, 1880-01-11

iays, It not in forllul service, nj least III tlle
sustained elevation Of daily life aud feeling.
Who're tlie trnnsition Is slnrr and decisive, II
being sMlotherrd III tho sarrc.t robes Of q lifc-
less fOrnl. Let ,ls not nuke our religions |
calendar faster than tho light Of the Church |
life Gun lrrallinte md vitnlxe tho tays. And |
tho conservation Of tI1nc, lrt It be l.enrtI!y,
belicsingly, faithfully kent, for 1t IL letter
not to vow tlnn 10 vow nnu not 10 perform.
ree7. no,re
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srEcniEN OF ~ rAi'isit 1ns 1a.iEsr IN TIE
czAns DOMINION
Dtmitrl saacnow IL the Pope Of n Parish, In
tic DIOCESE Of Pnn!oslav,--a largc ,mr!sil,
angling over len niles IN every direction
10y 49, an,, ,,,t.,,ra,i,, ,,oS1r
side tn It ect no rents from their broad acres,
and 1.-Two by. farming their lamls us they can
tlcm from occhsloha''S h'aklns nahasomo
presents OF jewclry to deck tic hinges Of
sa1nts In their church, for they are sllpcrst1-
tious, and If Dlmttrl chose to work upon
thelr i,afs ny preacniI'e 10 tl'em whcn they
were tlpsy hc might e%traet bigger 'o,la-
t!ons than he does. Dnt Dlmltri Is MI ,trbc
be'evs.. ose wfstss n'er sav1ts
aa, ".'o . .v"N ~ ,,., "u1 ...o 9 I....
Simply because no WIS INC son OF rope,
0sld because tl'o Arctln'nndrlte OF I'a't!osl.Y
rnlion of succec,llug his father which.
ti,S,,,,,l, mt ort,,ni1v ht,I,n, In ln,v
."o"h Will 4."s sn H., ".' nna;,r, c",s a,, t t."t
= & ao 80 ny, oy Gus custom 70 , some say 'lat
into tito Nlhlist set, and used to subscribe to
t,,o 1,o,i- cl,, whist, nlonilnot5n,iv nroc,,rnJ
to nnk rin fro p'oc'Sa
o wlr tSs e Ind ,ld t"rnc s S M
rtucer. he rot Into somo trouble with tho nu-
thnrittca' nnd vas rrtucstcI tn tnto lila
ehoIco es'i' between @ " expulsion md ordination.
Expulsion from college wou1d llayo meant
enrolment In tho army anu compulsory sery-
-&,lTSfba hi twniyts !. ycnra !. s,nrD;m,trI.,
gnasning MS tselt'' consehlesl 10 aoanaon tho
! scientific studies wllcl, he loved and to de-
vote his mimi to mastering the ahsurtlislcs of
Russian theology. Twas n heavy fall for
.. sou, wv %t aa" .''vl's .v ~. 'su st."E n.e.
truth; put worse was yet to come. Dlmitri
was In love, and, In submitting to ordination,
he begged hard Of his Archinandrite TINT l,e
,s" ,"s.. =" y, n,s,,a ','.,,a tt ,.. y. '.s
heal'. An t'.ss'a' noweye', ., -, ~ l's Always
been sought 10 make nt tl!c white or secl'l"r
hy Compelling tho children of the
I'opcs to imlerinarry. So tiiu Arrl,I,nanlri;e
| told Dimitri that MI old Pope Ind lust
tliGtl In the diocese, leaving tllrcD daughters
unproyi,ed for, an that il w0ultl b. scctnjy
OH his part to make his selection from among
these ll,rGe l,,altlens, Dimtri, iu Ills lesl,ult,
| chose thu ugltcst and most crOss-teu,1crctl,
liz Ind no opt!o,l about marrying or ra!nalli
Ing single, for Pope Is bound to marry; md
we VI yes WHc sc ies he ,ay ~ 1S ot narTy 'a 1,.s
a second time, but must resfkl, Ills cure and
become n monE,-n hopeless monk. Too: fnr.
nithuugh ajl the die1iitnries Of Tia Churrl,
orc CHOSEN from AMONG fhe black or reHular
clergy. It II only tllo cejlhote monks win can
aspIre 10 ionnrs. x wiiowcr ilns simp1y To
swintjltng by seiin. sia,1t relax to sinnlc. T II.
tons-at least il Go wants to i've colmfnrta.
bly. THUS. on tic wilolc, Dlr,ilrj Sntiemow
seftlcd into clerical iifN viii n ,nfssrnhie
prospect. 1Io iIid not love lis nrofessn,,' % liz
VITA. ar his ilishnD: int IN n,,t fnn t,,,n ~. "
pojnl uuon it, he Would hayo conss,,r.l nii