The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-25
THE POPE ELOQUENT AND
PROPHETIC.
A. Wonderful Speech from the Head or the
~ Roman Church.

wonderful Speech from the Head or the
Roman Church.
POPE PIUs TX is an aged man, more
than four-score years Of age. He was
recently waited upon by an interna-
tional deputation, among whom were
representatives from every country in
Europe (except spain) and from the
United States. On this occasion he pro-
nounced the following eloquent dis
course, iii reply to the address presented
by The DUKE DEsCARs; and which was
delivered witha measure Of power and
clearness Of voice that surprised all
hearers, who seemed to feel that "the
sunset of age gave him mystical lore"
and that his utterances were prophetic
of coming events. He said:
When L turn my eyes around the diff
| ferent points of the Catholic world, 1
| find before me everywhere the sad and
dolorous spectacle of immense masses
| OF ruins, caused by the cruel pertidy OF
| the enemies Of the church in the present
1 revolution. 1 see converts and monaS-
| teries which were but lately inhabited
| by virgin spouses Of Christ, now de-
/
/ der to make room for people strange
and profane, and sometimes worse than
| profane. l see the fair riches and DOS
| sessions OF the church made the prey OF
| the deYourers OF to-day, and destined to
| satiate the Unsuitable appetite OF the
revolution.
l see ruins everywhere. / see the
rights of The church trampled on and
outraged, the ecclesiastical hierarchy
interrupted and made useless, because
all are condemned, no matter what
their grade, to pay the most terrible OF
tributes, the tribute Of blood in the
fields Of battle, and the church is I'M
| peded from selecting her own ministers.
| l see liberty OF teaching rendered mo-
nopoly, which every day augments the
| tyrannioal expressions and which is ae-
| companied with error, and sometimes
also blasphemy. see tolerance for
! many crimes and offenses against God,
against morality, and against social or.
der. And very often see judicial sen.
fences, inspired, not by jus tiee, but by
| the evll-born passions which ever domi-
| nate in times disturbed by revolution.
| These and many other things are what
form the great mass Of the ruins of the
church, which scattered here and there
| occupy an immense space.
| While i consider this mournful pic
ture am reminded of the prophet Eek
iel. The prophet was by God transports
ed in the spirit into az vast plain all coy.
cred oyer~with dry bones. And while
be, amazed and astonished, pondered
upon the doleful sight, he heard at his
ear voice from above which spoke to
| him and asked aim: 'sd3 elie4est thou that
these bones can have life ~ The prophet,
bending low, humbly responded: s'.rhou
| only canst do this, o my God. Domtne
| Deus til n0sti." iThen said God oeProph.
esy concerning these bones. Know that
these bones shall live. / will send spirit
into them, and will again cover them
with nerves and tendons and veins and
blood. Flesh shall once more return to
them. Skin shall again ciothe the per.
feet body, and they shall 'live." The
| prophet repeated the words OF God, and
| while he uttered them there commenced
noise and then acommotion, causedtby
| the bones, which sought to rearrange
themselves to form the several budies az
they had been before. Factus est soaitas
| ct ecce consnsotto.
Inc prophecy, my friends, iindicatet
the end of the slavery OF Israeia and tho
return OF the Jewish people TO their'owr
lcountry. Now, I~say that God, 0bserv
ing this present held of waste and ruins
OF which just spoke, sheaped up witt
q spoils OF the Church OF Jesns Y ChEist, oai