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AN GAODHAL.
sgéil agus do mhealladh suarach an domh¬
ain dhúinn iona b'fhéidir foghluim ó léigh¬
ean air bith eile. Air an t-saoghal seo
an uair a fheiceannmuid na daoine boch¬
ta gortach, nach mór nochtuigh a siúbhal
na sráide, na m-beagnach a fághail bhais
le anró ansna tighthibh lobhtha an a bh-fuil
olcas an t-saoighil cuir eulach ortha a
bheith na g-comhnuidhe; a nuair ata an
ríobóid meisgeamhuil chathughadh a beatha
truailleadh na n-daoineadh macanthacht,
gan faitchíos roimh bás ach a magadh faoi
an m-breitheamhnas — fiafróchaidh duine a
bh-fuil Dia air bith ann, a seasadh go
foighideach a faire air an abair seo.
Fiafróchaidh sé an é nach bh-fuil aon Dia
an a bheurfadh cobhair do na bochtaibh a¬
gus a smachtóchadh baothchathadh an dream
eile. Airís, an uair fheiceans duine
searbhfhóghantaigh deabhóideach, fíor-ghrádh¬
amhuil Dé, a chaitheas a saoghal a guidhe
agus d-tinneas a bh-feuchaint agus a
mealladh na dhiaigh sin, dúrachtach a seir¬
bhís Dé gan lá no moimeint a chailleadh
le cion-fhailligh no sgapadh aimsire go
diomhaoineach; an uair atá an dhiamhas¬
luightheoir, no an t-anchreideach na shea¬
sadh aig dorus Dé Fhéin d'a mhaslughadh
air a árdchathaoir féin, agus a múnadh
sligh a n-damnadh síorruidhe do gach uile
dhuine da bh-fuil na n-aice — fiafróchaidh
duine a bh-fuil Dia neamhshuimeamhuil air
bhriathraibh an creidimh, no bh-fuil aon dú¬
racht aige an slánughadh an anma, 'nuair
atá Sé aig éisteacht leis an maslughadh
so da dheunadh air féin agus air an t-
soisgeul agus as amharch air thruailliugh¬
adh éifeacht creidimh na n-daoineadh!
Caithfidh lá a bheith a bh-fuigh Dia dualgas
in a d-tabhairfidh sé Dualgas don t-sú¬
bháilce agus pianta síorruidhe don dubh¬
áilce a láthair an chinne daonda cruinn¬
uighthe an aon áit. Mar m-beidheadh a
leithid do lá seo le teacht b' fhéidir a
rádh nach m-béidh ansa t Soisgeul acht
gníomh magadh air friotholamh an cheirt;
damnughadh síorruidhe gan breith no brei¬
theamhnas agus suaimhneas gan cuartugh¬
adh no fiafrughadh. Mar sin tá sé riach¬
danach go m-beidheadh ceartas Dé do
Chríost agus don t-subhailce foilsighthe
as comhair an domhain; agus mar an g-
ceudna, iarran an comhara go m-beidh¬
eadh an diamhasladh , magadh agus neamh
bhuidheachas agus ainchreidimh an droing
mhallaighthe meuduighthe le ceart agus an
breitheadh deighionach a thabhairt ortha ag¬
us a g-cathadh as comhair sluaighte na bh-
flaithis síos go fíor iachtar ifrinn
Le bheith leannta.
On St. Patrick's Day the Hibernians will assem¬
ble at Jones's Wood and charge 25 cents entrance
fee to help Parnell and the Irish cause, and yet
they will wear on their backs thousands of dollars'
worth of English goods. What a sickening farce ?
It is said that the English masses are in favor of
Irish Home Rule, and that we should do nothing
to rouse their resentment. That is another farce.
If the English masses were in favor of Home Rule
they would send Home Rule M Ps. to parliament.
Cease to buy goods from John Bull and he will
vote to give your kindred Home Rule, not till then
One of this class wrote to us the other day say¬
ing that he would vote for military rule in Ireland
before he would vote for Home Rule — just reenact
Cromwell's butchery at Wexford, where —
"He found them there, the young, the old,
The maiden and the wife.
Their guardian Brave in death were cold,
Who dared for them the strife.
Three hundred fell — the stifled prayer
Was quenched in woman’s blood —
Nor youth, nor age, could move to spare
From slaughter's crimson flood.”
And you, Hibernians, continue to feed these butch¬
ers by buying their goods, notwithstanding that
you have the manufactures of your own country
here, of Germany, France, etc. to select from. You
are the laughing stock of the peoples of the world
to-day when they see you spoon-feeding those
whose tyranny you have assembled to denounce?
By ceasing to buy English goods you do not in¬
terfere with any other citizen — 'tis none of their
business.
Boycotting in a political sense does not mean
personal enmity. Our Republican friends are boy¬
cotting the Democrats and, vice versa. So that
the friends of Ireland have the example set them
on all sides.
I wish some of your contributors would send
you this hymn before it is forgotten. I got this
verse from a lady from Gort, co. Galway. Per¬
haps Father O’Growney has it among his collec¬
tion.
J. J. Lyons.
Go bh-fóiridh Dia air an b-peacach bocht.
A bhídheas a g-comhnuidhe a gul air strae,
Nuair a éirigheann sé air maidin
Ní air a Thighearna chuimhnigheann sé;
Ní théidheann sé choidhch' ag aifrionn
Nó aig éisteacht briathra Dé,
Acht go bh-fágaidh sé an saoghal seo.
Mo leun, cia rachaidh sé!
