Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-02-06

groyeling bensts. to see fair maiden torn
1 frem limb to limb. and devoured as 0
sweet morsel of food! No cry of horror
escapes the multitude.
Not heart in all that multitude shud
dered at the sight. Roman virtue is moi
of that stamp. Roman civilization rejoi
ces in the sight. There on this ground
now verdant turf the lions leaped, and
roared, and licked their bloody fangs
There the sladitators fought the beasts
and each other, deeming it an honor t.
die in such contest. From hence early
Christian martyrs went rejoicing up t.
heaven. What an assembly-ferociou'
beasts, men more fierce'than they, shaking
the solid structure with the thunder o
their applause-the art2a all dust anc
blood--dying men and women upod th'
ground boweled-headless arm
less trunks-torn. disfgured-half eaten
by famished tigers Here it was-right
here where we stand! Here the eye Of
Faith looked through the opening clouds
of heaven. radiant with eternal glory
Here gray haired men and tender maidens
believing in Jesus. went to their death as
calmly as to a nights repose.
We can see the vast multitude pouring
out from the archways when the sport for
the day is over, vending their way
through the streets to their homes, talk.
ing of the play, its good points, how
gran ly the lion leapcd upon lis victims,
how beautiful the countenance of Chris.
tian kneeling with clasped hands, how
sublimely the gladiator rushed recklessly
on to certain death-talking it all over
as your readers talk Of the play at the
theatre.
Who shall say that Alaric was not a
blessing instead OF curse to the world
What Tut fire and the sword, and utter
extinction Of such people could eradi.
cate such fendish thirst for blood !?
Inczpressibly gloomy, grand and ma
Ijestic this desolation, at once the witness
OF the splendor, might, civilization, bar
barism, degradation and wickedness o.
that perished people.
| have no time to talk Of the change!
which have taken place in the Coliseum
through the centuries, Of the tearing dowr
by the Popes-thc removal Of nearly al
of the marble to St. Peters. to the Bar
4 berini palace and other places, nor Of th'
restoration which has been made by th'
present Pope and his Immediate predecess
ors. Further spoliation has been stopped
The cross has been erected in its centre
and devout Catholics kneel and kiss i
whenever they pass the arena. Small
chapels stand around the enclosure dedi
Gated to the Saints, Martyrs aud Apostles
While sitting on the needless trunk o
a noble Roman in marble, and surveying
the scene, ! seemed to hear the toll of
bell far away on st. Bartholomew's morn
J and the streets of Paris were red with th
blood of seventy thousand Protestants
} against the dogmas Of the church of Rome
: shot down mcrcilessly by the soldiers o
, the King of Francc-the King himsel
, standing at his palace window singing
, out his victims on the street-while hi
mother claspcd bor hands with joy to Sc
; the blessed work 20 onl Was it not
work blessed by The church {? Go will
me up to st. Maria Maggiore Fearing it
majestic domes above all surrounding
4 buildings on the highest point of the Es
qulinc hill, and you shall see that tn
church has endorsed that massacre Ol
t the tomb of Plus V is the sculptured mar
, BILE which tells the story of that gloriou
DAVIS work for the advancement of tn
t interests of the Church There you ma.
learn that the Pope sent his blessings t
the King Of France in return for sucl
Catholic zeal.
THE SCALA SANTA
:, 1t is but short distance from the Col
iseum TO the Church at ST. John Lateran
e where, in portico, you may behold tn
stairs which, according to the church ira
q dition, belonged to Pilates house, in Je
0 rusalem, and are the identical ones, whicl
5 the Savior descended when he left th
Judgment Hall. They consist of twenty
eight marble steps about ten feet in logt
| :. forming what in palace would be call
ed a grand stairway. That you may hav
the true history and the spiritual value Q
E these stairs, send the authorized docu
ment, which | purchased from the mon
/. having the care Of the stairs, which read