, 1874-09-30

taku this BaMo pilgrimage Tho nEea Of
filth unharpity Lad pasnca by, and ths was n
material ago, bnt It sYas whom tho Church sraB
opnroaaat, an now, TINT tho Church aroro In its
might. It wns ;thon' tha: tho Catholics should
Joy in confosoing their faith to tho whole Tor'.
Tho spenltor etasod TINT ho wan tho first who
undertook to 80 OIL TITO pilgrimage, Boycccnsly
called to tho EpHcopacy llo folt tllnt tho grace
obtalncl In vis+ to tho aaorcl sllrlnca of tho
older hemisphere would help n tho now duties
to which ho lad boen catlod. an Ills ltfo o had
}ongod to eco tho Eroat ppntsff. Plus Tho Ninth,
70 Broat IN oyery respect. IT was Tho duty Of
oyery Catholio b!shup to nanho tho pilgrimage
once oycry ton yoars. There was no 1locosaity
for Linn G seGfkN e os " P o 5Ss9ea anoa py
companad ttem III soyoral gtcamors, and showed
tho ,iYarlncat enthusiasm for tho wofaro Of tho
pi8rima but II was oasy to SEQ TINT tha feoling
arose FROM q deep sonso OF devotion to rlua Tho
Ninth.
Tho first fow days Of tho voyage woro vory.trs-
Ing to all Of tho pilgrims: Tho Hea rolled tam
postuotlsy. anu tor two dayu every QUO atlfrerod.
Hau,e ps1,ora Ind called thom jolly aet Of pill
Elms yet II thoy Ind aoen t4ora II their suffer
It wns with Joy, however, that during tho voyage
oil anticipated tho plcasuro Of Heoing tho Pope;
Of worstip'ng at Lonydos, and Of vIowing the
sacrea shsineB which II WIS their object to visit.
On Tho ship oil trod to lend tho iifo Of tho trno
ttonnl exercises. They had. rs It wore, a spirit
ual nsston--a rotroat-pn board ship. II was
oasy 10 remember thnt they wero oil travelling
to IN ctornal homo, and, surrounded with tho
tho mystery Of tho cctcrnity. Tho voSago wns
moi without Its troubles, among which was tho
fact that, though tho agent Of tho atcamal,ip
company had promised to let thom llayo
: cabta "a themselves, tho CAPTAIN Of
he had rgcoivod no instructions to thnt effect.
Thoro woro other 1lttlo dillcultos, hut thoy woro
to 10 expected Tor pilgrimage was not to bo
Looked a. as journey Of pleasure.
On their arrival at France tho troublea con-
tinucd, tho party boing so broken 1T, by gning to
dlffcront hutelH that further church services
were impossible. In Paris tho pigrimu Ind ti,o
unapcaRablo pleaauro Of receiving tito COM
munion from tho Archbishop of TariH. After
Lour1es. Of ali losr aanctaarEos tno most % won n
dorfut undoubtedly Waa that Lonrlcs, which wns
ono Of tho most beautiful spots in tho univorso.
u WAS thoro tint, twenty yoara ago tho Blcsscd
Virgin appeared to q poor shepherd giri,, whore
noulously to spring and run forth Us thoy con-
tluuo to do to tho presont day. Upon that rock
church Ind beon built, which wap filled with
momcntocs of mir aclcb, each nttoatctl wth tatcs,
psohDns pts HnsF' any yA' ono 1!a am asf u Frss p
religious imposition. A ro@ard Of TO-
GOO frauca was also offered for tho dis
coye1y OF any fraud in connection With tho
miraculous spring, but aH yot 1t remained TILL
clrneh.
Spoaking Of tho wonderful curative powors Of
tho water Of this spring, tho locturor stated that
whlle tho pilgrims wore IN LourdeR Boston Indy,
sick nearly unto death. .was carried to the wators.
mud recovered her strength. in ono day. Tho
place WAS inyestcd with peculiar interest by tho
arrival Of tho American pilgrims. Dcsido them
tlloro woro 1000 pilgrims thero from Mpi. THO
Americans rolnaipcd there for threo daya,
which Yero spent in devotional oxer-
slsoa, !, and ~lcn tho t., tine camo to
at loaylng d spot halowed With euch aacrod
nsHociatlons.
After 4 tedious Journey tho pilgrima reached
&nrselloH. Tho lecturer natlo q brief depression
hero In order 10 mako record Of tho fact that
stood very far behind. both In tho matter OF
rnpility aud comfort Of transit. At Clyita
fecchia tho party was mot by tho Bishop OF tho
place. Tloy arrived at Rome On q Moidav, on
tho day Of tho constitution OF tho Catholic
rooplo thoro fntoudod to mako q riot, but
tho Government Ind 1na3e preparations ngninst
Hueh an emergency. Already in New York tho
Pope had sent tho pilgrims l4iis blessing, aud as
soon ns they ; !anded in France another bieHsng
On tho day after. arriving Mt Rou1o tho pill
ErimB woro admitted to IN audience With Ills
Holiness tho Pope. ALL had heard Of tho virtuog
Of tho ropo, Of how good, bow kind, how bonig-
aud tho faco 10 tult Of goo1nesa.--but all they
had heard was far short OF the reality. Thero
was no 1aubt that ho wae t4c dcgccndcnt
Ct q. Peter, The rock upon which
Christ Las built his Church, tho centro Of tho
Him looked IN truth upon st. potor himSelf.
The pilgrimage, as public expression Of faith,
and i protest asainat tho infldel governments OF
Europe, was we'll understood. It waB Will, fccl-
ings Of joy That thoy tlrst bclcld tho good aud
mighty pontiT.
It hnd boen atntcd at tho time tint tho Pope
was about to dio, but tho speaker never saw d
man Of 81 yca1a 80 strong Of body
and bright ,of intellect ~ Plus tic
Ninth. He could say that Ills Holiness m!ud
face waa as tut of animation rs faca could
well bo. aud it took good pedestrian to keep up
with him as lie walked brisk1y nlong ut tho ratio
OF aboas three miles nh laoar. True, his bhonia-
crn wero little bent perliapB,- ,-lhoy could hard
u 10 otherwise in q 1uau wAo had suffered as no
llad.-but there was 10 such decay, mental or
physical. as might be- expected in 1nnn Of his
yoara md experience. II oyor tharo WIS .
naaYonly countonanco upon Garth, IT waa
that of Illus tho Ninth,-so full OF
foclipg confidence il him AZ tho Hcad Of tho
uoIy Church.
Tho spealser introduced tho pilgrims, I'D,
dressing His Holiness in Latin prcferring that
4HutuAEa u JUG WlLE WHICH A0 WhH HQGEANHlHtoG.
Ills Holiness did not fail to say tl4at no piigrin,-
ago before had ever caused lin auch dccp
pleasure rs this. lfo ma1o uHo to the lecturer
Of tho following words: ~ an iu no couatry
moro at lome than in tho United States, for
tlloyo my edicta aro not tampercd with, my
lberty Is not broken"
Ho invited tho pilgrims to asain whit him
Thursday. III tho. meantime slloy visited tho
sacred sArines Tor which Rome WIS 80 Waesaoza-
bio. Thursday tho Holy Father offered Vi,
n1aAa for thoul, aud gayo tho Communion to 400
Americans. For noarIy two hours, tho Holy
pontin prayed for Amsrica-for bia children
hero in tho United States. Thefo was
no timo to describe Rolno, 30 famous for
its venerable antiquities. II was with
toolings OF tho doopost yenoraton that tho
Pilgrims ylsitod tho tonlba of tho martyrs. Tho
yory stones preached the doctrines Of tho Church.
It WAS indeed q great joy for tho Catholic Of the
ntnntceuth century to worship III tho sa!ac gpot
whore prayed tic u.oml4ors Of tho Church Of tho
SECOND ccutury,-to visit theao monuments OF
faltE.-tq visit tho 1naligor in which Jesus lay
whom 10 WAS born, noe tho wood on which
Ho offered up his blood for us.-to goo tho in
Bts7lmcnts Of His paaslon,-to cntor tho Coliseum
wlero tho sand tlowotl with tho blooa Of thon-
sands ana thousands Of GhriHtau martyrs. It WAS
not permitted to Catholics to wolHhfp here
longer. Tho placo WIS given over to tne foot Ut
tho b!nBpAemot.
Tho state OF Homo to-day was q sad ono. Tho
country was bankrupt. Al! that helongol to tho
Church aud religious co1tnutlttlaa waa gono.
Tho PopoA poAsoaalons, which 4o A1d 1ald for