Show I Irelands Ireland's Patron Saint I i j II- II k J I J S 2 Sr- Sr ST. ST 1 T. T PATRICK A uA stone lay deeply bedded in the clay until one of ot strong hand band uncovered it heaved it aloft and made it the capstone of a 3 noble edifice This is his description of his life He was a centenarian wait walt ing for his death when he be wrote It and to his eyes the career of the Apostle of or Ireland was waa a blend of human buman worthlessness made capable of lofty achievement by the call of God It is la a Q great mans man's humble bumble estimate of his share in remaking a great nation And IUs Itis correct as to the humble beginning and the mighty accomplishment and the abiding of humility in the bosom of the man who wrought so 50 mightily Not without ut reason has the name of St. St Patrick been held In veneration through these many generations There is nowhere a teacher whose services for learning exerted so 80 wide widean widean an influence in a time so critical for all culture There is nowhere a statesman statesman statesman states states- man whose activity so completely reformed the character of any people There is nowhere such euch a national hero whose fame is sounded Bounded across fit fifteen teen centuries and can still stir emotions of ardent enthusiasm far beyond his nations nation's shores There is 18 nowhere a Ii saint aint whose teachings arc are blended like his with the destinies of his nation so sa that the invocation of his name can beat beat be beat at once the cry of patriotic devotion and the expression of religious venera venera- tion Rev T. T P. P McDonough I t |