Herself--Ireland . is Kingdom, and Hissubjects are ever in communion with Him. Fromearly morning, when the portals of the churchesare opened, until late evening, the people kneel,and with full confidence, pour out their hearts toHim. Joy, sorrow, success, defeat, doubt, despair,or victory are all laid at His feet. God is not onlyto be worshipped as a Divine Being, He is lovedand appealed to as a Father, and trusted as awise and helpful Friend. And if there are anylatter-day saints, they are to be found in the subjects of the King, poor, cold, hun-gry, broken-hearted, and despairi
Herself--Ireland . is Kingdom, and Hissubjects are ever in communion with Him. Fromearly morning, when the portals of the churchesare opened, until late evening, the people kneel,and with full confidence, pour out their hearts toHim. Joy, sorrow, success, defeat, doubt, despair,or victory are all laid at His feet. God is not onlyto be worshipped as a Divine Being, He is lovedand appealed to as a Father, and trusted as awise and helpful Friend. And if there are anylatter-day saints, they are to be found in the subjects of the King, poor, cold, hun-gry, broken-hearted, and despairing, with blanchedlips can whisper, Thy will be done, it is notdifficult to believe in the beatification of the humanbeing of to-day. It was almost midday and yet there were a num-ber of people scattered over the church lost inprayer, and we saw a small, dark, rough head passby, as a very small boy, not more than five, foundhis way to the High Altar. He made the signof the Cross, remained for a time saying his inno-. Harpischord, Mahogany, with OrnamentalBrass Mountings Bv Ferdiimiid Weher, Duhlin. Tlie property of Robert W. Smythe, Ksq. CORK AND QUEENSTOWN 241 cent prayers, then turned and smiled. I think heknew that we were strangers, and it was a littlesmile of welcome. After seeing the Cathedral, a triumph of Pu-gins architecture, we walked down the hill to thePlace of Embarkation, where millions of Irelandspeople have sailed for different ports. Englandreproaches Ireland with a long memory, but howcan any country forget State-aided Emigration,when Great Britain offered five pounds a man tobanish her Irish subjects. And it was even worseafter the famine, when thousands of poor peasantswere transplanted to a land which required theunbreakable spirit of the pioneer to wrest fromit any success. Many of them had never seen atown of even nine thousand inhabitants. Some ofthem only spoke Gaelic. A good many of themcould not read. They were simple, primitive, agri-cultural tillers
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