The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-10-27
FATHER HYACINrHE

The Atlantic cable has brought the
news that Father Hyacinthe has pro.
tested against the authority of the
pope, and renounced the faith of which
he was one of the most distinguished
ecclesiastics. Ofthe accuracy of the
dispatch it is, at this writing, too soon
to venture an opinion; but, whether il
be an exaggeration, a mi%srepresenta.
ton, or a fact, it will make but little
difference in the general. interest felt
in any thing which relates TO this most
extraordinary man.
Father Hvacinthc was born at Or
leans, in 1927, and his name, before
entering the priesthood, was Charlie:
Loyson, his father being nc rector OF
the Academy of Pau, in which instita.
tion the future giant Of the French
pulpit received his education, and
where he became distinguished for his
ability and for his poetic talents. His
mind however, seemed fixed npon the
Church, and in 1915, being then but
eighteen years old, he entered the the
illogical seminary of Saint Sulpice, at
Paris, ard after four yearsof study, at
the unusually early age of twenty-five,
ordained a priest. He was then ap-
pointed professor of philosophy at the
great seminary ut Avignon, and was
subsequently transferred to the chair
of theology in tie seminary at Nantes
We n,xt hear of him as the officiating
priest in the parish of the Church of
Saint Suipice.
In 1859 OF 1860 he gave up his par
ish and went into the Convent of the
Carmelites, at Lyons, where, at the
expiration of two years, he became a
member of the order, and made his
egst great SUCCESS as a pulpito~ator, by
his preaching during a spiritual retreat
held at the Lyceun of Lyons.
In 1853 he preached the Advent
course of sermons at Bordeaux with
the most tiattering results, and in 1864
lie gained further distinction by preach
ing the Lenton sermons at Perigueux:
BY this time he had become famous
and it was decided that his true field
WAS in Paris, whittier he went, first
preaching in the Church os the Made:
laine, and next delivering the Advent
in the Church OF Notre Dame
where he wis considered the worthy
successor Of such me as Lacordaire,
Raviguan, and the long line. of great
orators and thinkers who have always
filed that most Important pulpit OF
Paris, and for which none but men of
rare and preeminent ability are ever
chosen.
During the past five years the ser
mons of Father tIyacinthe have crea-
TED n constantly increasing interest,
and have formed one of the great at
fractions of Paris, his wonderful efo-
quence, his PECULIARLY powerful and plea
sing voice, his outspoken boIdness, and
the extreme liberality or his views, all
to draw and Fix the atten-
ton of his hearers.
In the present state of the Church
of Rome the action of such n man as
Father Hyacinthe is of no little i'm
portance, for it Is not that of an ordf-
nary scclesiastic excrting a limited in
Anence, 1t is the action of a leader
of men, of a giant among his. fellows,
in whose footsteps many will tread,
and who, by his DETECTION or adherence
will sway the belief of thousands in
the faith of Rome.
We cannot now say which of these
positions is the true one, but, before
this reaches the hands Of our readers,
the mails will have brought hat full
which the telegraph fails
to convey, and we shall know wheth-
err in the person of Father Hyacinthe
a second Luther has appeared TO in
augurate a new Reformation, or whetb-
er a mere protest, and the resignation
OF an official position, have been exag-
Grated and misrepresented. -Appleton's
Journal.