But of late there was a growing feeling of discontent among the younger generation.

They lacked the respect their elders so willingly gave.

They asked questions instead of answering them.

They began to throw themselves, against Father Cahill's express wishes and commands, into the fight for Home Rule under the masterly statesmanship of Charles Stuart Parnell.
Already more than one prominent speaker had come into the little village and sown the seeds of temporal and spiritual unrest.

Father Cahill opposed these men to the utmost of his power.