New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-19

49,. al the Scnai0SSys est e>"sS -,.rs
.S,s,,,.r N cs,,n ii the whole frame IN harmon!
- M, ana With the voicc, ut IL convey
az rA>rs, shsacs ef expression, Ana W un ~
s,sS. a, WI h, she eyes M hy means OF VIC
49, g., ,rs.t,l rTrScAers, Protestant and Cath
~, Man sarelSeI culture Of siyie IN tee acc
S.~D,ts.n sna sVmpositcn oil the'. se'me"e'
49, ANA Italian temperament and edueSu"n'
r..A.rs eaniece 10 grace 10 e"'a' eu' W 'ne 'a'-
~ esrrSialy artistic H'er'ts are presefVes '1"'n
~.,-,,s sx~, Nv avoiding these unceetA aud use
-. .>,A6r," ard sevcnthlies" which our
N.,s,,r n,,s,Aers cherish So kssdly. What would
Ns,I Al nsipteT Who should leave the lines
- s.s,r,s in his picture which bad guided him
h, n, >uye<3siNS Ar@ drawing; or ei the sculptor
~. sAeS0 leave On his statue the points tne
~,OslE had copied BY And yet neither wou'u
n, r,,re pxsisAtl, than those isteleEsoie " heAas
al ,crnrrns They Snnhilate eeSuenee, whieh
.lexl ke DE stDens reserve 70 ssfPor' tue ''i0e'
II rason and lNsic, .,,o.av
Hs,we resagu 81 car rreSoh~; ne nSs aiice"
,rsolss kw inmates sRd hew rePoses' saying,
81 have canmepccA" Tie SITS down, eoo'S Aaa
arc, MS 6oo. leaves the audience q motheu. "
49,. rDositiaa blow their noses aud prepare nor
a.. -s.t TAen he Continues speaking and sitting
al ~. spNjccf draws bin ~ aud anlmates hun 70
r~Deur,i ,S.tarrs and marchings back aud forth IN
g. mint. After another quarter Of sn hour he
..,s Il rtpose>" And sits again. At this time he
avs tie sppeintnents for the following day, an
p<Snees the subject Of his next discourse, and
invites thyse whom IL Usy particularly cohcefa 10
q re ana hear IL If anything has been lost or
IA in the church be mentions r-or II, LOT eA-
,wrle = certain purse, or brooch, or bracelet has
- taurd be directs that il be brought 10 the
ssSris,y lie does IL in psiernal way, rs n his
isnoe<nt deck needed only guidance TO do their
Sr;y. Thea be invites the congregation ." say an
Ave Maria fer him after the sermon, and proceeds
\. its eopsn,anSion. When il is done, be bows
inst and dpRcpDdg.
The hidden pink and blue man opens the door OF
tie pulrii and puts on the cloak The priest draws
tAs expuclin over his head, for he is warm and
prudent aud then passes out by the sacrlsty.
Meantime the congregation directs Itself 10 the
ekapel Of thu Holy Sacrament. All kneel on the
marble pavement in crowds, IN groups, OF IN $50
hated frures around the chapel and across the
nave. The chairs and benches are left behind.
All rect On their knees-s0me with faces almost III
tie dust with no s0lsce but faith 10 their joints,
ard DO support but devotion to lean upon. Old
and Young all but infants that can only roll on the
stores are in tbassame position. The altar is
hahted-ihe priest chants; then all the people
sing together response; not voice is silent.
Tie music 10 solemn, harmonious, heartfelt, full,
flowing like the waves of the sea. Ii is always
the same tune in which all the elements Of sound
seem 70 blend in unison, like Natures music OF
Sumner night in the country at home. The Host
il elevated but under cover of the priests mantle
Tie devotion lasts but few minutes, but every
ore joins in it. We found ourselves once, like
barbsrians, standing alone, and stepped behind
column. An old gentleman near, thinking we
sought place 10 kneel in sight of the altar, re-
moved bis hat and cane from the steps OF the pre-
Dieu where be was and beckOned US to their
place. We felt the rebuke the more from its inno
cence of our heresy and forgot curiosity smoment
for devotion.
The entire lack of restraint in all these exer-
= = e. III rkahIa at1lr
The preacher stands or Sits the people do like
wise. One white haired man stands during every
sermon in front Of the pulpit, probably because he
can hear better there than In seat further Oil,
or because he is more at his ease on his feet. 1t
is not uncommon 10 see peasant woman on her
knees during the whole sermon in the open nave,
with two or three little children sitting, standing
kneeling or keeling on the pavement about her;
but all are still and undisturbhg. Men and
women are leaning against the pillars. Monks,
Jesuts, Capuchins and fraters Of all costumes are
kneeliDg about the pulpit, or before some altar.
A group of PrOpagaAdlsts In their long, black
gowns, come in in file and kneel at the Sacred
Sacrament for short prayers and pass out. The
church is as free for private devotion as for public
preaching. Those who did not come to hear the
sermon, or in their humility do not aspire to I'M
derstand it, betake themselves to their beads, or
read their prayers, or rest on their knees for
pleasure or penance, as their mood or need may
be. When one has heard enough of the sermon
he kneels crosses himself, says his Pater or Ave,
and goes his way; the preacher does not feel In
suited the people disturbed, though the listen
ers seldom leave but at the two intervals
Of the preachers repOse. Only certain
appointed churches have sermons during
Lent; the rest Of the year they are rare
even ON the Sabbath. Mass is all that
the Church's law eDjoins on that day. At Easter,
If at no other time during the year, every Roman
subject past the age Of childhood is required to
take the communion. Tickets are given on these
coca sOns and afterward they are gathered from
the population; and if any one cannot produce his
ticket or assign suitable reason for his default,
he is imprisoned for time in a convent where his
religious education is renewed, and the eucharist
in some way administered. There seems to be no
tyranny intended in this, but paternal enforce
ment Of obedience, rs practised by those parents
who insist on child's picking up his bread if he
has thrown it down in milf The great argument
is: at ia the Churchs duty to keep its children
"in the path Of duty, and if they wander from it,
"to bring them back, by force il need be" The
same arguments are used in deny ing free Prot
estant worship within the walls Of the city. The
Church's dogmas are against it and the Church's
conscience, too as decidedly as in allowing you to
jump from murderous precipice while it stands
near enough TO save you. An eternity Of argu-
ments the rights of nations, and reciprocity Of
religious tdom, cannot change the matter.
Hence no Protestant worship can take place
within the walls of Rome, except in the private
chapels of En- assadors. The Prussan Minister has
a French Protestant Sabbath service now under
his protection, ard an American one will be
continued during the Winter at our Minister'S As
may be imagined the English 90 without the walls
TO their chapel with very becoming grace, while
we are allowed to worship within them under our
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