Show Irelands Ireland's P Patron tron Saint I I II i I t I ct ATRICK the apostle of Ireland Ire Ire- Ireland Ireland land bore the marks of r lofty zeal and self-denying self lab labors rs that have haV contributed j ed to the world its great religious religious characters irrespective irre irre- irrespective of ecclesiasticism in all ages The man whose work in behalf of a aland aland land and people has made him an object object ob ob- of ot veneration by that people and has placed him high in hi Ii the calendar of ot the saints has a memory that hat isgreen is isgreen green and undying The Christian heritage embraces all those who have the approved marks of the saints and apostles of ot the Man of ot Galilee All Christians irrespective of for denomination for denominations denominations denominations de de- de- de nominations are but the working di dl- divisions divisions visions of the great company o of earthly believers who are one with the great company of of the triumphant souls in Heaven should Heaven should honor lionor such for their works work's sake Whatever differences differences differences dif dif- dif dif- exist as to particular facts with respect to the life of St. St Patr Patrick Patrik ck there can be no honest diff difference rence as asto asto asto I to the fact that he was Vas was one of the shining ones who light the way of life for multitudes with the lamp of faith raith Whatever may be be the claims Instituted instituted instituted with respect to one or another matter matter of his faith or allegiance his great principles of unselfish devotion and arduous endeavors and successful performance in the name of the One who is the inspiration of all Christians admit of no controversy As one reads in Patricks Patrick's confes contes- confession sion so sion so styled styled styled-of of his spiritual experience experience experience ex ex- ex- ex after he had be been n carried captive to Ireland and hears him im t telling tell tell- ll ing lag of his walks in the forest and nd the mountain fastness where he ie lifted up his soul In rapture to God he Is reminded re- re reminded re reo minded of the austere Jonathan Edwards Edwards Ed Ed- wards the New England divine who records his meditations in the solitary soIl soli tary confines of tile the New England forests when his bis soul burst b forth in inan inan inan an of gladness Patrick Patrick was the Puritan of his times Not merely austere but tender tender ten ten- der yet with relentless opposition tc sin and with full renunciation of the fl flesh esl he did the work of df an early Puritan for Ireland and cleansed theland the theland land land of idolatry and of savagery to such a degree as to have afforded to the country a a. literary history a are re religious re- re history and a social history remarkable for their continuity for their heir elev elevation tf n and for their their loyalty to established Ideals This was not all the work of ot Patrick Patrick Pat Pat- rick but to him Is attributed ed much of ot the glory of Erin in these respects Surely such a mantas manas man as this is deserving deservIng desery ing of ot accrediting as one of ot the master mas inas- ter f forces In a great epoch Like the sturdy first missionary to the savage tribes of the German forest who wilo went forth with the evangel of God GOll in his hands to convert the peoples of whom Tacitus affords a brief glimpse and in ino inso so 50 o doing laid the foundations for the modern German language as incident to labor abor of ot spiritual transformation Patrick out silhouetted silhouetted against his timed time in the heroic proportions proportion that only a great commission and a n great con consecration cration can provide pi |