The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-05-14
CAROLINA SPARTAN
L0Y0LA AND JESUITISM.
An address, by Cadet w. IT. Mitchell, at d
Semi A nnllaI r rhihitina nE Lhc GitndcL Acnd

Semi Annual Exhibition Of the Citadel Aeadc
my. Charleston, April, S57.
There is sublimity in human effort
which never fails to make itself felt and nc
knowledged. Whether it be the struggl,
of an individual mind or the combined ef
fort OF many, this proposition is equal,
true; aud it should be SO. Power and fore,
are the elements of the sublime, and moth
ing of which our limited capacities can con
ceive possesses these elements i'm a higher
degree than the mind. Whether the efIor,
De called forth by the good or the evil pas.
sions OF the human heart, whose secret en-
erg,es lie unseen ia the ealms Of life, il is
still sublime The moral spIendor which
wraps the spirit of refor,a proceeding from
Luther, gains nothing. at least in grandeur
byaconpanion with The giant power, which,
raised 10y the wand of a Loyola, comhatled
might and right--not alone beside the
Rhine, but among The jungles of the Gan.
ges, in the wild forests of America. and on
the wilder plains of Africa: not alone in
Europe but throughout the whole habi,able
globe!
History affords no event more clearly de.
sineating national character, than the dawn
oi learning and its various effects. When
ancient literature began To attract attention.
while the more dreamy Italians were seek
ing for solutions To wild metaphy steal prob.
lens, the works of Greece and Rome excited
among the Germans a love of phiIosophi
cal investigation, which. even to The present
DAY, has Hot ceased TO characterize that neo
pie. Hence X was tha, Luther, when he
fe't that chr -tIauity did not iulfi The ends
Tor Which it @as intended, sought for the
cause IN the proper manner. German la
bor had unlocked the l}Ihle: Luther went
to the source, his eyes wore opened, and h.
preached The Reformation. Here was the
great difference between Luther and Loyola
Inc old religious chivairy OF Spain
norsed by her Moorish wars, was not ex.
tinci, Then in a Biscayau castle, the Young
scion OF the ancient and noble house of
Loyola received The rudiments OF "A militia
ry education. Every leisure moment was
employed In reading or listening to the tales
oil ch'vaIry. Leaving his home to become
page to the king, he soon obtained the
commission of captain, and glowing with
the enthusiastic fervor natural to the AGE
and circumstances, sought eagerly COR re.
nown. AT The moment when the lanrels
begin to crown his young bows, his lofty
hopes ot military renown are blghtel by "A
wonnd received n the siege OF Vampelunn.
Borne on "A hitter 10 neighboring castle he
calls Tor Amidas-for he tales of 'chiyalryl
The piIlaged castle affords nothing but a
Life of Christ and the saints. He reads
reads with avidiiy, for here he finds n new
field OF glory. Struck with remorse for his
sins, does he, like Luther, 90 to the B,ble1
No; 1t is a closed book to him. lie rerrss
to the heights of Monserral. there with ali
the chivalric ceremonial To devote himself
oy spiritual knighthood, to ;he service Of
God. Loyolas chvalry was never lost: lis
direction only was changed.
10 Loyola were continued the fanatic fer.
vor OF 81. Francis of Assist and the poti.
Cal cunning Of MachiaveIli. From such ele.
fments what might we not expect! He de.
teTinines ON pilgrimage 10 The Holy Land,
= and is on l'is way before his wound is heal.
ed. The gallant young captain has become
an aseetic and fiagellant. At Manrezza
ne turns hermit. The proud Spanish noble
begs his bread at the doors OF Manrezza's
c'tIze',s. Finding all his penitence has
brought! no peace, hislnacerations redouble
'ttli, worn out with fatigue and suffering. he
has dragged himself 10 Rome, still painting
for the sight OF The holy places. Tie pill
grim's boat is gone! What matter if ships
be wanting!" he criesl II will pass the sea
upon plank!" Such was
.Loyola! Need we follow him to Jerusalem
or paint The fanatic enthusiasm with which
he viewed the scenes made holy by the foot.
steps OF Christ, and his santed follower,l
eft Is story that can be better imagined
shan. told.
AT The holy sepuIchre he receives his mis- |
sion IN vision. 1t is TO convert the peo. |
pies of the East. Imagination now begins
tocool. St, Francis gives place to MacIia. |
velii. iLoyola calculates. He cannot wait
nay, he cannot even read the language
IN which all Learning then was locked. Here
arises the necessity for al amount Of pre.
lImInary effort which might stagger the
sangnIne fanaticism even Of a ST. Francis.
But what does Loyola, the mutillated inya
I'D, The fanatic yisionaryi Yesterday he was
dreaming beside Mt. Calvary. Mark him
now: n pupil in the elementary schools Of
Salamanca! A few years more, and he is
in the University of Paris. With mind
that gories in difficulties, he masters every. |
thing. Thirty.fve years old, and tho great
object OF his life has never escaped his lips!
Ills college DOMINATES were Pierre Ie
Fere and FRANCOIS Xavier, an Alpine
shepherd and Navarrese noble. BY de,
glees no opens his designs to them, and in
s:ils into their minds the precepts of a mys-
ferrous book which no composed in the |
monasteries Of Spain. ] hey catch tho bait, |
and are his forever Others soon felt tho |