National Republican., 1883-11-08
THE GALLO PERE
Reception at Rev. Dr.. BartletPs in Honor Of
the Great French ReiOrmer,
Brilliant Exposition Of the Distinguished
Preates Views,
He Gives Graphic Account Of The Progress Of His
Reform and the Success II Has Met.
Christian Unity, Not Uniformity, tho OBJ
Ject to be Attained.

The reception given by Rev. Dr. and Mrs
Bartlett in honor of Pere Hyacinthe at their
residence, No. HOO X street. yesterday
evening, was attended by brilliant COM
pany. The most prominent of tho clergy of
the district, with few exceptions were pres
ent judges of the supreme court of the
United States and distinguished ladies and
gentlemen In official and private circles
graced the occasion, which was very notable
one DIR. and Mrs. Bartlett received, present.
ing tho guests to Pere Hyacnthe and Mme
Loyson, who were attended by Madame's
son, Mr. Merriman and wife, and by Paul,
the only child of the distinguished
Gallic Catholic, Pere Hyacinthe docs not
converse in English, but most of the
guests were fluent speakers of French, and
the conversation did not lag for want OF
words. The names of tho guests and their
host and hostess are guarantees there was no
lack of ideas. Those ideas were conveyed
not only in French and English, but also in
Latin and Hebrew, and had Charles Francis
Adams been present ho would have recanted
his famous dictum that there are not dozen
persons in the country able to talk Greek.
A pleasant surprise to most Of the guests
was an address by Father Hyacinthe Tho
massive, strongly marked face of the eloquent
speaker was lit up with the glow of earnest
conviction, the powerful, short frame was
animated with the abundant French gestures,
as he poured forth to his breathlessly atten-
tive audience the views he had MS a reformed
Catholic. Though he protests, he says, he is
not Protestant, nor is he Roman Catholic
he Is Catholic reformed. He spoke of the
two tremendous shocks sustained by the
Catholic church--the reformation and the
French revolution-and of the wonderful
unity which had enabled tho church to sur
vive them.
On the errors of the church he said he
would not dwell; they were too familiar to n
gathering of intelligent Protestants, but at
some length he spoke of the difference be-
tween Cath!ioism and the papacy. II II were in
his power, he said, at one blow to sweep away
the papal hierarchy, not for one instant would
no hesitate to do it, and Mt the moment he
looked quite capable of doing it. But his
fiery energy softened into tenderness as he
spoke of the wide gulf in the Catholic church
between the altar. and the freside. The
strength of the Anglo-Saxon race that which
gave them power and permanence wherever
they established themselves, in Australia, in
the United States, in Canada, was the family,
the holiness of the family relation, the Bible
in the home.
He alluded to the fullness and completeness
of his own life as a priest, u husband, and q
father, and very gracefully to the beautiful
Christian homo of DR.. and Mrs. Bartlett. In
wonderful burst of eloquence he closed by
quoting and explaining the prophecy OF st.
Joachim of Florence, who prophesied i'll the
pWelltH century, Inc Wnrlu Will see UUTee
churches, St. Peters, st. PauTs, and st.
Johns tho church of authority, the church
of faith and works, and the grand universal,
truly Catholic church of love, uniting all
IS hearts on that great common basis, lifting
thSm up through love Of one another to that
higher plane where love to God is supreme.
This slight sketch gives but a faint idea OF
the torrent Of burning eloquenee that swept
his audience along with him in its resistless
How. There were many intellectual gray
heads around him, many scholarly clergy
men of the Presbyterian and other churches
as well as mon in other learned professions,
and there wero but few unable to talk with
the father in his own tongue. But as there
were present n few unaccustomed to follow q
speaker in French DIR. Bartlett and Judge
Bradley gave few of the salient points in
English, and were followed by DIR. Gallaudet,
who translated the concluding passages of
graceful French into equally graceful Eng
lish.
DR.. Bartlett spoke in few words of his
warm sympathy with the orator, and then all
of the guests had the pleasure of speaking to
the distinguished foreigner, who was instantly
transformed from the impassioned orator into
the facile and agreeable Frenchman, ready
with his expressions of delight ut the belle
reunion, his complimentsto to the perfect French
of those who addressed him in his own Ian
guage, and with all the pleasant little
speeches which showed mis- knowledge of how
to reach people. But even in private con-
versation his intense and vital interest in the
great purpose of his life was constantly com.
ing out.
Nine. Loyson, tall and graceful, dressed in
flowing black, received much attention, as
did the pretty, bright little Paul, a boy of 10
who, his father proudly assures you, speaks
English" Father Hyacinthe is delighted
with Washington, and proposes to visit il
again before he returns to Europe He
seemed rs much pleased to meet DIR. Bart.
latt'g ne thnv tn havn hp
tunity of seeing and hearing the man whose
name is as much u household word in this
country as in his own.
Among those who were present were:
Mr. and Mrs John W: Douglas, Mr.. and Mrs
j. 6. Crnighead, Re DIR. and Mrs. Rush II. Snip
pen. Mr.. and Mrs. j. g. G. Kennedy Miss Ken
Rev samuel il. Gfeens rev VT r l. S Wynkoop p,nT d.
and Mrs J, j. Bullock, Mr.: aud Mrs. Claude B
Cox, Mrs T. G. Anderson, sou Mr.. * otto 1 Gfcsham, S % Rry
DIR. and Mr.. 4 S. Childs, CQmissionerand Mrs Ed
m9nds, Miss May Stacy Worihinngton, Dr.. jos; Tabo!
Mrs. Brainard IL. Warner Miss Johnson Rev Dir.
and Mrs, J. A, Harold, Rev DR., b. +. Bittinger
Y. New, Rev. Dr. George b; Patch, Mrs. W. D,
Gresham Mr., Justice Field, Mr.. Justice Bradley,
President w. ", Patton and Prof Charles t il. a. A.
Buckley, of Howard university Rev, DR.. Joseph
]: Kelly Kelly Mr. Mr. and : MTs n a. Robbins Miss
Wells, Prof. and Mrs. L. NJ. Gullaudet, Miss q. W
Gallaudet, MIR. and MIS-, j. W. Powell.
The reception closed at p. M Pere and
Nine. Loyson Mr.. aud Mrs. Merriman, and
Paul Loyson spent the evening will. DR.. and
Mrs Bartlett.
Father Hyacinthe was born in the old and
historic city of Orleans, in the heart of the
most distinctively national part of France
His father was what corresponds in America
with superintendent of public instruc,
tion, and the great reformer was educated at
Pau, in the Basses Pyrenees. Charles X
of France was very intimate with Pere Hya,
cinthe's father, and one day took the infant
reformer in his arms. The latter, as disdain,
full of royalty as in later years he is of the
papal hierarchy, struck the monarch sting
ing blow in the face with his baby fist The
king laughed and sat him down, nsaying hC
would make very good servant of God a'
even thus early he was no respecter of per
sons. This was the first and last time the
good Pere ever struck man.
"What is the fundamental principle of your
reform?" asked a REPUBLICAN reporter Of
the distinguished Pere, after pleasant little
social chat by means Of the most charming
and agreeable of Interpreters, Nine. Loyson.
"The unity of the Christian church. W.
do not seek its uniformity, which is mani
testify absurd"
you are not then, what we call Protest
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