Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-08-30

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Cssisoiic bishop; his scarlet skull cap and
stockings denoting bis cariinaIitiairank;
and =, he rises 70 greet youw his atten-
sated figure gives yoa - suppression ot
esester tallness than he really posses
ses. He receives you With m anstiid-
ied dignity and hank ;Hu&qess. end n
once leads you to talk Of tie busiisss
which has bscuxlN YEA % es.lfth. His
,atipotes are too nteclous b Sdmit Of lis
levouhe mere 81 0iein thsu Is a6soautA-
Naecessafy = TIE con vsatidnsiphrases
witch "e1t cet the HeSft fsu5d lime"
1he burden which hes 1rda him is
6,deniak ~ sheasts4 Apart -isoma tie
l1hussGn1s als(e 41nefst eeeleslusliesl
interestSA hich hase . wrong cl.scra -pon
his TIME and thotghss. the immediate
cares and responsibilities Of his office
are grave, and touch hin, very closely.
He presides over the poorest religious
community in the world, and the rela-
tons between him and his spiritual
children are surprisingly close and init
mate. Five-sisths Of the Roman Cath
olics in England are Irish, too many Of
whom, sunk in the depths Of poverty and
material wretchedness, look, - with the
wistful helpfessness OF dumb creatures,
to their chief pastor for active sympa.
thy and practical guidance. The Car
dInals indefatisabie personal labors
amorg The poor, his crusade against
their Eesetiing sin Of drunkenness, his
earnest advocacy Of the claims Of the
agricultural labcrer to something more
than d pi,,ance barely sufficient to sus-
tam life, his efforts to improve the So
cial and intellectual position Of the arti-
san, have secured the generous and un-
grudging admiration Of the most cordial
enemies of his church. Cut what Is
less generally known is the work which
he has done for the poor children OF his
flock. The movement associated with
the name Of the Westminster Diocesan
Education Fund" isperhaps the achieve
ment 10 which he locks back with the
greatest satisfaction. Originated by
him ten years ego. IL has soi.e on in
spite Of every obstacle, until, as he will
tell you, of the SO, 900 Roman Catholic
children of London, s-nie 10000 are
now receiving such education as their
church allows. Of the other 1900.
1000 are detained-the word is pro-
nounced with an irtcns:iSr which hates
no doubt that 1t has been adviSedlv
chosen in the district workhouse schools
Of the metropolis, whence il is his un-
ceasing effort to deliver them upon any
pecuniary terms the guardians choose
to fix. And here, possibly, the Cardi-
nal will show you some of the details
OF the work which he has so much al
tsari. He will take YOU into room
where files of correspondence with the
Poor Law Board and with Boards of
Guardians tell their own tale; where
certificates Of births, marriages, and
deaths, and other documents necessary
for establishing the cases he has 10
maintain. are arranged with precision
and order which would not do discredit
to lawyers Office. A reverend sec
rotary is in special charge of this de-
partment Of the DIOCESAN business. In
a neighboring room other secretaries
and clerks are busily engaged. The
Cardinal and the clergy attached to him
live together in plain and simple way,
and on the right Of the entrance hall is
their common room. where they assem-
ole daily for their o'clock dinner. II
is hung around with portraits OF the sue
cess,ve "Vicars-Aposiolic' OF The Lon
don District before the restoration of
the hierarchy" under Cardinal Wise
man: venerable personases who little
thought, one may suppose, ofthe future
which was in store for their descend
ants in this age of universal religious
liberation and theological liberty. Arch
bishops House Is rich in memorials of
more troublesome time. In the pri-
vate chapel is a chest half filed with
cloths dipped in the blood Of the "mar-
tyfs" who suffered under The Eliza
Je.han legislation. Other highly priced
relics Of tits little oratory ere the mitre
and maniple OF st. Thomas A. Beckett,
which stand under glass on the altar,
end autograph letters CT ST. Theresa and
st. Francis de Sales. II Is here that
the Cardina! says his daily mass: after
which he not uutrequertly administers
the Sactar:cnt of Confirmation" to
adult converts"
Such are the surroundings In which
Cardinal Manning finds his present home
different, toto cai6, ffom the scenes
in which TIE earlier years Of h;s career
were spent. It requires an effort OF
something more than memory to figure
to oneself this prince Of the Catholic
Church-who seems the embodiment of
all that is asceiic, hierarchical, and dis
tinctively Rcmsr-as Protestant cler-
. syman. AID yet il is ctilv thirty years
ago that he was vert prominently be-
fore the World in that capacity. The
lines fell to him in pleasant place " bile
he was d benefced sfficer Of the Estab-
lished Church. tavington, With is
cosey rectory and its pretty church jus,
rebuilt BY hints dark hanging woods.
its heathery common and brown copseS,
and the log vale through which the
i. Rc'her glides-could nst have been
lett without many tang. But even
in those days irchdescon Manning was
Of spiri. ecclesiastical very far remov 81
fscm tte traditions Of The Chrtct OF
England selulousls maintained BY bis
clerical neighb6ss. Old Oxford men
tell YOU of the flutes which used t. take
place in the University wien it was
known that he was about 10 come up.
Everybody was Oh his good behavior.
The influence of the born ruler of men
wa. Is strongly fel, in the Oxford Move
meni Is in The Vatican Council.
| Bot IN truth. in The case Of Cardinal
Manning, cne.is more inclined to dwell