 
 .-honld gather aiMund tie shrine of St. Patrick au'l pay him the tr''.)nte 
 to Vv hich he is entitled. In all justice he uiay Ik compared with Moses, 
 the renowned leader ati<l ruler of ancient Isratd. He was entrusted by 
 Heaven with the interests of a whole nation. .Voliody else could have 
 understood its interests so thoi-oughly. Nohody else coidd have promoted 
 
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 Hi 
 
 tlunn with p-eater OTier^y or with t'(|ii{il success. He was loved by < i" 
 He lived ill arx'oinplishhie' His will and in cc.rrespondinjj^ with His i! 
 sijrns. He is loved l>y all succeeding generations. In wluitever he did li 
 was not actuated by any selfishness, but by a principle of the noblest an 
 purest charity. He expended liiniself in doing all the good iu his powt • 
 and shouM rjink among the most distingui.slu;d benefactors of humanity 
 He is held in l»enediction and deserving of a twofi'ld ble.sshig. In iii. 
 centuries he will lie bles,>.ed for the shining example he left u.s, and bles.si • 
 for the daz/Jing glories of the peo[)le wlu-m he evangeli/ed. 
 
 The world is the sworn ally of Satan and the ojjen enemy of all gooil 
 It di.sowns the claims of the Mo.st High and rejects tlie maxims of Chris- 
 tianity. It sets up idols of its own creation and never grows weary <.! 
 vvorshipi>ing them. It grasps at .shadows, and ]vv.l> iu glittering .leeei' 
 in gil<led follies and fleeting vanities i* Of what a grave in.iastice is it n 
 guilty towards tlie Saints! It does not either honor them or hold the 
 in any esteem. It ignoi-es nnii misrepresi nts them. All Christian' 
 should stu'ly them and seek to reproduce them. Of a!l the Saints, Pat- 
 rick may tn-ge a )>referential title to our imitatinu What St. Paul said 
 to the (.'orinthian<, whom he had Christianized, our Saint is justified in 
 repeating to all who belong to the Irisli race, " Be yc- followers of me. as I 
 also am of (Jhrist." He was .seventv-eight years ohl when he ilied. Wluu 
 a magniticm^ careei- h.' ltd during this long peno<l '. Huw gratifying it 
 was to our divine Lord — -Ihjw I'difvinij and meritorious I < >n reading hi> 
 biogra]>hy we cainio*^ jail l^) l>e deeply impress'd with a twofold spirit 
 which animated him — which we sliould vi\ idly recall especially upon thi-; 
 occasi(ni. ;dways cheri.sh ami .strive to emulate. He was remarkable for 
 his spirit of ja-ayei* and not less .so for his spirit of faith. His whole life 
 was a continuous prayer. Who could ci>mpute tlu' number of times he 
 prayed :' It seems beyond com[>utation and bordering on the incredible. 
 What tongue couhl fittingly express or pen ade<juately describe— what 
 bi'u.sh couM paint in propei- colors or chisel carve in suital»le lines the 
 sei-a})hic [tiety which per\ ailed his soul and beam<d from his ciainteuance 
 as lit ad<lressed hi.< petitions to thf Throne <^>f Mercy ( He was profouutlly 
 lunnble and fully awaiv of his -KTSonal insufhciency. He felt he could 
 do nothiu''- if left to himsi-lf and coidtl do all thiujis if assisted liy jjrace. 
 He prayt'"! in all his u.'etls. tlangersauil trials. It was by Iwiving recour.se 
 to this act of religion that he couM .surmount all kimls of obstacles, com- 
 ply with all his obligations and meet all his iv.sponsiltilitie.s. His love of 
 prayer strikingly a]ii)ear(;d iu his youth. He was capturetl in ( !aul by 
 Niall (jf the ni)ie hostajxcs and brouirht b\- this Kintj to Irelantl, whert> he 
 was sold as a slave to a certaiji Milcho, residing in the C<ainty of Anti'im. 
 During the seven years which he spent in tending his ma.ster's sheep ho 
 
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 11 
 
 Ls loved by ('"• 
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 lutrVfi- he 1 1 id li 
 f tiu' noMost ail 
 )o<l in his powi 
 •rs of huiii<uiir\ 
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 't us, and blessc- 1 
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 uixiiiis of Clnis- 
 
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 ^dittcring <lc('cit, 
 iiiiastico is it tmt 
 n or li(j[d tlicni 
 All Cliristians 
 the Sjiints, Put 
 t St. Paul sni.i 
 t is Justilic'd ill 
 
 Wfl's (,f iiir. !!-. I 
 
 he died. Wlini 
 
 V gratifyiijo- it 
 (Jn ivadiiij'- hi> 
 
 twofold spii-it 
 •ially upon thi^ 
 eniarkalilt" foi- 
 His \\liol<. lit',. 
 
 V of liriif's he 
 the iiicredilile. 
 csorilH' — what 
 tfdile lines the 
 is counteiiMnee 
 ■as profoun<lly 
 
 felt he could 
 sted liv <jrace. 
 I ving recourse 
 thstacles, eoiu- 
 His love of 
 1 in ( !aul iiy 
 >uu\. where lie 
 ty of Antjini. 
 ter's sheep he 
 
 engaged in prayer whei'(>ver the opportunity presented itself, and showed 
 ft predilection for the Sunnnit of Sliolih Miss, where he indulged his de- 
 votions. " Every day," says he in his confessions, " I fed the flocks and 
 jprayed fervently <luring the day. Whilst I tarried on the mountains and 
 in the woods I was roused to pray Ijoth in tlu; snow, frost and I'ain/' It 
 ivas owiiig to the efhcaey of prayer that he was released from the l)on<ls 
 of slaxcry. Being infoi'ined by a cele.stial \ oiee where he would find a 
 ship which would restore him to liberty and bring him back to his native 
 country, lie started for the vessel at his earliest convnienee, Init the cap- 
 tain refused to let him go on Itoard. A.s ht; was retracing his steps he 
 began to pray, and, " Before," says lie, "I had hnished my prayer I heard 
 one of the men crying ont in a lou<l voice, ' Come (piickly, for they are 
 ctilling you.' " I returned immediately and they said, ■ Come, we receive 
 thee on trust. Be our friend. We then set .sail, and after three days we 
 reached land." During tlie term of his episcopate, which lasted 
 over tliirty years, the devotional spii'it of Patj'ick assumed the 
 mo.st wondrous proportions and develo})ed a \ai-iety of the most 
 beautiful tV)rm.s. The Roman Bi-eviary draws our attention to 
 the multiplicity of Ids prayei's and would fain im))ly how greatly they 
 contributed in enablinu' him to attain the lofty deoree of sanctity to which 
 he Msjiired — to discharge the imj)ortant functinns of his office and I'eap the 
 spiritual harvest which he had sown. We learn from this saci'etl book 
 that he was in the habit of recitine- evei-y day the I'utire P.saltery with a 
 (luantity of hymns and t^vo hundred prayers. Three hundred times n 
 ■ day he adoretl the Lord on lieiided knees, and at eaeh canonical hour h^' 
 
 • shiel'led himself a hundred times wdth the sign of the cross. He divided 
 the night into three parts. He spent the first pai't in reading a hundred 
 
 • psalms ami in genutlecting two hundred times : the .second in reciting the 
 remaining psalms with his body jjlunged in freezing watei- and with his 
 eyes and hands turned towards the sky; the thinl lying on a, cold nakeil 
 
 " rock where he sought a little rest." Saints do not act upon the prom])t- 
 iuixs of nature oj' the suo'iicstions of the world. They <lo not reh* ui^on 
 tlieir own resources for tlie success of their enterprises They lean uyion 
 the arm of the Almiy:hty and place all their trust in Mis infinite good- 
 ness. They will have otdy Him inspire. g<^v<'rn and cnwn all their works. 
 ITnder the benign and ])otent intluences of prayer the faith of oni- Saint 
 was not sltnv in reaching its fullest development and in acquiring a mar- 
 velous ascen<lency over his whole being. What a virtue supernatural 
 faith is! How divine in its origin, how priceless in value and indispens- 
 able in character! Some falsely imagine or dishonestly boast the.y 
 possess this virtue. Others either do not understand or properly appre- 
 ciate it. Bles.sed Patrick knt^w its meaning and realized its sttvereign 
 
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 iinpoi-tftnce. Jt was in his eyt's all that it is in ivality. Ho couJW hot s. 
 in faith anything' los than the root of justitieation, tli.- piiuciplc of nu'iii 
 auil ilu.' "Toundwoik of salvation. It was in his niiihl thf solution of all th 
 prol.lems that intcr-'st ns and the triumph of every cause which w»^ shtnil'! 
 upiioM. It was the plotlj^'f of indiviilual felicity and domestic peace, th. 
 basis of -social prosperity and natioirtxl a<;<;randi/.'ment, the chief fulcrui! 
 upon u hieh the civilization of the world should rest. Our saintiul A})ostl. 
 was one of the i.;-nuidest livini( ma.sterpieces ])roduced hy the skill <>! 
 Christian faith. He was the quintesserioe of a Catlujlic, and would n<.i 
 for a thousand v.oiMs wish to pass for anythiiii:^ else. What uprighi 
 man .should not hum with iiKliijnation at th<' persistent efforts that havr 
 ht-v'ii made to <'la,s.^ify him amoni;sl the Episco])alians or Freshyterians - 
 His motlirr was th" Chureh, the leijjiti mate spouse of our Blessed Lord. 
 Towards this best of mothers he was always what the hest of sons should 
 be. Hi> heart was in Home. It throl)bed less in his breast than in th. 
 Eternal Citv. In this City dwells the hiuhost l-Jeprcseutative of Coil upoi. 
 earth, the august \w\y of Christ, the riuhtful successor of the Apo.stoli' 
 Fi-ince, the Chief Slu'i)herd of Souls and the .Janitor of Heaven. Here i 
 the visible Rock upon which the Church of all nations ami of all ages has 
 bettn built, the Woc'w which has with.stood unimpaired tln' storms of 
 eighteen centurios and calndy bids defiance to all the fuiy of hell and to 
 all the malice of human prissiou. Our national S.iint was a votary of tlu' 
 Papacy, and in his devotedness to this divine institution he furnished a 
 brilliant manifestation of his faith. He was ha])py in being a child of the 
 Holy Father, and no worthier child was to be schmi throughout the patrimony 
 of St. Peter. He was proud in being a subject of the S(jvereign Poutitt 
 and no subject more loyal could l>e found in all the extent of his vast 
 realms. He was a Roman of the Romans. ' His mission was from Rome, 
 and all his teachings wen' from Rome. lie was apprized in a vision of 
 his call to the Irish Apostcjlate. He saw Victoricus hand him a lette)', 
 which he opt'iied an(l read. The first words which he met were: "The 
 voice of the h-ish," and wlnlo he was perusing the remainder lie heard ii 
 multitude of hvunan voices coming from near the woo<l of Foclut and 
 crying out : " We entreat thee, hol_y youth, to come and henceforth walk 
 amongst u.s. ' It looks (piite ev dent from this vision that he was called 
 by (Jod to be the Apostle of the Irish, and yet lie w^ould not answer His 
 call until he had been authorized 1)V His sacred Vicegerent. He would 
 not become an intruder oi' an usui'per. Hi' would not enter upon the 
 work of his calling unless he was officially appointed — unless he had cre- 
 dentials bearing the seal of the Fisherman. He turned his steps towards 
 the city of the Popes and solicited an audience from the reigning Pontiti. 
 Colestine welcomed him inlo his presence and showed him all manner of 
 
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 III' couM not 'Ji 
 iiic-iplc of HUM ii 
 olutioiiotall til 
 uliich we shoul-: 
 ii'stic; ])('ace, tli. 
 le chief fulcnii.' 
 sainteil ApostL 
 l>v ilir skill I:]' 
 , a.n<l wouM iKii 
 What npi-iolii 
 tf'nrts that hav.' 
 i'l-eshytorians ' 
 • Blessed Lonl 
 t of sons should 
 ast than iti tli. 
 \'e of (io(l upon 
 >f the ApostohV 
 I'Mveu. Here i 
 of all aa(>s ba- 
 the stcmus of 
 V of Ik^II and tn 
 a votary of tin 
 lie funiishe<l a 
 J^*- a child of the 
 tthe pati-iniony 
 verei<4'M Potititl 
 ent of his vast 
 .'as from Rome. 
 1 ill a \isioii of 
 1 him a lettei-, 
 I't were : "The 
 I«'r !u> heard a 
 of Foclut and 
 L'ncefortli walk 
 he was calle.l 
 lot answer His 
 it. Me would 
 liter upon the 
 iss he had crc- 
 steps towards 
 iynino' Pontiff, 
 all niannor of 
 
 kindness. He approved the undertaking' which he had in contemplation 
 and invested him with all the (lualitications it might require. He con- 
 stituted him his plenipotentiary and sent him to Irelaml in order to re- 
 claim it from heathenism and usher it into the lij^'ht of Christianity. St. 
 Ailei-an, writing in the 7th centuiy, Ijears the following- testimony to tin* 
 trutli of this assertion: " St. <iern)anus sent the blessed J^itrick to Rome 
 that thus he might receive the safiction of the Bishop of the Apostolic 
 See to go forth and preach, for .so order requii-eth, and Patrick having 
 come to Rome was iionorahly received by the holy Pope Ci'lestine, and he 
 li^'as sent into Ireland by the same Pope." Celestine lavished upon our 
 Apostle all kinds of favors while he sojourned in Rome. He admitted 
 "him into the order of the Patricians — ar order instituted Ijy Constantine the 
 Great and I'anking next to the lm]»erial. He maile him a present of souh- 
 precious relics and several valuahle copies of the Bible. He must indeed 
 have had a great love for the Apostle of our nation, but not greater than 
 that which Lik> XIII. has always entei'tained for the Irish [people Before 
 he ascended the Throne of Pete}- (\e took a most intelligent and cordial 
 inttuvst in wliatever concerned this ]ieople. At times he was noticed in 
 the British House of Ccjuunons listening toO'Conneil demanding redress 
 for th(! grievances under which his countrymen were laboring and advo- 
 - eating theii- claims to a larger, nay, to an equal participation in the ad- 
 , vantages resulting from the constitutional m)vernment under whicii they 
 li\ed. With what earnestness and fervor of enthusiasm di<l he not aj)- 
 plaud the etlbrts of the Irish Liberator, this uin'ivalled orator, judicious 
 statesman, honest patriot and uncompromising Catholic ? Since his \)Yo- 
 motion to the exalted dignity which he holds he has been giving the most 
 tangible proofs oi his deej> and tender love foi- the children of St. Patrick. 
 " [ have," .says he, in 187}>, " from my earliest years, admired and cheiislied 
 with special atiection the Chuich of Ireland and the Irish Episcopate." 
 All that our Saint taught in tlie land of his adoption was identical in 
 every respect M'ith what prevailt-d in the Pontifical city. Had he taught 
 anvthing different, the Hoiufui Ibcviary would take good care not to 
 honor his memory, and the Catholic Church woidd never think of in- 
 voking his intercession. If there were in his teachings anything that did 
 not chime with the Roman eodc of trutii he would liave ])rostituti'd his 
 mission and egregiously failed in establishing the (Jospel in the midst of 
 the people to wJiom he had been sent. We find in history the strictest 
 paiallelism between all that lu,' inculcated and the doctrines held by the 
 Holy See. If such a parallelism did not exist wi' would be at a loss how 
 b> justify or explain the language used by St. CohuuV)anus in a lett(;r 
 wliich he addressed in G13 to Pope Boniface: "We Irish are disciples of 
 St. Peter and St. Paul, adhering constantly to the evangelical and apos- 
 
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 tolical ilortritio. Auionirst ns nfitlicr Jt'W, hcrftic iK^r scliisrnatic can !•• 
 f<iuii<l. but the C'athDlic faith, fiiti'v and unshaken, jm'cist'ly as we liav. 
 reciived it from you who are tlie succt'ssors of the Holy Aposth's." 
 
 Relirrioiis zeal is a iiuality which faith should have and which mark 
 the Ajiustleship of St. Patrick. He did not exagj^erate the "grandeur i<\ 
 his task, nor did he hesitate to make use of whatevei" means would enalil' 
 him to fulfil it. " He hath rejoiced as a ^iant to run the way." His only 
 ambition was to win soids for C'hrist, and in pursuing this object he availei 
 himself of all his resoiu'ces and opportunities. All his moments wei- 
 occupied. He could not rest .satisfied with what he had done and shoul«i 
 btialways engage<l in })lantin!j; and bnildini;'. Well might we style him 
 -"a winged laborer." as .St. John Chrysostom did the Apostle of the Gen 
 tiles. He was always travelling. He visited all Ireland seven time.s- 
 six times on foot and otdy once in a chariot, when he was too much en 
 feeldetl }iy old age to walk any longer. He was consecrated l>isho]) 1> 
 St, Maximus, and hinded in 432 on the coast of Wicklow. With what ;• 
 lavish hand he scattered the Gospel seed, and upon what a grati;ful .soil it 
 fell ' Deeply diil it sink into the ground. Rapidly did it (quicken 
 ripen into maturity, and yield the choicest fruit in the greatest 
 abnnilance. Bef(.)rf his arrival Christiainty had made' but littl. 
 headway. Xo .sooner did he appear than it dispelled the dark 
 ness of paganism. she<l its refulgent beams in all directions, an' 
 env.loped the wrstern Isle in a golden tiood of peerless splendo) 
 lb- was assiduous in preaching, and daily he saw the ranks <m 
 the faithful increasing prodigiously, l^icho, a lord of the soil, Avas t\h 
 first convert lit- mad«> and the first who built a Christian Church under 
 hi^ direction. Among his other (converts figured the son and two daught 
 ers of Mileho, his old master; Fe.schnan, whose .sou Benignus succeeded 
 him in the Primatial See of Armagh ; Dubtach, the chief poet and di-ui i 
 of King Lat-ghaire ; this m.niarch's brother, ('onall Creevan and his tw- 
 daughters, the Princesses Ethnea and Fethlinn'a. While he was stayin- 
 in the Province oi' Connaught he l»apti/ed at the fountain of Enardha.' 
 seven princes along with 12,000 of their followers. He was alive to all 
 he wants of the Christian population l»egotten by his zeal, and prompt 
 in relie\ing tlien». He consecrated HGO bishops and ordained .'3,000 
 priests. He constructed tem])les where tlv Lord might be worshipped in 
 spirit an.l in truth, ami provided places of retreat for all those who wished 
 to oud.r ice a n-ligious life. He lield a synod shortly after he had erected 
 the cath^dr^l (.: Armagh an.l died in the monastery of Saul, which he had 
 founded. What an example the blessed Patrick has set us ! How we, 
 should treasure it in our hearts and end)()dy it in our lives! 
 

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 liismatie can )<■ 
 isfly as wo lia\r 
 Aj)()stk>s." 
 
 tn<I whicli jnaik 
 
 iuis would enaltl" 
 way." His only 
 (>l)jt ft 1k' availdi 
 is iiioniL'nts weiv 
 • lone and sliouL 
 it wo stylo liiii. 
 ostlo of the (Jen 
 d sovon times — 
 as too much on 
 iato(l Itislioj) li- 
 ■. With what 
 a fj^rattiful .^oi] i; 
 did it (juickoii 
 ill tho gToatost 
 nado ■ hut littl. 
 >ollod tho dark 
 directions, aii'i 
 )oorloss splend(ji 
 V the ranks oi 
 the soil, was th> 
 in Church under 
 and two daught 
 lion us succeeded 
 t' poet and (h-ui'i 
 ran and his tw" 
 he was staying; 
 :ain of Enardhac 
 was alive to all 
 ;eal, and prompt 
 ordained ."j.OOO 
 1)0 worshi])ped in 
 liose who wished 
 er he had erected 
 ul, which he had 
 -'t US' How wt 
 es! 
 
 Let us contemplate the Imlo of glory eneirclini:f the ))row of (..itholic 
 Irehmd, and hasten to adjudge her worthy of the most uufpialitioil admir- 
 4||ioii. She stands conspicuous for her learning in ages gone by, and for Ii't 
 inissionary spirit in the nineteenth century. The Irish have been chargotl 
 with being ignf>rant. Never was any charge more luijast or ill-founded. 
 Ignoi-ance is a gljiring crime, and of such a crime they aro not guilty. 
 They kn«)W all that thoir circumstances will permit them, and utili/o in 
 the best possible mannor whatever knowledge they can reach. They 
 value exceedingly the a«lvantageH of education, and neglect no opportunity 
 ■^ securo them. Tin- Irish people are second to n<> other in fertility of 
 iinau,ination, originality of wit, rotentivoness of memorv, (luickne.ss of 
 apprehension and accuracy of judgment. What othei* people can discover 
 at Ji more rapid glance and with greater inorrancy whatever is superficial, 
 ffiisubstanlial, illogicabnnd orrone(Mis ' Wlsat other people could have a 
 , leeeiicr a])]n-eciati(m of all that is right and good, a moro genuine admira- 
 ^on for uioiital culturo, and a more Hrdent (enthusiasm for the productions 
 ^ genius i" For a long time tho Catholics of Ireland were .subjocttMl to a 
 j|lost uncongenial and humiliating condition of things, 'Ihey were 
 <ieprived of schools such as they needed, and debarred from the 
 ^ueational benefits which they cf)veted. Nothing else couMthey expect 
 r^|rom the tyrannical government of F^nghiiid that had conspired with tlio 
 iPgotry of Protestantism to suppress their religious and patriotic aspira- 
 tion- Hi.story has immortalized the intellectual pre.stigf which the Irisl^ 
 Ijcquir'^il in days when they were united, happy, free and independent. In 
 ^osc days they earned and onjoyed a EuroiH-au reputation for learning. 
 H'roiii all parts of Europe students flocked in ifirge inimbers to gather the 
 |^|fessous of wisdom which fell Trom tlioiv lips, and lei.surelj'' drink at the 
 ystal fountain of .science which they had in their safe-keeping. All who 
 mn' to study in Ireland received a training which (pialiiit'd them to be- 
 )me both learned and saintly. They had mtthing to pay for their educa- 
 Ion. and were treated as guests as long as they remained in the ci^untry. 
 What I have been asserting is corroborated by a memoraV)l(' passago in a 
 aeriiiun ijt'lvered in J8()!J by Dr. Wordswortli, the Protestant Bishop of 
 liincoln, England : "More than a thousand years ago the Church of 
 ' iteland was the burnincj and shininj; liij'ht of the western world. Her 
 candle.stick was seen from afar, ditiu.sing its rays like tho luminous 
 jacon of some lofty lighthouse plaiited on a rock amid the foaming surge 
 the ocean, and casting its light over the dark rea to guide the mariner 
 ills course. Such Wii,s tho Church of Ireland then. Such she was 
 ilspooially to us. We of this land must not endeavor to conceal our 
 obligations to hei-. We nnist not be ashamed to confess that, with regard 
 ip learning, and especially with regard to sacred learning, Ireland was in 
 
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 advance of Enf,Han«l nt tlmt tini<'. Tliu sons of our nobles iind fjfenti;, 
 ■were sent for etlncation tliitlu-r. Iivland was the monastery of the wi'M 
 She was rich in liliraries. colle^j^es and s'iiools. Shf was famous, as now 
 for hos])itality. She reeeivt'd tliose who came to her with attoctionai 
 (rciicrositv, and pro\ided them with hooksaml instructors." Irisli schohii 
 did iokmI ahroad as wt 11 as at hoiiie. W'lien the\' were summon" - 
 bv Heaven they left then- native >hoi-(s ami ili ^sriiiinatfd whin-vcr tin 
 settled the teaehinj^s which heM sway in the cmnitry of their birth 
 O/anam contends that the lri.-.h race has exclusively the honor of havin.: 
 dittusfd thr litjhc. of knowledge over thi- European continent from tl 
 sixth to the twelfth ceiitmy. Montalembeit does not go so far, and yi > 
 he allows that "the exerti(jns <.f this race were so undeniable as to lea\ 
 France. .Switzerland and Helgium undej- an e\ei-lastingdebt of gratitu<li 
 }lallani tells us that Ireland " both drew students from tla; cotitinent an: 
 sent forih men of compai'ative emitienct^ into its schools ai 
 collf'n'S." The bi()graj)her of Charlemagne says that the colleu. 
 of Paris and Pavia were fountled by Irish ecclesiastics: ai : 
 Scaligei", a (Jerman author, states that fi>r two hundred yer 
 after the rei^n of Cliarlemagne " nearly all the learned men 
 Eurojtt;"' hailed from tlu' land of seints and sages. Irish moiii 
 established lo monasteries in Ilhetia, Helvetia and AUeniania, lt> \ 
 I'avaria, 12 in Armoriea, 10 in Alsace, .seven in Lorraine, se\ en in Fran, 
 six in Italy, 12 in Slngland and 18 in Scotland. How beautifully t' 
 Irish intellect devehjped, and Ih-w lirilliantly Jt shone beneath the '.,. 
 Hucnces of Christianity ! Like a .star of the Hrst magnitude it loomed 
 the tirmament of Europe. The fame of Ireland f<»r scholarshi]) dimni. 
 during a succession of centuries. Its lustre is rea.s.serting itself, and b: 
 fair to eclijxse the .spdetKlor of the pa«t. With what distinction did ic 
 the Iri.sh prelates tigure at the last ecumenical assembly held in Ron. . 
 " In the great council of the \'atican,"' .says Cardinal ^blnning, " when tl 
 Catholic Church met together b}' representatives, tlu're was no one sai:.: 
 or apostle, save oidy tho.se .saints or apo.stles who had lai<l the Chuj'ch i:: 
 the beginning, who had in that augu.st council, that synod of the intelli ' 
 of the Ciiinch -o many mitred .sons as the Ajiostle of Ireland." What si.: 
 niticai.ce and suggestivene.s.s in the eejibrations which took place a b ■ 
 months ago under the presidency of Cardinal Gibbons ! How hajipy tl 
 imderstanding between the lay and clerical element ! What a demon 
 stration of faith, piety, natural talent, cultured intelligence ami uncom 
 nion alility of every description I The American hierarchy ni;i\ 
 glory ir the centenary of its existence, the laity of the Unit, i 
 States in its Congress, and the Catholic world in the Wa>l. 
 ington University. Jii this century of ours the Iri.sli pe. 
 
 h' 
 
"^ 
 
 (It's jiinl ^enti-y 
 ay (iF tilt' west 
 'nnious, as now 
 itli firti'C'tioiiMi 
 Irisli schdliii 
 ore suimiioiit! 
 
 A\ llclTVf'r tin \ 
 
 (•f their hirtli. 
 iiiior of linviii _ 
 ineMt from tli. 
 so far, juul y< I 
 ll>le as to lea\; 
 t of L;ratitvi<li . 
 : continent >ii]<i 
 
 sehools ai 
 
 the coIU'Li;' - 
 'siastics ; an i 
 umhed yea.^ 
 rneil 111(11 <\ 
 Irish nionl. - 
 eiiiania, IG i i 
 '\en in Franc , 
 teautifuIK- tli" 
 L'lieath t!ie ii.- 
 e it loomed iii 
 -rshij) 'liiiiiiii 
 tself. and bill- 
 netiou (lid lu i 
 held in Roiiic. 
 i,t(, " when the 
 ■i no one saint 
 he Chureli in 
 if the inteliert 
 1." Whatsi,*;- 
 k place a few 
 )\v happy til.' 
 hat a deinoii- 
 e and uiicoiii- 
 carchv imiv 
 
 the Unite! 
 
 the Wasli- 
 
 [I'ish ]irt- 
 
 I 
 
 '*^^1( have proved most exoellent missionai'it's. Intense is their 
 clesin- to see r<'lii;ion Hourish, to see the rijj^hts of (i(jtl practically 
 afkiiowled^ed, tin; claims of truth, justice and chaiity I'espectcil. They 
 id.'iitify th<'nisel\t s with tln' I'hn- I.. They consider sacred the ohjects 
 Which she jiroposes to herself, aud endorse whatevei" methods sin- deems 
 ni-opiiv to.iiiploy. They stand it her side in her <lays of trial and will 
 fioL aliandon her in the houi- of danu'er, They follow her ste]) hy step in 
 all the hattles which she wa;;'es, and warmly conoi'atulate her on ai! the 
 iaui'els of victoi'y which she wins. Thry deliirht in Ixholdiiii.'- the num- 
 ber of her children multijilyin^i', and nothin<r do they hold in areatej- 
 Btldiiiiination than the crime of heii'sy oi- the scaruhil of a})ostacy. What 
 attachment tiiey ha\f for lui- ministers, wltat veneration for her sacra- 
 pieiits and woishi)i, what submission to her dotrmatic and moral precepts ! 
 Their missionary zeal is sujierior to 'n-ery test aiitl doiTNiiiLi' nf nil ])raise. 
 It, is inij)aralleled and sujiniiiely efficacious. If you anaiy/r it you will 
 learn what its predominating^ inj^redients aiv. and if you notice how they 
 manifest themselvt^s you will ai-ii\-e at the conclusion that of all the 
 nations upon earth there is ikmii- x; < 'atholic as the nation to wliich we 
 belontr : none laborinu with such disci-eet activity for the irlorv of the 
 i Christian name: none so heroically devoted in all cfmtinm'ncies an<l in all 
 „ circumstances to the interests of the l'ni\ "-iai t 'hnrch. The sun iicxcr 
 I iSeis upon the Jrish viu-r. Tlie Irish are to be met on all the points of our 
 I globe, and wherever they ajipearthey neither betray nor distruise their 
 I faith but rattier tliey profess it fearlessly and mii'iushin^ly. This faith is 
 no blind fatality or pure speculation. It is an intellectual act freely 
 fidicited and intluencint:^ the whoh^ tenor of their external conduct. They 
 are enamored of their creed an<l diliui'id in conforminir to its ])rescrip- 
 fcions. They ])reach Catholicity Ity their unswerving allej^iance to the 
 See of Peter, by the filial love they have for the Blessed Virij^in. by the 
 honor th<>y pay the Saints and the prayers they offer for the dead, by 
 ftssistiiiji:- at tlie Sacrifice of the Mass, by frequentini:^ tin- tribunal of 
 Penance and partaking of the Kucharistic banqui't, by sanctioning the 
 practi(!es of religion and complying with the ecclesiastical laws. The 
 generosity of the Irish is proverbial. We read in tlu' Acts : " It is more. 
 blessed to give than to receive " Th^'y under.stand these divinely inspired 
 Words and illustrate them in themselves. They share the ])eculiar 
 blessedness of which the Holy (Jhost .spniks in this Scriptural text. 
 They are always giving to God, and most cheerfully do they give. Faith 
 telk them how to invest their silver and gold. Hence they run no risk 
 in their investments, and may flatter themselves with the ])rospect of the 
 most lucrative return. To M'hat an extent do they not l^y tlieii' donatitms 
 glorify the Most High, promote Christianity ami forward the cause of 
 6 
 
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 Oatholic-isni ' Ifow Iil..nilly 'i<> tli.'.v not -^n|.iM.rt their l.isliops, priests 
 iin<l all those uli.. minister i'> th.'ir spiriiiiul wants f" What schools, 
 (•olk'fcs and fouvcMls, what chinrhfs ami i'atlu'<h-als have tln\v n«»t Imilt 
 and do tlu'V nor maintain wli.rt'Vcr they havf ti\.'d their al'odc ' 'I'hf 
 Irish nation is a nation of Apostles. What n woi id of ^rood it haw acooin- 
 plisiied ; What a torrent of vice it lias checked, nml what a luurier it 
 has <»p|)()sed to nl' kinds of i-rror " The i-anks of the Irish clergy are fai- 
 from tiiinuiiiu. Numeronsare the vocations ami i Ik- candidates (ire adniii'- 
 aiily i|ualitie<l. The Irish priests are iuii\t'r>ally noted for their sol i<l learn- 
 in^^ sterlin;( virtues, disinterested zeal and rare skill in adviuicine- thi> 
 welfare of all connnitted to their eharge. In manifold ways tiie laity co- 
 operate t<» the itVicii iicy of thtii- apostlesldj.. What is nn((uestionnMy 
 ni(jst serxieeai-ie to rt'lij^ion is the anL,felical virtue wdiicli the children of 
 St. Patrick prize -lo hij^ldy and cultivate to an extraordinary de,t;ree. 
 ' A in on*; all the \ irtues," says (Jainhicnsis, ■ which <iistinij;uisli Irelan<l, 
 that of chastity holds tlie tirst raidv." This British writei' mi<;ht repeat 
 in til-- nineteenth century what he .said of the lri>h in the twelfth. Listen 
 t*» the word.- of \rojitaleniltert : •Thisdreen Erin still maintains, under 
 the foi-midalile jiovver of Anji;lo-Saxon supremacy, an ine.xtine^uishahle 
 centre of faith, where .sui'vives, togetluT with thi' completest orthodoxy, 
 that admirahle purity of morals wdiieh no adversary has )»een able to dis- 
 [)ute, t(» e(jual oi' to dimijiish." " Even to the present day," adds ^l^^v. 
 Dupanloup, "one hreatlies an indescrihahle perfume of virtue among thi.s 
 people wdiich is not to he found elsewhere." 
 
 Upon this day, Dearest Brethi'en, thatd^; (lod for havine- given ycju 
 sucli an Apostle in the hlesse I I'atrick, anil resolve not to contj-adict 
 upon any occasion, or in any nuunier, the sentiments which his jiiemory 
 should inspire. There is notliing in your annals cif which you need b& 
 ashamed. Do not sutler the spirit of the past to pei'ish, Init en(h'avor to 
 perpetuate it. Proudly may you point to your long line of (.-hristian 
 ancestors. They clung to the legacy of youi* loving and \-enerahle Apostle 
 aiid transmitteil it from generation to generation, ^'ou have inherited 
 the ])lo() ! of St. Pete]- which coursed in tlndr veins, and iiledircd vour- 
 
 1 ~ t, 
 
 selves never to dishonor the noblest of titles with which you are decor- 
 ated. For centvu'ies your forefathers ha\t' undergone a martyrdom, but 
 though ci-uelly oppressed socijilly degraded, starving and agonizing, nothing- 
 could roll them of the lov diest and rarest — tlie most ])recious and enviable 
 form of independence and ari.stocracy — the independence and aristocracy of 
 virtue. Every irishman is governed by the dictates of his conscience and 
 unart'ected liy the alarming evils of the day. He lends a deaf ear to the 
 wild ravings of infidelity, socialism and anarchy, and always will jou 
 find him arrayed on the side of truth, law and order. Let Irishmeii re- 
 
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 .s[)«'ct whiiit'vrr Ha^' tiouts »il.«.\c tlx-ir IiduIs, li\f in iht^w. .u-st liaiiuDiiy 
 with Mthcr luitioiialitits. jiiid l(»yiilly stiunl Uy oa«'h otlu'iiii w liHtrv.-r cii- 
 lumstiinces tht'V nuiy 1"' ]»lMf"<l. L t the sous ainl iIhuljI iters ^ti' St. Pat- 
 ikk. wlit'thiT tliey lireutlu tin- air oi" d. ar limisl'ail or tread a foreiini 
 >hori', Mot foip't that \'W\u lias )ihife<l her destiny in their h;iii<|.> fiiwl 
 that tliey should not desist t'i\)iM their duty till she lias encDinpassed it. 
 Let theui hear in mind that their hi;^hest titio to ja-aise and tfieir j»i'inci|»al 
 eltiini in distinetion will alwiiys consist in oherisliine' for the hill-(;r<>\\iied 
 dty of the htjHs the |.,\c wiiich was enkindled in the Trish heart l»y the 
 Iniud of Patrick, and wliicli the \ icis.situde.s of \MH) wars could not 
 impair. May our ^^lorious At)ostle conrinue to protect the Irish nice. 
 May h.' lead ns throui^h ;dl our trial> in tliis valley of tears, and ma\- he 
 hy the efticacy of his intercession, prepare crowns of ineriaMe ii;i|»pine.s.s 
 ami thnaiesof uidadinLT splendor for all the meud)ei-s(.f this coni^reu-ation, 
 for all tile individuals iiml families composing; this jtarish, for all the 
 de.scendants of those wli(»m he hrone-ht into the Fold of Chn.st. Amen 
 
 The j)rocession proper t\)rmed at I'lMO a.m. The societies were 
 iiiiushalled aceonlint; to seniority, with tiai;s and hanners. 'Hm Hack- 
 Mun's Union, St. Anth(aiy's C.V.M.S., St. Gahriels T. A, lV H. Society. St. 
 Marys Society, St. Ann's C.Y.M.S., St. Ann's 'J'. A. k B., Catholic Beuetit 
 Society (AY. M.S., St. Patricks T. A. .^' B.. St. Patrick's Society. The 
 different hoys' schpols occupied their respective places in the I'anks. The 
 following: hands were in attendance: St. Henri, \'ieto)ia Kitles', Royal 
 Scots, Holland's, McKee's, St. Jean P>a])ti.ste. 
 
 ST. PATRICKS CHOIR. , 
 
 St. Patrick's clioii-. which discoursed on thi> <xcasion the soul-in- 
 ■-pirin^- strains of clnirch music, tleserve-s a pa.s,siuo: notice. Its hLstorv 
 from the orinin down to its actual perfect system of organization i.s re- 
 plete Avitli interest. In the days of Father < V«nnolly, S.S.. an ardent iu\~ 
 Hiirer of the mu.ses, its organist and leader was Miss Brock. In ilie year's 
 iiUsence of tliis \V(jrthy gentleman, the young lady, upon the invitation of 
 Kev. P. Dowd, abdicated spontaneously her authority in favor of (histave 
 Smith on Christmas Day, PS.57. At this epoch the choii- nund»ered four 
 voices: K. Woods. Jos. Nicholson, F. Healy, R. Warren. This snjall 
 hand of musical virtuosos chiimsthe honor and distinction of heinir amona" 
 the foremost to introduce into our city the wo)-ld-remnved productions of 
 Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Of theijallant f(an'. one only remahis to 
 Voice the past record: R. Warren, a thirty-three year member, who.se 
 long and useful services in .sacred song .. re partly compensated in latter 
 days by a magnificent gift from his' choral associates. Mr. A. (i. (Jrant is 
 next in seniority, and has there a career of thirty-one years. Messr.s. T. C. 
 
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 ()'Bri<'M, tf'tmr stiloist. mul .Imiik's ('ronnitnn. luivf just coniplftc"! tlnir sil- 
 ver iubilff of niciiiliri-s|ii]). At n later (lute Messrs. I'. K. Mc'( 'iitrri'V, •!. .J. 
 Kowaii, tfiinr s(»|(ii>i , .1. .1. Huiiiiiiill, liiiritoiic soloist ; K. F. Oasj-y, basso 
 soloist, addi-.j ;i \u w liistn- to the l>ri,i;lit!ifss of pri'CtMJiuj,' days. 
 
 Witliin til'' lu'-t live years. Me.s.srs. F. .1. (Jn'.'H. ('. A. iVIi'Donnld. K. 
 H.'witt. M. N.h.r, T. Casey. I'. M.-CiiHicy, ('lmil.'l)ois. .1. .J. McCann, T. C. 
 Kiiil)liiii, !m\.' coiiti-ilnittMl larift'jy to tin- actual standini; of tlic choral 
 union. Tin \- j»riile nlso in tlu' valualilr assistunei' ^ivtn tlicni liy tlic 
 rich s. >]»i)inos of the ('liristiaii Brothers' School. 
 
 With a ilccn) ffcliin' of rjratitudi' \v recall niJiii\ names of sweet 
 iiieniorv : Messrs. James Shea, .lohn ' >Uii»'ii, T. Fallon, •). .J. n'l'rieii, 
 W. J. OHara. W. .T. McCanrcy, I). Tanscy, l\ Fonlon. 
 
 At a tniie when Imly talent found access to th"' dioir. the Mi.s.sL'S 
 McNultw Coucli. Falliai, Heaiiv, iVhu-tin, McLauuhlin, .\da Wall, Alice 
 Cnnnpton, i^ladly volunteered tlu'ir nnisical talent, and <.(ave inten.sc .satis- 
 faction. The accoinplisheil Mrs. Anna Ui.shop, Laui'u Honey, Lo\iisa Mor- 
 ri.son and other prima donnas wer<' tiattored to raise their voices from the 
 mu.sical iralhry of St. Pati-ick s. At special oveniiiLr sei'vices in the, 
 month or May in each s>iccee<Iin;,' year the lady ,>upils of St. Patrick's 
 have actjuired a Iarj.;e deffrec of popularity. The royal or(,'an which sup- 
 plies the music, is a !imsterpiece of invention from tlie celelavited Warren 
 lirm. It is oii>' of the largest in the hcmiuinn ,vnd cost nearly ten thous- 
 aii'l dollars. Its key-- liaxe hirn pl;iyed uj)on .successively l>y four re- 
 niarkahli' o)'^anists : (Justave Smith, Calixte Lavalee, J. Meilleui' and J. 
 A. Fowltii". I'lof. J. A. Fowler has lately dedicated to Rev. P. Dowd a 
 rich musical adapbition entitled, '() Salutaris," and a second creation, 
 " Ave Maria, " to Rev. J. 'I'oupin. S.S. Tlie ])r(jfes.soi-'s e'eneral character and 
 hi^li-l>ree<lin^ ;his hospitahle spirit and exqui.site taste ; his perfect com- 
 maml of the choir, and his ivli<;ious disposition have earned foi- him, on 
 the part of liis followers, a high mark of thoir approbation and apprecia- 
 tion. rn«lei' his jrnidanee, St. Patrick's choir lias assumed lar^e and in- 
 tiiiontnal proportions, and ranks to-day as the first orderly choii' of Mont- 
 real. 
 
 Its otlicers are as follows ; Messrs ('. Braily, W. .J. Crowe, (1. A. 
 Carpenter, J. (Ireen, .) J. Carmody, J. .[. Kelly, W. Hainmil, J. B. Mc- 
 ])ermott, N. ,1 Brittan, J. A. Cloran, M. J. Tan.sey, Henry Ryan, Geo. 
 Murphy, L. Ratio and J. McAndj-evv. 
 Honorary Presi(hint — A, G. (bant. 
 President — R(jbert Wai-ren. 
 Hoiiorory Secretary — G. A. Carpenter. 
 Conductor — P. Mc(.'affrey. 
 Organist — Prof. J. A. Fowler. 
 

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 TIIF, DVINC S(.\ TO HIS AMKKICAX SOX. 
 
 My still, a il;ii kilos talli'tll, 
 Not lit' liii;lit. Il|inli tiiV «'V'es; 
 
 And ill my vnvs tlu'iv «ulli'th 
 
 A viiicf Us t'riiiii Jlio skirs ; 
 I iVrl tliMt I am 'lyiiii; ; 
 
 I f<t'l my iliiy is {{onv ; 
 Mill till' wimu'ii Imsli tlicir ir\in<'- 
 
 Ami luar to im-, im- son ! 
 
 Wlifii tiiiK' my yarlami pitlici's, 
 ( >li ! my soil, I cliarijfc yoii IkiM 
 
 By the .stiiiitliiril ut' vnui i'atlifrs 
 'Tn till' l.nttl('-Hi-lils of old ' 
 
 In lilnod tlit-y wrote tlicir story 
 Across its fold, my Imi\' : 
 
 ()u cnvth it was tiicir y;lor\-, 
 111 llraArn it is tln-ir joy. 
 
 By St. Patrick's- Imnd. 'twas planted 
 
 On Krin's sca-licat shoi'c, 
 And it spread its t'tiids, undaunted, 
 
 Tliroue^h the drift and the uproar 
 Of all its vain assaulters,— 
 
 Who could (ve'r say lie saw 
 The last of Irelauil's altars ! 
 
 ( ))■ the last of Patrick's law ' 
 
 
 Tlii'oUi,di the western ocean driven, 
 
 By the tyrants seoi'pion whips, 
 Behold '. the Land of Heaven 
 
 Bore our standard o'er the ships ! 
 In tjie forest's far recesses, 
 
 \\ hen the moon shines in at night, 
 The (.'el tic cross now iilesses 
 
 The wear\ wanderer's siffht I 
 
 My son, my son ! tliere fall.-th 
 
 Deepei- darkness on my eyes ; 
 And the Guardian Ano'el calleth 
 
 Me hy name from (uit the skies. 
 Deal-, my son, I charge thee cherish 
 
 Christ's holy cross o'er all ; 
 Let whatever else may perish. 
 
 Let whatever else mav fall. 
 
 Thos. D'Arcv McOee 
 
22 
 
 LEO CLUK. 
 
 This society, for Catholic boys, Avas cstahlishod in I.S84, and is eal- 
 calate<l to do o-vcat pxul aiiKMii,' tiicin. Its Diicctor is Hcv. James 
 Callaiihan. S.,S. It is also mlled the jimioi- hnuicli of the (^itholie ^'ouiiir 
 Men's Societv. It i> tiie iintsin- of tlie suiiior association. \\ lien 
 once tlie niend.evs ]mu oh the look of yoiitli, they are introduced into tlie 
 C. V. M. S. On St. Patrick's Day the Leo Chih tV>rnietl into a cavalcade 
 of hi'io'ht cherrfiU lads who. mounted on tlirir ehar<rers, seemed to rule 
 til, woi'ld In ilie ranks were noticed: Tlir Tiinsey IJros., Dwyi'r, 
 Oscar Willie, P. Wrii^dit, Kennedy, T. P. Stockwell, K. Whtdan, E. Keat- 
 ing, Geo. Clark, K. Trace\', Whittaker, A. Phelan, .1. Folev, Fn^d. Nehhs, 
 &;c., (SfC. The tlae- Vtearers on fot^t were: Fied .'^leKenna, Michael Redly. 
 
 .\!0XT];EAL COLLEClv 
 
 CLASSICAL. 
 
 The Montreal Colli'ge is justly entitled to an honorary mention. It 
 was opened over a century ae"<>. It is located on the western slo[)e of 
 *' Mount Royal." and faces upon Sherhrooke street, ijuite close to Cote des 
 Neij.,'es Hill. It is now more npprojn-iately called "The Little .Seminary," 
 owinsf to the fact that within late years jiiore attention lias JK^en uix eiiC 
 now than heretofore to tlu.' ecclesiastical traiuinef of the collejjians under 
 the direction of the priests of St. Sul])ice. It is a steppinf; stone to the' 
 " Grai\d Seminary," the unrst'iy of piiests ami !)isho])s. The following is 
 
 aconqilete list of its jiresiilents since its origin: — Rev. Abbes Curateau, 
 Rcjcque, Quiblier, Bayle, D^nis, Xercani, Lenoir, Lefebvre, DelaVigne, 
 Deguire. 
 
 Its present statf is : — Rev. Abbes Lilandais. president ; A. Schlicklini:;, 
 P. de Fovill.-, I), dievrier, O. Hebert. F, Laliberte, F. H. I,)u]iret, R. Por 
 tier, S. (,!harri.r, L. Denis, R. Labelle. II. J. Oaiithier. P.S.S. : Z. Cardin, C. 
 Lat'orce. 11. ( '. Laurier. J. Reid, ,1. \\ (ic. .liVion, L. Fi's. Labrie. L. 
 Callaghan. 
 
 The [jrogramme of rJie I7tli reads as follows: — 
 
 OVERTCRK Han<l. 
 
 i Cei).\i,i) McShaxe. 
 TRIO " The Dis ant Chimes." ' James McCJuiue. 
 
 I P. McK i:\NA.. ^ 
 
 (T.ARINK'i^ SOLO H. Wilsox 
 
 CHOIR OF FIFTY VOICES, "Le Orenouille.' 
 
 HIANO SELECTIONS AND ACCOMPANIM ENTS 
 
 Rev. Abbe Lahelle. 
 
Tt 
 of 
 
 23 
 
 DRAMA. 
 " Kix.; KAiM.i.iMi's \Vri,i., ou -I.,,,.; I'liiuMPii of C^haiuty" 
 
 CAST OF CHARACTERS. 
 l'-Vn()Ll>ll Ki„^. ^,^. j^i^jj 
 
 L.';'Hn Al)V(>rUTF'- • • -^ ^'^^"^"^'^^ «ecretnvy. .K B.^.ktehhe. 
 
 PRIOR ;,■ [^^'^^J-^^- 
 
 M. Keddv. 
 
 COUHTIKRS l^^^l'"^'-- 
 
 - A (. CM.INAX. 
 
 [j. Stat'leton. 
 iaX(rS BODY OrARDS 'ciWx"" 
 
 Th.. i).Y.^nunn,e ^vas carri.-.l r,ut to perfection. Messrs. .1. Patterson 
 A. J.ane, 0. MeShnue. K. 1 5- m.ietenv, won universal applaure almost at 
 »very sentence. Thei,; .locutionery an,l .Irarnatio powers were l,ron..|,t 
 out to sreat a.hantage l.y their I.eloved profe^s-n- „f Jit.,,,vture and el.leu- 
 ^on, R^v. r.ike IgnaHiis r^allaglmn. The (de. Club, under the haton^.f 
 Kev. Abbe A. KSehheklino, ,vu,jere.i their musical .selections with th- nbilii v 
 |'^ professionals. 
 
 GOD SAVE ICELAND : : 
 
 y 
 
 S'J'. MARY'S 
 This beautiful parish, situate.! in the east end of the city, claims as 
 IS b.under Rev. 8nnon Lonergnn, whose premature denuse left so ,luh-ful 
 ■■' blank m the affections of his lovni- conrrrcpi.tion 
 
 Rev. ,1. ,J. Salmon succeeded ium in tlm other (,t' [,a.Moi. The 
 K''v. Gentleman, with his w.rthy assistant.^. Revds. O'Dcmnell an.l Kelly 
 hav.. .,.spou.sed uith noble -leterminati-n the cause of religious patriotism' 
 among their Hock. J.ast ev.niino's ]>rooramme was a credit to their 
 U' iiei-ous xeal ; 
 
 .St. Mary's School Boys 
 
 PAKT FIRST. 
 
 < IIOKUS .. .. 
 
 KASVV , ,, , 
 
 y, )i^r , >>T. .^lARY's ccunoi. Gnu.s 
 
 ' • ' Nil Desperiiudiim." Mk. Dinn 
 
 bOUBLE QUARTETTE jMkssrs. nr-.s.rARDiss, DesN, GiRovx, Saiitkr, 
 
 1 >r: KnAV, 1 )AXSKREAI.', DeR) AHOrNS, DAXSliBKAl). 
 
 LECTURE— 1{I^:^\ r. ]V. MORRELL 
 
24 
 
 PAKT SECOND. 
 
 DUETT AlKShiis. GiRi'Cx \ni> IHnn 
 
 BA.S8SUL() '• >1""<-^v 
 
 KECITATJUN I. .1. Akli honk 
 
 The Rev. Lectimn, a .listinj^uishod coiivirt to ourjaitli, spoke with 
 consideral.'le ease, and with _i,nvat success. Me pointed out the a\ ork of 
 St. Patrick in Iiiland, and tlie influence of the Catliohc Cliun-li in a 
 material iiml intellectual point of vit'W. 
 
 ST. A\NS T. .V B. SOCIETY. 
 
 This association occupies a foremost rank in the order t>f total 
 abstinence and beneficiary intlnence. It has a history of y'reat useful- 
 ness. Its funds are considerable. It claims a succession of practical 
 presidents who unite to honor the faithful discharo-e of their iiuiiortant 
 duties. Its actual otficers hold firmly to the reputation of their society. 
 They are as follo.v 
 
 (ifficers of the St. Ann's T. A. & B. Society : 
 
 President— Rev. Father Strubbe, C.SS.R. 
 
 First Vice-President — V. Ivenni'dy. 
 
 Second Vice-Piesi<lent — W. P. Kennedy. 
 
 Secretary — Jas. Mcfl uire. 
 
 Assistant-Secretary — P. Beiitle\-, 
 
 Treasurei- — M. J. Ryan. 
 
 ( 'ol leetin(;--Treasurer — Thos. \Var< I. 
 
 Assistant Collecting-Tieasurer — .lolin Regan. 
 
 Marshal — M. Shea. 
 
 Assistant-Marshal — Thos. (^uinn. 
 
 E.xecutive Connnittce :-^A. Cullinan (Chairman), John Kilfeather, 
 P. A. Cutlei-, doliu McDenuott, John Leonard. Win. Welsh, W^n. Barnes, 
 M. Kini"', M. I'rowe, D. (Jalian M. Jones. 
 
 • 
 
 ST. ANNS YOnXG MEN'S SOCIETY KXT1:RTA[XMENT, 
 
 By The Irish Nation^al MiNsTRp:r-sY. 
 
 r C. l*]iidileiii. Morj; n .1. Quinn, \V. Murphy, J. W. In-resford. 
 
 W. E. Finn, I). P. Flannerv, ^ Thos. White. 
 
 R. Holland, M. Banville. E. Quinn. 
 
 ,, / , ,, , I \V. J. McCafirey. John Morujan; P Burns, 
 
 (John Quiiui, (Jeo. P. H<Jlan<l, Jolni Penfold. 
 
 P. J. COOXEY- Interlocutor, 
 1*. SHE.A- Musical iMi-eetur. 
 
,a. 
 
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 1' li O <; Ji A M M A'. 
 
 PART FIRST. 
 
 <»VEKTl-RE Irish Airs 
 
 Introductdrij AiJiIreitx hi/ the J'ri.il<lni!. * 
 
 -I'ENING CHORUS.: " old Irelami's'^iuise'iooks'n'.eerv " Arrv,., '' 
 
 SONG AND CJIORL\S " Noruh of Cahiroiveen,' .... 
 
 Orciiestk.a. 
 Mr J. J. Geilmujs: 
 
 -<^*^*'' • "Hurrah for the 
 
 .Mr. W. Mi!i 
 
 iriiY. 
 
 inoii ofrenowed Tipperary,". 
 
 .Mr. John Mowi v.n. 
 
 s.^G ANDCHOHrS "Ke.„«.e M flag ,i„„.i,« hoy," ^T:, I 
 
 MBI.IOI. 
 
 ''^'^'^^'^ "Thouyli the last glimpse of E;mwitl."«om>wI^y^;-;" 
 
 a)NG (Comic). 
 
 **~*-'^'<^ " All hai). I'aruell 
 
 MiNSTREt.! 
 
 Mr. Gko. I'. Holland. 
 .Mr. ,I. W. Bere.sforo. 
 
 SON ^''^'^ ^"^^'^'^ ;^ ^>-«^^^'^ f-^'' i"«I^ County,-...MR. \v'. J. McCakkr^v. 
 
 7n^^; My dear oMInsh home," MR.Jo„xQnss. 
 
 ^-'^-'^^* '- 'Ireland, -H,vs\ hurrah '" At 
 
 SONG (Topical) ' MrNsxRiafi. 
 
 i-jirovok 
 
 'pical).... 
 
 -I »XG ,\K[) r unpT'Q ij rr ,,.'",' Mr. John Penford. 
 
 'i\LT AJNiM IJUKI s " Hurrah tor Parnell I" \ir, \r ^- t 
 
 «.^. AND CHOIIUS T,,.. , Wty „f .^r,o„o„.,-: ^^Zm^' m":,^ j^ o^^ 
 
 ^•'^'^l^ ' Our Own Greeu Isle" >, 
 
 HHSH NATIONAL ANTHEM..." God Save Irelaud.C:.:::::::;:.^;: W R^x" 
 
 I'ART SECOND. 
 
 !SrECI.VI.TIE.s! 
 
 Messrs^ Geo. P. Holland a)id .1. Penfold, in their -haraoteristic and niirtl 
 m^ Hibernian .sketches. 
 
 Messrs. John Morgan and T. Lyons, in Irish songs and dances. 
 The Minstrels' Quartette, Messrs. T. C. Emblen; (soloist,, W. Murph. . W i:. 
 Finn and W. J. McCaffrey, in " Dreaniin-/ of Erin." 
 
 PART THIRD. 
 
 I'RAMA. 
 
 € A ST V i-Jl A J: , 1 c T I- R S. 
 
 I'lnip w^^,^rr ^^\^" ^'■'''' Attorney, " Tiie Man lor Galu ay,-..Mu. W. J. McCAmtKV. 
 •)A».ui> VMl.lK, A young iMiglish Attorney who has entered 
 
 mto partnership with O'llara ^£,. yy y \ 
 
 I'ARBV HOULAHAN. Formerly man.servunV'tir'o''Hara',s' 
 
 .J^';;^^'!'''';'"'^^y^'^^''^'^i^^^^'^Ot]\.e MR..r0HKM0R(UN. 
 
 ■VI ADhivfe, A youug Englishman brought to Galwu\ bv 
 U'ylio ' , . . 
 
 MA LI X )N, A wealthy, unsnrupnlous Englishman who has lately " 
 
 j'urchased an estate in Gahvav Ar,. n ,.-, . v,m,x 
 
 '■HAHL(-OTE,A friend of .Maldun MrP P.m, 
 
 A; ! M,^;r " '■'' '''^^ Charlcote's sister Mr. J. P^xFoun. 
 
 I'A I MURPHY, A Galway farmer m„ p n.,.v. 
 
 Mr. p. Bt'UN-H. 
 
 F\irmerH, Peasants, i:to. 
 
 ^1. 
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 HT. OABKIKL'S 'i:. & K SOCIETY. 
 
 Lik.' tliM preceilinrr society it onjoys uii ex.-LlU-nt nam.'. Its oriiiin 
 <latoH hum tlie v/ar INT.S. In its swenteen years' existence, it has Wt 
 no l,l,.t upon its chamct.T. The past will no .l.m'.t cast its li.irht into the 
 futn.-c, an.l ilhnninc thr path of the generous n.onibers. Its f..i-nun- 
 presidents were:— Jolm Skelly, Julu. Lynch. John O'Xoill,. Tobias 
 Bntl( r J')hii (>)gan, Bernard 'J'a}lor. 
 
 Present officers : 
 
 Presi.lent— Rev. Wni. O'Meara, P.P. 
 
 First \lce-Pivsi(kmt — Josepli Plielan. 
 
 Second. Vice-President— John S. Rtnlly. 
 
 Secretary — Jas. Tajdor. 
 
 Assistant-Secretary-— Thos. Pliehxn. 
 
 Treasurer — .John Golfer. 
 
 (Irand Marshal— Ohas. McGuire. 
 
 Assistant Marslials— M. McCarthy, F. Lark in. 
 
 SH.AMKOCK LACRCSSV: CLl^B. 
 A special place in tin' procession was reserved for the Shamrock 
 Lacrosse Clul). 'i'he S. ].. ■ iield for a loiiLC snci;ession of seasons with 
 untarnished and spotless fame the honors of the Held in Cana<la's golden 
 native game. For years the folds of tliV- champion Hag were wi-apped 
 nronnd tiieir hardy and stalwart forms. They comjUinvd their own 
 iiutsters and t.-aehers. the wild men of the forest, and traveled 
 tln-ouo'h the continent of America amidst the universal ap- 
 ]>lause of the spectators. The .smile of fortune no longer Ijeams upon 
 their Irish coimtenances. Courage and up ! Sunshines rainbow arches 
 the i. -.M.! victory follows defeat; llS9()'s deeds of glory may yet bo 
 chronicled. The young, fresh and gushing crimson-tide of life in the 
 veins of the juniors, will stir into prodigious activity the somewhat 
 languid march of their predecessoi's in the field: With the stall of 
 players and officers the grand I'tsult is certain. 
 
 Shamrock officers, (18t)0): 
 Hr)iiorary President — W. Stafford 
 Pi-esident — C. J. Di iherty 
 First Vice-Presi'lent — T. .Mace. 
 Second Vice-President — F. Donovan. 
 Secretary — H. ^JcLaughlin. 
 Assistant Secrete rv — K. Lnnnv. 
 Treii-surer — A, l>i niers. 
 
 Cousmittee — M. I olan, C. J. Maguire. M. Cregan, F. Manslield, W. 
 McKenna. Captain — P. McKeown. 
 
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 TFIE V. 1. ].. .^' H. ASSOCIATION 
 
 The Y. I. L. & B. Association did its ample share to tlir fiijuvnicnts 
 of tlu' lytli. "Kathleen Mavournean," an Iri>h drama, was put on the 
 >tac'e and rendered with <:reat taste. The Youni; Irishmen never ixo 
 half ways in their enterprises. Their society dates from the vi'ar I ST-l-. 
 l/pon the occasifm of its 16th anni\er^ary, it will, no doiiht, do horior to 
 the event inn worthy and hnulalile manner. In its hegiinnn<j,' the Sham- 
 rock Lacrosse Club found within tlir walls of tlie institution a home for 
 the winter months with all kinils of innocent recreation, such as jrames, 
 iihrary, reading room, Sec, iVc. In \h75 tlie Shamrocks withdi'ew. Tlie, 
 same year witness(>d the incori)oration of the Y. I. L. ^j^ B. Kver since 
 then tlie annual (^':penses amount to i?l,10(). It may safely l-c ar-njed 
 that the Vouni;" Iri>hmen ha\e contributed in no small de^jree to chasten 
 the literary taste and elevate the standai'd of public opinion of the Irish 
 rlasses of Montreal bv expunti'ln^ fi'oin their .soirees all forms of vultrar- 
 isuis and caricaturisms of Irish character, and securiny; superioi- laji-nt in 
 son<^ and in nmsic. In l.S(SOthe funds of the association had increased 
 to such larn'e proportions as to enable it to purchase the Dupre Lane 
 11 ;dL at a cost of .several thousand dollars. The (Question of iniildine; h 
 mo)-e connnodiou.s one was brou^'ht up for discussion within the currfMit 
 year. It is to be hoped that the new idea will not^'ail in its accomplish- 
 iiient and execution. They will, no doubt, succeed if we nsay judye from 
 antecedents, " Fortune favors the brave." Notwithstandinfj their heavy 
 expenditi-'-.-e, the Yonnsj,' Irishmen have never forgotten the claims of 
 suH'ering Ireland upon their charities, and have ever been foremo.st in 
 vindicating the rights of the' Irish widow and f)rphan. IMiey enjoy 
 ',^i'eat advantages in point of scM-iitl hapfiiness. riieir benefit branch is 
 calculated to confer great help upon the needy. Their debating club has 
 sent out a brilliant galazy of intelle'ctual cham[iions. Their complete 
 uvmnasium tends to develoi) the phvsieal num. Their librarv and read- 
 ing I'oom are open to tlui knowledge .seekers. In a word, they po.sse.ss 
 what any reasonable young man can desire in this regard. The 
 \. I. L. (.V B. presents a record of pi'esidents secoml to none in our city :— - 
 
 Morgan O'Connell, T. .\lulcair. .lames Mc<jarry, W'ni. Dohony, P. H. 
 Shea, P.J. Brennan, W. F. .McNally, J. Davey. J. B. Lane, Edward 'J'obin, 
 C. McDonnell, Edward Halley, T. .1. O'Neil, J. (iallery, M. .), Shee, 
 Michael Foran, W. J. Hinphy. 
 
 Tlu^ present statt of officers is as follows : — 
 
 President — R. Lennen. 
 
 First V^ice- President — H. Burke. 
 
 Second Vice-President — J. 
 
 Brosnan. 
 
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 Troasurt^r — E. V. Rethnond. 
 Reconling .Secretary — <^^ioo. A. Grace. 
 Corresponding Secretary — W. C. Tooniey. 
 Collecting Treasurer — ('. J. Corbett. 
 Assistant Collecting Treasurt^r— J. McMahon. 
 Lilsrariau — \V. Cuniiiiighfini. 
 Assistant Lilirarian — C J. (.J race. 
 Marshal— M. J. Sh.n. 
 
 Following IS the prograniine with east of characters : 
 KATHJ.EKN MAVurRXKEN. 
 
 OR ST. I'ATKICK's eve. 
 
 Opening remarks by tiie presi.jriit, Mr. R. Lennen. 
 
 BERNAkD KAVAXAGH iMith suiil's) M. P. Rowan. 
 
 DAVIDU'CONNOK A. ,1. IlraciiN.^ 
 
 FATHER (TCASSiDY Jas. MeM miov. 
 
 BILL BETTON CAV l twith sou-s) Jas. E. Rowan. 
 
 CAITALX CEEA]?FIELI> J. T. CAUi.iNn. 
 
 BLACK RO])Y D. McCai.li .m. 
 
 RED BARNEY J. A. Flood. 
 
 l.ARBYDOYLI- Jas. O'Connou. 
 
 MR. McCUBBA.X A.Erasku. 
 
 l^i^yyi^ Jno. McMahon. 
 
 KATHLEEN O'CONNOR Miks E. Lvnam. 
 
 ]VlEv4 MARtiLOUH Miss E. Falmkh. < 
 
 KrrTY O'LAVERY MissA. Lvn.oi. 
 
 IXiROTHA KAVANA(.H Miss K. Johnston. 
 
 PoasaiitiS and Soldiers. 
 
 A (iWA.ND ()LI> IHLSH JKI-By Members of the Cunipany. 
 
 Director — M. P. R.iwan. 
 Stage Manager — \\. E. Hunt. 
 Master of Properties— VV. .1. Murphw 
 Leader of (>relle^jtra — Prof. Siherstone. 
 
 THE IRISH ('AT hulk; BENEFIT SOCIETY. 
 
 The Irish ("ath( lie Benefit Society was foun<lo(! \n 1S70. It is a 
 
 •Mvpornie body. Iti^ an exceedingly useful institution and merits en- 
 
 eonragrment. Its fr.niier pn sid.nts were : ,h)s. J. Kennedy, .Myles 
 
 Murphy, Thus, Buchinni), Patrick Domn. Michael Harrington, .iLhn 
 
 Power. 
 
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 Tiio present «jfficcrs (ISM). DO) are :— 
 
 Director— Re\. \\ IJowd, I'.P. 
 
 President — A. Jones. 
 
 First Vke-President—Thos. McXulty. 
 
 Second Vice-President — Daniel (J'Neii. 
 
 8ecre tar y — Jos. M cCjin n . 
 
 Trea.surer — Patrick Corbett. 
 
 Assistant C< 'llectin^--Treasurer— Mjeluid O'Brien. 
 
 CV)llectin<,'-Treasurer — John Davis. 
 
 (irand Marsiial — John Dvvyer. 
 
 Theobjectof the said society is to pay $3.00 per week to its ,sick 
 iiiendmrs, with free .loctor and medicine ; also to members' children, under 
 14 years, 20c per week, and in ea,se .said children lose both parents they 
 ,iret 40c. per week. Its officers ar(> bound to look after said children so as 
 thry will be properly taken care -.f at death of member. The widow re- 
 ceives 8200, als(j $S0 burial expenses. 
 
 II 
 
 ST. PATRICK'S T. & B. SOCIETY. 
 Next in or.l.T came tlu* popular St Patricks T. & B. Society 
 
 It 
 
 clanns as its ori>ri„al foundei-, Rev. P. PJudan, P.S.S., afterwards Bi.shop of 
 Kmgston, Out. It was established and organized in the old Recollect 
 Church on Sunday, 2,3r(l Feb. 1S40, and assumed the title of "The Irisli 
 Catholic Temperance Society." It retained its prinn'tive form and nauie 
 till the opening of St. Patrick's iu J 841. Owing to a wider field of action, 
 which it wisely undertook, itgi-mv suddenly into a Total A1)stinence As- 
 sociation the .same year, and lat(?ly into a conjoint temperance and benefit 
 institute, under the appellation of St. Patrick's T. & B. Society" It has 
 preserved even to the present day the noble reputation which it won 
 from the very beginning in point of sobriety and honor and influence. 
 
 Its spirit and tendency have bei'U couched in the following resolu- 
 tions : 
 
 1. To remedy the evils of intempei-ance, and to extend and preserve 
 the blessing of temperance among.st the Irish Catholics of Montreal. 
 
 2. To promote amongst the members of the society a spirit of piety 
 ly regular i-cligious meetings. 
 
 tl To encourage a spirit of fraternal union and charity among the 
 member by engaging them to tak.- an interest in each others welfare, 
 mure particulary on the occasion of death. 
 
 4. To assist with religious and patriotic zeal in honoring the feast 
 of Ireland's Apostle. 
 
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 • 
 
 XoTE.— St. Prttrick's Total Al.stinence and Benetit Society is com- 
 posed not only of those who on tlir payment of Hxed monthly <lues ai-.- 
 entitled to certain pecuniary hcnetits. hut to all the men\i>ers of St. Pat- 
 ricks covii-repition wiin huv. plfd^'ed themselves to total ahstinenee. and 
 who ha\e liM'l til. if names enrolleil on thr hooks of the society. 
 
 TW former Pj-esid(!nts were : P-v. P. iMielan, S.S. : Rev. Kiciuu-ds, 
 S.S. : Pev. J. J. Connolly, S.S. : Rev. . .)owd, S.S. ; Rev. J..mes Hon-an. 
 S.S. : Pev. F. Bakewolh S.S. ; Rev. L. W. Leclair. S.S.; Rev. McDonald, 
 Rev. .1. P. Kii'inan, Re\ . Martin C'allaj^dian, S.S. 
 
 The present othcers are ( I <SM!)-i)()) : 
 
 President. — Rov. James McCallen, S.S 
 
 1st Lay Otlicer, 1st Vice-Presi.h'nt--Hon. Edward Mui-phy. 
 
 12ud Vice-President — Patrick ])oyle. 
 
 Secretary — Jas. J. Costij^an. 
 
 Asst. Secretajy — John H. Fee ley. 
 
 Treasurer — James Tiernay. 
 
 Assistant Treasurer — Thos. Lati s iiore. 
 
 Marshal — James Mi Hoy. 
 
 Assistant Marshall — John Lap})in. 
 
 Couinuttee of Mana<fenient. - Jas. Meek, Jas. Connaugthon, Thos. 
 Fijui, John Walsh, A. Brogan. B. Kmerson, P. Callary, A. T. Mai'tin, M. 
 Sharkey, .1. H. Kelly, John Kerhy, John Howard. • 
 
 The golden juialeo of the St. Patrick's T'. Ai B. Soch'ty, Feb. KUh 
 and I7d). has added a new laund to thv hi-i^ht crown which decorates 
 the ljr<-w of toni}»'-rance. 
 
 ST. PATRICKS .SOCIETY. 
 
 This grand and imposing association datt's from the year PS.S2. and 
 thus claims an anti(juity of fifty i.'ight years. Among the distinguished 
 gentlemen ^\dl'> graced the presidental chaii\ wi- notice particularly Sir 
 Francis Pliucks, JudL^- Dohrrtv, thf late Be*"''ard Devlin. Hon. '''iicis. 
 Ryan, VVm. Workman, the l;ite Michael Dono\an, Janies How ley ami a 
 host of otliers whose po.sitioii in ci\il .society entitles tluiu to a vast 
 aniou\it of admiration. In l<S5(i tlir constitution^ were revised and 
 adoptcil liy Rev. P. Dowd, S.S,. Chaplain, 
 
 The following is a list of th.- othcer^^, (1NS9-00): 
 Director— Ri'V. P, Dowd, S.S. 
 President — H, J. Cloran. 
 First Vice-Presi lent — F. Langan. ■ 
 Second Vice- Pre. -.ident—F. Stjifford. 
 
 idH 
 
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 Treasurer — Gcorgo Murpliy. 
 
 (J()rrespon(liii<^ Socrefcary — M. Kdly. 
 
 Assistant Seovtary — T. F. Mc(iruil. 
 
 Coniinittee of MaiiageiiK'Ut — J. FJryuc. P. Kelioe. \V. l)n\is, J. Mo 
 Lanc, P. McCatr— y, F. (^illaghan, .1. Foley, .1. Craven, M. Dolaliantv, 
 (leor^e Craven, J. 0'Shnai;nt's,sy, B. Cinjipbell, F. -S. O'Ktilly, Janu-s 
 Cudily, P. Connolly, Thos. Curuiin,i,''hani, J. Power, W. Eawley. St 
 i'iitricks Society's proijranniic was a uiaLjniMeent piece of ingenuity, as 
 will be seen from the ft)llowin(r items : - 
 
 PART I. 
 
 I-OVEIITURK " Donnyl.rook Fair," Okchestiu 
 
 fiitriKlnctnri/ Ri'mnrhn hi/ the Proiilmt //. /. Cloran Kv/. 
 
 •i.-HUNTIN(.UlIOIUS.'. Ln.v OF Kiix.vRXKY. 
 
 :'-— '^»)L0 "The Storiufield," Kokckku 
 
 mi:. II. II. SMITH. 
 
 4.-VI()LEN SOLO "St. ratni'k's l^ay" ViiaxTEiU's. 
 
 MK. \\M. nl'I.MVAN. 
 
 r).-QUARTETTE "Kerry m.i.V Milioy. 
 
 IIAKMOSY M.Vl.E QlAKTETrE. 
 
 I-'.— HOLD "Lo: Hear the (Jentle Lark," (with Flute uMitrato, by 
 
 Mii- 1'akkakv. 
 MISS ROSE BRAXIFF. 
 7.— DUETT "Flow Gentle Deva," PAiiRY. 
 
 MKS.SHS. I. VENAIiLKS AND E. OrQUETTE. 
 
 «. — SOLO " Eil\ Mavourueeu," Lily ov KiLL^ui.vEY. 
 
 MR. T. DE G. STEWART. 
 
 !'.— C'liORU.S "Erin, the Tear and tlie Smile ....Mouke. 
 
 Address :— J. J- CURIiAN, ESQ., Q.C, M.P. 
 
 PART 11. 
 
 1.— OVERTURE " Whifeperiutrs from Erin," Okciiestra. 
 
 -• — SOLO " Emniet'.s Last Words," (with churus) XorKSE. 
 
 MU. 11. ri'TON. 
 
 o.— SOLO "Kilhiriu'y , Balke. 
 
 .MISS ROSE JiRANlFF. 
 4.~FLUTE SOLO "Homage a Berbiiiuier," Faurary. 
 
 MS. THEODORE 1'ABRARY. 
 
 o.~QUARTETTE "Sunset," ; Va^ de water. 
 
 IIAUMOVY male Qf ART ETTE. 
 
 0. — SOLO "Old Ireland. '" ( \vitii oJiorns) Smallwood. 
 
 MR. T. \V. KOI.EY. 
 
 v.— VIOLIN DUETT " Grandmotlier," Langer. 
 
 MESSRS. WM. Sri.LIVAN AND R. .). mV.IIKK. 
 
 8.— CHORUS " Last Rose of Summer," From Oi-era ok Martha. 
 
 Solo by MISS ROSE BILVNIFF. 
 
 —GRAND FINALE ""God Save our Native Land," Sli.uvax. 
 
 ^IR. WM. SULLIVAN Le.vder ok Orchestra. 
 
 MR. A. P. McGUIBK Musical DiBEcroR. 
 
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 Ml' •]. J. Ciirnui o|h'iu'(.1 his remarks \)y a humorous aneodotr from 
 0'(A)nnell, an<l procfUcil to say in answer to thosr who claim that they 
 .shoul'l t'or«^et Lvlainl and think of Canada ah)nt', that Irishmi'ii had hccn 
 sticond to nor\(> in their devotion to Cnnada's prosperity. He spoki' of Or 
 Traey and Lewis T. Drtunmoml and exeited the <ri-eatest enthusiasm in 
 speakinn; of D'Ai-cy MeUee and Areld>ishop Connolly of their advoeacy of 
 Canadian eonfederation. He >>pc»ke in hi^di terms of Hon. Edward Blak-v 
 and .said anothei" >if Irelnnds ehil<li'en, Sir ,lohn Thomp.son, was amonc^st 
 the irifts of Ireland to (Canada, a man whose eleai- intellect gi-appled with 
 everv ([Uestion and iiiride it as elcar as a in'oMeui in Euclid. He saidasa 
 dutiful son loved his uKjthi r with inereasinjj; tenderness as she advanced 
 in years, and encircled her with his manly arms and ^azed upon her with 
 fond devotion, so tlie Irish exiles and their children Lr^zed upon the old 
 land on St. Patrick's day and .sent heavenward their warmest prayers for 
 the day of lit'r constitutional frefMlom. Ht^ yav(; a Nivid description of 
 ancient Ireland, of tlie exo(his of the early sclu)lars and the suhse(|uent 
 exodus of the military chieftains who had shed their hlood on every hattle 
 field for France, Spain and Austria, and pictui'ed the people left with non<' 
 Imt the Sor/ijartJi Ai-doii to comfort then ti the midni<;ht of their despair. 
 He spoke of the achievements of Irishmen in Enelish literature and quoted 
 a beautiful stanza from John Bfjyle ( )'Rielly on a ''Nation's Test." He 
 said they knew the past; they lived in the present; what would lie tlie 
 future ^ He cpioteil from Cannine-'s j^nvnt speech in the English Htaiseof 
 Conmions to show tlie condition <tf Catholics in 17(»0. In 1771 the Hr.st 
 move was made for Catholic emancipation. It took just Hfty-niru; years 
 to carry that measure with all the power of English Catholics and the 
 .superhuman efforts of Daniel 0'(./0unell in the latest years of the move- 
 ment. It was just twenty years since Isaac Butt, in 1.S70, first set the 
 home rule movement on foot, and to-day England's givatest statesman, 
 Gladstone, was workini; hand in han<l with Parnell for the Irish cause. 
 He stated that .some people claimed that home rule niennt separation. Did 
 home rule in Canada moan se])aration ^ Were not the English, Scotch 
 anl French in Canada loyal i And lit,' would ask was there a more loyal 
 liody of men in this Dominion than the Iri.sli Catholics ? He wished to 
 a.sk that (juestion nf the eminently Irish Catholic auiience he Avas 
 addressing. 
 
 Loud cheers greeted the orator's impassioned i[uestion. His perora- 
 tion was reallj?^ magnificent and elicited deafening applause. 
 
 A vote of thanks to Mr. Curran was moved hy Senator Murphy, 
 seconded bv Hon. James McShane. 
 
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 CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN'S SOCIKTY. 
 
 Tlif Cjithnlic \ Diiiij^ Mi'ii's Society ^ave eviilt'Ht Mini taii;^nMc proofs 
 Mf tlu'ir j^ood tastf in silcctin^ the Windsor m-w liall for their gTand pcr- 
 foriimtice of the 17tli, and in putting upon tlie sta<jfe a vt'vy interesting 
 proj^rannne. In this reyai'd. tlicv have hmx faithful to the trndititnis 
 of tlie past, and elaini justly a certain [>rt'-<'niinfnc»' and preponderjincc in 
 all their undeitakin;j^s. The C. Y. M. S. has just completed its sih rr 
 juhilee or its twenty-tifth year. It oonies out at the close of a (|uarter 
 «»f a centurv with renewed vi<;or tfi carrv on its twofold, ]ii<jh and ini- 
 portart ndssi(jn, the propagation of sounrl literature and the honor of 
 rfli'-ion. Its hadufe and cnsiy-n are stamped with the motto of an 
 ly^iiatius of Loyola, " Ad Majoreni Dei (iloriani,' " For the greater <(lory 
 uf (jtod. Its records bring to light many names dear to the present 
 generation of Montreal. They contain the list of former pre^Jidents, 
 among whoi'u may l»e mentioned : Messrs. P. J. Coyle. Burke, Mullin, 
 r. Mclaughlin, AY E. Doran, I). Phelan, T. Fox. A. Sliannon, I'. F. Mc- 
 Caffrey, J. McLaughlin, J. S. Fosbre, M. Coggins, J. J, (iethings, J. P. 
 Smith. 
 
 Officers (LS89-fjO): 
 
 Director and Treasurer — Ke\-. Jauios Callaghan, 8.S. 
 
 Presiilent — John Patterson. 
 
 First Vice-President — J. A. Rowan. 
 
 Second Vice-President — W. li. Rawley. 
 
 Financial Secretary — Thos. Britt. 
 
 Recording Secretary — C. J. MacAnally. 
 
 Assistant Recording Secretary — J. J. O'Brien. 
 
 Libiarian — A. F. Nicholson. 
 
 Assistant Librarian — J Clinch. 
 
 Marshall— J. A. F^are. 
 
 Assistant Marshall — W. Howard. 
 
 Councillors— J. B. McDennott, 1). McDonald, J. D. McKiiy, T. V. 
 Drew, J. Whelan, J. Nebbs. 
 
 PROG U AM ME : 
 
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 uvertukp:. 
 
 OVEKTURK 
 
 I'ART FIRST, 
 
 Fantasie Miutaky Band 
 
 (Rose p' Amour). 
 
 \mazon OKaiEsxRA 
 
 , (Keisler). 
 
 ADDRESS J- PAiTErisox 
 
 bONG " My Dear OKI Irish Hume." E. O'Shea 
 
 (Walsh). 
 
 
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 .F. J. McKknna 
 
 KECITATION "Th« Polish Boy." 
 
 (Anna T. Siki-iikss). 
 C0KN'1:TH>L0 "Tbt> Miiifitna Boy." V. W. Hoi.i.am. 
 
 (M(MIKK). 
 
 BALLAD " KatliUuMi Aroon." V. W. H. 
 
 H()X<i (('(niiic) " 'riic .U'w."... Ai.K. Poiikutv 
 
 MAKCII AUiuliu (MiciiiMTiix 
 
 (Baunks). 
 
 LECTllik:— Till-: MISICAL (ihW/i'S (fF JH/JLAM):' 
 Rcr. Marfin C<illa(jh<t n. S.S., SI. I'n/ricl/.s. 
 
 !'AliT 8 IX ON L). 
 
 GRAND SELECTION " Irish Airs." Sii,ver Cornet Bam. 
 
 EUPHOMl'M SOLO ) A, TT ,, 
 
 (OKNKT SOLO J MicfisitH. IIoi.lani) axd Eaik.k 
 
 ORATOIUO Balfo OriniKSTRA 
 
 SON(i (Ba."so) "Siloiit, Oh! MovIr." J. [). Ai/riMrs 
 
 ORIGINAL POEM (Omi&ion)..." The DyinK'Exiio'sJ'riiyt'r." .\L J, Ekhun, Esq. 
 
 SONG " I'll Take You Homv-, Kuthloen/' J. o'siika 
 
 (Williiima) 
 
 PIANO SOLO., \. Letondai. 
 
 ^^^^ '' Noreon, Maureen." O'Shea Bkos 
 
 (Fox). 
 
 SONG (Comii) "The Muther-iu-Law." Ai.k Doiiektv 
 
 FINALE " Gems of Irelund," (Medley) Miutaky Band 
 
 F. "W. HoI.LAM). 
 
 riiOF.A. LETONDAI MUSICAL DIRECTOR 
 
 SILVER CORNKT BAXl) AND ()R(^HESTRA. 
 
 Ba^D- ' 0Rf1IE.SrKA. 
 
 G.H. Holland, E Flat Cornet and Violu 
 
 Thos. Newton, Solo B Flat Cornet 
 
 Thos. Earle, Lst B Flat Cornet ist Cornet. 
 
 Geo. Eleasley, Lsl B Flat ( ornet 
 
 — . Ransom, i.'nd B Flat Cornet Jnd Cornet. 
 
 W.J. Wakes, Solo Alto Horn. 
 
 Ed. .Johns, 1st Alto Double Bas-s. 
 
 Ben Ingley, 2nd Alto Horn. 
 
 Geo. Bani.Toft, B Flat Tenor I'nd Violin 
 
 V. Hume, Baritone '2nd Violin. 
 
 Geo. Stewart, Solo Euphonium and Trombone. 
 
 H..Tarret, B Flat Bass 
 
 H. Ha!,ch, ?> Flat Contro Baas .- 
 
 P. Krasel, E Flat Contre Bass lV)uble Bass. 
 
 Jno. Henderson, Bass Drum B Drum. 
 
 G. Rosser, Side Drum Small drum. 
 
 'dodgers, Cymbals 
 
 .. . D. Poreheron Clarionet. 
 
 FREDERICK W. HOLLAND-Musical DrREcrim 
 
 '•" ^ I LJ I I I . 
 
Tlif t'litcrtaimiu'iit )'ii>vfil t<» 1m>, wliat the Montreal pulilic had luiti- 
 
 . ipiitfd, a tlioroiiu'lj and ^^raiit'yin^ trinnijth ; loOO spcctwitors Lfraccd the 
 
 , \, Whidsur Hall. Tlie itv. ^^'I'lith-nirn ])H's«.(nt were : Father liubonneau. 
 
 O. R .Ma!»y, S.8., (imnd Seminary, .1. A. McCallen.S.S., M. ('alla.<rhaii, S.S., 
 
 .1. Caliaulian, S.S., Casey, St. Patriek's, Lesai^e. 
 
 J. A. Kowan, 1st Vice-President, oeenpii'd the ehair. Kach ifconiealled 
 t'i)i-a repetition of encores. ( >ratoi'v, poetry anil nmsic Were harmoniously 
 Mended toj.^'ether. He\ . iMtirtin (Jallaj^dian's masti'i-ly effort was innuensely 
 ,i|iplaud(Ml. 
 
 F.J. McKenna's "Polish Hoy" was rendei-rd with jjreat clocutionarv 
 merit. Messrs. O'Shea Bi'o.s., .). I). Altimas and V. W Holland sane ad- 
 miralily well. A. Dohei'ty, in his comic chai-acters, ke})t \\\< a coii.stant 
 ejlow of good humor and mirth. The liollanil 'land an<l r)r(,'liesti*a are 
 masters of t.^-^ uuisical ait. • 
 
 Ml'. M. J. Foron ranks nmonj,' our Irish-Canadian poets. His dehut, 
 as a poet of no small merit, was on the occasion of the cent.on- 
 riiiry of the Montreal ("olleeo, and won universal a[)[)laus(' from the laity 
 and the priests and l)isht)ps presei.t. Last eveuiut^ the <(entleman sedected 
 as the theme of his poetical cojnposition, " The Dying H\ili''s Prayer." 
 The piect^ is a))ove criticism. His ]iencilling of the Irisli exile , his 
 delineation of the Iri.sh character ; his ni<ailding of thought: his word- 
 painting; hi.s soft breathing of prayer ; his grace in deiivejy are ((ualitics 
 which enhance, not (>rdy the poem, hut the poet nlso. 
 
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 THE DYIXC EXILE'S PKAYER. 
 
 The eve of Ii'eland's festive day 
 
 Was waning. 'Xeath a western .^ky 
 An exile son of Erin lay 
 
 Afar from ht^me, al.)Out to die. 
 ^\'ithin a cluimher sad !m<l plain, 
 
 Where naught Init poverty was known, 
 Whei"<' naught hut want was .seen to reign, 
 
 Where Ivixury liad long since tunvn ; 
 Wliere misery usnrp'd the pow'r 
 
 Of liappiness, bereft of all. 
 Save grace, thrice bless'd dower, 
 
 Awaite<I he death s fatal call. 
 And at hi.s side, with grief nigli wild, 
 
 The angel of his exile year.-:. 
 His faith, his hope, his love, his child — 
 
 His heart's own idol — knelt in tears. 
 
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 Ht'i" sunny luiir, those ringlets gold 
 
 So often strok'd, so often press 'd 
 By loving hands now growing cold, 
 
 By d}'ing lips is now caress 'd. 
 Her eyes, like stars exceeding briglit. 
 
 From out the heaven of her face 
 Shine forth and waft their purest light 
 
 In prayei' to the realms of grace. 
 But, while she sobs, the mystic hour 
 
 When day of «lying hour is V)orn 
 Rings out to earth with magic pow'r 
 
 The hirth of Erin's festal morn. 
 As oftentimes a Hower nigh dead 
 
 Awakes again at break of day, 
 And lifts with joy its drooping head 
 
 To greet the sun's life-giving ray ; 
 So, even by the self-same pow'r, 
 
 When life meets death in fatal strife, 
 The tolling of that midnio'ht hour 
 
 Recalls the dying man to life. 
 He clasps his dear one to his breast. 
 
 And she within his failincr siffht 
 (!^pholds that emblem ever blest : 
 
 The sacre(l wood of Calv'ry's height. 
 His eyes, uplifted, pierce the sky 
 
 As if he long'd to enter there, 
 And from his lids ascends on hich 
 
 An Irish exile's dying pray'r. 
 " O! Thou whose prai-ses angels sing ; 
 
 ( ) ! Thou whom I adore ; 
 My G( d, my Savior, and my King, 
 
 My hope for evermore ! 
 01 God of Ireland, God of Rome. 
 
 Whose footstool is the earth ; 
 Who welcomes us to Heaven's home, 
 
 Who blessed us at our birtli ; 
 Who leads us through the darksome day 
 
 Unto the realms of liffht, 
 Unto the dawn of Heaven's day, 
 
 Receive my pray'r to-night. 
 By her, thy master])iece, O '. God, 
 
 By her who gave me birth, 
 
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 Whoso (lust is uiiiioU'd Mitli tlic sod 
 
 Of Ireland's sacred e!;j-tli : 
 Who tauo-lit me in my chihhsli vears 
 
 To h"sj) thy lioly name ; 
 By her sweet nicm "ry, \\y ni\' tears, 
 
 Pray grant the Ixjon I eUvim. 
 I>y him who father'd me through lii'e, 
 
 Directed \,v thv hand, 
 Who fought an<l <lii,'d For rhild ami wifr. 
 
 For G()i\ tmd fatherland. 
 By her who won my hand and lo\t'. 
 
 Wlio sluir'd my e\-'ry jiain, 
 Whn. dying, said : In Heav'n aitove 
 
 We all shall meet ajjnin.' 
 By this fair angel at my side, 
 
 Thy jn-ecious gift to nie ; 
 By E)-in"s nuirtvrs wlio ahide 
 
 In hliss, my God, with Thee : 
 By Iiini, thy saint, wlio brought thi' ligl.t 
 
 Of faith to Erin's shoi-e, 
 May right ascend the tluone of might 
 
 To reign for evermore. 
 And ere my soul, mv lone benuest. 
 
 Ascends, my G'od. to Thee, 
 Oh ! hear my pray'r, my life's re(juest ; 
 
 May Ireland soon he free ! 
 May fivedom's sun with loviiij; rays 
 
 And nui}' a reign of happy days, 
 Succeed the liitter past ! 
 
 Throuffii this \\<'\v home of !ihert\- 
 May hnid Iio.sannahs ring 1 
 
 Thy cross its scanda' I ever li 
 
 And Thou, m\' (Joil. its King!" 
 
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 And ail was o'er; the knell of rest 
 
 Had toll'd ; the child pr«)strated lay. 
 And he, of uoh1e hearts the hest. 
 
 From earth to HeaVii had ]>ass'd away. 
 » His soul to Uod he g:<\'e in care, 
 
 To Ireland jrave his d\ inif hr<'ath ; 
 And there, erect, ...inds clasp'tl in pray'i-. 
 The saintly exile '<iu'lt in deatli. 
 17th March, hSiJO. 
 
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 M. .). Fkiion. 
 
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 The piece <lc reslshincr was tin- Lfctui'o. It ivad as folknvs : — 
 
 Rev. Fathers, Ladies and Genteemen, — Allow me to congratuhit-- 
 you upon tho spirit whicli jfatiiers yon in this hall and <>-reets )ne t>n appcai-- 
 ing to address you. This spirit is descrx ini>- of univei-sal adiniratit»u. Ir 
 reveals on your part the hiirhest order of appreciation, and the nic>>r 
 exalted su.sceptiliilities. It elo(|Uently bespeaks the leadino" characterislies 
 of tlie race to which you and 1 helon;;'. This ract; — siiall 1 fi'tvy it ^ — 
 yes, and to its greatest glory let uie .say it, knows notliiiig of the 
 chameleon ])ower of variation. Ne\t>r was it swayed liy this power in 
 the ]»ast, and m.-vei- sliall it in tlu' future. Civilization emanates from 
 and tends to foster the twofold jn'inciplc which lies at the foundation of 
 a,!l imiividual, social and national happiness. This twofold principle vnu 
 will rt'oognize without any ditlieulty in loyalty to Christ's earthly .^pouse 
 and in loyalty to fatlu-rland. The Iris., race has proved loyal to the 
 Chui-eh that Christianized it and faithful to the dear little isle tran(juilly 
 repo.sing on the blue Atlantic wave which this Church ble.ssed with all the 
 sacred tenderness of tin puicst maternal love. Vou iia\'e vowe(',, and ever- 
 lastingly . allegiance to Roiuf and Ireland. They are ever in your thoughts, 
 ever in your ati'ectlons, ever on your lij)s and in t \-eiy pulse of life that 
 thro1>s within vour brea.sts. Vov; have met — and I rejoice U) he in vour 
 midst— to rt'call and celel>iai:e a memory which is consecrated by the 
 apostleship and embaluuMl in tin- hearts of a pet)ple as constant as the 
 northeiu .star. Yo'.i woidd fain lay at the feet of St. Piitriek the htauage 
 of gratitu<le anti vtucration which h»> jnstly claims at your hands, and 
 which is the very koynoti' of the loftiest nattires. Annually you solemn- 
 ize the I7tli of March. This day always awakens a thousand as.socia- 
 tions. It ehit'Hy renunds you of the Christian inheritance which you 
 eniov an<l owe U> t>enerutions now restinir hi tlu'ir modest irravts, but 
 onee heroieallv devoted to ti'uth, virtue and honoi'. It presents to ^ (»ur 
 
 f 1 % 
 
 imagination a )an<l which in physical beauty finds jio rival on either 
 hemisphere of our globe. an<l whi'.'h implicitly relies for tiie jvalization of 
 its hopes upon the .syin[)athy of whatever i.s mo.st noble-minded and 
 generous- hearted in all the nations of the eartli. 
 
 T':ere are many subjects wliich might In- treate<l upon this occa:-ion 
 both ad\antageously and appropriately. I thought that pi'rhaps I couM 
 not do anything better than to speal< oil Iiish nuisic, especially on a 
 <lay singularly dear to a people wlio know liow to harmonize .so 
 lieautifuhy tin ir livis witli their prineiple.s. who may be reputed second to 
 none other on this continent for musical taste, ability and proliciency, 
 and who re.lect lusti'e upon a Chun h that has always Ikh'U ♦•ve most 
 eiiiight.'ited fiiend .'ind ]M'Wei-ful patron of musicians, I shaH lu.^ttsvei! 
 
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 upon till? ancii'ut nl(iries of Ii-isJi nmsic. Avith w^hich you arc presumalily 
 ac(|uuinted. I shall develop its Jt'cliiu' and rise in modern times, 
 
 Musie is a universal languat,'e. This language is spoken and under- 
 stooil in every clime avid under every sky. It claims a divine mission, and 
 should, like everything else, minister to our eternal w tdfare. It holds an 
 imlisputable empire overtiie human heart. Its influence brooks no resist- 
 ance, and its charms aliord an endless variety. Irish nmsic has its distin- 
 guishing features. They ccaispire to render it nothing less than a paragon 
 of loveliness and a type of peerless lieauty. Once it had its noon-day of 
 splendor, 14 tl.'en glowed with all tne flush of prosperity and .seemed 
 un<'i[)prehensi\'e of any check whatever. But the heavens 'jvew dark and 
 menacing. The clomls of adversity burst with merciless havoc over the 
 length and breadth of the Emerald Isle. Nothing was left uninjare'd, and 
 everything shared in the general desolation. The musical {""t was not 
 spareil. It ceased to flourish and its fortunes began to vary. It is pain- 
 ful though not wholly uninteresting. to describe its condition dui-ing the 
 seventeenth century This century witnessed its decline, and history 
 assigns t\w \'arious causes to which this decline may be attributeiL 
 'ldH'\' were three in number. Civil strife, injustice and Puritanism were 
 li agueil for a eonauoji interest. The ancient Irish nobles appreciated the 
 music of their country as it deserved. It was their idol. At its shrine 
 tiiev bent ill the mo.st earnest worship. Thev admired, cherished and 
 venerateii it. The minstrel was no stranger under their rf)of. He was a 
 most welcome and honored guest. He was privileged to jtartake of all 
 the luxuries which the kindliest hospitality could devise or bestow. His 
 liarp never weaiii-d. Its accents were always fresh, engaging and enrap- 
 turing. Alas! the tocsin of civil war rang loud and shrill on all siiles 
 and huslied almost into the silence of the tomb the thi-illing notes of the 
 ( eltic bard. Fate pursued the nobles with unrelenting fvuy. They fell 
 ' . iims to their fVies or fled for safety to the continent. Ireland niu'tured 
 up u) her soil .sons whose ambitit>n sought to preser\-e the fame of their 
 ancestors and bet[ueath it un.sullied to the remotest posterity. They 
 inherited the patronage of music iiu(' proved iKii unworthy of this gift. 
 They encourageii the unisicai art at an expenditure which tallied with 
 their immense resources. Sinister times .supervened. Only a few remained 
 of the hereditary patrons of music, and little could the}' accomplish to its 
 Jidvantage. Once thev had known what wealth was, and what a danger- 
 i '.is thing it is unless it is made subsei-vient to a proper j'urjKJse. They 
 i niployed it to further one of the grandest objects, and this object was 
 nuu'ic. Now they were eompa.rative!y poor. It w.is owing to the con- 
 fiscations wdiich took [)lace under Cromwell, Cliarles the Second and 
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 Irisli iiuisic suffered considerably at the Imnds oE Purifcanisii). ( 'rc^in- 
 AvelVs solditM's adhered to this sect and succeeded only in contaminatino' 
 the annals »)l- humanity with their inveterate prejudices, unltridled pas- 
 sums and infamous malefactions. 'They disposs<-sse<l the rii^ditfid owners 
 of their estates and secured them for themselves by a legal recognition 
 which they had no difficulty in obtaining. They are reputed to have 
 "despised every art but those of killing, canting and hypocrisy." They 
 eoulrl not relish anything that savored of the soil which they usurped. 
 They hated the Irish and tlicy hated their music. This tw(>fold hatred 
 was inspired l)y tlie religion which they professed and perpetuated 
 unfortunatelj^ a^ nn heirloom. Is it sui'prising that Ii-ish mu.sic should 
 decline ? No. Covdd w<^ wonder if its doom was sealed, and irrevocably ^ 
 By no means. But what happened :* T)i<l it perish ? No, no. It was 
 im]K)ssible to extinguish in i ' ' 'i Itrenst thi' spirit of generosity and 
 • hn-otion by which it was intia'' There were still noble hearts beat- 
 
 in<>- on the sfreen i.sle of the Wesi, and .'^o long as such hearts do beat, 
 what great cause, I ask, can die ! Mu.-^t it not survive r Will it not bid 
 o[)eu defiance to every obstach?, contpier every enemy and wrentli its 
 bidw with unfading laui-els of victory :* 
 
 Irisli music gave birth to a new race. It was the race of itinerant 
 nnnstrels. They were entrusted with the traditions of by-gone days, and 
 carried them withersoev»!r they directe<i their steps, endixlied in strains 
 which admiral)ly interpreted them. Foreign musicians la^'i.shed encomi- 
 ums up<in the genius of Erin. They discovered its treasures of melody 
 and, hastened to enrich themselves. Its inspirations tilled them with 
 ♦•nthusiasm, penetrated the inmost recesses of their soul, and a.s.serted a 
 magic sway over the sanctuary of tlieir thought.s. Their compositions 
 assumed a fresh character of merit. Thc^y were happily interwoven with 
 shreds of Irish music. They were adorned with numerous ideas and 
 pas.sages which it supplied. Howevei' no acknowledgment was made. 
 Fngratitude iniblushingly allied itsrlf to injustice. The Irish melodies 
 Were for a lono- while sul>mitted to a critical ordeal. Thev were doome<| 
 tt) a state of neglect which intlicted an irreparable injury. Seldom wi-re 
 th«^y played or sung, ^hdy at distant intervals was it po.ssible for most 
 ])eople to hear them, "^rhey were fading from memory and growing 
 unfamiliar. Several countries in luirope failed not to profit by this 
 goldei. opportunity. Their musical standard had not reached its perfec- 
 tion. It lacked a lustre which the Western Isle alone was competent to 
 impart. The most celebrntecl Knropcan artists revelled in tlie study of 
 burin's |)roductions. Tht^y imitated and ap})ropriateti them. Thus was it 
 that they enhanced the brillinncy of their per.sonal reputations and 
 intensified the glory with wliich tlieir native lands were endowed. 
 
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 SuHice to mention such nanios ns Haviln, Rossini, Flotow, and a 
 number of other masters. Tlx'V were' fascinated by the creations of Ire- 
 lan'l's u'enius, and felt nothin;L,r hnmbled in borrowinn- from tlie treasury 
 of her matchless symplionies. The Irisli always entertained a deep and 
 abiding symi)athy for the Stuart cause. They were peisuaded that it 
 lield entwine*! tlieir dearest interests, and it seemed as if its ti'inmph 
 should entail all tlie blcssintrs which tliey coveted. They centred tlieir 
 hopes ill King' James, and trnsti-d that he would realize theii' bi-jo-htest 
 dreams, -fhc^y were attached to this monarch in a ileo^ree which bor- 
 <lered on the inci'cddtle. 'i'liis attachment aroused the li-ish muse from 
 its prolonged lethargy and ushered into the light of day a (piantity of 
 songs worthy of better times. These songs are not losi. Tliey are pre- 
 sei-ved under the genei-al designation of *• Jacobite Relics. They breathe 
 the quintessence of nnisic. They strikingly bear the impress of melan- 
 choly which is twin with all nue sentiment. Consult experience and it 
 will t<dl voti that n<» smnid troes to the heart who.se arrow is not 
 feathered with sorrow. Among the "Jacobite Relics" stand conspicu- 
 ously "Dark Rosaline," " Kathleen-na-Houlahan "' '"The Silk of the 
 Kine," and "The Blackbii-d.'" Once it was treason to sing or play 
 upon any instrument thr last piece of music whicl) I have 
 just mentioned. Many in this audience have perhaps heard it 
 and still remember it. In its pathos it is simplv irresistible 
 You wouhl fancy it was compose<l by the wry Angel of Sorrow. 
 He seems to kn«'el at th<' throne (■£' the Most High. He weeps over 
 Erin's wrongs and pleads for i-edress. Must he Aveep or plead in vain ? 
 Ah ! no. Does not the (Jod of Love and Justice listen to his prayer, and 
 in His own best time will He not grant it? The horizon is lirightening 
 over sweet Tnnisfail and soon will she be reinstated in all her rights and 
 pri\'ileges. All ii-ishmen iiave a duty to fulfil. It does not matter in 
 wdiat country they may live or in what circumstances they may be 
 placed. Tliey should mer-ge all ditt'erences in their eiibrts to rescue .Ire- 
 land from the evils of misrule, provide her a congenial atmosphere, and 
 vest her in robes befittin'' her diijnitv She holds a foremost rank in 
 promoting the glory of the human race. She has always corresponded 
 with the nol)lest inipulses of nature, and thus Avon an imperishable fame 
 of the most da/zling spliMidor. Each page of her history illustrates thr 
 lineaments which form her character. Circumstances did not always 
 permit her to unfold them in all their beauty and strength, Init never 
 C(mld they annihilate them. Her masical genius challenges universal 
 admiration. Durino- aires she saw nations .seate<i at her feet. They were 
 most eager to study the lessons which sht.' inculcated, and catch the tone 
 of her inspirations. Then came centuries during which the ('eltic hai-p 
 
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 was j)artinlly shorn of it.- inaiosty and wrappt,Ml in eonipamtivo silence 
 and j^lotnii. Rarely did it rt-sound. But then its strings vibrated ixndei; 
 the toucli of master tingeis ivnd voiced a soul wliich, though lanj^uishinj;'. 
 possessed all the secrets of life, youth, vigoi- and iimnortality. Who is 
 not conversant witli the name of < )'Carolan .'' What Irishniuii <loes not 
 treasure it in tht- nieuiory of his heart and encircle it with ;i sort of 
 sacred halo :* This name' was hoi-nc hy a ])atriot wlio hcheld with 
 niiuirled feelinirs of affliction and iuilij-iiatiou his native soil, the land of 
 his forefathers and the home (tf all whom he cherished most u])on earth 
 undergoing an ordeal of unparalleled injiistice and harharity. Before his 
 gaze stood tiie unliallowed altar of })olitieal oppression. On this altar lay 
 hleeding as a victim the innocent tiueer. of his tli<.»ughts and 
 affections. He clunji to th'- victim with all the energy antl tender- 
 uess of his soul and hreathed all the chivalry of his devotion 
 into, the ineffable strains of his minstrelsy. Thi- great O'Ckrolan 
 de])arted this life in \~-iH. He was almost the last of the 
 Irish bards. Much, indeed, do we owe this illustrious race. Fond. 
 nay, singularly fond, were they <.)f two endtlems. Doubtless you have 
 already guessed m\" meaUiU". L'hi se emblems were the cross a'nd the 
 shamrock. They taught us by word ani.l deed to prize and reverence 
 thrm. On no con<litiou whatever would they separate them, and we will 
 follo>v tlu'ii- example cost what it may. llight well did they know and 
 mo.st intimately weve they peivsuaded that patriotism should serve as the 
 basis of all national grandeui-. l>ut that nothing could deserve this ap})eb 
 lation unless it emanated from and was accompanie(l by the principle of 
 Chi'i.stian faith. The music of Ireland had become seriously impaired 
 umhn" the >wav of a sterii antl uncomi)romising; fatalit\'. The bards 
 grieved at witnessing its condition and strenuously endeavored to amelio- 
 rate it. They transmitte<l theii' s|>irit to posterity, atid by its mysterious 
 influence contril)Ute(l in no insiixnitieant measure to i)ave the way for the 
 revival of Irish nuisic. This was inaugurated about half a eentui-y after 
 the (leath of O'Carolan. A startling item cippeared in the |)ublie jour- 
 nals. It Wiis ad\-erti.sed that a musical contest would take place in 
 Oranard on the 1st of August, 1784-, and that preininms wouM be 
 awarded to the rom- 1)e,st Irish harpers. What an ingenious and practical 
 ideal Does it not reflect honor on the name of James Dungan ! It 
 originated in his nnnd and he defray e<l all the e.\'pens((s whicli it entailed. 
 (Jranatd was his bifthplace, but he was residing at ( Jojienhagt'ii when 
 this id( a. tlasheil througli his brain. The contest was to be a novelty. 
 Hearts beat high and fpiiek with feelings of anticipated enjoyment. 
 (,'rowds Hocked to the musical tournament, and such was the (h'light 
 which it atlbrded that it was dceme<| necessary to i-epeai it foi" three 
 
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 years in .succession. At oacli fctnrn of tliis Pytliian festival tlu- inUTcst 
 i,qv\v more inteii.se, and the parti'-ipants multiplied. Much gofnl was 
 derived from the musical competitions which then took place. Artists 
 strove to emulate and outrival one another. They saw their musicMJ 
 re]>ertory enlai-<;ed and embelli.shed, and felt confident that they liad 
 secured the patronaj^e of the pul)tic at large. To the exhibitions of 
 which I am speakinijf should he ascribed something which calls for a 
 special, though passing, notice. I n 11 ude to a collection of original Irisli 
 iiH'loilies. For the first time they now a2)peared vmder this foi-m. 
 Efforts have liecn made at different times to collect them and proved 
 una\ ailing. Burke Tliumoth, Neil of Dublin, and < ),"(Jarolan's son 
 undertook the task, but without any success. Ireland is indebted foi- 
 tile principal collecti(jns of her ancient melodies to a contest of harpers 
 lu'ld at Belfast in 1792, and to the enthusiasm of Edward Bunting. 
 This worthy personage compiled three volumes of music. In t\\r first 
 \olume there are sixty-six airs, in the second seventy-five, and in the 
 third one hundred and fifty. Thomas Moore Wiis endowed l)y nature 
 with .superior attainments, and delighted in dedicating them to the dear 
 old land. Erin owes him no small debt of gratitude. He chronicled her 
 deeds of the past by writing her history, and vindicated the religion 
 which she glories in professing in "'i/ie Travels of an Irish <.Jentleman." 
 He en.shrine<l in a casket of poetical gems tier tears and smiles, hei- 
 sweetest recollections and fondest hopes. Hei- ancient music arrested his 
 attention and received lustre at his hands. Perhaps you might not dis- 
 like to learn in what manner Irehxnd's fa\orite bard improved her 
 melodies. I shall briciy tell you. 'J'hese melodies were first sung in the 
 Irish language. 1>ut this language had ceased to prevail as it did of yore, 
 and hatl rapidly fallen into di.suse. In these songs two things should be 
 caj-efuUv distinguished : the airs and the words. Xow the.-su airs were 
 really n)agnifieent, but many wei'e modified to the'.r disadvantage. 
 Traditii)n had vitiated them. The words to vliich tliev W( re wedded 
 were put into worthless English and constrained to expr-^ss sentiments of 
 an inferior order. Hardinum gave to the publie a copy of many of the 
 original songs. Moore was reserve<l the signal honor of immortalizing 
 their music. In earning it he could not dispenst.' with tie' talents of Sir 
 John Stevenson. The latter disenefarjed nianv of the original melodies 
 from fh.' blemishes which they had contracted in the course of time and 
 restored them to their prinntivi- purity. It is, however, to be regrette<l 
 that he committed an error in harmonizing them as In- <iid. His style is 
 not in keeping with their .simplicity. It is too Hoiid and t^laliorate. 
 Moore was an adept in music. He availed himself of his proficiency in 
 this departn\ent to correct several of the old aii's (tf his country. While 
 
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 studyini; them he iiiadf use of a piano vvhicli was bought aftei- his death 
 bv the Hw. Father Xbvhoiiev. and iiiav at tliis hour be se«'ii in All Hal- 
 lows' College, Dublin. His [)()etrv wears a peculiar charm whicii may 1h> 
 traced to his nnisieal skill, iiis language is adapted to his tone of feel- 
 ing. This adaptation is both delicate and expressive. In what term (jf 
 praise shall 1 t)nalify his " Jrish .\b'lodies .'"' Art^ they not enough by 
 themselves to endear him to all succeeding generations ^ Will they not 
 live as long as the land which he adored and styled " The first flower of 
 r.hi- earth and the tirst gem of the sea f What grander monument could 
 Patriotism pillared on Genius construct under the canopy of the heavens ! 
 Nothing can surpass it in sublimity of .sentiment ov in finish of detail. 
 It serves to embellish in a superlative degree the world of English Litera- 
 ture. These melodies were translati'd into the siivei-al languages of 
 Europe. This translation contributed to make the airs for which they 
 were written uni\ersally known. 'J'he i) ^clent Irish nuisic is devoid of 
 all monotony, insipidity and fastidiousness. It was fa.scinating in past 
 centuries, and is ecpxally so in our own day. Jt boasts of a worlu-wide 
 celebrity, and of such a celebrity as perhaps no other can aspire to. It is 
 cultivated by professional-^ aiiti amateurs. It is arranged for all kinds of 
 instruments and l)y many of the most eminent composers. It may be 
 heanl in parlors, concert halls, and conservatories, at the fireside and on 
 the battlefield, in times of jieace and amid the terrors of war. Its strains 
 are rehearsed on the farthest shores, on the snow-capped mountains and 
 and in the most shaded valh^ys, on the most solitary plains as well as on 
 the most crowded thoroughfares. The masical genius of Ireland asserts 
 its ascendency over all t4ie points of our globe, and particularly wherever 
 the Anglo-Saxon t(.»ngue is spoken. 
 
 There are ties which bind Erin to America. These ties are legitimate 
 and indissoluble. The Irisli are not so difficult to please. All that they 
 long for is their share of the general ha.jipiness. They caniioti help it, 
 and who will blame them ? In order to be happy they re([uire ordy a 
 little, and this little should not be refused them. They want to be free, 
 on an equal footing with their neighljors and in brotherhood with theii' 
 felhiw-beings. 'I'liey sought these advantages at home but couid not 
 reach them. They looked abroad and aer(jss the ocean. It was not in 
 vain. Anverica flung !>pen lier arms and invited them to come and repose 
 on her bieast. lJp(jn tliis soil liberty, efpuility and fraternity are not 
 empty and high-sounding terms. On this continent all are in reality 
 free, all equal, all brother.^. Do I exaggerate ? I feel I do not. The 
 .sons and daughters of the Emerahllsle have been happy under the 
 firmament shining aV)0ve our heads, and happy likewise are all their 
 descendants. 
 
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 Before concluding', let nie exlioit you to nourish a livelonnr recollec- 
 tion of the laivl which was sunetitied by the prayers, tears and labors of 
 our national A])()stle. Whatever lot may befall you, may its emerald 
 verdurt! he always fresh and bri<iht in youi- memory. Be true; to Irelaml 
 in all circumstances, and ^viu-rous in promoting' ht-r welfare. Shf; is pic- 
 paring to enter upon an t-poch which will he greatly indebted for its in- 
 auguration to Parnell and (Jladstone — an epoch which has been ardently- 
 desired by generations after genei-ations and jire'licted in sucii telling 
 verse by the poet priest of the South. 
 
 " Yes, give me the land of the w/eck and the tomb, 
 There is grandeur in trraves, thei'e is irlorv in irloctm ; 
 For out of the gloom future brightness is born. 
 As after the night comes the sunrise of morn ; 
 And the tjraves of tlie dead with the trrass overffrowu, 
 May yet form the footstool of liberty's throne ; 
 And each single wreck in the war-path of might, 
 Shall yet be a rock in the temple of right." 
 
 I will not ask you to disentomb the spirit of our glorious past, the 
 spirit for which our ancestors were remarkable. It has suffered no de- 
 cay and never would it commingle with the dust of the grave. It lives 
 and is inunortal. 
 
 " The gi'eat old Irish houses, the proud old Irish names, 
 
 Like stars upon the midnight, to-day there lustre gleams. 
 
 Gone are the great old houses, the grand old names are bnv 
 
 'J'hat shed a glory o'er the land a thousand years ago ; 
 
 But whereso'er a scion of the great old houses be, 
 
 In the country' of his fathers, or the land beyond the sea, 
 
 In city or in hamlet, by the valley, on the hill, 
 
 The spirit of his brave old sires is watching o'er him still," 
 
 Y^ou are not strangers to this spirit. It animates you as it does all' 
 the genuine children of St. Patrick. May every Irishman cherish it with 
 his heart's love and develop it to the full extent of his a])ility. Under 
 the influence of such a spirit the noblest achievements are possible. 
 Under this influence the most brilliant and lasting triumphs are only 
 (luestions which time will solve. 
 
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 I'KOl'HETIC I'HAVKIl OF ST. PATRICIv 
 
 IN K.\V(»1{ OK HIS HUSH CIin.DREN. 
 
 " May my Lor'l ;Ljraiit that I may never lose His people which he ha^t 
 ucciuired in the ends of the earth !" 
 
 Krom hill and dak', exclaims an eminent Irish historian, from camj) 
 and eottaiff. fi'om plel.eian and nohle, tluu'e j-ani^j out a fj^rand "Amen." 
 The stiviin was cauylit U]) hy Secundinusand }>eni^mus, by Columha and 
 (.'olumhanus, hy Bri<^id and Brendan. It floatcul away from Tjindisfarne 
 and Tona, to Iceland and Tarentum. It was heard (m the sunny hanks 
 of the Rhine, at Antwerj) and (Joloj^ne, in Oxford, in I'avia and in Paris. 
 And still the old" echo is hreathini^ its holy pi-ayer, hy the priest win* 
 toils in cold and stoi'm to the "station ' on the mountain side, far fj'om 
 his hundile h<-»me ; hy the confessor who spends hour after hour in tin- 
 heat of sunnnei' and the cold of winter, ah.solving the penitent children 
 of Patrick ; hy the in.^nk in his cloister ; hy nohle and true-hearted men 
 faithful through centuries of persecuticm. And loudly and nobly, 
 thouiii^h it l)e Vmt faint to human ea)'s, is that echo uttered also hy the 
 a<^ed woman who lies down hy the wayside to die in the famine years, 
 hecause .she prefei-s the bread of heaven to the bread of earth, 'and the 
 faith taufjcht by Patrick to the tempter's gold ; by the emigrant, who, 
 with broken heart, bids a long farewell to the dear island h(»me, to the 
 gray-haiu'd mother, because his adherence to his faith tends not to 
 further his temporal interest, and he nni.st starve or go beyon<l the sea 
 for biead. Thus eN'er and ever that echo is gushing uj) into the ear of 
 (jod, and never will it eea.se until it shall have merged into the eternal 
 alleluia, which the often-martyred and ever-faithfid children of the 
 .saint shall sliout with liim in raptm-ous voice before the Eternal Throne. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Page 
 
 Preface 
 
 Blessing of St, Patrick's School Boys' Banner 5 
 
 St, Patrick's (Jirls" Academy •' 
 
 y>oEM— " The Hidden Angel." 
 
 Procession, Mass, Sermon 
 
 St. Patrick's Ch( tm 
 
 P,)p:m_" The Dying Son to His American Son." 
 
 Le( > Club 
 
 Montreal College 
 
 St. Mary's 
 
 St. Ann's T. A. ^r B 
 
 St. Ann's C.Y.M.S 
 
 St. Gabriel's T. A. & B 
 
 Shamrock Lacrosse Club 
 
 Y. I. L. & B. A 
 
 C.vrHOLic Benefit Society^ 
 
 St. Patrick's T. A. &r B 
 
 St. Patrick's Society 
 
 C.Y.M.S 
 
 P()EM_- The Dying Exile's Prayer." 
 
 Lecture--" Irish Music." 
 
 Proi'HETic Prayer of St. Patrick 
 
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