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

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the favor of the Apos1G ~ Arct@
bishop Of WestminsteI II : q Df.
Manning's Official style osps fhe
most flashed type q eslesatll
century Papal ecclesiz1 - afusadl
just Tow possesses. an - he lea
distinguishing Of his IS texie1ies 4
|ais AasfS g.s@sxE1s serv II. -
and Circumstance Of life Cardinal Mar
ming is a home. In his iituiar church
At Rome, addressing his clergy in Ital-
ian. and the Grove Of bis own country
men, assembled to witness his installa-
lion, In Bngiish; in his pro-csthedrat at
kensington, preaching to d ccnerega-
ton half composed OF heretics, who have
come as much to zee him as to hear
him; at a garden party at Chiswick; at
Exeter Nall, pleading the cause Of total
abstinence with all the fefvof OF an apos-
tie; at the Vatican Bss:lica, swaying the
debates and shaping the debates Of an
Ecumenical Council: at a Bright Ok
ford banquet, in honor Of some acade-
..iic festival, reappearing for brief
hour, as if from another world, on the
stage Of bis early iri.mphs and first
friendships WHEREVER the work which
he has chosen to take in hand may be
in any way advanced, Cardinal Man
ming IS to be found. always saving the
right word and doing the right thing, as
by sort of natural gift and instructive
wisdom.
The position which d.. .aanning ac-
tually holds is, it must be allowed, a
great one. The ircome which il gives
him is less than decent benefce in the
English Church. The head Of the Eo-
man Catholics in England, like the Pope
himself, is in nc small degree indebted
to the "voluntaty principle But the
greatness of his Office stands out in more
conspicuous relief from his baroness OF
this worlds goods. In the old Euro
pean system. which the French Revo-
luton SO completely shattered, Cardi-
nal Of the Holy Ropan Church ranked
with royalty itself. Reyes non sunt,
sed regibus equiparantur, was the rule
which fixed their place. The babita-
ton in which Cardinal Manning dwells
is curiously significant Of the changed
position of the princes Of the Roman
Church at the present day. Archbish-
ops House, Westminster, looks very
like what it was before it passed into
the hands of its present pcssessor. II
is large modern building, In a monde
script style of architecture, standing
alone in desolate piece of ground be-
tween the Vauxhall Bridge road and the
Millbank penitentiary, and was origi-
na!!y built to serve the purposes OF a
Soldiers institute. Near it is one day
to rise. We are told, the long talked, at
Catholic Cathedral. Lothian, however,
has yet to fulfill his mission, and Car
dinal Manning feels that he has more
pressing work to do than the rearing OF
stately fanes ofprayer." A brief visit
to his house will to some extent show
what that work is.
The servant who admits you tells you,
probably, that his Eminence is engag-
ed at that moment; he has some ore
with him, and several other persons are
waiting TO see him. You send up your
card. and patiently wait your turn in a
Spacious chamber. plainly furnished,
upon the white walls OF which hang a
few religious paintings and engravings:
You pass the time in looking at them,
and in turning owe. few costly illus
treted Misrepresentation copies appa-
renily-#hich lie upon the tables. Per
haps YOU venture TO glance. through an
open door to the right, at larger apart
ment beyond, which is, in fact. the chief
reception room. Here, under glas.
case, is the scarlet baretta conferred
upon the Cardinal by pon,i6cal hands,
| Upon The occasion of bis appointment to
the Sacred College. On the other side
of the room, under a canopy, is large
silver crozisr. The minutes slip away:
the visitors who have preceded you
scme CT whom bear a very suspicious
resemblance to ri.ualistic cIergymen OF
ex-clergymen, one by one disappear;
and az last TIE butler tells YOU that souu
turn has come. and that bis Eminet,ce
will now see you. Passing through the
library, you find Yourself In his study
a tranquil, cheerful-looking room-=the
most noticeable decorations of which
are two photographs over TIE mantel-
piece, representing st. Edward the Con.
fessor's shrine In Westminster Abbey
as IT was IN the thirteenth Century. and
ss il Is In the niretsen,h. Here, among
a mass of bccss and papers, Cardinal
Manning sits and works in spite Of per.
petGal interruptions and distractions
getting through mote business In seven
Or eight hc.rs than most men could &C.
comp!ish in sixteen. The Cardinal .
ascetic face. with its keen penetrating
eyes ana sharply cut features, wear:
the stomp Of ingllectnal supremacy
plain living and high thinking are
written upon every line al II. The Ia
bic a, which he is sitting speaks signif
icantv Of the variety cf his occrpaticr
tearing, Is It does, prodt-sheels Of M
article for tie .sia<ieeaia Csai.ry: tts
Ms. Of . paper TO be read at the Catho
lie Academia: notes Of two or three ser
mons % be preached on the nesfSun.
day; Pile Of letters read aad duly en-
dorsed Tor tie guidance Of secretaries
another pile, scarcely less formidable
still to be disposed Of; d ftrnEer Of L.
lin documents. impressed with lie arch
iepiscopal seal. and apparently axsit
ing the srchiepsscopal signature. H,