Hr'^^;^- 3QJ9 7 OF THE GOLDEN JUBILEE — OF- it. FatpicKs T- A- ^ B- Society, | . 1840==1890. . PRICE 13 Cents. - Montreal : PRINTED BY THE DOMINION ILLUSTRATED LU. 1890. -%.- ■^-- - ^.'N.- UIDLIUiniS<4UH Ut, LA VIUE DE MONTREAL COLLECTION GAGNON mh'ii) I'orme l')Sii I -Jn Ki;v. J. A. MiCAI.I.l'.N. S.S., I'ui sini Nr St I'aikicks '1". A. N; It S(>ciii\. « S.-QyXEMIj •:•> OK THE GOLDEN JUBILEE — OK — it. Patricia's T. ^A. \^ B. ©)ociety, ♦ 1840==1800. - EDITED - BY A rvlEMBER OK THE SOCIETY. PRINTED BY THE DOMINION ILLUSTRATED CO. 1890. IPI^EF^^CE The following pages are ofiered to the friends and patrons of St. Patrick's Total Abstinence and Benefit S-. It is ])ut proper that the nicmor>- of so important an event should he preserved. St. Patricks T. A. & B. Society is the oldest CatlKjlic Tenii>erance Society on this si^ic of the Atlantic. With its history are connected great names like thteemedand venerable Father Lhjwd. Its present chief lay officer, the Honorable Senator Murphy, has been an active member from the Society's first organization in i»%40. and has the honor and glory ot being its historian — living witness of the events which he relates. Finally, the success which has crowned Ix^th the religious and social celebration of the Golden JuLilee. and the universal interest which that event has excited, together with the reasons already ofieretl. explain and justify the present publication. We hope that this little pamphlet will please and benefit the reader, and help to advance the grand and noble cause of Temj^erance. THE EDITOR. Montreal, March 3rd, 1S90. IXTK'ODlJinoiA', ST. PATRICK'S T. A. .S: P>. SOCIl-TV DIX'IDICS TO CKLK- KRATI-: ITS (;oi,i»i':x jrr.iLi:i-:. At tliL- rej;ulnr nioiitlily mcclin.i; of tlic St. Patrick's Total Ahstiiiciict and BeiK-fit vSocicty. IkUI after Wspc-rs on .Sun(la\ after- noon. XovenilKT i6tli, iSSi;, Hon. Si.-ualor ICdwanl Mur]jh\- in the chair : the Secretary, Mr. Jas. J. Losti,uaH, alter tlie transaction of the ordinary business, drew tlu- attention of the members to the fact that, in the month of I'ebruary, iNgo, the Society would enter upon the fiftieth year of its existence. The event, he said, was a most important one, and the .Society should at once take action towards having; it appropriatelx' celebrated. The Hun. Chairman, Mr. Muq:)hy. then addressed the meeting'. He reviewed the history of the Society from its formation on .Sunday, Feb. 2,";rd, i.s4o. As tlie Hon. Gentleman has beer, an e\e- witness of e\er> ev^.nt con- nected with the Society from its inception in iS4c>, liis address was listened to with great attention and interest, and. on resuming his seat, he was most enthusiastically applauded. The following motion was then adopted unanimously : That the Coniniitlee of Manaj^^rement. of this .Society he herthy emjiowered to make all necessary arraiij^cniLiits for the due celebration of the hiftielh Anniversar\- of the .Society, whicli event is enhancedby the fact that it will also l)e the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of the cause of Tenii)erance amongst the Irish Catholics of IVIontreal and of the Dominion of Canada. In accordance with this motion the Committee at once began to make preparations for the worth}- celebration of the Jubilee. In this they had the hearty co-operation of the vSociety's Rev. Presi- dent. Rev. J. A. McCallen, S.S.. who at the monthly meeting of the Six:iety on Sunday, Jan. 12th, 1890, announced that, owing to it having l^een decided to open a retreat for the men of St, Patrick's Soul en ir of tin Golden Jubilee. congreg^ation in St. Patricks Church on Sunday. Feb. 23rd. 1890. it would l)e nccessar\- to have the Golden Jubilee celebrated thti week previous. He then suggested that the event assume lx)th a religious and social character as follows : All the members of both sexes and l)oth branches of the Societj to lie earnestly exhorted to take part in a general Communion at the 8] a.m. Mass. Sunday. February i6lh, 1S90: his Grace the Most Rev. Kdward Charles Fabre. our loved Arch1)isho]). to Ix; invited to celebrate Ma.«ers : on the evening of the same day. at 7.30 o'clock, to have special prayers, a discourse on the virUie of Tem- perance, and the Benediction of the Most Hlessed Sacrament ; to supplement and complete the religious celebration by a feast of music, song and speech in the Queen's Hall, on Monday. Februar> 17. 1S90. at 8 p.m.. which would prove that a Temperance Societj* need not Ixf. and in our case is, no stranger to all thai, is noblest and best in social intercourse. The suggestions of the Rev. Father were wam:il3- approved of. and immediately adopted. ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH. S/. Patrick's T. A. & />. Sikutj'. %hz l^eligious Celccraifion. Mass aQfl General GomniunioQ. At 7.30 o'clock on the morning of Febnian- i6tli. the male lemlxrrs of the Society assembled in their hall and proceeded in a ly to St. Patricks Chnrch to attend the wijjht o'clock Mass. [His Grace the Most Rev. K. C. Fabre. D.D.. was the celebrant of the Mass. He was assisted by the X'enerable Rev. Father J. Tonpiii, S.S., and Rev. J. Casey, of St. Patricks. Hi> Grace administered I Holy Communion to huTulreds of devout communicant-^. During jthe Mass, Professor Fowler preside<1 at the organ, and at intervals 'gave selections from the leading; auth'»rs in sacred music. The members of the Society wore on the occasion, in addition to the regular badge, a neat souvenir badge of white silk, which bore the following inscription : Golden Jubilee. St. PATRICK^S f>- ->5 T. A. & B. Society February 16 and i7t 1890. ^sol; ve n I R.^ 6 Souvenir of the Golden Jubilee, EvcniQiJ .Service. ■ In the evening, at 7.30 o'clock, innnense throngs of people filled every space in the coniniodions church. The sister Societies showed their great interest in the celel>ration by attending in large mini1)ers, in regalia. These represented : The St. Patrick's vSociety. Irish Catholic Benefit Society. St. Ann's T. A. cS: B. vSocicty. St. Gabriel's T. 'A. cS: B. Society. Catholic Young Men's Society. Leo Club of St. Patrick's. vSt. Ann's Young Men's Society. Young Irishmen's Literar>- and Benefit Association. The seats of honor were arranged in the centre aisle of the sacred edifice, and were occupied by : Hon. Edward Murplr, , St. P;itrick's T. A. & B. Society. Aid. P. Kennedy, St. Ann's T. A. cS: B. Society. H. J. Cloran. St. Patrick's Society. Joseph Phelan. St. Gabriel's T. A. & B. Society. J. Patterson, Catholic Young Men's Society. 1^0 Club. Richard Lennon, Y. I. L & B. Association. J. J. Gethings. vSt. Ann's Young Men Society. Arthur Jones, Irish Catholic Benefit Society. T. J. Fiiui, Grand Deputy C. M. B. As.sociation. John P. Nugent, President Branch 26 C. M. B. A. F. IMcCabe, President Branch 50 C M. B. A. P. O'Reilly. President Branch 41 C. M. B. A. T. P. Tansey, H. Butler and others of the C. M. B. Association Branches. Thos. Latiniore and John S. Reilly, Irish Catholic Temperance Convention, and others. The officers of the Society Messrs. P. Doyle, John H. Feeley B. Emerson, Jas. Tierney, James Milloy, John Lappin, J. Connaugh- ton, James Meek, A. Brogan, J. H. Kelly, Thos. Finn, P. Callary, M. Sharkey, John Kerby, John Howard, A. Martin, J. L. Jensen, St. Patrick's T. A. & B. Society. 7 John Walsh, Alex. Fyfe, Thos. Markey. D. Brown, and others, with the Secretary, Mr. Jas. J. Costigan. formed a Committee of Recep- tion. I ( OpcniQQ Prayers. As soon as the various Societies had taken the seats assigned to them, the Rev. Father Dowd, S.S.. the venerable pastor, who for forty-three years has served his congregation out of the fift> -two 5'ears of his priestly life, ascended the pulpit and recited the Rosary, the vast congregation joining fer.-ently in tlie responses. He was succeeded by the Rev. J. A. McCallen. S.S.. President of St. Patrick's T. A. &. B. Society, who preached the following powerful Sermon on Temperance, which it is needless to add was listened to with the greatest attention, ■<. kI caused a most excellent impression on all his hearers. " The plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I shall strike the land of Egypt. And this day shall be for a memorial to you, and you shall keep it a feast to the Lord in your generations with an everlasting obsen,-- ance. (Exod. ch. XII., 13, 14- ' My Dear Brethren, — As we meet here to-night, to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Irish Catholic Temperance movement in Montreal, begun fifty years ago. in the old Recollet Church, by Rev. Patrick Phelan, S.S., then its pastor, we cannot find suitable words to express the feelings of joy and gratitude which fill our hearts. Through all these long years, the noble work of rescuing thousands from the slavery of drink, and of preventing thousands more from ever becoming its victims, has been carried on with little or no public boasting of results achieved, but with a quiet effectiveness no less meritorious in the sight of God and salutary to men. 8 Souvenir of the Golden Jubilee. How glorious this feast, the first of its kind ever celebrated on this side of the Atlantic ! How glorious an anniversary for our Irish Catholic Society, whose members have for fifty years labored for the amelioration of their race in this city, and for the salvation of so many of our citizens from the great evil of intemperance ! A fitting discourse for such an occasion borrows its difficulty not from lack of material, but from superabundance of facts which call for our notice. In reading over the first chapters of the Book of Exodus I could not help contrasting the exile and bondage of the Israelites in Egypt to the exile and bondage of the slaves of drink, — and the efforts made to deliver the people of God from this bondage and lead them to a better land, to the fifty years battle (still going on) which the Irish Catholic Temperance Society has been waging for a similar purpose in behalf of the Christian people of this city, held in worse than Egyptian bondage by the tyrannical Pharaoh of our day, Intemperance. " Behold," said the Pharaoh of Egypt, " the people of the chil- dren of Israel are numerous and stronger than we. Come, let us oppress them, lest they multiply, and if any war shall rise against us, join with our enemies, and having overcome us, depart out of the land. Therefore he set over them masters to afflict them, and the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them, and mocked them, and they made their life bitter." (Exodus, ch, I., 10-14.) And Pharaoh ordered all the male children of the Israelites to be killed at their birth. Amid the sorrows and woes and sufferings of their long exile, the people of God struggled on till a deliverer was sent in the person of Moses to save them. This great serv'ant of God was ordered to kill the spotless lamb, and with its blood to anoint the door posts of the houses in which the Israelites dwelt. And God said to Moses : "I will pass through the land of Egypt, and will kill every first born in the land of Egypt. And the blood shall be unto you for a sign in the houses where' you shall be, and I shall see the blood and shall pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you when I shall strike the land of Egypt. And Si. Patrick's T. A. & B. Society. 9 this day shall be for a memorial to you, and you shall keep it a feast to the Lord in your generations with an everlasting observance." (Kxodus, ch. XII., 12-14.) Fifty years ago, the people of this city found themselves held in bondage by the tyrant Intemperance. He acknowh dged no law but his own cruel will, and he riveted about the neck; of the people a yoke that held them bound as slaves. More ciuel than the Pharaoh of Egypt, he sought the lives not only o," men but of TV'omen ; and those whom he did not kill, he enslaved and oppressed, '' making their lives bitter." But God took pity on His people, and raised up another Moses to be their deliv'erer. It was the saintly, zealous, indefatigable and fearless priest. Rev. Patrick Plielan, S.S. On Sunday, February, 23rd, 1840, he gathered his people together and enrolled them in the noble army of Temperance, under the banner of the Irish Roman Catholic Temperance Societ\- of Montreal. Through the long vista of fifty years, n-e seem to behold him rising up as the deliverer of his people. What burning words of eloquence must have sprung to his lips as he beheld the woes and sorrows and want of his country-men enslaved and impoverished by the tyrant drink ! Do we not seem to hear him exclaim : " My beloved people, a plague has fallen on you worse than any Egyptian plague. — the ^plague of Intemperance, which not only affects your bodies, but destroys your minds and hearts and souls as well. Your enemies vsurround you on all sides. Their cry is. if not in words at least in action: ' Come, let us oppress them, lest they multiply.' They have made your lives bitter. Tearing your youth from their homes, they have riveted around their young hearts the chains of a slavery which a passion for drink will never allow to be broken asunder. They have waylaid and entrapped your best men, jstanding in all the strength of their manhood — noble, generous, Ibrave, virtuous — and they have dragged them down from the high [plane on which they moved, and left them wrecks, physical, intellectual and moral wrecks, strewn along the pathway of life. lo Souvenir of the Golden Jubilee. 1 Woman, man's pride — mother, sister, wife, daughter— names > dear to the heart, tliey have ruthlessly attacked, and in the ver stores from which she was to procure food for her children ha\ offered her liquor, which sends her to her home not an angel of ligi and lo\e and virtue, but a demon of darkness and hate and vice victim herself first, only to drag her children with her to the Iowl- depths of sin and misery. The very Lord's day has not escaped these enemies of your soul^ That one day ( one out of seven ) set apart for the service of God : so little sacred in their eyes, that liefore you bend your knee i: prayer to God they allure you to the temple of drink, and hold yi^ exiles and strangers to your Cliristian home, still greater stranger- to the temples of your God, to pass the day in drunken orgies an- to ruin, by your scandals, the souls of the little ones of Christ. " The poor, alas ! the poor, might have excited their pity. Biv; no, the>- too must be drugged and sent to our presence with tli ste.ich of liquor strong on their breaths, to l)eg piteously for foc« ' that was refused them by men who have the heart to increase. \\ intoxicating drink, the suffering and cruel sorrows of their sad lot. In such or similar words must the zealous Father Phelan have spoken to his people ; for, if we believe the eye-witnesses who earn to us the history of those days, Montreal was indeed a true land o I Egypt, with its Pharaoh, Intemperance, holding high carnival amic the ruin and desolation of thousands of its citizens. And then this new Moses had his people " mark themselves with the virtue of sobriety, that, when the Lord should pass by, tlit plague of Intemperance should not be upon them to destroy them And putting himself at their head, at the head of an armyc' ♦ Christian sober men, he led them forth from the bondage undc: which they groaned towards the promised land of God's Churcl; » flowing with the milk and honey of prayer and of sacraments and < divine grace — to the land of the Christian home, rich with the bles^ ings of sobriety, of peace and of true freedom. And these praye.- and these sacraments, and their total abstinence pledge, were i' them a pillar of cloud by day to hide them from their enemies, wlb sought to drag them back to misery and slavery ; and the briglr Sf. Patricks T. A. & B. Society. II tttractiveness of tlie Chrlstiaii family was to them a pillar of fire by tii"4ht to guide their steps to their home on earth, till they should l)e gathered to their reward in a home not made with hands, eternal in heaven, to a kinn:dom into which Divine Truth has decreed no drunkard shall ever enter. The grand army ofto^al ahstineiice men whom F; ther Plielan gathered under the Ixanner of the " Irish Catholic Tenqierance Society of Moiitreal " have not deserted their colors ; and therefore »re we here to-night to celebrate the victories won by them tluring fifty years of hard struggle and combat, with sucli fearful odds on the side of the enemy. Faithful to their teachings, and encouraged l)\ their example, we shall continue the struggle till, with God's blessing, complete victory crowns our work. I The weapons which F'atlier Phelau put into the hands of his poldiers we place in yours. They are to be found emblazoned on the baimer of our Society. "St. Patrick's Total Abstinence vSociety," and in the cross, with our motto: "In hoc signo vinces " — " In this sign you shall conquer." Our first weapon of attack and defence therefore is our Society. In union there is strength. Men often band themselves together for evil purposes. It is but proper that we should unite our indi- vidual forces for the succe.ss of so noble a cause as that of temperance. The members of a temjjerance society must necessarily find much encouragement in the thought that they are not alone in the con- ^flict. By their side are to be found their fellow members, who are ]iracticing the same virtue which they practice, fighting the same battles, sharing the same victories, and proving a l)alwark of mu- tual strength again.st their common foe. Whenever one falls there are those near who hasten to raise him up. Whenever the tempt- ing bribe of the enem>- makes one falter in allegiance to the better cause, there are those near who save him from a traitor" s crime, bj' proving to him that liquor promises joy, but begets sorrow ; pro- mises pleasure, but inflicts pain ; promises freedom, but enslaves with the most cruel of all slaveries. Our Society then is our first means of presersing to our temperance men the blessings of sobriety. , 12 Souvenir of the Golden Jnbilee, The total abstinence pledge, when faithfully kept, makes secun ^ those blessings forever. < What a beautiful virtue temperance is, guardian and moderat-.: of all other virtues ! How attractive, how consoling, how fruitfu in rich blessings ! All the gifts of God are good ; but all of their may be abused. If no one carried to excess the habit of drinkin;. liquor, there would be no necessity for the total abstinence pledge and we might remove from our banner these words inscribed there on. But whether it is the weakness of man's will, or the strength o: evil inclination, or the influence of bad example, or the adulteratioi; of alcoholic beverages, I will not stop to examine ; but I will sav that experience, the best of all teachers, has proved that total abstinence is for many a necessary remedy against intemperance while it is for all the most secure means of preservation from tha: vice. If we pass from door to door in this great city and inquire : ' ' Hav you a relative, neighbor or intimate friend, victim of the liquor habit ? " how often would the answer be in the affirmative ! O. accursed drink ! which turns so many paradises on earth int veritable hells ; which drives away the angel of peace, contentment, love, joy, virtue, happiness— to bring in the demon of*discord, dis- content, hate, sorrow, vice, and misery ; which fills the home with oaths and blasphemies, robs its members of paternal, maternal and filial love— unfits them for the responsible duties which they owe to one another, and bequeaths to unhappy offsprings a curse which will be perpetuated to generations yet unborn. Let experience again speak, and let us listen to the oft- repeated and always sad tale of the blighting influence of drink on the individual drunkard ; time wasted, health shattered, name tainted, \\ reputation lost, purse emptied, will weakened, intellect destroyed, f vice encouraged, virtue banished, soul ruined, misery here, and to the drunkard who dies a sudden death, in the very midst of his crimes —eternal torment hereafter. And remember, that not one of these victims 111.-,. ..idulged in drink with the avowed intention or purpose of becoming a drunkard. Not one of them indulged in thehab 't St. Patrick's T. A. 6 B. Society. 1 3 df tippling but resolved to prove a glorious exception to all his comrades who had come to ruin by intoxicating stimulants ; while many lauglied in derision at the warning voice of priest, relative or frit-nd, and snapping their fingers declared they would not give even ^at much for the man who did not know when to stop, and they, to(j, were laid in a drunkard's grave. It is precisely because we have seen l^etter men than we — more brave, more intelligent, more talented, more virtuous who have in Jpite of all these qualities of mind and heart and soul succumbed to tJie fatal love of the intoxicating cup. that we are resDlved to keep e\er emblazoned on our banner the title of our Society. "Total Al)Stinenc'i," and endeavor in our lives to prove faithful to its prac- tice. And we are encouraged still more in this our're.solution by the Sight of the cross and its motto, which we find crowning the words Total Abstinence : "In this sign you shall conquer." Temperance is a virtue. Total Al^stiuence is the perfection of that virtue in the practice of Christian mortification, just as virgin- itv is the perfection of chastity. Let us not forget that we are the disciples of a crucified Master, whose life from the crib to the cross was one of mortification and suffering. On the cross He atoned for the excesses of the drunkard by the cruel thirst which He suffered. By total abstinence from the licit but dangerous verage extended to us, we wish to share in Chri.st's sufferings, to onor His sacred thirst, to practice penance, to atone by this mor- fication of our unruly appetites for our many offences against God. *' In this sign shalt thou conquer " was the motto on Coustantine's banner as he led his army against the enemy. ' In this sign you shall conquer " will be our motto in the war which we have to vage against our sworn and dangerous enemy, drink. \ And while total abstinence is a sure preservative from the evil of intemperance for ourselves, what an examj^le it must prove to those who, tired of their exces.ses, desire to return to a sober and Christian life I There are in our Society many who have never known the taste of liquor. There are others who have never once gone to txcess in the use of intoxicating liquor, but they are men filled 14 Souvenir of the Golden Jnhilcc with the spirit of charity ; and to str 1 Cii. v., 20. 1 Another, and a most encouraging title, is on our banner — tl:^ name of Ireland's apostle, the name of our patron saint— vSt. Patrii ! j — St. Patrick's Total Abstinence vSociety. We are the children of l\atrick. The faith which he beciueatlh ^ to us nuist live in our works, and the zeal which he displayed ; j save souls nuist be the model of our own. I When the threat aj)ostle of tem])erance. Father Matthew, in iS; j offered to the Irish peoj^le the total abstinence pkdj^e. and nior j than i,Soo,ooo men, women and children were made disci])les 1 temperance, what a chan.y;e came over the laud ! , When the pioneer of temperance in this city, the saintly foundt \ of our vSociety, enrolled his thousands under the same banner, the; j was effected a revolution in the pin sical, temporal and spiritu;. 5 state of our people little short of the miraculous. I will leave it ] histor\- to one who was an eye-witness of the events which traii- < pired in the old Recollet Church fifty years ago, and of the blessini; \ which attended the Irish Catholic Temperance Society in its effort ^ for the amelioration of the people of its race. 1 There are men of other nationalities who live in glass houses an y'et throw stones at those whom they call the drunken Irish. St;; \ tistics prove that Ireland is not the most intemperate of the Englisl: 1 speaking nations, but the least intemperate. We are not of those who believe that the Irish people have a! 1 qualities and no defects. It is to be regretted that the people of a. 1 lands, and all classes of society in every land, furnish too large ; * quota to the army of drunkards. Compare class and class alike- ; high, middle and low — and the Irish nation, and the various classt ; of Irishmen in the high, middle and lower walks of life will be.v comparison with any of the English-speaking people in the prac ■ Sf. Patriilcs T. A. cr />. Society. \ c r of temperance. If. in contradiction to this statement, I am t»M that M> many of onr |)ef)])le nre liere eni;a<^a(l in the li(|Uor ttalVic. I will not defend them, bnt will still hold to the alnn-e statement by j^ointing to names not Irish of the great millionaire brewers of Canada and the United States, who not only furnish licinor to gilded saloon and low groggery alike, but come fcnward when necessary to pay the fines of those whom the law would soon drive out of this Inisiness, but for the supi)ort and influence of these Iprds of the land. J Hut this is not practical for you or for me. The conduct of others docs not excuse our own. This much I will .-ay, that if we Irish- men, and sons of Irish tem])erance men. are true to (nir missi(jn, true to the name of the glorious patron of cnu' ihtherland. true to tte holy ])atnm of this very church, and of our Society, we will join hands in the battle of virtue against vice, (jf honor against dis- honc)r. of freedom against slaver\-. And when the curse of drink will have been banished from every home, we shall stand erect in the face of the world, the genial, the generous, the brave, the industrious, the patriotic, the religious men and women, whom the nations of the earth proclaim u^ to l)e. And true to the name of Ireland's apostle and our Father, emblazoned on the banner of our Society, we shall pro\e that the Faith which he bequeathed to us i$ one which lives by works, and that among those works must ever be counted the practice of the great, the noble, the life-saving virtue of temperance. And, last of all. and best of all, our society is Cafho/ic. This title alone might occupy an entire lecture, and we must be content tb speak of it in so few words. Those only who possess the gift of Catholic Faith can realize the power and strength and courage and hope and consolation which this one word gives. We are bound together in one Faith, one Baptism, one Lord. We have the help of sacraments which like Baptism makes us Christian ; like Confirmation confirms us soldiers, ieady to do battle against our spiritual enemy ; like Penance, heals e wounds made by sin ; like the Holy Eucliarist. nourishes us ith heaveuh' bread ; like Holy Orders, gives us leaders ; like 1 6 Souvenir of tlu Golden JubiUc. Matrimony, sanctifies husband and wife, and gives them grace b fulfill their important duties of love and respect towards each other, and to their family. The temiK-rance cause must of n«?es.*»ity find in the Church a me-:. powerful ally. And so it is. The vicar of Christ, Pius the Ninll of holy memory, and Leo XIII.. the immortal Pontiff of our da\ Ixrfore whose wisdom and prudence and virtue even a non-Catholi*. world lx)ws with respect, have spoken with no uncertain accent ii; favor of Catholic TemiJcrance Societies. Their words ha\e beci. re-echoed in the councils of the Church and by the Bishops wli< have the care of our souls. And Catholic la\nien true to the voice of their pa.stors have banded themselves together to do battle for tlu individual, the family and society, against the forces arrayed l< perpetuate the evils of the liquor traffic. What the outcome of the battle will lie I cannot predict. When this enemy of individual happiness, family peace and social order will Ixr annihilated, or hi? influence kept within the bounds of law. God alone knows. But we have living eye-witnesse* to tell us, what Father Matthew has done for Ireland : what the Father Matthew of Montreal, Father Phelan, has done for the Irish race in this city : what the Father Matthew of the United States, the Most Rev. Archbishop Irelaiul of St. Paul, has done for his episcopal city and diocese ; what the Catholic Total Al^stinence Union of America, iiore than 100,000 strong, has done for their country- : and we have therefore well grounded hopes that the outcome of the Church's battle against unlimited liquor traffic will result in -victory. When will our statesmen awaken to the fact that the prosperity of Canada depends on a just solution of the important question which we have laid before them ? It is not likely that all the clergymen of this city would petition for high license and the sepa- ration of the liquor trade from the grocery, if the}' had not the sincere conviction that these are for the best interest of religion and morality, without which no government can remain stable. We maintain that we are as a body, as intelligent, as prudent, as just, as patriotic, as are the honorable gentlemen who make the law. We have with us the intelligence and justice and patriotism St. Patrick's T. A. & B. Society. 17 f the most respectable and law-aV)i(ling- citizens of this city. Our advice is sought and our views respected on other ini}M)rtant ques- tions. Why so much procrastination in acting on the just demands we respectfully lay before the Legislature ? It is an acknowledged fact that most of the intemperance of ■women is due to the facilities they have for procuring licpior in the groceries. Let us protect the wives, brothers, sisters and daugh- ters of this fair city by making it impossible for them to pnjcure liquor with such facility, and, therefore, let us sepan te the grooerv from the liquor trade. No woman who respects ht r womanhood ■will enter a public saloon. It is an acknowledged fact thnt our laboring class cannot reach their homes each evening as they quit work, without meeting iventy. fifty, one hundred temptations in the way, md, alas ! we now with what sad results. Money that should go for the com- brts of a happy and peaceful home is spent in the physical, intel- lectual and moral ruin of the drinikard, which, if saloons were less nmnerous. would pay the city, and the coinitry at large, better than any revenue they receive from the whiskey tax. And apropos of revenue, will not high license have tor result not only to diminish the number of saloons in this city, l)Ut to increase twofold the revenue both for city and province alike ? And, what is still better, will leave a large surplus with which to pay liquor inspectors and other officers, who will prevent adulteration of all alcoholic beverages and uphold the majesty of the law. These results have Ix^n obtained elsewhere. I know no rea.son win they should not be obtained in Montreal. But we must not be unjust to those who are engaged in the liquor traffic. I answer that out of the more than 6000 men engaged in selling liquor in Philadelphia, in 1887, not one of the 4,500 who ere refused licenses in 1888 has been forced to beggary, or to take tip quarters in the Philadelphia almshouse. No, there is wide nough field in a citj^ like this to earn an honest living without being forced to engage in the liquor traffic. This has been proved time and again in all the large cities of the United States in -which high license has been tried. And it will speak badh* for the iudu,s- B l8 Soiiwmr of tlu Golden Jubilee. tr>\ the energ>-. and business qualities of our citizens, if it fail here. While waiting patiently for our legislators to take action in thi? matter, we will start out on the second half of the centur>' of our Society with renewed vigor and courage, stimulated to greater zea" in the noble work of temperance by the active sympathy of the numerous friends and patrons of our cause whom we beholc assembled here to-night, non-Catholic as well as Catholic. To our active work we will add prayer, that God may hasten \\- day when not only the Irish Catholics of Montreal, but all the citizens of this fair city, may see intemperance banished from their streets and from their homes : and the woes and sorrows and de>« lation and vice to which their eyes have become familiar, replacv by the innocent pleasures and joys and rich blessings, spiritual ai: temporal, which sobriety bestows. May this Golden Jubilee of St. Patrick's Total Abstinence Societ be the opening of a new era of prosperity to the temperance cau>< and may its banner ever be found in the foremost ranks of the e\er- increasiug hosts of temperance men. Then will Montreal, so just'.; proud of her material prosperity, her mighty river, her snow- covered or grass-clothed Mount Royal, her churches and institu- tions of learning and of charity, and the religious spirit of he: people, add to all these glorious titles that of the most temperr/.r citv of the world. Bci^cdictiOQ. After the sermon, the Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacramer." was given by the Rev. P. Deguire. S.S.. Rector of St. James Churc:: He was assisted by the Rev. James Callaghan, S.S., and Re- Joseph Casey of St. Patrick's, THE REV. CLERGY PRESENT. ^ It had been the desire of his Grace Archbishop Fabre to assist at the evening service, and to give the Solemn Benediction : but he was prevented by a pre^^ous engagement, which called him tc ^ S/, Pa/ rick's T. A. & B. Society. 1 9 •lother church of the city. In the Sanctuar>-. besides the venerable Father Dowd. S.S.. Pastor of St. Patricks, there were Revs. P. De^uire, S.S.. and J. E. Filiatrault, S.S..ofSt. James. Rev. J. Loner- fan, of St. Bridget's; Rev. J. Sahnon. of St. Mar>'s : Rev. W. O Mcara, of St. Gabriel's; Rev. J. DonnePy. of St. Anthony's; tcvs. E. Flynn, C.S.S.R.. and X. Gerard. C.S.S.R.. of St. Anns ; Rev. G. Traggesser. of the Hotel Dieu ; Revs. J. Toupin. S.S.. J. A. MeCallen. S.S., M. Callaghan. S.S.. J. Callaghan. S.S.. and J. Ca<- was most handsomely decorated. From the high ceiling hung in graceful festoons red. white, blue and green bunting. Banners, flags and numerous streamers, bearing religious ^nblems. lined each side of the large sanctuar>" ; while above the ftatues of the Sacred Heart and of the Blessed \'irgin were Ixrcti- lul shields with the following in.^cription in letters of gold : " Tem- perance. 1S40." " Temperance. 1890." ■ The altar was ablaze with hundreds of lighted tapers and with lamps covered by globes of Tarious colors, which, with the rich plants and ferns and flowers, inade up a scene of exquisite beauty. These decorations reflect ^eat credit on the popular sacristan. Mr. S. Young, who is also a member of St. Patrick's T. A. & B. Society. ^ THE MUSIC. 'I - The musical portion of the services was in keeping witli the rest ibf the celebration. A choir of eighty male voices, under the direc- tion of Professor J. A. Fowler, rendered with grand effect the fol- lowing selections : Sanctus and Benedictus from Fauconnier's Mass. Gounod's Ave Maria and Rossini's Tantum Ergo. The tenor solo 0f the Sanctus and Benedictus was sung by Mr. J.J. Rowan, whose |)eautiftil voice was never heard to better advantage. Mr. T. C. Emblem sang the Ave Maria with the \iolin obligato accompan- 20 Souvenir of the Golden Jubilee. iment by Rev. M. Callagliaii, S.S., both singer and violinist di- playing great musical taste in its rendition. The solos in the Tan turn Ergo by Messrs. J. J. Rowan, F. J. Greene and E. F. Casey with chorus by the full Choir, and the Laudate Dominum with sol' by Mr. Charles Brady, whose powerful voice filled the vast edifice reflect great credit on these gentlemen, and proved a fitting close \y one of the grandest musical ser\'ices ever given in St. Patrick^ Church. ADMINISTERING THE PLEDGE. \ At the conclusion of this beautiful evening service, several hur, ( dred men advanced to the Altar railing and repeated the formula o: ' the total abstinence pledge.''^ administered to them by the Presideii; i of the Society, Rev. J. A. McCallen, S.S. This was a most edifying \ sight, and must have gladdened the hearts of the venerable anc ] beloved Pastor, Father Dowd. and his Clergy, all of whom have s( much at heart the success of the Temperance cause among their i people. The Secretary of the Society, Mr. J. J. Costigan, delivered i to the new members their cards uf admission to the vSociety in tlit i hall adjoining the church. Thus was fittingly ended one of the most successful religious celebrations ever held in St. Patrick's Church, second only to the grand celebration of the Gulden Jubilee of the Revs. Father Dowd, S.S., and Toupin, S.S., a few 3-ears ago, in 1887. A new impetus has been given to the cause of Temperance which will no doubt greatly benefit both religion and morality in Montreal. * We cannot help recalling, in this connection, a touching incident which occurred two Sundays later, when the venerable Mr. James Sharkey, at tla end of the Glen's Spiritual Retreat, advanced to the altar railing, and, having renewed his pledge, presented to the Rev. President of the Societj- a pledge card which on the same day and date he had received from Father Phelau fifty years ago. He was able to adtl, '■ I have kept my pledge." SL Patrick's T. A. & B. Society. 21 %hz Zoeial Selebralfion. The Social celebration of the Golden Jubilee of St. Patrick's T. A. & B. Society was held in the Queen's Hall on Monday, February 17th. The stage was decorated for the occasion with the Papal flag, and with those of the Dominion, Ireland. Eri'^^iand, France and tlie United States. In the centre was di.splayed the l)anner of the Society, representing Father Matthew administering the pledge. On each side of this banner were shields with the in ;cription. "Temperance, 1840-1890." There was also a profusion jf varied and choice plants, kindl\- furnished for the occasion by Mr. A. Martin of the Elmwood Nurseries, who is one of the prominent members of the Society-. There was a very large audience present to do honor to the occa- sion, our leading Protestant citizens and their families vie.ng with their Catholic neighbors, in contributing to the success of the cele- bration. OPENING EXERCISEvS. Shortly after 8 o'clock the President and guests entered, and were greeted by the melodious strains of "St. Patrick's Day." pla}'ed by the orchestra. The Hon. Senator Murphy presided, and was supported by the Rev. J. A. McCallen, S.S.. and Mr. H.J. Cloran, President of vSt. Patrick's CLOciety. Amongst the invited guests present were : — Messrs. John S. Hall. M.P.P., Dr. \V. H. Hingston, G. W. Stephens, John Patterson, Catholic Young Men's Societ\- : Aid. P. Kennedy, of St. Ann's T. A. ^ B. Society : John Plielan. St Gabriel's T. A. & B. Society : Richard Lennon, of the Young Irishmen's E- & B. Association : John J. Gethings. of St. Ann'.s Young Men's Society ; A. Jones, of the Irish Catholic Benefit Society ; J. Rafter, St. Anthony's Society ; James Connaughton. A. Ktnerson and T. J. Finn, C. M. B. A. ; representatives of Notre Dame and other French Temperance Societies, Rev. Brothers Tobias, Xavitr, Edmond and Romerique. i 22 Souvenir of the Golden Jubilee. Ill the private box were Very Rev. L. D. A. Marechal, V. C, Rev. Fathers Strubbe, of St. Ann's; J. Bamboneau, O.S.D.,- Marre, S.S., of Notre Dame ; J. ^ .^in, S.S., M. Callaghan, vs!> J. Callaghan. S.vS., J. Casey, of L .. Patrick's, and G. H. Tragessc: of the Hotel Dieu. Letters of regret for non-attendance were received from Sir Don;! vSmith. J. J. Curran, Q.C., M.P.. Messrs. Major E. L. Bond, A; J. D. Rolland, United States Consul General Knapp. HISTORICAL ADDRESS. BY THE HONORABLE EDWARD MURPHY. Hon. Edward Murphy, on rising to open the proceedings, w greeted with rounds of applause. After a few preliminary remark, he said : | Rev. Fathers, Ladies and Gentlemen :— If I have thehoiu and the privilege of being selected to preside over this vast assenil): of the friends and patrons of Temperance, it is no doubt owing to ti ■ fact that I am the chief lay officer of St. Patrick's Total Abstinei:: and Benefit'Society, whose Golden Jubilee we are celebrating, ai; one of the very few members now living who joined the temjK ance movement inaugurated fifty years ago by the Irish Catholi of this city. To me has been assigned the pleasant duty of biddii; you all welcome, and of giving you from my own personal reiiii; iscences a brief history of our Society from its inception in 184..; this most joyful occasion of its Golden Jubilee. Of course, in t! short space of time allotted to this address, I can only refer to t' most important events connected with the temperance moveniL: amongst the Irish Catholics of this city during the past fifty year It was after Vespers, :on Sunday, the 23rd of February, 1840. n the old Recollet Church, that the Rev. Patrick Phelan, S.S., pastes of the church, addressed the members of the congregation in powerful and eloquent .sermon on the evils of intemperance, aii.; explained the object for which they had been called together. Thi object was to form a society to combat intemperance, then, as now! the crying evil of the day. This appeal was not made in vain Si. Patrick's T. A. & B. Society. 23 for, at once, a large number of the oldest and best members of the congregation, over three hundred, advanced to the altar railing and repeated the pledge which was administered to them ; after which they received the reverend Father's blessing and had their names enrolled on the books of the Societ}'. The male members then adjourned to the sacristy, and with the Rew Father Phelan, vS.S., ias Chairman, and Mr. Thomas Hewitt as Secretary of this second meeting, adopted a constitution and elected officers and committees of the Irish Roman Catholic Temperance Association of Montreal, — I believe the first Catholic temperance organization formed in America. We may, therefore, justly look upon the Rev. Patrick Phelan as the pioneer of THE CATHOLIC TEMPERAa'CE MOVEMENT on this side of the Atlantic. As Father Matliew had established the Cork R. C. Total Abstinence Society (the first in Ireland ) on the loth of April, 1838, we were, therefore, less than two years after him in the grand and noble work. What happy memories cluster around that dear old Recollet Church ^n Notre Dame street, as I now picture it to ni}- mind I How dear to the hearts of Iri.sh Catholics who worshipped within its walls, were the priests who instructed them on their Christian duties, nourished and strengthened tliLun with the sacraments of the Church, and attended to all their spiritual wants long before St. Patrick's was built ! The good work inaugurated on Sunday, February 23rd, 1840, was followed up every vSunday after Vespers with that zeal which was so characteristic of Father Phelan, till on the first anniversary, 1841, nearly 3,000 names were on the Society's roll of membership. In January, 1841, our French Canadian friends established " La Socicte dc Temperance dii Diocese de Montreal,''' a flourishing organ- ization which did much good. I may add here that Temperance organizations had also been establi.shed in Montreal by our Pro- testant fellow citizens some years previous to the foundation of our Society in 1840 24 Souvenir of the Golden Jubilee. On the 2 1 St February, 1841, the name was changed to the Irish Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Society, and henceforward onh total abstainers were admitted as members. During the previous year a large number had taken the total abstinence pledge, but no distinction had been made between them and those who had simply pledged themselves to temperance. The Society had God's blessing with it, and prospered so visibly that the Montreal Herald, describing the procession on St. Patrick's Day, 1842, spoke of the 3,000 mem- bers composing it, as " a body of well-dressed, respectable men in rosy health, each wearing a temperance medal suspended from his neck by a green ribbon, and keeping step with admirable regularity, while 20,000 of our citizens lined the streets as lookers-on." The Society had in the procession that day four beautiful bainiers em- blematic of religion and temperance, namely, the Blue Banner of the Cross, with a cross emblazoned in gold and bearing the motto of Constantine, " In hoc signo vinces." This led the procession. Second came the Green Medal Banner of rich silk, bearing on it the arms of the Society and its medal. The third was the ladies' Crim- son Banner, displaying the tree of temperance bearing on its numerous branches the rich fruits of temperance, namely, charity, joy, peace, patience, etc., etc. The fourth and last was the Father Mathew Banner, displaying on the front a beautiful painting of the great apostle of temperance, in the act of administering the pledge, and on the reverse side the harp, round tower, and other national emblems. This banner has been the model from which all have .since been painted. Early in 1843 the Rev. Patrick Phelan was consecrated coadjutor Bishop of Kingston, and removed to his diocese, after which the venerable Father Richards, S.S., was appointed President of the Society. In September, 1843. the Society a.ssisted in a body, with banners and band, on the occasion of the laying of THE CORxXER STONES OF ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH, and through its Vice-President, Mr. J. P. Sexton, late Recorder of this city, it had the honor of laying one of the seven corner stones of that sacred edifice. The stone laid in its name was that near St. St. Patrick's T. A, & B, Society. 2$ Joseph's altar, the Society making an offering at the same time of ;^25. or $ioo Canadian currenc\-. The name of the vSociety was again changed to the " St. Patrick's Total Abstinence Society " a little before St. Patrick's Church was opened in March, 1847. On the lamented death of the venerable Father Richards, who died in 1847 ^^ typhus fever, a martyr to his zeal at the emigrant sheds, the Rev. J. J. Connolly, S.S., was appointed President, which ofl&ce he held till he left for Boston, in i860, when our revered and venerable pastor. Father Dowd. S..S., assumed the presidency, which position, after some years of activ'e serv^ice, he felt compelled to relinquish, owing to the great inert ase of his parochial duties. He was succeeded in the following c-rder by the Rev. Fathers Hogan, S.S., Bakewell, S.S., Leclaire, S.S., Macdonald. Kiernan, and M. Callaghan, S.S. In 1887 the eloquent and indefatigable Father McCallen. S.S.. was appointed President, which position he still holds, and we earnestly hope he wfUlong retain, to the great advantage of the temperance cause in tliis city and to the benefit of the members of the Society. You, my fellow members, all know how zealously he has labored for the promotion of temperance, and the eloquent and touching appeals he has made at our monthly meetings on the evils of intemperance and its sad effects on the fiimily, the individual, and the public, and his zealous efforts in |»:omoting the suQcess of the great cause which he has so much at heart : for, ladies and gentlemen, his heart is in our good work, and with God's blessing he will succeed. To increase the usefulness of the Society, some few years ago a benefit branch was added, by which the family of a member in good landing is entitled to certain benefits at his death. As the Irish Catholics of this city increa.sed in numbers and new parishes were fonned. the good work of temperance went on, and received fresh impulse from the new and flourishing .societies which were organized. In 18S4. oi^^r Society took an active part in organizing the Irish Catholic Temperance Convention of Montreal, the first regular meeting of which was held in St. Patrick's Presbytery on June 12th, 1884, under the presidency of our veneral)le pastor. Father Dowd, I 26 Souvenir of the Golden Jubilee. with the indefatigable Mr. J.J. Costigan acting as Secretary. Tlu object of this Convention is the promotion of temperance by al possible legitimate means. It acts in the name and by the author ity of the various societies in emergencies, when prompt and uniUc efforts are required to advance the cause of temperance. Having brought the history of the temperance cause among the Irish Catholics of Montreal down to the fiftieth anniversary of tht foundation of this Society in 1840, I shall conclude by saying a fev words on the WONDERFUL CHANGE FOR THE BETTER wrought by the introduction of total abstinence here fifty years ago Before that time there was a vast amount of open drunkenness t( be seen in our city. Men were drunk in the public streets at every hour of the day as well as of the night. Previous to that date, i: was not considered a disgrace even for those occupying respectaltlt positions to be seen in that state ; but the influence of the temperance organization made itself felt in every rank of society. Many reforms were made, some of them of a very marked character, a- when old drunkards of years' standing were suddenly and per manently converted by God's grace, and by the exertions of tlit Society became useful and respected citizens and zealous sup- porters of the temperance cause. Many families had peace, plenty and happy homes restored to them. Many returned to their religion- duties which had been neglected for years, in consequence of tin i: intemperate habits. All this and more has been achieved by God' grace through the labors of Father Phelan and the zealous priest: who have succeeded him in charge of our Temperance Society which, I am happy to say, is an honor and a credit to St. Patrick : congregation and to the city of Montreal. I cannot close this history of the rise and progress of temperance under Father Phelan without bearing testimony to his extraordinay zeal and indefatigable labors in the cause of religion and temper ance in this city. The amount of work he did, preaching twic: on Sundays even when he celebrated Grand Mass, his labors in the confessional and in attending sick calls, besides the work afte: .]« 5/. Patrick's 1\ A. & B. Society. ^7 Vespers connected with the Temperance vSociety. were really pheno- menal. He knew and could call by name. I believe, every member of his congregation in the old Recollet Church, and all looked up to him as their " Soggarth aroon." and all Catholics and Protes- tants deeply and sincerely regretted his departure for his new and more extended field of usefulness as Bishop of Kingston. I may add that all were impressed with the feeling that that generational le^st would not see his like again : but happily it was ordained other- wise ; for. five 5'ears later God sein us in 184S a worthy successor in our now venerable and veneratec pastor. Father Dowd, who has so ably and successfully guided through difficult times the large congregation of which he still has oharge. with that prudence and wisdom so characteristic of his administration since he came to St. Patrick's 43 years ago. The address of the Honorable Senator was frequently inter- rupted by well-merited applause : and at its close a perfect ovation was given to the veteran champion of the Temperance cause in Montreal. The Honorable Chairman was about to announce the first number on the programme, when three little girls, the Misses Lilian M. E. Costigan. Clara J. Curran and Bessie Milloy. accompaiiied by Mas- ter \V. P. Doyle, came upon the stage : and. after gracefully saluting the Honorable Chairman and the audience, stood near while Master W. P. Uoyle, in the name of the children of the memljers of the Society, read the following address : To the Hon. Senator Edward Mtrphv. Vice- Preside n i . St. Patrick's T. A. & B. Society. Hon. and Dear Sir, We, on behalf of the children of the members of the St. Patrick's Total Abstinence Society, on this festive celebration of its Golden Jubilee, beg leave to interrupt for a moment these proceedings for the purpose of presenting to you, the chief lay officer of the Society and its oldest member, this bouquet of flowers as a mark of our affection and esteem. 28 SunvcNir of the Golden Juhi/ee. Please accept with it cnir most sincere and best wishes for Ion- Continued healtli and liappiness. (vSigned). Lii.iax M. E. C(;stigan, ClAKA J. CrKRAX, BkssiI'; Miij.ov, W'm. p. DoYi.ic. Little Miss Costigan then ste'pped forward and handed to the Honorable Chairman a ver> liand.-ome bouquet amid the enthusias- tic cheers of the vast audience. The following- sou^•enir pro.^rramme was then taken \^^ and suc- cessfully carried throu-li, Ihe Hon. Chairman announcing succes- sively each numi)cr to the interested audience. .SV. Patrick's T. A. <^-r />'. Somiv '-9 Soc i n 1 • J c 1 c 1 ) I'r 1 1 i ( ) n . ***:{;* >r,'b 1840 1890 **** + ** ■+ Jubilee SOOVl^NlR ■4' 30 Souvenir cf tlu Golden Jubilee. " -TTN. if Ji A J t7 il€ .c^ iH ^l ir« X ♦ ♦ M » * » IMrt Ifir*!. Historical Address Hon. Edward Murphy. 1 Overture *'Ste. Cecile" Imaud. BY THE MOXTRE-\I. ORCHESTRA. 2 Chorus *' Birds of Spring " Drinkworth. BY ST. PATaiCKS CHOIR. 3 SoxG "Smiling Hope" LavalUe. MISS EUGENIE TESSIER. 4 Solo and Chorus — ' ' Valse from the Opera Faust " . . Gounod. MR. F. J. GREEXE AXD CHOIR. 5 Solo and Chorus-" The Harp that once thro' Tara's Hall " Moore. MR. J. p. HAMMIL and CHOIR. Lecture . . " Lights and Shades in Human Character Rev. J. A. McCallex, S.S. Sf. Patrick's T. A. & B. Society. 31 IHnvt 9rrotiti. 1 Selection "Erminie" Jacobo'cski, BY THK MONTKKAI, ORCHESTRA. 2 Solo and Chorus . " The Minstrel Boy" Moore. MR. J. J. ROWAN AND CHOIR. 3 Song . . . . " Little Birds \i,o to Sleep " . . . . Hoivson, MISS KUGENIE TESSIER. 4 Chorus .... " Happy and Light " Balfe, BY ST. PATRICK'S CHOIR. 5 Chorus . . . ." God Save our Native Land " . . .Sullivan^ BY ST. PATRICK'S CHOIR. Prof. J. A. Fowler, Director. P. F. McCaffrey, Conductor^ T!<.AN Seeretary. James Millov ^fank^ John H. I"KELfcV...^/ii/. .Sirrr/uo- John Lapmx Wii/. Marskc Jas- Mkkk, I J AS. CoNNAtT.HTON. ' Thos. Finn, John Walsh, Committee of Mana^emeiU. A. Ekt Rev. Arch])islio]) Fabre. for the honor of hi.- presence at ttie religious celebration on .Sunday, when His Grace celebrated Mass aiid administered Holy Communion to ••everal hundred niem- ber> of the Society. It was a pleasure to ki o\v that the \'ery Rev. Father Mareclial. \'icar General of the arch difjcese. was pre.sent at tfti:- social celebration as His Grace".- reprereniative. Theintere.st ■1 ;nifested by His Grace and by the \'er>- Rt v.\'icar General and so many of the Rev. Clergy, promineut citizens, delegates of sister $« cieties. and by the vast audience l)cfore him. were, the Father ■aid. a great source of encouragement, and to all he returned in the name of the Society his most sincere tiianks. . Xor could he forget the Honorable Chairman, the veteran leader #f the Temperance cause in this city, who for iifty years had given |he influence of his words and still better of his example to his fel- low members of St. Patrick s Congregation and to the citizens of Montreal, in his unwearied efforts for the amelioration of our peo- ple through the practice of sobriety. What an honor to our Society tc> have such a true Catholic, gentleman, patriot and scholar for it- chief lay officer. A man respected and loved by ever>- one w;:o knows him. and whose life has been crowned by a new honor ir. his elevation to the great dignity of Senator. And let me add in the words of hi- venerable pastor, who is not accustomed to give undeser\'ed compliments : " If this new office ar.d dignity- do him honor, he does no less honor to the office and d:gnity." For the beautiful, interesting and instructive history of the Temperance cause in Montreal he deserved the warmest thanks or" all present. 'The names of His Grace Archbishop Fabre. Vicar General Mare- cJ-ul and the Honorable Senator were greeted with applause.] C ' 34 Souvenir of the Golden Jubilee. Father McCallen then took up his subject : " I^ights and Shades in Human Character," He said : Very Rkv. and Rev. Fathers, Honorable Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen : — Having worthily celebrated the Golden Jubilee of our Temperance Society by appropriate religious| services yesterday morning and evening in St. Patrick's Chun-li, we meet here to-night to prove, by a feast of music, song and speech, that the great virtue of temperance is no stranger to all that i^ noblest and best in social intercourse. We have invited you to a banquet in honor of the Golden Jubiki of our Society. You will not, indeed, find spread out before yor, the choicest , viands from the 'market to tempt your appetite and please your palate, nor the wines and liquors which some seen to consider a necessary accompaniment of all social celebrations , but we offer what we judge to be a more appropriate and welcome feast — a feast for the mind, the soul, the heart ; and we are hapD\- to think that, as 3'ou are our friends and the patrons of our noble cause you will heartily approve of the choice thus made. I have spoken so often of the various phases ofthe liquor question as to lead to the belief, that no matter how often I turn the crank, the music given forth is always temperance, with such varia- tions as time and place suggest ; and that no matter how often I turn the crank the music never gives out. Be that as it may, my subject to-night is not Temperance, but " Lights and Shades in Human Character." But. as this is the Golden Jubilee of our Society, you will allow me, even to-night (might I not say especially to- night), to weave in a few golden threads of temperance, if onh' to connect together the various parts of my discourse, and to keep before you] the consoling fact, that this is not only a .social celebration, ^butjthe social celebration ofthe oldest Catholic Temper- ance Society in the land. Let us then speak of character, and oi the influence of drink on character. After defining chaiacter, the Rev. orator went on to descrilje the various peculiarities of the different individuals whom we meet in life : the cheerful and gloomy woman ; the sharp, witty character, acknowledged by all to belong to the Irish race ; the active, Indus- is € 1 St. Patrick's T. A. & B. Society, 35 I ions man, and his counterpart, the lazy man ; the drunkard and the ber man, the lecturer introducing two very fine selections in his description of the drunkard, and rendering them in a very natural and effective style. We give the first of these selections. GO FEEL WHAT I HAVE FELT. Answer of a yoioig lady, rr/io Ttuns lurnstY/ of he in i^- a fanatic i)i her hatred of alcoholic drink. Go, feel what I have felt ; Go, bear what I have borne ; Sink "neathablow 1 father dealt, And the cold, pro id world's .scorn. Thus struggle on from y^^ar to year, Thy sole relief the scalding tear. Go, weep as I have wept O'er a loved father's fall ; See every cherished promise swept. Youth's .sweetness turned to gall ; Hope's f'l.ded flowers strewed all the way That lea me up to woman's day. Go, kneel as I have knelt. Implore, beseech and pray ; Strive the besotted heart to melt. The downward course to stay ; Be ca.st'with bitter curse aside, — Thy prayers burlesqued, thy tears defied. Go, stand where I have stood, And see the strong man bow. With gnashing teeth, lips bathed in l)lood. And cold and livid brow : Go, catch his wandering glance, and see There mirrored his soul's raiserv. ;-^ 36 Souvenir of the Golden Jubilee. Go, heai- what I have heard, The sobs of sad despair, As memory's feeling fount hath stirred, And its reveahngs there Have told him what he might have been. Had he the drunkard's fate foreseen. Goto my mother's side. And her crushed spirit cheer ; Thine own deep anguish hide ; Wipe from her cheek the tear ; Mark her dinnned eye, her furrowed brow, The grey that streaks her dark hair now. The toil-worn frame, the trembling limb. And trace the ruin back to him Whose plighted faith in early j^outh Promised eternal love and truth, But who, foresworn, hath yielded up This promise to the deadly cup. And led her down from love and light, From all that made her pathway bright. And chained her there mid want and strife. That lowly thing — a drunkard's wife ! And stamped on childhood's brow, so mild, That withering blight — a drunkard's child ! Go. hear and see, and feel and know, All that my soul hath felt and known, Then look within the wine-cup's glow ; See if its brightness can atone ; Think if its flavor you would try. If all proclaimed. — 'Tis drink and die. Tell me I hate the bowl, — Hate is a feeble word ; I loathe, abhor, my very soul By strong disgust is stirred Whene'er I see, or hear, or tell. Of the DRK BEVERAGE OF HELLA \ I ; SL Patrick's T. A. & B. Society. 37 ■ After this selection, the Rev. lecturer spoke of the sober man, " so respectable and respected," and drew a contrast between his home and that of his drunken nei.<;hbor — of the proud, vain man and the humble, unassuming man, — of the noble, generous charac- ter, and the niggardly, mean man "who can view the poverty, suffering and starvation of fellow men around him, and still keep his purse closed." "There must be some awfully mean men in this world," said the lecturer with one of his inimitable transitions from serious to gay. " I heard of a milkman who not only skimmed tlie milk on the top, but who actually turned it ()\'er to see if he cuuld not skim it on the bottom." And the audience was. so con- ^•ubed with laughter that it was : ome time before the lecturer could proceed. [The concluding remarks of Father McCallen on the care that should be taken by parents, in watching over the first developments of character in their children, are so full of practical suggestion that we give them in full :] A child in its mother's arms already begins to notice and to imi- tate. Each day develops this power of perception and imitation, and Ijefore the child is three years old you will be surprised to see tlie influence exerted upon it by the mother's or the nurse's charac- ter. Ves, home educati(Mi has a great deal to do with the formation of character. A child who is naturally peevish and ill-tempered may have nuich of the asperity of this disposition removed by the clieerful mother, who, while its mind and heart are still young, can more easily adapt them to the lovely mould of her own pleasant character. So likewise the lazy boy may Ije forced into activity, the dull and gloomy child be brightened, the little thief corrected, and imbued with such a delicate sense of the rights of others as to grow up to be a man of upright character and strict Inisiness integ- rity. Will not young mothers undertake the noble work imposed U])on them, and will not those who failed to confer the blessings of this home education on their children now verging into manhood or womanhood at least try and re]xair as far as they can tlieir neglect of so important a duty ? Xo one will be the loser. The parents will gain thereby ; for their children will be an honor and a ^lory to them. The children will gain ; for they will enjoy many 38 Souvenir of the Golden Jubilee. of the sweets and pleasures secured by a cheerful, industrial;. J even-tempered character, and be spared the trials and crosses wlii -\ invariably fall to the lot of the glooni}-, lazy, ill-tempered indi- / diuil. Society, too. will gain ; for it will obtain honest men to :. | it!^ public offices of trust ; active, industrious laborers to till \: 1 fields ; and brigiit young people to cast a little bit of sunshine ;:;■ \ its own pleasant gatherings. - j One more word and I have done. ; What influence does exce.ss in the use of intoxicating drink ex-.r upon character ? Will any man deny that it spoils all that is natu rallv "ood. and develops and intensifies whatever is evil in ouJ natures? Have we not often seen the cheerful, bright, hapinl sober individual become gloomy and morose under the excess' use of intoxicating stimulants ? Does not the industrious, active man, once a victim of the liq;. habit, become a lazy good-for-nothing sot ? Is there a single hap disposition in any individual that escapes the blighting influence t intemperance ? What other argument need be advanced in support of these asserj tions than experience, which has taught, time and again, that th:|. virtue of temperance (which has no greater safe-guard than Toti| Abstinence) is a most powerful auxiliary in preser^-ing all that :■ good, noble, upright and attractive in the cheerful, wit^^y, clf?vcr| active, industrious and honest 'man, as it is a corrective of th;'' opposite defects of character. No wonder, then, that we are happy to-night in the celebration r this Golden Jubilee of St. Patrick's Total Abstinence Society, tr- great pioneer of the Catholic Temperance movement in this t.i ■ city of Montreal ! How shall we ever prove our gratitude to t;. zealous priests and active body of laymen who have bequeathed t us the blessings of the grand virtue of sobriety ? I will answc: by going on bravely with our noble work, extending its influenc. for good far and wide, and bequeathing to others the precit in- legacy which our fathers left to us. If we are true to this our grand mission, may we not hope tlia: some one among the young men now listening to me maj- be abk- Sf. Pafn'cl's T. A. & B. Society. 39 it tlie Centenary of our Society, to rehearse the history of the next Ifitty years as the Hon. Senator lias, in so interesting and pleading a mianner. done that of the past ; and that amid the jVlaudits of a still more vast assembly than that which I now address, he may be aide to amiounce the complete overthrow oi ihe demon drink l)y the angel of sobriety, and the complete triumph of the grand, noble and christian cause of Temperance. The applause which greeted the lecturer as he took his seat showed lir)W nuich the audience had enjoyed the treat which had been given them. THE VOTE OF THANKS. Dr. W. H. Kingston, as soon a^ the applause was over, rose, and addressing the Hon. Chairman and the ladies and gentlemen present, said that it gave him gre.it pleasure to be the mover of a vote of thanks to the Rev. Father for his al:)le. instructive and most interesting lecture on Lights and Shades in Human Character. His watch told him the lecture had lasted a little over an hour. Without his watch he would have said it had lasted only ten min- utes, so skillfully had the Rev, orator kept up the intere-^t- in his dis- course. Nor would he allow the Father to do himself the injustice of being considered a kind o\ music box which only gave out a single tune. " Temperarice." A better and more just comparison would have been the kaleidoscope, which, no matter how often it is turricd, ever presents new and varied localities. So much instruction, such a fund of apt illustration, of humorous and grave anecdote, and so masterly a delineation of character made his, the speaker's, task easy ; and. therefore, he moved that the thanks of this audience, justly deserved, are extended to the Rev. Father McCallen for his most instructive and interesting discourse. THE MOTION IS SECONDED. Mr. John S. Hall. M.P.. on rising to second the motion, said : It is the first time I have had the pleasure of li.stening to the able lecturer of this evening, and it will not be the last. It is a pleasure for me to think, that we who are of different creeds, can meet f 40 Souvenir of the Golden Jubilee. toc^ether and work for the welfare of our people through the iiol! cause of Temperance. I heartily endorse the praise so justly be- stowed on P'ather McCallen by my friend, Dr. Kingston. Wehavt learntd many useful lessons to-night, and we have had a rich \\\W\- lectual treat offered to us, which makes us feel it is a good thing i" us to be here. I most heartily .second the motion ju.st propo.sed, and know that it will receive your earnest approval. TIIK .MOTION I.S CARRIED. When the Honorable Mr. Murjjhy, Chairman, placed before Ih audience the motion for a vote of thanks, the inimen.se audienc manifested l^y a universal clapping of hands their warm appro\:iI and hearty acknowledgment of their appreciation of Fath McCallen' s effort for their in.struction and entertainment. THE MUSIC. The programme on anotlie.' page will afford the reader someidea of the musical treat of the evening from a mere peru.sal of tin. names of the singers and of the selections chosen for rendition. The Montreal orchestra acquitted itself in a most creditable mar. ner of its share of the programme. The St. Patrick's Choir < . eighty-five members, with Profes.sor Fowler at the piano, and Mr P. V. McCaffrey, baton in hand, presented a very fine appeararn,'. as they rose to give the opening chorus, " Birds of Spring," meri: ing for their magnificent rendition of this and the following choru.-^- the most heart}- applause of the audience. Miss Kugenie Tessiei the blind songstress, was listened to with rapt attention, and ir. response to enthusiastic encores gave in her own superb style tlu ■'Last Rose of Summer," and the "Kerry Dance," the lattci being received with thunders of applause and manifestations of tliL great satisfaction of the audience with this musically gifted youn.: lady. The solos by the members of the Choir, Mes.srs. F. J. Greene, J. P. Hammill and J. J. Rowan, likewi.se merited encores, and contri buted greatly to the plea.sure of all those present who know and appreciate good singing. St. Patrick's T. A. & B. Society, 41 The Hon. Chairman then addressed the audience. He thanked [he Choir of vSt. Patrick's Church for their able ser\-ices. He also blanked Prof. J. A. Fowler, the talented director of the Choir, for the iiipreciated ser\'ices he had rendered the Society on this occasion and in the past God Save Our Native Land was then sung, the vast audience Standing. Thus was most successfully brought to a close the Golden Jubilee of the St. Patrick's T. A. & B. Society. OxiV; EQoravinQS. RHCOLLET CHURCH. \Vt believe a few words in explanation of the engravings which adorn the pages of this Souvenir copy of the Golden Jubilee of St. Patrick's T. A. & B. Society will contribute to the pleasure and information of our readers. The Rl collet r/;«;r//.— This old landmark of Irish Catholicity and the cradle of our Temperance Society has disappeared ; but its memory still lives in the heart of many of our older brethren in the |iitli. It was situated on Notre Dame St.. opposite the present |arrow street called Bollard Lane. It was first used by the Irish iiatholics in 1830 as a place of worship for those among them who Sved in the centre and western part of the city, while those of the eastern section continued to worship in Notre Dame de Bonsecours. 42 Souvenir of tJic Golden jfiibilee. St. Paifiek's Church. — This beautiful church occupies a coin manding position on the high terrace overlooking Lagauchelier-j street and the lower part of the city. It was begun in 1S4J and o])ened for the first time for the use of the faithful on St. Pa:| rick's Day, 1847. Its architecture is Gothic. Its extreme leiiti:t'ij is 22^}, feet, its extreme width 105 feet, and the height of ih| ceiling CS5 feet. The foundation walls are 10 feet thick, and iluj height of its steeple 228 feet. The three altars are highl}- oniaj mented. and the stained glass windows are of rich design and finisli When newly frescoed, as it will be when the heavy debt has W<. lessened, St. Patrick's will be one of the most complete and haiidj some church edifices in Montreal. Our Founder. — Rt. Rev. Patrick Phelan was born in the Pan>j of Bally ragget. County Kilkenny, Ireland, and baptized on FebrJ ar>- I St, 1795- He was ordained priest in the Grand Seminar\ oj this city by Bishop Lartigue in September, 1825, and waspermiticl by Bishop Che^•ereus of Boston (to whose diocese he had \kk:\ aggregated ,) to labor for the Irish Catholics of Montreal. In X(/ -^ ember of the same year Father Phelan entered the Society of S: Sulpice, laboring for seventeen years for the welfare of the Irij:| people of Montreal. In 1840, as already stated, he became fouiuk of our Temperance Society. In 1843 he was consecrated Bishoiiu Kingston, and met in his new field of labor the success which ha: attended his zealous efforts in Montreal. He died in June, 1857, Our Pastor, Rev. Patrick Dozed. — Rev. Patrick Dowd, Pastor St. Patrick's Church, was born in 181 3 in the County Louth Ireland. In 1832 he entered the Irish College at Paris, and \n\ ordained priest in that cit}' by Monseigneur De Quenel, its Archj bishop, on May 20th, 1837. The first three of the ten years to! lowing his ordination, he spent in the direction of the Diocesa: Seminary cf Armagh, and the remaining years in the work the ministry at Drogheda, where he lived with the Primate. In 1847 Father Dowd returned to Paris, and after spending oiit year in the Novitiate of St. Sulpice, became a member of that illus trious Society. It was in June, 1848, that he came to Montreal t( Sl Patrick's T. A, & B. Society. 43 [labor in St. Patrick's, and in i860 was appointed its pastor, succeed- linjj: to Rev. Father Connolly in that ofiice. The following are the dates of the most important events in his I laborious and successful career in Montreal : 1.S49. Erection of St. Patrick's Orphan Asylum. 1S65. Erection of St. Bridget's Home for the aged poor and infirm, and of the Night Refuge for the destitute. 1.S66. Petition to the Hol\- See to have separate churches for English-speaking Catholics granted. 1872. Erection of St. Patrick's vSchool for girls. IS;;. Great Irish Catholic Pilg image to Lourdes and Rome. 1887. Golden Jubilee of his Prinstliood. We do not speak of the other labors of his ministry, and of the toil nece-ssary to can*}- on the great works of charity which I this venerable priest has founded. We will simply say, as has I been so truly said before : " lo write Father Dowd's memoir in full, would be to write the history of the Irish Catholics in jMontreal during the last forty-three years, so intimately has [he been as.sociated with every good and charitable work." Our President, Rev. J. a'. MeCaUcn, 5.^:— The Rev. J. A. Mc- ICallen, S.S.. was born in Philadelphia in 184;. He spent two years fin the study of the classics in St. Mary's College, Wilmington, Delaware, and four years in St. Charles' College, EUicott City, Md. In 1S66 he entered St. Mary's Theological Seminary and University, then as now under the direction of the Society of !St. Sulpice. In 1868 he was sent to complete his theological studies at St. Sulpice, Paris. During the five months of the siege of Paris by the Prussians in 1 870-7 1, Father McCallen. then a student in theology, served in the ambulance corps attached to the Seminars- of St. Sulpice, which had been converted into a military hospital for the care of the sick and wounded soldiers. During the commune, the Novitiate of St. Sulpice at Issy, near Paris, became the headquarters of one of the army corps of the com- munists, and was almost utterly destroyed by the shells of the army of McMahon in their efforts to dislodge the enemy and drive them back into the city. So utterly untenantable had the Novitiate 44 Souvenir of tfu Gcid*n jubiUc. becomt. tliat the novices were transferred to Orleans, where, in June, 187 1. Father McCallen was ordained priest. In Septenil^r of the same year he returned to the Seminar\- of Baltimore, and dur- in,a^ sixteen years was employed a» Professor of Philosophy, Liturgy vSacred Eloquence, and for four years as Treasurer of that Institu- tion. The year 1881 he spent \r\ leaching classics in vSt. CharU College. Ellicott City, which is the preparatory department of Ilk- Theological Semi!iar>-. While in Baltimore. Father McCalKn directed the church ceremonies, which took place in the Cathedral of that city, and with such succesjs. that at the Centenary of tlk- American Hierarchy, in November. 1*^89, his Eminence Cardinal Gib]x)ns invited him to return to Baltimore, and confided to his care and direction the entire ceremonial of what has proved to be the grandest religious celebration ever held on this coi> tinent. In September. 1887. Father McCallen was transferred to St. Patrick's Church, in this cit>-. l-eing associated with Fatlitr Dowd and the other priests of the church in the care of that Inr^c and important congregation. Since his arrival in Montreal he iui« been the President of St. Patrick's T. A. & B. Society, and it is thi- earnest hope of all our members th.a.t other duties may not rob n > 01 his zealous and appreciated services. Our I'ici-PrisidiUt, Honorable Edward Murphy. — Hon. Edwan! Murphy was bom in 1818. in the Parish of Ballyellen, County Carlow. Ireland. When he was six \-ears old he came with hi- parents to Montreal, where he ha« since resided. In 1832 Ik began his bu.siness career, which has proved so .successful. In 1 s, he joined the Temperance movement inaugurated in this city In Rev. Patrick Phelan. S.S.. and has ever since proved a faith Ui; member to the Six:iety. of which he has been an office-bearer forl\ • nine years out of the fifty of its existence. In 1859 he l)ecame ;i partner in the firm of Frothingham ^ Workman, wholesale hard- ware merchants. He is a member of the Natural History Society of this city, and his lectures on the "Microscope and its Revela- tions "and on "Astronomy." prove that he finds time amid hi? business occupaticns for the cultivation of his literary and scientific S/. Patrick's T. A. & B, Society. 45 tastes. These lectures — always delivered for charitable purposes — lavebeen heartily received and much appreciated. Mr. Murphy is |als<» President of the City aud Di.strict Saviuj^s Bauk, Life Governor )f the Montreal General and Notre Dame Hospitals, and of the Laval [rnivtrsity. Tni=tee of St. Patrick's Orphan Asylum, as well as one )f its most generous benefactors, Chevalier of the vSacred and Mili- jtary Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Harbor Connnissioner, and since [miL. I >vS9. Senator. But it is especially for his unceasing efforts in jehalf of all works of charity, education and religion that Mr. |Miirphy deser\'es the greatest praise. His generosity knows no )oinuls. and the orphan and the )oor will long continue to bless |hi> name. Among other marks )f his interest in th«j education of tilt \onng are the medals and prize, amounting to $100, founded [by him in perpetuity for the most successful pupil in the Com- iiercial Course — a prize open to all competitors. We hope he may [long l)e spared to the Society and to St, Patrick's Congregation, [of which he is so worthy a member, Our Society. — In conclusion we desire to quote the following [niles of St. Patrick's T. A. & B. Society for the information of [those who desire to become members : — I . The Society shall consist of two kinds of members, ordinary I and regular. :. All persons without distinction shall be admissible to become ordinary- members of the Society by taking a Pledge to abstain totally from all intoxicating drinks, and getting their names regis- tered on the books of the Society by the Secretary, from whom they shall receive a certificate of admission on payment of 15 cents. 3. All male members between the age of 14 and 50 j'^ears, being ordinan- members of the Society, {may become regular members by paying 25 cents admission fee and 25 cents monthly thereafter. All regular members are 'members of the Benefit Branch of the Society. 4. Ordinary members, not desirous of joining the Benefit Branch, by paying 25 cents admission and 10 cents monthly there- after, or Si in advance for the year, shall be qualified to hold oflSce, 46 Souvenir of tlu Golden Jubilee. to vote for office-bearer^ and on any other business of the Society subject to No. 8 below. >. The nienil)ers of the Society, ordinary and regular, shall !!;<.c:| on the second Sunday of each month in St. Patrick's Church innnediately after Vespers, for religious exercises by the Rev. Pre- sident, and the transaction of all other business. 6. The Annual Meeting of the Society for the election of office shall 1)e held on the last Sunday of March each year. 7. The election shall be decided by a majority of votes, and t'::c voting shall l>e by ballot. 8. Xo meml)er shall be qualified for election to any office or v< te for officers but can vote on any other question before the Society unless he has been a member of the Society three months, and hi- dues and other charges are fully paid up. 9. The Rev. President shall read the names of the newly-electci officers at the Regular Monthly Meeting in April of each year after which they enter immeiliately upon the duties of their respec- tive charge. 10. At the death of a member or member's wife, or widows: mother of an unmarried member, a tax of 25 cents, or a larger amount, not, however, to exceed 50 cents should the state of tiic funds in the judgment of the Committee of Management require:: shall be levied on each regular member. The said tax whcr. levied shall be collected at the next Monthly Meeting after decea,-c. The funds so collected shall be considered fees of the Benefit Branch and treated accordingly. BENEFITS. 1. Before having any claims on the Benefit Branch, a perr-« r. must be a member for 1 2 months, and clear on the books. 2. On the death of a married member jn good standing, as above living with his wife at the time of his death, the sum of One Hun- dred dollars shall be paid to his widow. 3. In cases when it shall come to the notice of the Society that the wife of a deceased member is not a fit or proper person to receive aforesaid Benefit, it shall be the dutv of the Committee c:' St. Patrick's T. A. & B. Socuty. 47 kLiTiagenient to dispose of the said Henefit in whatever manner they u dtrtm best in the interests of the deceased member's family. 4.. On the death of the wife of a niemlxrr in good standing, said n--ml«tr shall receive the sum of Fifty dollars, ;. On the death of a widowed mother of an unmarrietl mem])er ^ood standing, said member shall receive the sum of Fifty i- liars. 6. On the death of a widowed mother of an unmarried member. here one or more brothers are members in good standing, the sum ): Fifty dollars, as named in ^receding clause, shall be divided u.iliy Ixrtween said brothers. •>. On the death of an unmarr ed member in good standing, the cm of One Hundred dollars sh.ill \yc paid to his nearest relative, )r to whom the said unmarried member may have previously rilled it. On the death of a member having no friends, the Chairman )f the Committee of Management shall take charge of the burial of lid member.