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r.e English In A New RoIe---The Pilgrimage Il
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some Convent Of the Sacred Heart have ac-
quired embroidery and certain exquisite
pose OF manner, hut few Of Us are aware
that this Convent represents " devotion
that. in the last two centuries, has been
spreading over the whole world, and has
almost attained the rank Of a new clfiius-
1t j. what may be called a beautiful case OF
that disease of language" mythology,
in which a metaphor is first hardened into
a fact and then exalted into an object OF
worship: for, though the " heart Of
man is taken to mean his affections, it has
really a, little 10 DO with them as his lungs,
and not so much As his liver.
Tie present religious revival in France is
partly a reyul~ion of property against Com
munism, and partly an anti-German
demonstration but It is also partly genu-
inc devotion. born. as it 50 often l.. OF the
agories Of defeat and loss. 1t has reached
all classes of society above the Commune
1t is hundred years, says the Nation, since
the French grocer said his prayers, but be
says them now. However genuine, the
revival would not be French. if it were not
prone to spectacle and sensation, and 1t has
mostly expressed itself in pilgrimages IN
honor Of the Sacred Heart. The mania has
spread into England, and everybody has
heard something about it; but some turth-
err details Of this extraordinary phase OF
British piety may be Of interest.
On the evening Of the 2nd Of September,
an immense crowd assembled in the gor-
geously lighted and decorated Pro-Cathe-
dral at Kensington the nucleus ofwhich was
a band Of some thirteen hundred pilgrims
come to receive the blessing of Archbishop
Manning before setting out on their strange
Journey. 4 sermon was preached on the
origin, nature and object of the devotion
Of the Sacred Heart. Two centuries ago,
We are told, Marie Alcoque, sickly num-
in small convent not far from Lyons, be-
came the subject Of many wonderful visions
which were described at length to the faith
full. but of which one Will suffice for US
Once, being before the Altar, Christ APP
peared to her in person in oyerpowering
beauty. He asked for her heart, which she
plucked from her breast and gave Him
He placed it within His own where she saw
it " like an atom consuming in an arden
furnace 1t was then restored to her
glowing hot, and was ever after the seat o
an intense pair, to her, the gage Of the mira
Gle. She was to be henceforth the - we'll
beloved disciple of my Sacred Heart" Ont
sees how the poor girl consoled herself by
these transports, for her bodily agony. Blu
this was the revelation, to gloriiy which
the thousand and one pilgrim. were to pro
coed on the morrow to her shrine at Paray
le-Monial. where they were TO pray fol
the Pope and against Bismarck, and for al
the world. except Ireland, which did no
need their prayers" and to pledge them
selves anew to the devotion of the Sacret
Heart.
1t sounds oddly that the pilgrimage wa
convoyed by Cook q Son, the famous tour
list agents. OF course there were man.
priests and many converts. There wer
numbers Of titled ladies and gentlemen t
add to the eclaf. and, in the rank and file, 1
large proportion Of young men. As sooI
as the train started. devotional exercises be
gan, led by priest, IN each car, every on
being furnished with manual Of prayer
and hymns The reporter Of the Londol
Times saw neither smoking, light reading
nor flirting. Other observers were NOR
critical, but, putting all reports together
it would seem that the general tone wa
highly reyerential. Embarked on the steam
er, amid groans from the bystandcrs, whicI
they returned by cheers, the pilgrims sun:
a hymn which ended thus:
Oh by Thy Heart, Thy Sacred Heart.
Jesus save England, France and Rome
The Magnifcat was chanted As they en-
tered the harbor at Dieppe. In Paris the.
repaired for BenedictiOn to the Jesul
church, where their zeal might be warmed
by a fine lresco of Our Lord appearing t
&" the blessed Margaret Mary Alcoque.
After mass at 80 the next morning, tn
liuMtll~f anu thti- -lNhAh- AANRAs Ntt'i
with a red cross or the shoulder, were car
ried to the train, and with no little Cheerful
scrambling found their places, and then be
gan the round of litanies, prayers an,
hymns The ride, lasting from a. N. til
ten Mt night. had many discomiorts The
engine broke down the food at the sta
tons WAS not enough for English appetites
at times the train moved 50 slowly tina
numbers got out and walked. To these
the effect OF the singing, the same chan
echoing from end to end of the long line o
car. was wonderfully novel and charming
Arrived at last at Paray, a procession wa
quickly formed of supplied priests, an'
iaity carrying luggage, or lighted tapers, o
both. They passed singing through tn
town, met On all sides by cheersot welcome
TO the church, which was one blaze oflight
The services there lasted till after midnight
80 that those whose d" general communion
was set for the next morning, had to 20 t,
sleep without taking the least refreshment
Some slept in the churches, SOM
in the cars. some on boards o.
anywhere. All that night and the mex
day, the Chapel Of the ApparitiOn wa
thronged, and the relics Of the blessed nuI
were wet with English tears and kisses
ROSaries. letters, crosses, portraits, wer,
pressed with passionate ardor upon tn,
glass which covered her bones. 1t was ;
strange scene for Angio-SaxonS Of the nine
tenth century to enact.
In the course Of the morning the grand
climax of the pilgrimage was reached AZ
ter sermon TO the English from one o
their own Bishops,a procession was formed
with an imposing array of titled leaders
and ali possible pomp Of banners, crosses
4 u. Il.
and arranged itself in compact mass be.
fore the Convent of the Apparition. Here
led on by the Bishops, the great concours,
recited ,as with one voice, " The Act of Re
paration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus a
very solemn confession, pledge and inyoca.
ton. Then, in a line, four abreast anC
nearly mile long. they returned. singing
through the town TO the church and theme,
dispensing to the hotels, the chief interes
was over. The return train left at 30 the
next morning The iatigUes Of the HON,
journey, as well as the intense strain ant
excitement OF the other days, were all born,
with the most cheerful patience
1t gives one shudder TO find old super
stitions 50 reviying. One sees, loomin.
through the fog, and not 50 far off, a mod
ern crusade for new Jerusalem ON tn
Tiber, and in the remoter distance. auto
dd le and kindred horrors
Let Us hope that, If History will respoc
herself, she may not do it backward, at leas
in our day. A.
The Norwich Bulletin discussing tn
moral aspects Of the panic, says:
Out Of all this Babylonish hubbub an,
confusion, honest men will emerge nor
highly respected than ever, while specula
tors, deaulters. ana the betrayers OF trust
will be branded a. they deserve Honest
VIII be regarded As a higher virtue. Will
the dishonest ones. no matter how olecantl
they have lived and how much cheap ,hos
and display they lave made. Will receive III
seal which society never fails to set upor
those who live falsely and make show b
robbins and pulling down others.
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