The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-10
ROME.



on the recent occasion Of the completion Of the
twenty-third year OF his pontihcate, the Pope re-
in the name OF his brother Cardinals to which ne
piled as follows:-'It is my duty, before all at the
cate to thank the Lord who mas sustained me in the
midst OF such numerous and cruel TRIALS It Is also
my duty to admire and bless the protection, full OF
wisdom, which He has granted to the Church He
leaves her doubtless exposed to renewed tempests,
men long Christians who are animated by holy
courage to defend her rights. In conclusion, ad-
those who surround me, for the noble part which
they take in the struggle, and for the
teISe To Se S" The world is divided, as il were into
two sOceties-one numerous, powerful, restless, and
agitated; the other less numerous, but calm and
faithful My very lustrious predecessor, ST. Gregory
the Great, compared these two societies to those
formerly collected, the first in the plains of SEMINAR,
where men erected the Tower OF Pride, but were
Confounded by God in their language and dispersed;
the second At the C9naculum, on the day OF Pente-
cost, where Peter and the Apostles, and thousands
Of the faithful OF divers nations, all heard and under
stood one and the same language. Thus to-day we
see revolution, with socialism In its suite, con lemn
ing and denying religion, morality, and God HIMSELF
and on the other side, the true faithful who, calm
and firm their faith wait partiently for good prin-
cpes to resume tn ,ir salutary empire, and for the
designs Of God to be accomplished All, II soveregns
adopted these good principles, how much more
people! How much good could they do to their
people and to themselves! The future is in the
youtionists, the demons, so He will overthrow
these. And we can and ought to desire that the
proud VINO perseCute the CnurCn may De nunDleu
and confOunded. Meanwhile let accomplish faith
fully sacred duties to God. Ego dteB epercebar,
says the Psalmst, and let us render Him actions OF
grace for having preserved peace in this marvellousy
privileged mOrsIl Of land whence can extend our
looks and our prayers over the whole Church.
All, how heavy are the evils which OppresS tss
Church What ruins, what tears everywhere! Per-
hdps at this moment, while | am speaking, king
dom is deprived Of its last bishop; he also thrown
into prison carried into exile. At this allusion
to the prosecutions in Poland the Pope was pain
fully agtated.) Certainly, God might permit that
ourselves should have to encounter the same
fate as those bishops The plant which plunges
its roots into the soil which we still find safety
might be stricken like the mystic plant OF the Prophet
Daniel. But the dangers which menace us
are kept Off by divine goodness and that plant has
the word of the Lord. l invoke the all-powerful
protection OF God the Sacred College, the pre-
ates, on this dear city, and those who represent
dhe Senate). l pray particularly for two sorts of
persons-those who are in tribulation that God may
come to their aid and those still more unfortunate,
who live in sin, that God may grant them victorious
grace. There are even in Rome some abandoned
souls who take the shadow fer the body, falsehoOd
for truth, and who, flying from the path OF justice,
plunge into the forest full Of roaring beasts We
to those who act thus 1t is the sure loss of all good
May the Lord keep such lot from you ALL and may
He, through the intercession OF Mary bless you,
desire with all the force OF my heart"