THE REV. FATHER CAREW, S.M., ON IRELAND.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVII, Issue 8, 18 June 1886, Page 21

THE REV. FATHER CAREW, S.M., ON IRELAND.

(From our Greymouth correspondent.) FOLLOWING is a verbatim report of the apneal made by the *Rev Father Carew, on behalf of the Greymomh branch of the Irish the' 30th u™ S-'S -' tO WhiCh * brieflj a ' luded iQ my comm^icmon of I am asked by the members of the Irish National League to recommend their cause to you for greater assistance, and I feel a very great pleasure in doing so. 1 need noc tell jou that their cause is a good one. It has the approval of all the Irish bishops and priests and of Irishmen all over tne world, and in fact of all liberal-minded men It meets with disapproval only from Ireland's enemies The unpatriotic man may say, " I have long since left my native land an 1 I fail to see what claims she can have on me now. I expect no benefit from her, and why am I to be importuned to assist a cause that is not only profitless to me, but when the fact of my dome so may deprive me of the confidence and esteem of my neighboursmen of other nation ilities." The Irishman who speaks so betrays a considerable amount of selfishnes, and a great ignorance of Christian etl xx mere are certain obligations that a man can never shake off no matter to what count ry he emigrates. These are threefold, namely that he is, firstly, to love Gcd above all thirds ; secondly, his parents • and thirdly, his nauve land. And these obligations follow him it taatierßnutto what country he emigrates. He may go to the exkernes of the part b but God has still the same dominion over him and his travelling beyond the seas does not emancipate him fiom the obedience to bod. In like manner, our parents after God the authors or. our being, have always a claim on us. The immense oceans between them and us d> not sever the bonds of that claim and when the parent is oppressed by supreme indigence, God's laws , demird of the child tha« he should assist mo parents in preference to the fulfilment of any other earn ly ooh^uon. God demands that the love of country should hold the third" place in the Christ! >n heart. \\ c are bound to love our native larui not merely from =c jt - ment, but because it is tm. will of God, not negatively only, but in

deed and in truth. And thus is our natural love of country perfected by religion Hence he is a hero in the eyes of God and man who lays down his life in the honourable defence of his countr? If so much is not asked of us, less will have its meed of reward. WbS Irishman then can refuse the trifle of sixpence per month asked by the *SZh 225 T tO as9ißfc t hi t co ™try through her present difficulties ? li 5 'g ° mark - him wel1 ' fle ha 3no Iov « his native land Our poor country is now io tbe sad condition of the man mentioned in the Scriptures who went from Jerusalem to JerSS ! andonhia way fell amongst thieves and robbers. They not only ! ]Tt ™ Ot h-h -LB,L 8 , mm ° ney> bat aßed their da^ ers fr eely on h°m, and , left him iweomble on the road side, giving out his heart ■s^lid Tie cruel-hearted an i uncharitable passed him by. The good Samaritan came at length to his assistance. He poured oil and winTSto his wounds to staunch and heal them. He conveyed hYm to the nearest ma, where he paid his expenses till recovery. Ou native landhasforcenturieabeeDia the sad condition of this poor man She fell amongst thieves and robbers. They have outraged her in every sense and inflicted wrongs oa her that are uneqnalled for atrocity <q the annals of the world. Long has she lain o2 the roadside of neglect. Not, indeed, that good Samaritans were wantiS to ih^r^T ' bUt b ? ca ? Be , the robb ers who ruined her slaughtfrei hem also. But a new day is dawning on us, the time of God's mercy Rr?r mm h DD p fe r r UDd '' ° ar T J beS • friendß Beem t0 be in the majority in the British Parliament. But it is because the good Samaritan of divine appointment has passed down the roid. And he is Mr. ParnelUnd his noble band Seeing our afflicted country pouring out Us heart's blood through its many gaping wouads, of famine, of misgovernment of all sorts of evictions, of emigration, and of thousands of others his great heart is touched, aid he is pouring into her wonnds the balsam of healing ointment. His cause is truly a noble one -all good men approve of it. Let, us then, the children of Erin in 'this far-off laud, not forget the place that gave us birth-" The Emerald Gem of the western world." Let u 8 love her indeed and in truth, and let us bear a hand with the good Samaritan :n redressiog her wrongs and m healing her wounds. wiuugs