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A CATHOLIC WEEKLY
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PERTH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1934.
No. 2,842.
SIXTIETH YEAR.
The Story of Liverpool Dr. Downey's Archdiocese Among the distinguished visitors who will come to Me..bouriJ: for the Eucharistic Congress will be the Most Rev. Richard Downey, D.D., Ph.D., Archbishop of Liverpool, who has advised His. Grace Archbishop Mannix • that he has been appointed Oficial representa tive of His Eminenc? Cardinal Bourne, and of the Fierarchy of England. Scotland and Wales. Ile will arrive in Melbourne by the Orontes on No.:•tnabc.1- 5th. The Right Rev. Monsignor Myler. of the Archdiocese of Liverpool will accompany him. Dr. Downey has the reputation of being a charming personality, and is an orator with a wonderful vocabulary and great power of expression.
velopment of this world-renowned port from its humble beginnings as a hiinlet by the sea.
MOST REV. DR. DOWNEY, In connection with the pening of the Mersey Tunnel, in Liverpona, by King George a short winie ago, Dr. Downey addressed twenty thonsand C atholics assembied on the site of the tlEw Cathedral, where a special ceremony was held to in'plore the Divine Blessing on the city. The Archbishop, who took for .his t ext: "Unless the Lo.d keep the city,: laboureth in vain that keepeth it, spoke as follows: We are met together .his afternoon Implore the Divine blessing on the ity of Liverpool, with ;ts .r.any and v.aned enterprises. Tha ceremony the opcming of the Mer;ev Tunnel, be Performed by T.r.is Gracious Ma;',stY King George V., i ,ng. event in our civic is an outstandannals, and one leads us essings which to reflect on the many has attended the de. . . . . .
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Always its story is linked up with its mighty river—the story of men ho went down to the sea in .,hips, of men who cast their bread upcn tle running waters that they might find it again. It was so for centuries, before Henry 11., in 1173, decreed "that t he whole estuary of the Mersey shall be for ever a port of the sea, with all liberties to a port of the sea belonging." and King John, in 1207, by royal charter, granted to the bur• gesses of Liverpool 'all the liberties and free customs which any other free borough upon the sea has in our territories." Her story is a veritable saga of the sea, of fishing sma:ks and frigates, of sloops. and merchantmen, of an early coasting trade with Ireland and the South of Europe, and even of privateers and buccaneers during the American War of Inclependence. It is a story of dogged perseverance. of slow and steady prow ess till the later decades of the X VIII. Century were reachtd, and then in the teeming years that followed Liverpool attained to almost ut rivalled maritime greatness The soul. of Liverpool is her river, t he quickening stream of her life, her enimating principle, the sea, setirce . . . . . . . . . • • 410 It•to•ik• . . .
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and centre of all her activities. She has had, and still has, many industrial enterprises--tobacco, factories, soap works, sugar refineries, breweries, corn mills—but all more or less dependent In any case they are on her river. not vital to her existence as are the When her industries of other cities. famous potteries disappeared at the beginning of the XIX Century, and her chemical works some decades later, it made little 'difference to her life. For her inherent energies are derived not from the land but from the sea, those native forces of which the seven miles of granite-lipped dneks which gird her shore are fit emblems. Her mission is to link up the ends c' the earth, to be a clearing, house for the world's produce, to be a meeting place for the interchange of thought The between men of all nations. thousands who dwell within the city are not all of the soil, but they are all of the river, all under the magic spell of its charm, all mariners at heart, all lovers of its rushing waters. In the swell of its tide many fealties meet in deep and abiding loyalty to On an occasion sneh as the Mersey. week this affords there stirs within the breast of every citizen a laudable feeling of local patriotism. We are justly proud of our city with its magnificent waterway, its spacious docks and wharves, its towering build•
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ings, its restful and inviting parks, and, above all, its inspiring history of To that history is great endeavour. now being added a memorable page, the record of a successfu 1 achievement which opens up immense possibilities for the future, and which must needs be conducive to the city's prosperity. It is fitting that as citizens we should pay tribute to the vision, courage and ability of those who conceived and planneld the tunnel-scheme, and, more particularly, to the skilful guidance under which it The triumph has been carried out. of engineering, this construction of a tunnel under the bed of the Mersey, a symbol of the age in which we a golden age did we but know it, a period which the historian of the future will describe as the renaissance of Nature is rapidly scientific learning. yielding up her secrets to the scientific seeker after truth, and the future looms large with wondrous intprnye inents in the civic life of man. Surely. with the gradually ascending scale of material progress, we grow wiser, too, in the things of the spirit and draw nearer to the fulfilment of the cherished dream of the universal brotherThese are spacious hood of man. days for the life of the body, Prid ought to be made spacious for the They are, in-duel, life of the soul. But, clays of material progress. whilst we rejoice in, and' give thanks for, the benefits that are ours, we do well to bear in mind that -unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it" (Psalm cxxvi., Our first duty as good citizens 1). is to God whence all authority derives. We Catholics in matters of religion stand for the principle of unquestioning obedience to the Church, which is the pillar and ground of In secular matters we tender truth, wholehearted loyalty to the King and We strive to His representatives. render .to God the things that are God's, and to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, knowing full well -;:hat these twin loyalties do not conflict but merged in the supreme service of the „ King of Kings. • —•
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