"PARTY CRIES " IN IRELAND, 



BELFAST is a peculiarly relig- 

 ious community. This may be 

 said of the whole of the north 

 of Ireland. About one half of the 

 people are Protestants and the other 

 half Catholics. Each party does all 

 it can to make its own doctrines pop- 

 ular and draw the affections of the 

 irreligious toward them. One hears 

 constantly of the most touching in- 

 ,.1 ill L • I till (.al A \\oek ago a 



vast concourse of Catholics assembled at Armagh to dedicate a new Cathedral ; 

 and when they started home again the roadways were lined with groups of 



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