, 1880-08-01


FoECEAENT OF THE DECKEEs.
Richard /. hlttny's Letter III the Vor.d-
PARIS, July 9.-The late burglarious entry
into the house Of the Jesuits in the Rue de
Sevres at Paris by the Government Of France
gives peculiar interest to 4 study of that
house lately published. AS everybody
knows, the French Government, reylVing an
old and obsolete decree against the Jesuits
and other Catholic bodies, lately turned the
Jesuits out Of their establishments through
out France. The Jesuits had previously re-
ceiyed d three months notice to quit, and, AS
they one and all declined to act upon it, the
Government sent the police and in some cases
the soldiers to enforce the notice. The rev.
erend fathers everywhere behaved precisely
i'll the same nlanner-that is to say, they Of
fered no active resistance, but very strong
and determined passive one. They declined
to move on the summons of the policeman,
alleging that his order was illegal, and they
required him to collar them before they con-
sented to stir. In this way the Jesuit estab-
lishments, those at least Of the non-teaching
kind, throughout France we're enptied. The
establishment III the Rue de Seyres, which is
the subject Of the following sketch, is one Of
the best known III France:
| rang the bell of the door Of the house of
the Jesuits, situated at IS Rue tie Sevres. In
the porter,S;, lodge l saw two eoadjutor
They llud youthful faces and hairless ,cllins.
| asked TO- see Father ": One OF them
hat tie father was ut home. / went M TIC
9rnat a I Staircase WHERE I saw nortr:,its in oii
IF ali The Generals OF tie order from st.
Ignatius to Father ltootllaan. The common
characteristic OF their faces; is regard
rather human tilan ascetic, a layman,s luok.
Ninglcu with these were eligriyings repre-
sentlng the MARTYRS OF tie Order and the
amfhnrs nf MANY fnmnus books. IN the
rio riGor. % fyum the i,sl windows OF Of wl.ich ] one one
rnmld sas ma rnrra,t;nn vo,,l tIa rnfectorx
efc Ther,. 0 was .avnrvwhnr ''e nn,fonn
Silence uiid d good deal Of liaht Tie raw
whiteness of The wuIjs fatj.iteI- the eve
oi passe fra
time to timoswith their cyes cast down. gIi.l-
in" aionr noisriasiv IN iist.snipd sl,oas 77Tho
gallery IS borlereI with row of doors on
each Of which there is a small. card contain
"At the refectory,:' "Witll the Superior"
:s(;one OUT "in the conyersatioli-room.
=" Return soon" 4 little iyorv Index marker
can be made to show Which phrase is 10 he
read at tie moment. In every chamber you
III a recess near the door. There is also =
i,rancll Of ualIn. Still the pIace dos not look
Ee a crlie Tile .|rs1lit is of the regular
..jerey. and not nionE. The room IS say.
thanks to the large window. but it is tie
terest in The furniture. lie Jesuit father.
nrnnarIy s,aakinr, owns nothing bmt his
breviary, a Companion which leaves l,ipl only
at lis death. The door was half open; I
lie was plunged in n profound meditation.
This ecstasy has nothing in o1nnlon with
our concentrations Of Thought.
The Jesuit's hour Of rising is 4 O'Clock.
Voitaire said. Iow eau YOU struggle with
Inc )" 4 brother enters the chamber at that
hnur. IIe iiuhts tie candle and saws Ben,-
dicamus Domino" and the Jesuit awakes
with the reply, "Deo gratias." The Jesuit
hus no domestic. lie makes his own bed.
dimes at midday and goes to led at q, One
tioyis exactly like the Other. At ii :45 lie
makes particular examination Of his con-
silence. Era1,kiin dill the. samp. Very often
lis lis NOTEBOOK notes. with Ills at at the ~ end Of the he
week he can read the agitations of the soul
inst as With the phiiiogr1uh. Which marks the
bnats of the nnIsp an. m. stn,Iv fj1a mnve.
mems Of 4 fever" THE father whom I Ind
eome to see s. asked his superior the proyia.
dine. The superior. Father Mouret, is tail
and ahnnt IS wears nld ia las Il faca WITH
ont any particular EXPRESSION and strong
" marked cheeI, bollrs. Ills astonishing
trl1nnn shows the ffrHtiE {1f: his mind. III
SErrt. It is q con1nnnulacc fr1ut of a honse
shrrrir, Suddenly t,1it perceiyes .throuwh
soma vintlnw a snl,ndid chamlnr. The
fnther ilai come to see said: st Let me now
"a down stairs and brush nv shoes" Each
father brushes lis own shoes The reddish
heel of the iIIustriuus Father de i{avielan.
1T a time Wien nil the front .of his shoe was
Of a fine brilliant black. used to very mich
astonish the high personnSes and the great
ladies who Went to see him, The fact IS the
fathers clean their shoes without taking them
OF. and the great preacher was not Supple
enoueh 10 black lis own heels. The pi,lv
favor which even Father dc Rayienan OBJ
tanned was that the Pope gave him Iho right
Of the seal. He was allowed to receive and
send letters unopened. The rule is that all
letters coming shall be opened and al! lettcrs
sent away shall be sealed by the Superior, In
nassiny ont Of the house nv Friend asked one
Of the brothers III the porter's lodge for IS
centines m Tie Jesuit never has aiiy money
of his own, Ouce no father was allowed to
20 out without his companion the .:Socius.'
TO be q Jesuit you must have the three
great ss.-scfentiu. 8uuitus. snnctins.-
Science. health. and holiness. st. Ignarius
ureferred tU take Young men at the nce Of
IS. Those .fuIl-yrovn men who suddenly
throw themselves into the arms of the Lord
because thew have a horror OF doubt 60 to
fhe Order of La Trapue. while those who
nave been drowned. rs Il were. in hnmon
nnssions ro tn Charterrnses do Saint Rr,,nn
The novice. althoueh lie NAV be, like twenty