, 1873-11-08
FATHER HYACINTHE,
His New P0sftlon Mt Gcncvfl...JVhaf
His Present Opinions Arc. ,

Ills Present Opinions Arc.
ecner9 (0c Joy Correspondence af the London HeraM
Father Hyacinthe has been mado Cure-that
U.s. noss;Ssa senr or ha9torI2f aensya + was NOT
Ihe Holy Roman Empire could no moro put him
down than thoy could put down Luther before
nm Nun; Ao Las boon elected by tho people. aud
haa anis week duly t.ken tho oaths to the Gov
the magnifcent ca.hodra1-hkc church, vhiol,
stanas second &c only In Importance to the old
oathedra! OF Geneva. It Is = ooumon error to
suppose that tho great french orator, who late-
Paris, has broken with tho Roman Catholio ro-
ligion, and is about to becono Protests
mt ,sti NS a. such It, thing: Ho has broken
nlanism., Ho goes back to tho first century, and
bclieves himself to hold tho puro Roman Ubria-
tianityI Of that favored opooh. Ho ia thus, in
tthes, tl.o wGrkpg head of tho Old Catholics: or
from tho Pope and all Ills works and ara bout
upon the reconHtruction Of ~the prosent doctrine
and discipline Ut Rome. @''''
IVY What n' aro Father Hyscinthe'a present opin-
rha sons Ihst ai IL not question to answer
where thoy clash with modern Rome Thoaa
points arc thrco. Firat, he rejects the co1npul
sory confession to'a priest. Ho doos not rojeo.
confession; nor confession to a PRIEST but 'tha
dlyldual. This point shows his divergence from
orthodox Romansm.
Tho second point is tho collbaoy Of tho prlosts.
Nos i99g sgo' the Father, like Luther, took to
like tho great noforner ho married cf1arrninn
American lady, Of groat intelligence and reane-
ment, and IL now able to cali himself fathor by
potter, because moro natural right than be-
fore.
The third and last point is tho restoration OF
the cup to tho lalty. What tho Fathers exact
notions about Trans ubatantlhtion may be- am
not in position to state; but ono thing IN cor
tatn-ho has ayowedly embarked upon . FREQ and
independent course Of notion, and ia determined
to follow bis conscience and truth wherever
these may lana him. On mahy questions he de-
'olines to epoak deoslvely. He is moro gunrded
and diplomatic--let US say in. word wlaor in lis
general tion-tlnn most 'noforlners,, :. r.
Great WAS the rage on Wednesday amongst Tho
tuitranaonsane or orthodox Catholics when it waa
known that Father Hyacintho had accepted tho
curo9ship Of aenora. Tho day, after the election
e silly rumor was got mp that tho polioe would
take possession Of tho now Catholic church and
close 1t against tho people. So all day long
crowds assembled at the outside, ind the oergY
were really obliged to send for tho police, and so
at last tho church Was actually closed, although
tho original lumor waa moro onnard. All tLiB
Increased the excitement. The Ultramontanoa
wore hustled by tho Old Catholics, and tho Old
Catholics by the Uftramontanes, and tho Protes-
tants. Of course, hustled both, ind all tho
rouehs in Gonova had q acld.day. Aa may easily
be supposed, Father Hyaeinthe was too busy to
take any. part i'll such childish agitationa. Ho
remained all day at his Httlo houno outside Co.
neyn, which looks out upon tho lake through
quiet troca and peaceful autumn flowers. Thith-
or repaired at the very tmo whom noisy crowds
him arranging countless details with some
priesta OF tho new movement; indeed, learned
that for days he had hardly taken a moal,. 90
great was the press OF buslnoss. =,