The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-26
THE POPR'S ENCYCLICAL LETTER.

On the OscaaOn of His Jubilee.
The following is the last encyclical letter that has
been published by the Holy Father:-
Our Holy Lord, Plus TX, Pope by Divine Providence,
TO all the Patriarchs, Archbishops, Bishops and
others having grace and communion with the
Venerable Brethren-Greetings and Apostolic
the blessings OF God move US to celebrate the
glory OF His majesty and His goodness In manifest
ing His protection over US. Already we see the
commencement of the twenty-nfth year since we
received by dspensaton of God, the ministry OF the
Apostolic See the trials and miseres OF which are
well known to you that we need not explain them
nt length Verify, may it be adduced, my venerable
brethren, from the series OF 80 many events that
hats and through Victories. Verify God does allie
viate and govern the vicissitudes OF things IN this
world which is the teotstoo to His throne Verify,
He does often make use OF instruments in them
selves deestsbe In order TO carry out the DEGREES
of His wisdom.
Jesus Christ our Lord, Author and Guide OF the
Church, which He has sealed with His blood-has
degned to direct and sustain by His grace and
virtue our innrmty and feebleness for the greater
glory OF His name and the greater oenent OF His
people. ,,,. -, ,,u
ourselves OF the counsels of venerable brethren,
the Cardinals OF the Holy Roman Church, and OF
your counsels also, venerable brethren, who have
come ut different times to Rome to assist us coec-
lively and 10 enrich this seat OF truth with the spen
al IN s aSa q
to our desire and that OF the Catholic world the
dogma OF the Immaculate Conception OF the Virgin
heroes OF our religion. We doubt not that their
assistance chiefly that Of the Holy Mother, viii not
fail the Catholic Church In these tempestuous times.
BY the help and for the glory OF God and by means
OF the laborers OF the Gospel have been able to
spread the light OF the true faith in remote and in
hosptable regions, to constitute In several places
the ecclesiastical hierarchy and to pronounce
solemn condemnation upon errors that are as con-
trary TO human reason as they are TO the divine
order Of thingg-errors which have acquired great
power in our time. 1t was by divine assistance still
that we have taken care to associate by bond OF
concord the ecclesiastical power and the civil power
in Europe and in America, and to devote our solicit
tude to the necessities OF the Eastern Church. upon
which, ever since the beginning OF our Apostolic
ministry, we have looked with paterna affection
il was also our let TO undertake and TO pursue the
work OF the Gcumenical Council OF the Vatican,
the suspension OF which We have had TO decree.
After gathering from 1t abundant fruits, and ex-
pecting to gather more on account OF the revolu-
ton, which you are well aware OF, we have never
neglected, my venerable brethren, TO accomplish,
by the help Of God what the right and ONCE OF
our empire demanded Of us. The applause
and congratulations which, as you re-
member, greeted the beginning Of
our POntincate, were soon turned into insults
and attack Ks, until at last We had 60 forth an
exile from our wen-beloVed city. But as soon as We