The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-02-17

seat aud compose himself q while. A few
minu tes after, he returned to his post, accom-
&psuied by two Cardinals, nnd when the last
name had been uttered, that name was bis, for
: athe thirty.seventh time, whom the college, "a
one man, rose up and, with one voice, acclaim
= ed him the sucoessor of Peter. Sinking to
4 his kness, and with head bent in ailent CON-
munion with his God, bis brothers ask him
whether he accepts the trust Raising to Hea-
ven eyes brimful of tears, he finds DO answer
! but the aspiration of the prayer which his
Master has taught to all " Thy will be donei ~
They ask him by what name he 10 thenceforth
perhaps. he declares his chosen name to DO Plus
the Ninth. Plus the Einthi Nomen ct emen
ia name which, linking him with Pius the
Seventh, threatened more than the fierce out
srages of q Napoleon BonapRrte enlsrging into
THE lawless spoliations of q Victor Emmanuel.
An omen sadly prophetic of the more than NOR.
4 tai sutferings of the predecessor, unmutmur.
aiugiy oourted and borne by the sucoessor
Fierce and repeated assaults onthe suthori-
4ty of his predecessors, and on the sanotites of
the church, had sent into exile or into the
dungeons OF the States more than eight hun
3dred political offenders. On the 10th of July,
lex eotiy one month after his elevation, o pouti-
tioisl brief wac plsoarded on the wails of every
day. In The gloom of the evening few way.
farers attempted to read the proclaim ation.
5L1tghted tapeEs were brought, atook on the
walls, and thousand. then five Thousand, ten
twedty years Of t&fbulenoes, iueurreotiors and
sconspracies. Then took place one Of the
4most extraordinary scenes ever exhibited by
the mobile caprioes of the populsoe. From
5every quarter Of Rome-from the slopes Of the
!Averti no to the hovels of the TrRnste verino--
more than one hundred tbons and Romans, in
wild delirium, pressed up the scolivities of the
Monte -Csvallo, and thrice, in that memorable
might, their huZzss called out the tender and
loving hearted man with his benediotions, and
thrice their lusty throats hailed him. then
and truly: as the "FAther of his people"
The doings of such q mnp, who, by decree of
|provdence, seems to have received special
u nission to which every gentle affection, every
unswervIngly applied, must I'LL q large eHd re.
spG ctful place iu the history of the Bge, with.
out the narrower considerations of opinioDsE
and creeds. To tho better informed, or Iess
pref udiced, he must be the perfect ex preston
of choice individuality, apart from rhes
schemes of petty rollers and the pettineBs of
auman policies In the franc work of that
age, however it may be shaped, the apostolateS
OF Pins the Ninth fills up the space of halEll
century of the most stirring events OF earth
TO be judged in the hereafter of mans time
before Judge. from the decisions Of whose
only supreme decision there is no evasion nor
appeal In that framework. with the cOnfes-
sions Of the present and with the ratifoationt
of posterity, he will stand as the great organ.
century. He will stand as the inexhaustibly
loving father of his 1ock, yet the uny ieldinRt
maintaiper of the truth as laid down in bie7
SyllAbue, which is but a vindicator of sounder
soienoe and asserter OF pursr morals. II
shorter words, no will stand in that frsmo
work as loving, pure and wise Pontif,
adorned quite ss much by the tiara as he wSs
honored by the triple crown, his riHhtful due
of fidelity TO bis Master, greatness Of Eoul Ano
reverence of his children.
Through ell these well.eSrned end Dobly
earned titles, the body of the Church will
henceforth admire in him the steady and On
daupted championship of her faith, aud the
Intensified RIories of her hierarchy. BY
longevity OF a Pontifio ate which has made
by the auspicious prolonRatIon of his fruitfuI
old age apd by the serenity of his invino bic
trust i'll God, she balls him as q revered
patriarch. A Prophet, she halls bim for his
foresight of the spiritual requirements Of her
future and for the foretelIDg of catAstro.
phies now coming forth out of the current
events of the day. Shepherd, she halls HIM
for those inexhauEtibie honilieB, breathing
with Loving kindness, which, day by da y, from
the inspirSJions of the Vatican, he sent ont to
his worldwide 1Ocks, to comfort, encourage
guide and sustain them. An Apostle, she
nails him, in linesl descendency, for the sp
pliAnceS of resourcefnl and multiplied ZEAL
which, in little moro than thirty years, from
the centres of civilization to the heart of bar
barism, instituted, with several apostolic vi
oRrships, more than one hundred biShopricS
Extending, by one-eighth, the area of their L.
borS in tine dissemination of the truths Of her
faith. A Confessor, abe halls him by right of
thoAe usteranoes of divine effect, which nc
human words could silence, aud which, from
the Vatican, as from q Mount ThSboF, gave
out to the Catholic world an earthly tsAnSfG
nrStion Of eternal truth. A Doctor, who,
with the assistance of the most enligbtened
Bishops of the Church, sitting in two Gsu.
menic Counoiis, determined, and bindinRiy
declared into dogma, two of the original be
liefs of the Church. A Martyr, she halls him,
for the glorious privilege of the persscutione
which sAnoti6ed bis POnti6cate into q living
Goth which, with tbs
betrayals OF an imperial PLATE and the buffs,S
lof royal uDderlinRs, sent him, thankfully audI
.exuIEipg pgly, to the Via Crucis of his Mssteg, 70
those rewards that are found only in the treas
luries of divine Justice.
And, now, his work of duty and lCVs done,
on earth, those who loved and revered him feeiI