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Show SACKED HEART MISSION. Immense Attendance at the Opening Service For Men. Father O'Connor, one of the Jesuit missionaries at Sacred Hfart parish, preached Sunday morning and evening and at both services the house was packed. After the services the father remarked to some friends in the vestibule vesti-bule that the churches in this city were too small to accommodate all who desired de-sired to attend. lie spoke particularly of the Catholic churches. "There is I need of two more churches in Butte," he said. Father O'Connor spoke on the text found in the first fifteen verses of the sixth chapter of St. John, the sto.ry of the loaves and fishes. From this story was drawn a iesson, and this lesson was brought into comparison with a similar iesson gatnerea irom tne oeau-tiful oeau-tiful story of the birth of Christ, his life here on earth, his sacrifices, hardships, hard-ships, humility, and finally the lesson of redemption his life teaches. The great Leo in the . days of Constantine I talked to his apostles of the coming of the king, and what his coming meant to the people of the world. It was in the dawn of the era of Christian peace on earth, and all - through the lesson there was brought out a fineness of logic and truth well nigh perfect in construction, for it dealt with the biblical bibli-cal expressions and it contained a large measure of heart interest throughout. Father O'Connor is a convincing speaker speak-er he draws his conclusions from the I immense storehouse of facts with which his arguments are backed. He touched upon the liquor traffic and referred re-ferred in emphatic terms to the way men are led away from their original paths of rectitude into the vile dens where no good is taught or learned. What the chief of the, church said to his apostles before the 'advent applies to mankind today: "O, Christian soul, try to understand your dignity; try to understand all that has .been done for you is added to those words, now that the prophetic declaration had come to be fulfilled. Men too often forget their dignity, and this, too, In the face of the fact that baptism signs and seals the compact to live as Jesus lived and instructed his followers to live; but how many, asked the priest, live up to the sacredness of that destiny so clearly clear-ly defined by the son of man? It is, the bounden duty of every man created I by God to Jive according to th . way : laid down in the teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus came to set an example for the men of the world, and it is his desire that all men shall be made conformable con-formable to his own image." There were beautiful floral decorations decora-tions in. the church contributed and most tastefully arranged by the ladies of the parish. The mission for .women closed Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock with a solemn service at which the attendance at-tendance was immense. The women of I the parish were congratulated and I thanked by Father O'Connor for v the remarkable fervor and zeal that they had displayed in the mission, making it one of the most successful that he had ever experienced in the work. Every morning this week at Sacred t Heart church there were masses, fol-I fol-I lowed by sermons of instruction at 5:30 and 8 o'clock, and each evening at 7:30 o'clock there were services followed by Instructions. At 7 o'clock each evening there were special services of instruction. To these services Father Callahan extended ex-tended a special invitation to his friends among non-Catholics who have been making inquiries as to when they could best get information as to the' Catholic faith. To all such, as well as to Catholics who are seeking instruction, instruc-tion, cordial invitation was extended to attend the 7 o'clock services. The regular reg-ular mission services will open each evening half an hour later. Father Muleonry, who. with Father O'Connor, is in- charge of the mission at the church of the Sacred Heart, is one of the best known Jesuits of the country. He was born in Ireland and came to this country at an early age. He received his clerical education at St. Mary's college, in the state of Kansas, Kan-sas, and at Florissant. Mo., where he studied under Jesuit priests. He afterwards after-wards went to Maryland, where he studied philosophy and theology. He was a teachir at the Creighton university univer-sity of Omaha and later at St. Louis university. After serving as vice-rector at St. Louis univcrsityMie was sent on missionary duties. He has been giving giv-ing missions for ten years. Father O'Conner is a young priest of splendid ability and a pulnit orator well known in many parts of America, where he has been engaged in mission work. Robert Emmet Remembered. Seldom have the Irish-Americans of Butte had an opportunity to witness such sp".ndid exercises, such a faithful reproduction of scenes and tragic incidents inci-dents of the history of their native land as they did at the entertainment given by the Emmet Literary society at the Hibernia hall at Centerville, in honor of Robert Emmet. Every Irish society in Butte was present in force and listened to a programme pro-gramme that was replete with interest as well as entertainment. j A character sketch of the trial and conviction' of Robert Emmet.' which was produced in a manner that would have been a credit to many a professional profes-sional company, was the feature of the evening. From th speech of the immortal Emmet, delivered in ciear, impassioned tones by County Treasurer Maher, to the minutest detail of costume and incident, in-cident, the presentation was absolutely absolute-ly faultless. The English judges, with their powder and w-Jgs, were there: the redcoats, with their uniforms true to life, and with the admirable settings combined to make a scene that made it easy to bring oneself to believe that he was witnessing the dramatic scene of a century ago that live in the memory mem-ory of every son of Erin. An excellent speech was delivered by James Lane on the occasion of the gathering; resolutions were read by J. J. Lynch and adopted. They referred to the present condition of affairs in Ireland and the efforts for independence indepen-dence that have been made, declared the loyalty of the people of Irish birth to the United States and its institutions, institu-tions, and extended sympathy to the caue of the Boers in South Africa. Lunch was served at 11 o'clock after a gathering which was, on the whole, one of the most enthusiastic and patriotic patri-otic in the history of the Irish societies in th? city. The following was the programme: pro-gramme: - Address of welcome.. John D. Malloy: Hn'n nd violin so'o. .Miss Maggie Kiley and J. J. McNamara; song, Ed- ward Burns; remarks, "The Life and Times of Robert Emmet," J. J. O'Mara; solo, Mrs. FitzButler, with accompaniment accompani-ment by the Hibernia quartette: recitation. reci-tation. Miss Mamie Curtis: remarks, Charles Lane: recitation and song. Miss Rose McDermott;. song and dance, Frankie Dillon: recitation, J. L. Gavi-gan; Gavi-gan; address, Peter JJreen: violin solo, Ethel Dillon; duet, the Misses Shove-lin: Shove-lin: song, James O'Connell: song. John Murphy; recitation. John J. Grogan; remarks, M. J. English, P. J. GiUigan and others. , |