The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-15
PERE HYACINTHE.
His Grafton on Charity Last Thursday
Evening at the New York Academy
OF Music.

The Academy of Music in New York was
crowded last Thursday evening by one OF the
largest and most brilliant audiences ever assem-
bled therein attracted to hear the lecture or ora
tIon OF the Rev. Father Hyacinthe, on Charity"
Every seat in the building was occupied. while
hundreds were compelled to content themselves
with standing room. The stage was occupied Dy
O number Of distinguished gentlemen, among
whom were noticed the consular representatives
of Italy, Belgium, Holland, Spain, and other ma
tions; several judges Of the Supreme Court, Hor'
ace Greeley, and q number of welknown law
vers. Pere Hyacinthe was introduced by Mr..
Caylus, formerly a journalist In France, anu lot
| years prominent merchant In New YORK CITY.
Mons Caylus, in introducing the speaker, said
that the Americans, and Germans, and Irish had
each heardrhelr great orators In the Academy OF
| Music. and 1t was now the turn Of the French.
On rising to speak, as entering, perfect storm
| Of applause greeted Father Hyacinthe. He SEEM
| e0 sensibly affected by the warmth OF this greet
ing. report in one OF the New York papers
gives the following description Of the manner oil
the speaker and the points of his discourse:
In speaking, Father HJsclnthe's language pours
ruently from his lips, every syllable Is distinctly
| enanciated, and his voice, though sounding some
what husky, was clearly heard all through the
| house. His action Is extremely graceful, never
harsh or abruptly angular, AID greatly resembles
| the elegant movements OF Riston. At times.
when he rose to his full height, his head slightly
| thrown back his voice coming forth luu anu
strong he locked superbly grand
The orator spoke OF the direction to be given to
| life, Humanity has hesltated between Two roaus
| for centuries. Shall man give to his existence an
| Impulse that win separate him from the world
that hears him and tear 1t from all that the Crea.
| tor has made its basis-family, affections, inter.
ests sufIerings; or shall he cast away oil idea OF
! loving Heaven and concentrate upon eartn MS
faith, his hope bis lover MY experience mas con- T.
| yinced me that between these two roads there Is
third opened for the greatest moral and religious
| progress man can make and trodden by men VINO
| can reconcile Heaven and earth-tne present lie
| with q future. AS the first man, the work OF God
| was the king, the owner, the manager OF Eden
and all It's brute inhabitants, 30 we have to con-
tinue In these ages the work OF Adam; but In
stead OF small part OF Asia MINOR, we nave
whole planet. God has given us steam and cleo
| trcity, and distance Is annihilated The globe Is
| our Eden. After the first man came family anu
| society God made Adam companion and saved
| him from egotism. Thus was tile organization OF
| the family perfected. In modern society, celibacy
| exists for the sake Of God but this exception, II
| you make 1t rule, is against God and against
nature. Celibacy Is cowardlce II IL does nOt glo-
| rlfy marriage. The Apostles have said marriage
| Is honorable.
The great object In life is the reconciliation OF
Heaven and earth, OF the present life with the iu-
|
| city, in the nation and In humanity was the
| thought OF Jesus Christ, who first proclaimed that
| which the prophets but dimly saw, and the Jews
never did see: The centuries that are to realize @
this great union OF nations have begun; the labor
| has commenced. Northward you have the Bs-
quimaux; southwark Is Africa. You summon
| from walled China the unmovng people to dwell
| amid the moving nation, the stationary to nn9e
with the progressive, all impelled by the breath
| OF you, the great humanitarian people. (Great
| applause.] The foundation OF your people Is the
Bible, the book that speaks OF God, the living
| word OF Jesus Christ. In an admirable manifesto
| from your President, there shows through his
words the Christian faith. A belief in Jesus Is at
the root Of this nation. May Jesus Christ protect
| your county and develop Old Europe, preparing
amid strife unity and religious andinateral pros.
| perity. And when return shall tell Europe that
! i have found here liberty associated with Chris
taaty, and have been among pc people W W9o Toi 90
not think that TO be free they must parteu from
God. IGreat applause.]
The New York World devotes column to the
description OF the audience and Of the lecturer.
The first was by no means sectsrlan, representa-
tves Of all religious and no religions, pew-hodcrs
and spectators being mixed in all parts OF the
crowded house. There were $500 persons pres
ent. The reporter gives description OF Father
Hyacinthe:
He was dressed In black suit. not OF priestly
cut or dimensions, and II not fashionable IL was
taste. and not conformed TO any OF the rules OF
etiquette which generally 0vertake speakers and
actors upon that stage. There was nothing OF
the "persuasion" about It, and 1t was as far the
other way from the absurd extreme OF full dress.
lie stood moment at the table as the president
introduced him. He is a man Of medium height,
solldly built, and inclining to portlness, with
rugged, heshy face, in which tue nervous bilious
| temperament predopinates, and which, from its
massive features and stolid expression, when at
rest gives at the first glance an erroneous i'm
preston OF the man. 1t is the usty organization
OF Luther, rather than the abstemlous body Of
| Fenelon There Is more OF the Little Corporaln
in the head than Of Erasmus. II does not charm
YOU with apparent intellectually The moment
he speaks, q new character comes into his face.
The voice itself dspes the f.at impression. 1t Is
the voice OF kindness; one Of those clear, sharp.
penetrating voices which hold all the shades and
halftints the infections Of language in solution
voice warm, gentle, ,subdued, but wonderfuydis-
tnct and with pleasant sadness lurking In It, 1t
is too the voice OF the scholar thoroughly trained
to its work-no tones wasted; every word rapidly
but wholly spoken, and every sentence turned as
rhythmically as phrase OF music, and this with
ont any dramatic effort, but with quiet earnest
ness which gives II q fresh charm. AS he warns
with his subject his oratory becomes trlne more
impetuous, but by the side OF our headlong native