The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-09-10

name to be sanctincd. You know what Is suit
able for us. and II You wish 1t to be 1t will be
without my wishing or desiring IL whether Your
Kingdom comes or not. Is to me Indifferent.
Neither do ask that Your will be done on Earth
as 1t is done in Heaven. 1t will be done in spite
OF my wishes. and 1t is for me to be resigned.
Give us all our daily bread. which Is Your
grace. or do not give it l neither desire to have
1t or TO be deprived Of 1t. so. II You pardon my
sins. as / have pardoned those who have
wronged me- so much the better. II. on the
othor hand. You punish me BY damnation. still
so much the better. since such Ia Your will.
Finally. my God, am too entirely abandoned
~ Your will to ask You to deliver me from
temptation and from evil"
The first attack made upon Molinos by the
Jesuits was unsuccessful for nm examination
OF his books by the Inousition in 1882 resulted
in formal approval of them and in a condcm-
nation Of the books written by his Jesuit OPP
ponent. Three years afterward. however.
through the powerful influence Of Louis XIV.
whose confessor. Pere In Chaise was q member
OF thcir order the Jesuits obtained "A new order
for the arrest of Molinos. He was accordingly
sent to the prisons Of the Inquisition. and in
conformity with the usage Of that institution,
all his papers were seized to be searched for
evidence that would compromise him. and all
expenses of his confinement and trial. Before
the Inauistion had laid hands upon him. and
while tho struggle was simply between
the Quietists and the Jesuits. Molinos
had troops of powerful and outspoken friends;
but when 1t was known that he had fallen into
the grasp OF the Dominican octopus. few men
felt bold enough TO speak or write with free
dom about him. Tho forces arrayed against
him were formidable. and merciless as the
grave. On the other hand the Queen OF Swe-
don did not shrink from continuing her pro-
lection to him after his arrest. and the Arch
bishop OF Seville exerted all his influence to
sustain him. The Pope. too, innocent NJ. was
known to DO friendly to Molinos. but he was 20
years Of aee. quite infirm. saw very few people.
and was apparently indisposed to make great
sacrifices to save Molinos.' while II is doubtful
whether any he could have made would have
been effective.
After being put to the torture and subjected
was brought to trial. and condemned rs dog
matte hereto to close Imprisonment for life.
OF Molnos afterward nothing isknown except
istence in the little cell in the dungeons Of the
Holy oftiee in which he had been immured,
teh 10th Year Of his age. Ills friend. Pope In;
nocent NJ, had died sever, years, before. and
who for a time had divided Church and State,
and counted his adherents by the thousands in
every part Of Catholic Christendom.
Mr. Bigelow attaches no credit to the allega-
tions Of lewd conduct brought agains Molinos
on his trial. but believes him to have been a
pure and thoroughly pious man. He was
something more than visionary and IA mystic
he was reformer. Mr.. Bigelow considers
the discussions which he provoked and the
doctrines To which he became martyr I'm.
portant contributions to the depacanizati9n Of
snd not ia Intermediates for light and grace
Moiinos was in advance Of his Church. and it
gave him throngs Of followers. But many per-
sons will conclude with the author Of this
such light and grace to the duties OF life, he
was guilty of rolling up his talent in a napkin
and that his effort to avoid tho struggle which
is mau's inevitable lot ON earth was not so much
proof OF virtue as m act Of cowardice.