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A.h I'ABrL~N Q yoo are
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Without onas bitte feslieng let us pert.- errta
And for the years toin which our luie Iraeshad on s
A radisa likes aglory rolnd my head, Y
I thank yes, eso, 1 thank you from my heart.
I thank 7ye far the cherished hopes of years. wom
A starry fatre., dtm ad et divine, ds ii
WiUggig its w m bet haves obs sanine, d
Laden with oy ad ignoerant of tears. dead
the To
I tmhk you, yes. I thank you even more tbo fo
Thai my heart learnt not without love to lire.
But gave an' gave. and still had mere to egve. egnoiD
From s ah,ndanad exLaustless store. mode
I thank you. andto grief is in thsoe tears; "Al
I tbhak you stt ia blternesabas tenth,
For the fair viston that adorned my yoth tor.
And gleetal as many happy years. ogio
ret how mah mhort thank yen that you torn ient
At ength the vel your hand had woven away, li.mt
Which hid my Idol was a thing of clry, gard
And false the lIaS had knel hafe meet
Ithak yes th yes taolt me tbheaten trouth, nsiot
(Nonoe othe could have told ad I believed,)n
That vain had been my lila, and I deceived, rer
And wasted all the purpose of my youth. the I
I thank you that >our hand dashed down the shrine. saut
Wherein my idtl worship I had paid 
Else had I never known a seol wreade mene
To serve and werehip only the Divine.
Sthank you that the heart I cast away a
On each as yes. tbounah brokea, braised and crathed.
Now that its iery throbbing is all hushed, rst
Upon a worttakr at I can lay. plos
I thank yen fr tkse lesson that rb lovnt
Is aporverting of God's royal , ken
That letl made but for the Inlaite, liste
And all te great to live ezoept above. nd
I thnk yen for a terrible awaktl.a,
And if reprsehb seemed htdden in my pain.
And sorrow seemed to cry on your disdain, Elf
Know that my bleeaing lay in your tfeakitsg. alat
hrewell forever now :-in peace we part ; per
And should an idle vialon or my tears of
Arise betere yenr soul in after year.tr
Reamembl that I thank you from my beautI ! w
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(Continued.) pri
They arrived at the piafo1n. Klingenberg the
stood silent for some time titiing the land-
eoae. The view did not seem to interest a
Biicnardo li eyes rested on Angel's home,
whose white wall, surrounaded by vineards n
coru tields, glistened in the son.
"it is worth while to come up here oftener,
said Klilgenb torg. n
' Angela's work." smid Richard as he drew h
near the statue. The doctor paused a moment
and eramined the lowers. in
"Do yon observe Angola's fine taste in the
arran.menat of the colors t"' said he." "And
the tforgt.meinotsl What deep religionas
meaning they haoe." is
''hey returned by hbother way to yFrankon- e
hose, w
A ngels's pious work," hoegan Rehard after t
a long pnse, " reminds me of a religiona ces
tom against which modern civilioatio hmas
thnus ar warred in vain. I menu the venerra
tion of sainut. Yon, as a Protestant, will
smile at this custom, and I, s a Catholic, most
deplore the tenacity with which my church t
clings to this obsolete remnant of heathen ido
"lh this is the sunlject you allulded to yea.
terday." said the doctor. "1 rluat, in fact,
smile, my dear lchnarld! But I by no means
smile st' the tenacity with whiclh your cllrch
clings to the obsolete remnants of heathen ido
latry.' I smile at your qoeer idea of the ye
neration of thesaintse. , ar a reasonable man,
esteem this venertion, nald recognizeo ts ad
mirable and beneficial influence on human so
Tietsl declartion Increased D'rank' slurpriae
to the highest degree. he knew the clear
mind of the doctor, aod could not understand
how it happened that he wished to defend'
custom so antagonistic to modern thought. r
"yoe find fault," Continued Kiingenberg,
with the custom of erecting statnee to these
holy men in the churches, the foaeet, the
fields, the houses, and in the market ?"
"Ye,, I do object to that."
"If you had objected to the lazy Shiller at
MIayene. or thie robber's poet Scihller, as he
ravest the theatre In annheinm, or to the
conqueror and destroyer of Germany, Gusta
vus Adolphus. whose statue is erected as an
insalt in a Geriran city, then you would be
right ." e
"Sebiller-waosehi has its justioleation," re
torted Frank. "They erect public monumens to
the genial spirit of that man, to remind us of
his services to poetry, his aspirations, and his
German patriotism."
"it Is praiseworthy to erect monuments to
the poet. iBut donut talk of Sehiller's patriot
ism, for he bad none. Bot let that pass; it.
is not to the point. The question is, whether
you consider it praiseworthy to erect monu
ments to deserving and exalted geninus "
S'Withont the least hesitation, 1 say yes.
But I see what you are driving at, doctor. I
know the remorseless logic of your inferences.
But yen will not catch me Iu your vice ttis
time. You wish to infer that the saints far
surpassed Schiller In nobility and greatness of
soul, and that honoring them, therefore, is
ldure reasonable, and ntoro justifiable, than
honoring .ihilir. I dspute the greatnes of
the eo-called entuts. They were men full of
narrownecss and reOriem. They despised the
world and their friencds. They carried this
contempt to a wonderful extent-to a renun
ciation of sallthe enjoyments of life, to voluu
tary poverty and unconditional obedienee.
Bne p.l these are fruits that have grorn on a
•tluilos, morbid tree, and are in opposition to
p res, to industry, ed to the eulighteced
rilflaatlon of modern timee. The dark ages
might well honor snau raen, but oar times
cannot. 8cbiller, on the eontrary, that genial
man, taught me to love the piesuree of life.
v his oine en iDS and his odes to plemure, he
frgbhteeud away oil the Saeetre of these an
thusimto, viewe of lifo. lie preaceda sounad
the thinge of this beantifol earth. .nd for
this reaon precisely, hecajee he insnaugurted
thia new deetrin de- h,sseer monments
in his hoaor "
" How dogeit happe then, my friend," said
the deetor, in • cnuing _tone that was nom
times peeliar to him, "that yon do not take
ad.antage e the modern doctrine of u.co.,
etroined enjoyment I Why have yen preervd
Reehyonrouthlul vigor, and not dislpated
it atbe. sket of sensual plasunros W nyu ie
your mode lJite so oten a reproach to your
ciesolute frte~d I Why do oy avoi4Q the me
sorte of reuined plellerea Why are the ,3
quettleb, visllted, hollow iucltnations of a
grest part of the female sex so diststeful to
"Tbee a re ;ieuliariiiee of my naitnro; in
dividel'OpiaLioU e that have'no claim to an"
),?eenlarltlte of your niaure---very right ;
yo-r nobe nature, your pni feiiing rebel Certale
sg nift these mural scqnieitioiul of progress. be cont
1 begin with your noble uatnrs. II d~d not. wltbo
ind this good, true elfu injoo, I wresd waste or te
no mere words. But beeass you ap roat sense r
yon are. I must conviuop you of the t mer- of te rei
your views. ehiller you ay, and, wltlfbi l too  t
the modern spire raised tbsh e 1e oas gta
srratu.s enjyt, and tbis al,,yment Test is t.l
on snesisl plsesa6su, does it ant " r _
' ooPre. reseeld
NA knew ad ow many who followed this ams,
bsauei-aiod yo also know maeys Of thse "Os
whor I knew profes-ionoit, some ended, ts i morel
days in the hospital, of the most ieathbema GoerB
diM se Sei, onsatiated with the whole know
ro of pleasere drag on a miserable life, him t
dead to all energy, and spirItless. They het n
the fall cop of pleso. atnd with it noosm - week
te bitterness and disgust. ome ended in Ko
ignominy and sbami -beLkriPtoy,l despair, ity w
suioide. Snob are the conseqesnoe of tis Go
modern dogma of unrestraind eujoynments.'i Ooeti
"All these overstenped the proper bounds of welo
plessre,' said Richard. s ce the doa
o' The proper bounds? Stopl1. ina b e do ap
or. "NoleePe, Rcbard i rhink learly and later
Logoally. Christianity also allows eujoy- mcd
n esnt, bht-and here is the .point- in n rt in , t
limts. r progress, on the contrary, pro- hero
olaisps freedom in moral principle, a disre- wrot
gard of .ll mural obligaiool, restrioted eiJo r d-'
ment-and herein consista the danger and de- ange
lesion. I ask are you in favor of restricted or e6ve
unrestrioted enjoyment 1" ever
Frank hesitated. He felt already the thumb- thin,
screw of the irrepressible doctor, and feared crea
the inferences he would draw from his admis- this
sions.
,"Come I" urged Klingenberg,."d decide. oc
t" ",Snd reason declares for restricted enoy- theis
ment," said Frand decidedly. tbe
"Good; there you leave the unlimited srat.
sphere which godless progress has given to
the thoughts and inelinations of men. Yon poou
admit the obligation of self-control, and the cue
restraint of the grosser emotions. Bet let as cum
proeed ; you speak of industry. The modern wit
spirit of industry ha invoked a demon--or,
rather, tshe demonic spirit of the times ha ta- "
ken posseslo of Industry. The grat capita- "
lisls have built thrones on their money-bags feel
and tyrannize over those who have no money. the
ThbI crash out the work-shop of the indnstrt
onond well-todo tradesplen, and compel him not
to he their slave. Go into the fatories of hal
Elfeld, or England; you can there see the heo
slaves of this demon industry-miserable orea- nol
tares, mentallUy and morally stunted, socially the
perishing not only slaves, nut mere wheels the
of the marlhine. This is what modern Indus- eta
try has made of those poor wretches, for Su
r om, according to modern enligtment, there fr.
is no higher destiny than tiedrag through life the
in slavery, to increase the moneybags of their wo
tyrants. But the capitalists have perfect It
right, according to modern ideas; they only Ge
me the means at their command. The table Na
of the ten onmmandmentes has been broken; zo;
the yoke of Christianity broken. Man is mo- Th
rally and religiously free; and from this false tha
liberalism the tyranny of plutocracy and the inc
slavery of the poor has een developed. Are ha
yenou satisfied with the development, and the re
principles that make it possible?"
"No," said Frank decidedly. "I despise an
crg that miserable industrialism that values the co
rest product more than theman. My admissions h
eare, however, far from juetifyiug the exagge
O' rated notions of the saints." frc
e Waeit bitt" cried Kliogenberg hastily.
ie " have just indicated the cause of this on
wretched egotism, and also a consequee- Ti
Irew namely, the power of great capitalists and de
ent manfamtrers over an army of white slaves. or
But this is by no means all. This demon of
the Indstry has conseqenoes that will ruin a tt
d great portion of mankind. Now mark what 1 eI
Ssay, Riehardl The richness of the subject al- f
lows me only to indicate. The progressive do- to
dn- velopsient of industry birings forth products of ti
which past ages were ignorant, because they e.
after were not neqalary for life. The existence of ec
- these roducts creates a demand. The in- ol
has creased wants increase the ontlay, which in ti
nera- most eases does not square with the income, T
wile and therefore th accounts of many elose with n
mt a deficit. The consequencesif this deficit for ti
h the happiness, and even for the moeals of the h
family, Ileave untouched. The increased pro- d
ducts begat luxury anld ti, desire for enjoy- s
Sesment; the ultimate c,nseqlieuces of which en- t
ervate the individual and society. lence the
pmeans benomenou, in Englaltl, thlat the greater por.
ircb tiot, of the people in t masnufaltnring towns I
,n ido- die before the ao of fifteen, and that nmanny are t
too- ot men at th . Enervated and deutoraliz- t
Sman, ed eolples make tleir existence impossible. I
t" ad They go to the wall. This is a historical fact. t
an so- Ergo, modern industry separated from Christ
in civilizatioa hasteq the downfall of na
Liotna."
cprie I cannot dispute the truth of your obserrv
cati ons. But you have-tonohed only the dlark
fetad side of modern industry, without mentioning i
f its bentiets. If industry is a source of ficti
it. tious wants, it affords, on the other hand, I
here, cheap prices to tie poor for the most necessa
t ry wants of life; for examnple cheap material,
"Very coeap, ont also very poor material,"
niauswerd I knoigen d th "I former times,
a he clothing was deare, ut also better. They m
She knew nuothing of the gra, of the present fabri- 1
Sy cation. LAndo it nay be asked whether that
onta- deareraterial was not cheaper in the end for I
as an the poor. When this is taken into cousuders- i
id e tion the new material w ha no advantage over c
Sthes old. Ir will freely adnulit that the inven- 1
uentoionsof modern times du honor to human go- 1
uts o inus. I acknowledged the achievenents of e
od his industry as such. I admire the improve- a
ments of machinery, the great revolution cans- 1
nta to ed by the use of steam, and thoaesandof other 1
wonders of art. No sensible man will gtes- t
A trot tion the relative worth of all these. But all 1
ma it. these aredriven and commanded by a bad in- 1
hi Loenoe, and herein lies the injury. We must
cf- onsider industrialism fromo this highe: stand-.
pyoint. What advantage is it to a people to hi
orI clothed in costly stuflsno when they are enersar
st g ed, demoralized, and perishing Clothe a
Sorpse as you will, a corpso it will be still.
a t er nd besides, the greatest material tgood doesc
fore, is fell Into decaye, aitho gp they feasteh on
i~than YOerag biihtin gales, drank liquile d pearls, and
e audered mllionsa fur delicahcies and lxa
full of qst The life of totions does nut consist in
Stthe exteral plendo- ' of wealth, in easy com
fort, or in hnreetrained passionsu. Moraityi
bstrength. nut virtue, Torality and Christian
rn on sentinlneut are nudor the on dfr modern ivyili
r ch oni hs ofthpsiondesnon spiritof the times, or
and must drive the people to certain dstruc
Snierl tion. We idodecaed wpople In the Chrilt
orifier hot the u 8chch has always reeoned
urs, he ad r hler wo them. While the acqis
'"nto may ho cllea on du the one hand, of little
m ad for advatgeorof dobtili worth, they are oe
grated the other hand, the graves of true prosperity,
-emients libirty and mora-lity. Theyare the ae e of
shimeful terrorism and of degrading slavery,
in ths bonds of the psnaiens and In the claws
rigiht ; 1. this a noble sod exalted way of thinkieg I
CI on et 111 5b1i' eiw a bss'.u o ý -
Certainoly not. Bblller wouldbtvtt if 51fela
he could cloths hiý (If in tse sJlro of virtue that eel
withott sacriee. Ebe smasloats tompeia mUan
of the heart ire atronger to his 4lma the cea ms
sense of duty. si gives way to his pMeist. Tb
He renounces virtue because heis too weak, "Whal
too languid, too listlesm to eneosoter this are M
giant strife bravely llke a strong em. bebh am a
I tbso. labletbllar. In later yssrs, when tb condes
fry iaollmtsof his heart bad eoided, b "Do
roa hlraelf to better efforts ol- nobler an i d
s.e blder the ptinore ot poets, How e olnlot
morally sked and poor be stands before s that b
GOethe's coarse insalts to morality are well of me
knowno. tie better friend, Scoiller, wrote of lea ret
him to oerner, 'li mind is not calm enough, divine
becauso e s domestic relations, which he is too peror
week t o change, cause him great vatlon. the o
Koerner aonswered,' Men scannot violatsmeral- highe
it with impunity.' Six years later the' obhl' frit
s Goethe ws married to his 'mistress' at Weimar. and
Goethe's detestable political priniples are idol o
I well kown. lHe did not possess a spark of ig t
patriotism. le eompoeed hymns of victory to mroo
Napoleon, the tyrant the L estroyer and deso- mark
d lator of Germany. theh e se the heroes of taire
modern sentnent, the advance rd of iber- so fat
Sty, morality, and true manheod fnd these hota
r heroes so far suceeded that the noble Ahrodt theit
t wrote of hIs time, 'We are base, cowardly, thror
and stupid; too poor for love, too listless for thool
t- anger, too mbecile for hate. Undertaking them
tr everything, aceompllshing nothing; willing serv
everything, without the power of doing any- their
b tiling.' to far as this boasted freethinking Thut
d created disrespect for revealed truth. be far eulig
s- this modern olvilizatlon, whieh idealizes the trifll
paowiOs, laost to mocklery of rollgion and lets atFI
loose the baser passions of man. If they cast
- these representatives of the times in bronzre, Lol
they Ihonýd stamp on the foreheads of their mltt
rd stat es the words of Arndt: The
to "'We are base, cowardly, and stupid; too stop
on poor for love, ton listless for anger, too imbe this
he ile for hate. Undertaking everything, o- rate
us compliebhlng nothIng; willing everything for!
rn without the power of doing anything." pres
or, "Ye"on are severe, doctor." hai
La- "I am not severe. It is the truth." his
Ia- "hlow does it happen that a people so weak, F
ige feeble and base, could overthrow the power of an'
sy. the French in the world o"
tri- "That was because the German people were enis
dm not yet corrupted by that shallow, unreal, no
ohollow twaddle of the educated clases about lice
the humanity. It was not the princes, not tire
ea- nobility, who overthrew Napoleon. It was turt
ly the German people who did it. When, in 1813, cr
es the Germans rose, in hamlet and city, they The
us- staked their property and lives for fatherland, hue
for Bot it was not the enlightened poets and pro- gre.
se fessors, not modern sentimentality, that raised ed
life their hearts to this great sacrifice; not these t
icir who enkindled this enthusiasm for fatherland. to
ract It was the religious clement that did it. The isd
nly German warriors did notaing Goethe' hymns to
e Napoleon, nor the insipid model sang of Luet- tea
en; rows wilder Jagd,' as they rushed into battle. ada
no- They sang religions hymns, they prayed before gel
rse the-altars. They recognized, in the terrible wo
the jidgment on Russia's ice- felds, tlb avenging ant
Are hand of God. Trusting in God, and nerl/d by of
the religions exaltation, they took up the sword net
that had been sharpened by the previous cal- Ca3
piss alies of war. So the feeble philanthropists erP
the could effect nothing. It was only a religious, act
Lone healthy, strong people could do that." ent
5ge- "But the saints, doctor! We have wandered cat
from them." -
ily. "Not at all! We have thrown some light
this on inimical shadows ; the light can now shine. sat
c- The lives of the saiute exhibit something won
and derfl and remarkable. I have studied them qo
yes, carefully. I have sought to know their aims is
u of and efforts. I discovered that they imitated
n a the example of Christ, that they realized the fr
at 1 exalted teachings of the Redoemer. Yon find tel
t a- fault with their contempt for the things of th
,de- this world. But it is nrocisely in this that T
tI of these men are great. Their object was not the lb
they ephemeral, but the enduring. They cgpsider- o
e of dt life as the entrance to the eternal destiny m
trin- of man-in direct opposition to the spirit of el'
Is in the times, that dances about the golden calf. us
toe, Theseintsdid not value earthly goods for w
with more than tbhey were worth. They placed e
i for them after self-control and victory over our st
the baser nature. Erxat and punctuel in all their to
ro- duties, they were animated by an admirable
oy- spirit of charity for their fellow-men. And in k
h en. this spirit they have freqcuoitly revived soci
the ey.. Consider the great fondlors of orders-- o.
rpo. St. Betict, St. Dominic, St. Vincent de Paull V.
;ons Party splirit, malice and stupidity, have done fs
oyare their worst to blacken, oefameand clllminate '1'
raliz- them. And yet, iu a spirit of self-saeritice, Vi
sible. the sons of St. Benedict came amnong the Ge- t
fact, mant barbarians to bring to them theenuobling ti
hrist- dectti les of Chrititanity. It was the Ben'- t
if na- lictinas who cleared the primeval forests, ed- eo
no-ted their wild denziis, and founded
serv- schools : rho taught the barbarians handiwortkI .i
tlark and aericultire. Science and knowledge flour
oniuS ished ini te cloisters. And to the monks alone
fict- we are indebted for the preservation of classic
and, liternatre. What the monks did then they are
coaa- doing uno. They forsake home, break all ties at
iterial andenter the wilderness, there to be misera- it
bly cut elf in the service of their exalted mis- to
trial," sion, or to di of poisonous fevers. Name me ol
times, one of your odern heroes, whose mouths arew
They full of civilization, humanity, enlightenment
fabri name me one who is capable of such sacrifice. A
that These prudent gentlemen remain at home with
id for their gold-bags and their pleasures, and leave t
idera- the stupid monk to die in the service of exalt
over ed charity. It is the hypocrisy and the false
ven- hood of the modern spirit to exalt itself, and P
in gl belittle true worth. And what did St. Vincent b
Is of de Pal do? More than all the gold-bags to- b
trove- gether. St. Vincent, alone, solved the social
cans- problem of the time. He was, in his time, the
other preserverofsociety or rather Christianity s
qne- throungh him. And to-day our gold-bagstrem
it all ble before the apparition of the same social e
id in- problem. here high-sounding phrases and i
mitt empty declamation do not avail. Deeds only
stand-- are of value. But the inflated spirit of the
o t times is not capable of noble action. It is not
ervat.- the modern state-not enlightened society,
the a sunk in egotism and gold--that can save us.
still. Christianity alone eat do it. Social dovelop
d dos nwent will prove this."''
pe or I do not dispute the services of the saints
aage to huomaity," said ferk. "But the question
ad is, whether society woultl be benfctted it the
Is, and fauatical, dark spirit of tihe ,,tiddle agei p e
lov- railed, insteadl ot the spirit of inmdersi tiitnes?"
s at i The fanatic;l, lark spirit, of tle iiddle
Sages riet th ltre otor ildiglolutly. "This is
u. Fone of thhoe 'al'iouls lhllrasos. The saints
ternal wore not fanat.ict olr larke. They were open,
ristian cheerful, natural, humble imen. Thley did not
civili- go about with bowved necks anddowncast eyes;
eed in but affable, fr- froto hypocrisy, and clark, sul
tee, or len demeanor, they passed througlh lift-. Many
it will saints were poets. 8t. Fraucis sang his spirit
estruc- nal hymns to the acompaniment of the harp.
Christ- si. Charles played billiards. The holy apos
esued tIe, St. John, resting from his labors, amused
acquel- himgltf in childish play with a bird. Such
nimjht- weigthee men; severe towards themselves,
mild to others, uncompromising with the base
n little and mean. They were all abstinent and sim
sre on ple, allowing themselves only the neessary
perlty, enjoyments They concealed from observation
mae of their severe mode of lif. and smiled while
lavery, their shonlders bled from thediscipline. Pride.
claws avarice, envy, voluptuousness. and all the bad
passions, were atrsaugb to them; not hecause
they had not the inclinations to these passions,
I but becases they restrained and overcame
onaider their lower nature.
images " I ask you, now, which men deserve our ad
ble na- miration--those who are governed by un
bounded selfishness, who are slaves to their
passtons, who deny themselves no enjoyment,
and who boast of their degrading licentions
Itrosgeni ness; or those wrho, by reaon of a l,mue life,
are strong in the goreretmeut of their pasios,
and salf-eaerulieLog in their charity for their
fellow-men t"
" Tbe preference cannot he deubtful," asid
Sli. Frank. " For the saints have acecoplislhed the
uking greatest, they have obtained the highest thing
pit e!mol. But, d .tor, 1 asar oodecn h"ee
that ples-wascbe, esat is puatiss now. bS- sign l
iSta aIcneS lwas rsmalos humes, sad which
ca make-na eimsel todi vese huods ors for a
The destse wouel his tre vil|a t chosen
SWhat does this reproach so onatntt Where o ro wd
ae rama deil td In the Catholic ChurchI I. love Si
am a Prtestnt, but I know asJeear Oharob Sloen
condesmu the delolation of mon Ai..
' Doetor" saldd Frak "' my religious iguor- down
sue deserves shis rebeake. gs
"I meant no rebuke. I would only give tem
olusions. Cathtboloisst Is precisely that m for Iti
that eombaeta with success aid
of men. You have in the course of your atn-o
ies read the Roman cisasics. You know that their
divine worsbip was offend to the Roman em- hiol
perors. So far did heathene attery go, that n dii
te emperors were honored a the sons of the Frau
higheet divinitye-Juieter. Apotbheosis I a kept,
fruit of bethetr growthi; o old heathenism ede
and of sew beCtbenism. When Voltaire, that to
idol of modern bheathen worship, was return- orib
log to Pais, in 177, he was in all earestness festa
promoti to the position of d deity. This re- revol
marksa play took place in a theatre. Vol- getfa
taire himself went there. Modern fanaticism start
so far lost all shame that the people kissed the nde
horse on which the philosopher rode to the repr
theatre. Voltaire was scarcely able to ress prey
through the crowd of his worshippers. They pb
Stouched his clothes-touobed handkerchiefs to i
them-plucked hairs from his far coat to pre menl
servo as relics. In the theatre they fell on all i
their knees before him and kissed his feet. have
Thus that tendency that calls itself free and all
r enlightened, deilied a man--Voltaire, tho most shob
e trifling scoffer, the most unprincipled, basest
a s, ain Christendom. tag
"Let us consider an example of our times. groi
e, Look at Garibaldi in London. That man per- Al
sr inltted himself to be set up and worshipped. desi
The saints would have turned away from this this
o stupidity with loathsome indignation. But as
this boundless veneration lattered the old pt- site
- rate Garibaldi. Ho received 267,000 requests to
g for locks of his hair, to be cased in gold anil rde
preserved s relics. Happily hA had not much san
hair. He should have graciously given them cisi
his moustaches and whiskers." md r
k, Frank smiled. Klitgenberg's pace increased whi
of and his arms swung more briskly. wan
" Snch is the nian-worship of modern heath- p
re enism. This humanitarianism is ashamed of the
l, no atsurdity, when it sinks to the *rshlp of all
ut licentionsness and baseness personified." cati
s en "Tho senseless aberrations of modern cal- thA
as ture do not excuse saint-worship. And you ifes
3, certainly do not wish t excuse'it in that way. l
ey There is, however, a reasonable veneration of Cat
d. human greatness. Monuments are erected to oic
*o- great nen. We behold them and are remind- e
ed ed of their genius, their sorvices; and there so
se it stops. It occurs to no reasonab!e man fro
id. to venerate theseo men on teir knees, as see
he is done with the saints." - fsl
to "The bending of the knee, according to the mu
et- teaching of your Church, does not signify get
le. adoration, but only veneration," replied Klan- stil
ire getberg. "uefore no Protestant in the world
le would I bend the knee; before St. Benedict rea
ug and St. Vincent de Paul I would williogly, out al
by of mere admniration and esteem for theirgreat mi
ird ness of soul and their purity of morals. If abh l
al- Catholic kneels before a saint to ask his pray- thi
sts era, what is there offensive in that? It is an w
is, act of religious conviction. But I willhnot an
enter into the religions question. This yon cr
red can learn better froni your Catholic brethren tw
-say froum the Anuelof Salingen, for example, at
ht who aapears to have such veneration for the be
ne. saints. he
on- 'You will not enter into the religions
em question ; yet you defend saint-worship, which tb
,s is something religions."
ted "I do not defend iI on religions grounds, but th
the from history, reason and justice, History mo
tnd teaches that this veneration had, and still has, ~
of the greatest moral influence on human society.
hat The spirit of veneration consists in imirtating a
the tbe example of the person venerated. With
r- out this spirit, saint-worship is an idle cere- fa
omy mony. But that true veneration of the aints T
of elevates and ennobles, you cannot deny. Let J,
all. us take the queen of saints, Mary. What m
for maker her worthy of veneration? Her obedi- i
ced ence to the Most High, her humility, her tw
our strength of soul, her chastity. All these vir- A
heir tues shine out before the spiritual eyes of her
ible worshippers as models and patterns of life. I
1in know a lady, very beautiful, very wealthy;
oce- Ibut she is alto very himhbe, very pure, for she 11
rs- is a true wo-shipper of Mary. Would that our
aiul women would veneroete Mary aeii choose her
one for a model! There would then be no co
inte ,itI:ttes, no imiauodest women, no enlightened f,
pe, virugoes. Now,e as saint-wrship is but taking a
ier- the virtues of the saints as models for imita
liug tion, you must admit that veneration in this
-se-ue has the happiest consequences to human t
ed- fsociety." P
ed "I admit it-to my great astonishment I t
or cutert admit it," said Richard. a
tar- "Let us take a near example." continued )
lone Kliugenberg. "I told you of the singular
e qoualities of Angela. As he passed, I beheld
ar her with wonder. I mrost comasa her beauty i
ties astonished tue. But this aotcr hing beauty,
era- it appears to me, is less in her charming fea
ais- tares than in the purity, the maidenly dignity w
oe of her character. Perhaps she has to thank, s
are for her excellence, that same correct taste c
t- which leads her to venerate Mary. Would not
Ae. Angela make an aniable, modest dutiful wife t
with and mother I an you expect to find this wife,
?awe this mother, among those given to fashions
:alt- among women filled with modern notions?"
ase While Klingenberg said this, a deep emotion
and passed over Richard's face. lie did not an
rent swer the question, but let his head sink on his
to- breast.
vial H tere is Fraukenhohe," said the doctor.
the 'As you make no more objections, I suppOse
ity you agree with me. The saints :are great, ad
rem mirable men; therefore they deserve monu
acial ments. They are models of virtoe and the
and greatest benefactors of mankind; therefore
only they deserve honor. r ' (sod erut destosetraa
dthe dt.' n
tnot " I only wonder, doctor, that you, a Priest
iety, ant., can defend such views."
u ' You will allow Protestants to judlige rea
sl sonably," replied Klingenberg. My views
are the result of careful atudy and impartial
reflection."
suits " I an also astouishel--pardon mlty cadtirir
stion that with such views yon cnn remain a Frot
n the eatait."
'" e- - There is a glieat difference between know
iesF' in" and willing, mgy young friemnd. I cousiier
iddle conversion an set of great herois', a;nd also
his is . R gift of the highicst race.
Richard wrote in his diary:
" If Angela should bhtwhat the doctor con
siders her! According to my notions, such a
being exists only in the realm of the ideal.
any But if Angela yet realizes this ideal I I must
be certain. I will visit 8iegwart to-morrow."
(TO be eontcnted.)
apes- ----C -
Such The Regemeration of Franms.
i ms tue Messengser of the Sacreti Heart for A sgsst i
I im- The moment seems come when our Divine
ury Master is to fulfil, in favor of guilty but r1
ration pentant France, the promises he made when
while He revealed she treasures of grace smd mercy
Pride, contained in His heart. Urged by a super
o bad natural instinct, the people are turning to this
cause loving lleart, which " they have oiereed" by
uions, their ingratitude; "the spirit of prayer is be
rame ing yeoured out upon the inhabitanu2of Jern
salem;" and " they are all hastenil to that
ur ad fountain of life which the Savionropened in
un their midst" when lie chose rhe hible town
their i in France to spres! thee, nbr the world,
rment, i that hlessed devotion which, like a fertile
itions- river, waters to-day the most distant lands. If,
e life, after tiiis precious gift, lie allowed that people
asiouts, to give themselves to iufldelitv,lt wis that He
their might show the excess of liIi mercy in bhe
excess of their mise-ry. Bt, ii striklig them,
id he has not rplpmaed them. Whilst Hie justice
sal ths eaatlsewe their ortme, ihis goodness eoutiaees
thing to offer them, in His Divine Heart, a sign of
hpse aud the preiple of salvatton. This
signof recooc|iliatlo, this bow in the heaven,
which marks the end of the new deluge, was,
for a long time, perceived only by oertaio
chosen souls; but now it is perSeid by
crowds. and by this brtlUnt manifestatio of
love seems to presage a more abndant iff
stun of graces.
Already, in the midst of mlsfortunes drawn
down by crime, it has begun the work of re
iensration. France s satilln illng, but.belide
ts aa Irming symptoms we oe see some hopes
for its care.
Aided by the flames that threaten to devonr
society, the blindest of her people now raise
Stheir eyes to heaven to seek there the osupport B
which they cannot find npop earth. The moat
i indifferent hearts are yielding. For a century
France did not pray, aod the pious souls who
fkept, in private, the ancient tradition of the
eldest daughter of the Church, were obliged
t to sht up, in the privacy of their dwlilings
-or it the shadows of their temples, the malni
Sfetations of their faith. It hs taen tn ten
d revointions to bring the nation back from for
sgetfulness of its duties. Bat at length it bas
n started from its sleep. The National Asesuibly. 82.
e under the third republie, has done what the
e representatives of the French people, under
a previous regimes, did not dare--it has decreed
y p rbli Jayers. The nation has done its part;
o i has given itself up ontirely to the move
t went. From the heart of the country, from
'u all the populous cities, numberless pilgrims
t. have set out to beg the mercy of heaven, at
d all those shrines where it has miraculously
it showed itself. Mary has answered these sup
it plicatiots by prodigies, which go on iUcreas
aug in nnmber and splendor as the prayers
I grow more general and muire fervent.
r- At present, the Queen of Heaven seems to
d" desiro that her Son should gloriously crown
io- this work of salrvation. Messenger of grace,
st a she is, mediatrix between men and Jesus,
'e she sends them now to this sovereign Mediator
its to receive -from lim the grace of definitive
Srecocilialion. The national pilgrimage to the
chsanctuary of the Heart of Jesus will be a de
m eisive effort of repentance and confidence ; it
mnst obtain a realization of those hopes
pwhich la Sbaltte,Loardes and Pontmain have
warranted.
h- We, of course, far away, cannot take part in
of these demonstrations of devotion; but we can
of all unite our unanimous and univorsal Suppli
cations to the prayers that will be made in
al- that sanctuary, where the Heart of Jesus man- s
on ifested itself to France and to the world.
say This thought has behn suggested to us by the
Cathol'e Cuongress of Paris, and by the ath
to olic deputies at Versailies, who are thoroughly
id- penetrated with the importance of their mis
are sion and the necessity of miracunlus suneor
an from on hiJb. They have already felt, in their
as seemingly irremediable misfortune, thepower
tie fiprotection of Our Lady of Help. But how
much is not yet requisite for the complete re
ify generation ofFrance! How many wounds are
in- still to be healed, how many errors to be dies
rid sipated. how many vital institntions to be
ict restored! The raising of the dead to life is
aut daught ompsared to the miracle which Ged
at must work if he wishes to restore a people
, a which, for a century, haa been choking up all
eY- the sources of its life. But this is the miracle
an which we most obtain from the Heart of Jesus,
not and we can do it by the concert of oar pray
on era, for our divine Saviour has promised, " If
ren two of you shall agree upon earth, concerniog
pie, anything whatsoever they shall ask, it shall
the be done for them by my Father. who is in
heaven."
o Let us, therefore, say together every day of
rich this month:
"Divine Heart of Jesus. I offer to Thee,
but through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, all
Lor my prayers, actions and sufferings of this day,
has, , unnion with all the intentions for which
ety. jThou dust constantly immolate Thyself on our
tiug altars.
ith- I offer them, in particular, for France, so
ere. favored by Thee, and still so eager to destroy
intl Thy kingdom. Let it be brought about, 0
Let Jesus, that, converted and regenerated, she
abht may again become, under the influence of Thy
edi. Heart, the right arm of Thy holy Chnrch and
her the executrix of the great works of Cod.
vir| Amen."
her LXT Us PRAT YOR TUC POPE.
thy; "Lord Jesus, shield with the protection of
she ., Thy Divine Hieart our Holy Father, the Pope."
our --  ....
her JOURNaLISTIC TirtAtNIG.-The Philadel
co- pliia Blletlic argues that "the only school
~nued for a practical editor is the newspaper of
itog fclee. The scissors is the first good teacher.
this A daily overhaul of exchange papers is bet
man ter than the study of library or text-bool
prepared by learned men who prate about
nt I the "profession of journalism.' A lad of
average brains, who has received a common
ued scbool education, who understands gram
niar mar enough to compile election returns,
'held can train himself to become a very fair ed
iuty itor by beginning as an errand boy,, or hoy
fa- of all work in the editorial room of a re
nity spectable daily paper, where thereare men
mank, whose example is a daily lesson, and whos-e
taste correction of mistakes Is given promptly,
I not but kindly. One man becomes a goodedi
wife tor, just as another man becomes a good
wife, railroad president, by perseveriance, euer
- gy and careful attention. Journalism is
tion like railroad management and fiuanciering,
S.a.°n- in those respects, though far less profitable.
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actor. asin why "echo" was always spolken of as
ppose "'ýhe" and was informed that it was because
t ad- it always balas the last word.
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