The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-08-01
Father Hyacinthe.

Eetnef hyAciutn0
a correspondent of 4ppteton's Journal, who
had heard two sermons in Paris-one by a
Bishop in the Emperor's private chapel, and
the other at the Madeleineyby Pere Hyacinthe,
the celebrated Carrnelte--thus conveys his
impression of the lattei's eloquence. OF course'
ava Protestant, he is greatly exercised at the
depth, power and eloquence of this Monk, and
indulging in the vein of DR.. Cummings, pro-
phecies great things in the future of France
from what he calls the liberal sentiments of
tho preachers teachings. We spare our read
ers his reflections
Very different, indeed, from the aristocratic
CONGREGATION at the TuillerieS were the masses
who thronged the Church of the Madeleine,
when the Carmelite Monk, who has acquired
European reputation for eloquence, preached
the sarmon which has since been the cause of
Of Paris. / was told that unless went an
hour, and O half before the time fixed, should
not get seat and found this warning per
fsc justified for aready Then S hsd there hssn
only q few minutes later, should have failed
in getting the place near the pulpit which I
was fortunate enough to obtain. Within half
m honr after, there was not standing-room for
the men, who filed every passage, and ladies
were sitting ON the steps, on the hoor, ON the
ngs Ssd aas seemed q e
represented In this enormous crowd-ta haKte
ay;stOcratie as well rs "a boargeoisie and the pea
santry-nany of whom seemed to have come
from the country, while there were members,
believe, of almost every religious order IN
of this great crowd of Parisians, and the Time
gss y M Ssss 0w R1 5sa
creed been said when the noiseless approach of
the great preacher was detected, and he was
S fSsn e n gnobserved In smother moment
he stood mp and silently surveyed the enor-
nous mass of human beings whom the fame of
his rare gifts had drawn to the spot Father
Hyacinthe has noble face-his marked, we'll
cut features are of q very refined type; his
eyes are clear and penetrating, and, unlike the
majority Of religious he does not keep them
bold glance, which is full of candor and truth I;
he is pale and thin, bnt scarcely ascetic look
ing; and though he seems to be no longer
young, the fringe of dark hair below his tom
sure IS untinged with gray. He wore an upf
Is der-Robe of brown serge, with loose hangiS&
sleeves, and over it the white WOODEN habit u
the Carmelites.
-e5 Perfect silence reigned through the vast
church, and all seemed to wait breathlessly for
the first words from the lips that have spoken
the truth to France more boldly than any 9TH
( ars in this age. At last his accents were heard,
in q clear, vibrating tone, which rang to tne
uttermOst limits of the vast fabric, he gave
ont the words, al heard Thy voice Z"
and hid myself He did not pause to state
whence the text was taken, but instantly
= plum ed into q graphic and startling descrip-
A
SO madly, to hide from the eye of the Omnipo-
tent Being who had created him. Then he
passed to an able and thoroughly philosophical
explanation of the manner in which the whole
human race became tainted by this first sin,
and its effects individuals In this, as in
every other part of his sermon, when he
touched on doEnas which modern skepticism
has disputed, the preacher gave detailed
resume of the H4eats brought by aHbelieF-
ers against the truth, and refuted them with a
whitening sarcasm which full Of power.
he q al
Mexico, which had caused the suffering he ex-
pected his hearers to relieve. What, he asked,
was the primary cause of these catastrophes :
he would tell Thorn in plain words, though he
knew the majority Of his hearers would revolt
against the statement--he would tell them
that these calamities were the chastisement of
Grid In iExesss the great cities
of civilization, the mountain villages, the ham,
iees 9. d dnS q G S Sne wa t g s9e
wherever human skill has led human beings
with their passions and their crimes-and in
the lands where those conyulsions OF nature
and crime, and bloodshedding and torture
under the very shadow of the Gross, planted
there by the Christinns who first took posses
sion of them in the name of Christi 2
As he spoke on this theme, the flood of natu-
raj elOqueree with which this man iS so re-
niarkably gifted, burst from his lips-and his
description Of tho guilty condition of this
world, on which the e4eRaally righteous God Ia
forever looking down with eyes too pure to be
hold 1u1qulGy, Wis8 BinlQlT man5nttcentJ ana not
the loss 80 for being thotouGily philosophical.
II yfas Tlsin that this Monk was q man who
had not fearea to face the mystery Of the Cri.
gin OF evil and an the dark problems which
/ spzing from that Rreas centre; but deep and
dlficHls a. was then theme on which he spoke,
Z the stream Of thought that bore him onward
acerned to carry him out OF himself, and bis
vcfee rolled like melodi0us thunder over the
wholSXast church, vibrating through the 70
soundines air till every one Of TINT great multi
4 Srde must have heaAd and felt each word AS
he Terminated hts wonderful picture Of that
horror OF great dizziness which morally Under
LEA the outward beauty and sunshine of this
lovely world, his ringing tones died away into