The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-25

Bishop mingled with those who were always
offering up prayers Of pcnitence. He said
the cleft in the rock here, running against
the grain as it did, had been declared by
naturaists not possible to have been caused
by natural influences. He thought the
first night that he slept in Jerusalem that
he was breathing the same air that the
blessed Jesus once breathed. He told OF
his visit TO the garden Of Gcthsemane, and
the pretty view OF the river Jordan, OF the
home OF ST. John, the village OF Shiloh,
Himnom, the burying-place OF the Jews,
and other sacred spots. Imagine what the
feelings of Christian must be to stand In
the garden OF Gethsemane, where the
Saviour endured such suffering.
The third morning OF his visit the Bishop
said mass in the grotto OF the SaviOur's
agony, and during the day visited Betha-
nv, where dwelt once Mary aud Martha.
He made the journey on foot, notwith-
standing the day was hot and dusty, for he
could not think OF making it on horseback
when the Saviour while on earth did the
same Journey on foot. He said mass in
the Holy Sepulchre, and, In order to do so,
spert the night in the Bassilica. For three
hours previously he Knelt in prayer
on Mount Calvary. All night long the
solemn and sweet sound OF prayer was
heard In the Holy Sepulchre from one
years end to another. Whenever he fell
| into short slumber. he was aroused by
the sounds OF prayer during the night he
spent there. lie said the Turks prayed
continually lie said they believed Jesus to
| have been born OF an immaculate mother TO
have been omnipotent; but they deny that
he was crucified. They think that Judas
was, and therefore that all Christians are
dogs because they worship Judas. "Poor
people," said the Bishop, as in touching
language he exposed this fallacy.
Bishop Keane, in unmistakable language,
proved that the Empress Helena was per-
| iectly. correct in the marking out OF the
spot Of the crucitixion and burial OF the
| Saviour. lie spoke OF the hundreds OF
Jews who visited the "weeplng place OF
the Jews" where stands the last vestige OF
the old walls OF Jerusalem. Hundreds OF
Jews gathered here, read the lamentations
Of jeremiah, and broke out into weeping.
When asked what they were weeping for
they said, "FOr the coming OF the Mes
| siah."
The Bishop said he hoped the day would
come when the Saviour would manifest
| himself unto these people. He expressed
| his love for the Jews by saying that it
would be happy day for him when he
could kiss the foot Of Pope who would
| he a converted jew. He spent two weeks in
Jerusalem. and from thence journeyed to
| Nazareth and Samaria and other places OF
nOtorety. His description OF this trip was
/ graphic. He said the III ountainS OF Judea
are not like the mountains OF this country.
! They are simply bald, bare granite walls,
and the animal bestrOde, like goat, picks
his way up the steep mountain-side and
down again, and you feel that il the
horse misses his footing your neck is bro
ken. The three weeks he spent in the
! Holy Land were the most blessed days OF
his life.
n ROVE.
He spent three weeks in Rome, where
he was received with fathers bcnedlc-
ton because the Pope recognized in Bishop
Keane not only a bishop, but the represen-
tatiye OF thousands OF souls. The Pope
asked after the schools, churches, and
church.work here. and said to the Bishop {:
"Thank God there is no country in the
world where 1 am so much Pope as in the
United States" Prelates and priest said
thank God for the liberty OF the Church in
the United States. "Thank God" said
the Bishop; "give the Church fair play
il is all she asks-and then will be realized,
truth is mighty and must prevail"
The Bishop here embraced the opportu-
nity to make some strong and eloquent ap-
peals in behalf OF his Church. lie said
when he told the Pope Of the work going on
i'm our midst, the Pope sent his blessings to
the workers in behalf Of the new cathedral,
and especially the collectors for the same.
out Of the seventeen bishops present. he
was the only American present, and. said
the Bishop: "They made much OF the
American, and | took especial pains to
spread the wings OF the eagle as wide as
possible"
OTHER PLACES.
He told Of his trip across the continent
and to London, and the placing OF the
drawing up OF The designs for the new ca
thedral into the hands Of a London archi-
tect. He also spoke OF the sending OF q
stone to be used as a cornerstone for the
new cathedral. He got IT from Mount Oliyet.
He could not visit Ireland. Her condi-
ton was so sad that he could not bear to dc
so. Learned oculists had given him great
hope for his eyes. lie rejOced 10 be back
home, and thought when he got in sight Of
Richmond it was the dearest spot on earth
Blessing all, and promising all to labor fol
their good, the Bishop closed by saying
"God bless you"