New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-05-03

Brethren of St Mary are n new and revised edition
of the Domncans. and allow their orators to be d-
rected by their inner light. TOstudv. to mediate and
TO exhort according 10 the still small voice that
prompts them, are the three great duties they are
bound 10 perform; aud they are warned that they
can best discharge their mission ia remaining what
God has made them. Their libraries are richly
furnished with classic and theological works. and
they the short dress of the unattached priest
In point of activity and missionary zeal they the
rivals of the Jesults, and preachers they are
much more successful. Father Gay is a physician
of souls unbalanced by the cares of life and tenn
pestuous passions. His call Is TO bring consolation
to the desParlng ana the br0ken-hearted. There is
In the man magnetic power which soOthes rri-
tated nerves. and acts like oil on troubled waters
N0tre Dame DIES VICTORIES belongs 10 the Jesuits
who are not disposed to hoist the members of other
orders upon pedestaIs. If Father Gay did not draw
"a congregation which pOurs gifts before the shrine
they would not allow HIM To preach IN the most
famous Lady Chapel in this part of the world. As
Moses had power To draw water from the rock SO
he mas power to draw tears from the eyes of har-
dened sinners. AT the close of each sermon he
celves pentents in the sacrlsty. They come to
open their souls to him, and TO submit cases OF con-
science but are not allowed to confess
The Able Roche is the favorite preacher Of Queen
Isabella. Her Majesty appreciates manly beauty
which may be Of the reasons why she never
misses hearing HIM in Lent or Advent. Before he
was given the care of St. Pierre de Chaillot where
he delivered his Lent sermons. be was professor Of
theology at the SOrbonne, where the Abb6 LoysOn
Hyaclnthes brother. succeeded him. In 1865 aud
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u preach on the miraculous virtues OF the relics Of
the Patroness of Paris. She had well nigh fallen
into oblivion. The Winter of the siege she was
tervently venerated by the Partisan women. Her
shrine suddenly grew wealthy. General ITOchu as
Governor of the beseiged capital, made a pilgrimage
10 it. Abbe Roche Is endowed with lively imagi-
nation and "A fluent delivery. His father was
divinity student at the Irish College when he fell
I'm love with a PrOvencal girl Of humble birth. To
marry her he threw aside the frock ana renowned
Theology. Queen Isabella engaged the preacher at
1t. Pierre de ChallOt 70 catechiZe her and the
three younger nfantas, and 20 prepare them for first
communion, which was administered TO them at
Rome by Pope PIus TX. Her gifts TO his altar are
magnificent The eloquent Able Is a man of I'M
bounded generosity: Money burns holes in Lis
pockets. In society he Is An agreeable man Of the
world With intimate friends lac Is a diyertlng
companion and "A mine Of funny anecdotes.
The Gambetta of the pulpit-Abbe Brettes-
preached twice week IN Lent at 81. Nicolas DIES
Champs, and once a week in the eccentric faubourg
of Clgnancourt, which is il his parish. am told
he is a distant relative OF the eloquent Deputy of
Bellevle, to whom in mind, speech and physique
he bears a family likeness. OF the two think be
has more power than the tribune. The head Is
lcOnlue, tue eye literally bazcs and mass Of Jupl-
terrain hair in which there is not a silver thread,
beto1ens constitution of rare vigor. Able lIubin
is petit mdire-clever, ingenious and alone in his
kind. lie is the darling of the Chauss6e dAntn;
and as the gilded youth of Paris vote him ellie
preacher, his church Is well attended by the venal
beauties of the hemisphere. Able Huvelln is one of
the few Jansenlsts IN Holy Orders. / never hear
him that do not feel am IN the presence Of good
and great man. MonslgnOr DarboY admired and
encouraged him. The actual Archbishop Of Paris
suspects him Of heretical independence and IN
sound doctrine. lie lectures every sunday morn
ing IN the crypt of St. Augustine church history.
Port Royal is 90 him what Mecca is TO tie good
Mahometan. His library is stored with the writ
inps Of the Port Royalsts and his private ora
tory filled with copies Of their portraits by Eus-
tache Leseur. In Lent he also ectured to young men
at the same place az hai-pJst in the morning, and
at In the afternoon 10 "A mixed congregation.
The late NJ. de Sacy endeavOred to bring him into
direct relations with the Imperial Court; but his
repuxnaucs 20 BOnapaTtsm too strong 70 be
slrrnOunted, so he never went TO the luIlerlcs.
Sante Beuve was his literary Gamaliel Abb6
Huvelin IL one OF the first Hellensts of his time.
His dictlOn is chaste and feicItOus and his manner,
though his life Is ausicre, Is full OF penetrating