New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-01
The Monks ron.

| YGsneva orrespondence of the Cb.jst;s, v,;o,
! December %
! Little Paul Emanuel Hyacinthe ioyson
was baptlsed last Sunday, at the church of
| 81. Germaln, by the hands of his father, in
! the presence OF great assembly, There
was nothing unusual in the order OF services
| except that after the mass. when he had
| laid Oft the embroidered yestments. and
! stood IN the pulpit in plain white robe. h.
! sald: Mes '|eIsS. at the close of the sermon
! shall baptize little chilc. in behalf of
whom invite your especial prayers And
then after the baptism, when the little child
! had not only been baptized, but annointed
on forehead and breast. and signed with
lle sign OF the cross. and touched with
sailva on ears and nostrils, and had received
salt IN the mouth. and a white robe. and a
!iZnted candle. the soul of the father over.
flowed III prayer that was not in the litur.
gv. and which sounded like the son. of
q Aicharias in the Gospel of Luke. Then, as
the 5aptlsina! party moved away 20 the
saeristy, and the great throng slowly dis.
persed. we looked back from the church
dooc and saw the priest and father linger.
ing on his knees upon the steps Of the altar.
rapt in prayer.
Perhaps this rite. administered TO a little
child eight weeks old. mag seem 20 Won an
event of small public interest. l assure
you that The two great parties in thi. great
controversy 30 not find it so. There Is no
subject on which the Ul:ramontanes. in
their spltetui little newspaper. so vent their
rage as on the subject of the monks son.
The common style Of their abuse is such as
to forbid quotation. But their feelings on
the subject OF the baptism OF the little !npO.
cent are expressed in such remarks as this.
tnat ''the apOstate is expecting to baptiz.
the eh.lI OF which he euppOses himself TO
be tine father: but he will not be able to.
Tor he will be ;ripped up with the lliccups."
Another tavorite device of their warfare has
been. any. time for the last six months. 70
annoy the family by teiegraphing to variol
newspapers premature announcements of
the ch!ld's birth. Under those annoyances
Father Hyaclnthe has borne himself
Will; admirable digDity-ordinarily of |
course payias not the slightes attention to
them. but on one OCCASION some three |
months ago. making IL frank public allu-
SION to the subject. lie was speaking Of |
the ancient honor Of the monastic orders, /
anu exclaimed suddenly: eff it shall please
GOD IN his goodness to grant me the gift of /
a son shall! teach him from his early wears
to glory that he IS sprung of tho noble
stock OF the Monks of the West. He shall
be consecrated to their life of holy self.de-
MIA: and the service of his generation in
prayer and solitude. and in bold labor for
fhe reforming of Christ's Church" And
his was the burden of the PRAYER that
lowed from the lips Of the white-robed
,Ilest bending over his own little son:
May he grow up to be priest OF God.
Nay he live to take his part in the work of
ne catholic reformation. For the service
II the purified church may ho live, and in
hat service may he die ~ | wish could
ecall more of the words that thrilled US SO
t that strange scene in the old church.