New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-20


in the course of the thousand years during which 1t
has braved the battle and the breeze and so got
e-hardened might have been expected TO wrinkle
up in astonishment at fndingitself IN such strange
company. Behind came the little Duke OF Norfolk
struggling CALAMITY under the weight OF the silken
folds of the banner which England was supposed to
be defeating TO the Sacred Heart. Behind His
Grace. with watchful hands kept over the stray
ing cords of the banner, walked Lord Dover and
Lord Wardour of Arundel the former in the latest
pilgrim suit which, it appears, should be composed
of light gray cloth billy-coat, hat, and Butcher
boots The ladies followed walking four abreast
singing the Hymn of the Sacred Heart which Lady
Georpina Fullerton had written for the occasion
Among these pilgrims with parasols were the ladies
Anne and Mary Howard, bearing the exquisite little
banner which Monsgnor Cape had brought from
London as the representative of his converts which,
as YOU may have heard, are not few IN number
Lord Walter Kerr, carrying the banner of Scotland,
divided the men from the women, and then there
were as the playbills have it, more banners" and
long array of male pilgrims.
From our own sea-eirt isle we come.
The Isle of Saints IN DAYS OF yore
Faiths pilgrim sons, we cross the MAN.
The Heart OF Jesus to adore
Yet once more speak the words which turn
Darkness TO light Oh. let light shine
On the dear country, these dear homes,
Which once on dearest Lord, were thine
let heart and voice Join in the PRAYER
That swells the breeze for Peters dome;
Oh by Thy heart, Thy Sacred Heart,
Jesus save England, France, and Rome
As the last words of the English hymn died away
the advance guard of large contingent of Belgian
PILGRIMS came in sight. singing the TIE Deum
Laudamus The English marched in solid phalanx
four abreast The Begians. more effectively per
haps arranged their procession in single file, one
marching on either side of the road leaving the
middle for the passage of the bannerbearers. After
the Belgians came the French III all a procession
counting some three thousand persons. The first
destination of the pilgrims was the garden adjoin-
inc the monastery in which, according TO the story
of the Very Happy Marguerite, Jesus Christ APP
reared TO her. Zone day." she writes i'll her Life
"our Lord presented himself to me all covered with
wounds and his heart torn with sorrow. | threw
myself AT his feet in great fear. He said to me-
NV people prosecute me, and if they do not mend
their ways ! will punish them severely" Mar
puerite Marie was at the time of this visitation
sitting under nut tree III the middle OF the
garden The tree, now become small grove, exists
to this day in incontrOvertible proof of the truth
of the whole story, and under It's shadow have
been erected a couple of colored plaster OF paris
models one intended to represent Christ in the act
Marguerite Marie PROSTATE the ground - in great
fearD For two hours yesterday the pilgrims,
marshaled in continuous line marched round the
garden. passing by the nut tree and paying adora-
ton TO the two images. If in all past pilgrimages
the course of procedure followed yesterday has
been adopted. not the least miraculous item in the
garden is the prolonged existence of the nut tree
itself Yesterday one pilgrim III the front rank of the
PROCESSION carried away by the excitement OF the
moment seized hold of a branch of the sacred tree
tore handful of leaves, kissed them passionately
and placed them in his bosom. The example was
instantly followed by the succeeding pilgrims, and
thenceforward as score after score passed through
kissing the ground which Marguerite Marie had
trodden with the Savior, score after score OF the
leaves of the nut tree disappeared, and sometimes
in the haste of the moment whole branch was
pnlled down and fought for as if it were mamma
fallen among people starving in the wilderness
From the garden the English pilgrims proceeded TO
the shrine, where, standing on the steps OF the
chapel surrounded by dense mass of pilgrims, the
Bishop of Stafford solemnly consecrated England to
the service OF the Sacred Heart.
At vespers Monsgnor Capel preached sermon. the
tone of which betrayed the exultatIon with which
English Roman Catholics view their present position
in the country, and especially the success of the
pilgrimage " Many kings, and princes, and
prophets have desired to see the things that you
have seem and have not seen them. and to hear
things that You have heard, and have not heard
them" This was the text. What the things thus
yainly desired were you can guess. and the Mon
signor boldly deduced from the fact of the Pilgrim
age the probability that ut distant date " Eng
land our dear country, the ancient home OF our
patron and of faith, VIII once again De the
Eternal Gods" The sermon closed the programme
OF public devotions. But not yet did the IN,
satiably-pi0us pilgrims go TO their much.needed
rest The everlasting lights were still burning De
fore the Shrine of lie BeDhereuse, and once more
must they kneel there and breathe the sancted cir
that filled the sanctuary ana noated arouhu tne
in the church had scarcely died away before the
Chapel Of the Shrine filed, with closely keu
line vending its way up one side OF the aisle anu au
equally closely packed line slowly descending Dy the
other side Arrived by the shrine the pilgrims men
and women, old and young, knelt down anu
pssOnately kissed the shrine at any point that was
nearest TO them; but happy were they who got near
the head, and while kissing the glass, cOuIu see vi
the other side the golden crown OF "a Blehereusc'
Chaplets, crosses money, letters photographs rgs,
aud chains were pressed against the glass case inc
while the owner mUttered a prayer or battered an
Ave. All around the shrine and upon the steps oi
the sanctuary were kncellng figures, OnlJ inc HoN
ing Of the lips in prayer telling that they llVed. All
night the chapel was open and the candies Duiheu'
| and all night Marguerite Marie had her deV0tees'
| who kissed her shrine, and with n passionate long,
| ing that seemed 10 lind no adequate reef elaspeu
the corners of the casiet in which the bones anu tnc
waX-work lay. The Pilgrim train was ready LOT tne
return journey at o'clock this morning ana IL WaS
from the chapel that the bulk of the PASSENGERS
hastily came, elate with the consciousness that tnsy
had done something TO appease the anguish VI .no
Sacred Heart of Jesus and had gained lIeth spiiit-
ual vigor by bathing in the fullness OF us ioVe