The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-08-31

once read in an old chronicle that the monk
curing choral service sung with such enchant
ing sweetness that the empress and her ladie
and knights who were present burst into tears
smiled at this passage from the carrulous oil
ehroneier T. and thought that the fabulou
the pen of the good man. How often have
heard Mozarts divine music, how often hay
been entranced by tho stormy, thrilling fan
| tastes OF Beethoven! But was never moved
to tears, and never even saw delicate Iadie
weep. Two days ago 1 wandered among th,
ruins OF she abbey of Hagenroth. 1 stood il
Inc Inc ralaea church above was the unclouded
Here and there upon the walls hung patches Of
| plaster, and these were panied. 1 examined
the paintings and found them of remarkable
purity and depth of sentiment. / examined
the painted columns in the nave and choir. and
found O beautiful harmony. l admired the
excellence sd nin OF the colors on which it has
| twenty years. I then examined the fallen
columns the heavy capitals, the beauty of the
oanamemts oanas and from these sgnifi can't rem.
structure, and the church loomed nm before me
In all its simple grandeur aud charming finish.
vas forced to recognize aud admire those
tts dersn, awd VINO know how to produce such won
CON &c oinations. 1 thought on that passage of
the chronicle, and I believe if, at tha at moment.
soSos5 soS simple e, pure g chant of the monks had
6een moved to tears. If the monks, thought l.
knew how to captivate and charm by their
SrSf'te0sGre m,h why could they not do tie
THE stupid monks~ said Richard.
f you had spoken those words at my side
IN that tone as stood amid those ruins, they
Moula ,,'n nave so1nded like malicious envy from
the mouth of the spirit of darknessp
Your admiration for the monks is indeed n
great coriosity," said Frank, smiling "Sybels
9G0ngenlal friend enlogist of the monks
cle." 40"'o 'i
IF / admire the splendor of heatbenism
a,s ihast n HoS also admire the fascinating, still
as well as in Christianity, human genius &C.
cohplishes great and sublime things :"
That, In its whole extent, I must dispu :"
SAID Frank. j" WI here is the splendor aud great
ness ness Of Of heathenis@i The heathen buls pal
naked about in them. When the lord of the
palace killed his slaves for his amusement.
thare was no law to condemn him. The mar.
bic columns supported gilded arches, but when
beneath those arches human victim bied nm
der the knife of the priests, this was in har
mony with the genius of heathensm. The
am, were immense halls full of art
and magnificence, in which hundred thou
sand spectators could sit and behold with de- |
light the lions and tigers devour sIa vee, or the
gama1ors msss+ Strengthening %g each other for their
splendor do not find in heathenism. Where |
heathen greatness is, there terrible darkness |
profound error, and horrible customs abound. |
Christianity had to contend for three hundred
ISM" 0- AoA'nen'
" !" will not dispute about it now," said Lutz.
D., GU snail not destroy by your criticism the
beautiful Impressions of my excursion. / also
met the Swedes on my tour. About thirty
miles from here there is, among the hills, a
valley: Ss Inc peasants call the place the 'mur-
der chamber L suspected that the name
might be associated with some istorical event,
and, on inquiry, L found such to be the case
IA !. Z, the Ih,rty Years War, when Gustavus
Adolphns, the pious hero, passed through the
ierman provinces numbering aud robbing, the
Inhabitants of the neighborhood fed with
,hetr @ wives, children and property to this re-
note valley. They imagined themselves hid
n these woods and detiles from the wandering
wedes, but they deceived themselves Their .
i,ld;lns ,l; place was discovered. and every living
nut to the sword. The blood of the massa-
red said my informant, flowed down the
alley ike brook, and for fifty years the
igaoornood @ was desolate, because the Swedes {
ad destroyed everything.' Such masterpieces
Swedish blood thirstiness are found in many {
laces IN Germany, and as the people celebrate
nem ;l IN song and story, it is certain that the
ame in the art of slaughter" |
" DO you not wish to have the murder
nan "a bel. appear in Sybel's periodically"
" No; fable must be carefully separated from t
lstory, and in this case want the inclination c
,r the subject" q
" Fabulous! I find in the murder chamber
othng but the true Swedish nature Of tba. l
me-" I
The professor shrugged his shoulders.
Gustavus Adolphus may wander for ever Il
bout Germany as the pious hero,' if for no t
ther purpose than to annoy the ultramon- g
ines" i,
Frank thought of the Segwart family. a
believe we are unjust in our Judgments
the ultramontanes." said he "Ivisit every a
ay family which my father declares not only r
he nltramontane. but even clerical, and on s.
count OF 1T Will not associate with them. L
Ut saw there only the noble, good and bean d
fol- And be reported circumstantially what t.
. knew of the Siegwart family
You have observed carefully, and in parti- d
Iiar III. no fsatpre Of Angela has escaped YOU
4 incarnate ideal of the other world. since b
,e has excited the interest of my friend, even fe
But she does not wear crinoline" said I"
rank " fS
Not" said the professor, smiling. "Tben b.
is just right. The Angel of Saiingen be- h.
nSs ny to the nine choirs of angels, and was m
'o1d, woman-hating friend to the fair sex.n
" My conversion to the highest admiration of d;
omen is by no means imposs, ,be, at least in OF
le case" answered Richard in the same earn W
{ tone ~ ~.
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