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Show PRELATE PREACHES PATRIOTIC StRMON Cardinal Gibbons Declares People Have Abiding Faith in President. PA Li; 11 OR 1". Jan. (I. In I he presence of a. grea t throng of persons, ( 'ardhml ! Gibbons prouehed In tho r;iihe-lral tins i morn in'-. Alt er the mass he lioM his 'annual .Vow Year's rceptkm in his home ami the load ins "ifn and women of the icily railed to wish him the joys of the ; season. I The cardinal preached on "The Ter-iPetuity Ter-iPetuity of the t'hrisiian KepuMu:" ami ! declared that the people of the eountry have iui abirlin faith In President Wilson. He said in p;irt: "Let us pray that divine arista n'p guide, direct, molt I and fashion the actions ac-tions of the president of the I'nited Slates and that the way will be shown to speedy, permanent and honorable peaee. "The most violent opponents of religion have been the princes of the world, oen so-called Christian princes. "Tiie church sa w t In: pse and fa II nf European nat ions in the past. rprha ph it ill yet (see the. decay of others and chant their requiem." Never has Cardinal Cilibons's annua I New Year's rerepi ion been more w idely attended than the one he held loria.i. The most noticeable change was in the number num-ber of uniforms seen anions the visitors. |