The New York herald., 1873-11-17
herman ana Czech found devous audiences, VINO

German and Czech found devout audiences, VINO
listened with uncovered head to the words .,
promise ana Truth ana tnen loihen % nynted from
Heaven grace and aid IN restoring 10 ~. Mennens ~
hand its ancient glory and splendor mere yua youns
and old Czechs joined In hearty song anu prayer,
forgetting potical differences, and even the stern
Old Protestant historian Palacky did not stay away
from this national festival oil ms country. heger
was there foo although neither he nor his party
are willing to recognize the supremacy OF the
Church In matters political
we passed with difficulty into the cathedral dedi-
Gated to st. vitusor Iaher part OF The cathedral,
for AZ is only built to third OF the projected plan
Five hundred years is IL since the ednce was com-
menced, and the pillars OF the main body OF the
church stand up IN long rows outside the COM
pleted portion: Thus, as an edllce, i - deorm.
lty Increased by the nlries lnaictea ~ tha Great
Frederie's bompardps.ent In the seven years war.
The inside is Very curious and ricn In treasures,
grayestoneS and monuments Of kings and en-
peIoIs OF pictures and cunningy carved wood,
anu len the big shrine containing tne reihains % oi
weighing no less than $40 pounds-pure, solid
silver-a shrine tit for such SAINT. Inc
crystal coffin, which is enclosed in the one OF sill
yer, which is borne aloit by angels, ano our other
guardian spirits OF silver hover over the remains
Before Nepomuk's altar one OF the priests was Gel
ebrating mass and a great crowd OF devout stood
Mutely by. We passed into the chapel OF ~. Wen
eel himself rich In fresco paintings, and It's walls
inlaid with bohemian amethysts and jaspers and
chrysoprase, with u gorgeously decorated sanctu-
ary, containing the remains OIL the SAINT his armor
Vischer OF Nuremberg, and the brass ring TO which
he clung at the Church OF Alt Bunzlau. Into the
treasures OF the precious treasury cannot intro
duce you, since to-day it .s closed. It con-
taIns some 400 mas robes OF wondrous beauty and
value, religious relics used at the coronation OF
the Bohemian kings portions OF the bones OF
Isaac, Abraham and jacob; the Virgins ker-
chief, piece OF the true cross, enclosing bit OF
the sponge, which was placed in a hyssop; one Of
the palm branches strewed in Chrlsts way as ne
entered Jerusalem, beside an immense number oil
similar curiostles equally authentic and valuable"
lnndf gaul mi l1a hnn nj
sERMoNs-PRAGUE AND ROME
Thus YOU see did Prince Archbishop get Czechs
to do Wenzel honor as national hero; the latter
did MIN honor in his character oil Saint of the
Church Paacky said expresslyrand ne Is ,!. pro.,
shrine as usual, in celebration OF the national
holiday. Three OF the most powerful orators Of the
Catholic Church spoke from the temporary pulpits
erected In the castle yard. The tenor OF the
speeches.. the tendency OF the demonstration,
Prince Archbishop schwarzenberg on the fol-
lowing day :-"opposed to our Toes, we
take Q solemn oath on this anniversary
martyrs, that we will do as our fathers
did; that we VIII preserve the rights OF
OF the Bohemian crown, the rights OF our king. and
like our ancestors IN the Middle Ages, who fought
against all the enemies Of Christianity. SO We WIZ
Christianity are cOnqueredl Tremble then, Free
masons, young Czechans and liberal Austrians
who nave been receiving the Italian antichrlstp'
And while this festival was being celebrated on the
Hradisch, high mass was celebrated IN the Col
Iegium Bohemcum at Rome, to which all Bohemi-
ans and Austrians were invited; whereupon =
deputatiOn went to the Pope with work on the
nine hundred years. existence OF the Prague Dish
Oprc and five thousand francs OF Peters pence, Tor
which His Holiness later thanked the Archbishop
per telegram, and urged the clergy and people OF
Bohemia to be steadlast In the faith and conquer.
BoHEMIA'S ROME.
Nowhere indeed, can Rome look with greater
satisfaction than to Prague whose medieval his
tory Is q record OF her triumphs, whose present
condition Is a record OF her servants ZEAL True,
she has TO 1gnt with different weapons now, and
Walensteln no longer lives on the palace In the
square to WELD the ecclesiastical sword; but she
fights as energetically and quite as successfully as
been styled o history OF the Popes en- miniature
Though the Roman Church was for two centuries
almost annihilated here yet she conquered again,
s.oyer mountains OF deadn "The Jesuts were the
savOurs OF the Prague archblshoprc during and
march @ Of the princes Of the Church was over the
ruins OF cities and villages, over battle fields
and devastated lands and Bohemia lost
the dragoonades OF the Liechtenstein riders fol-
lowed, and Protestant population was changed
into one Of pious Catholics" So we read in an
Austrian contemporary to-day Yes, Prague's cathe-
dra, the foundation stone OF whose further exten-
sion was laid Yesterday is rich in memories its walls
have echoed the sermons OF Huss and have seen the
white-decked communion table OF the Calvnistic
rites; but these events have become almost a
legend-a forgotten legend-and Protestant Is as
scarce IN Bohemia as swallows in winter. The
Prince Archbishop can rejoice. Rome can rejoice
CzeChian in it's development in the luture,
and place it the 'front.' rank OF the European ma
tions, Is o question which the future alone can
answer.
In the evening again vast crowds OF Czechs stood
In front OF ST. WenZee statue and sang their hymns
In his honor until lar into the night. Out OF the
city gates passed the thousands upon thousands OF
the peasants men ana women, boys and maldens,
back to their simple homes, TO dream for another
year OF the glory of st. Wenzel's festal day, and
long trains sped out OF the depots, bearing thou
sands upon thousands OF modern pilgrims back to
their home in the big city on the Danube, where
the King OF Bohemia dwes uncrowned.