Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-11
FRENCH CUSTOMS.
Dr.stsphen H. Tying, jr.'s Account
Of What He Saw.
Catholics aud HuguenOtsPraised
Alike BY AN EpiseOpaltan.


France, and If the audience is 10 be
judged BY the advertisement, few men
II New York have more friends, for
the church was so full that before the
services began newcomers were turn
ing away from the door unable to get
beyond the vestibule. Every foot OF
space in every aisle was filed and the
kneeling space around the altar, back
OF the pulpit and reading desk, was
occupied BY auditors.
An elaborate church ritual pre-
ceded the address, SO that it was
nearly an hour after the advertised
time before the address was begun.
lmpatience was forgotten, however,
when DR.. Tying came forward with a
quick step to the reading desk.
Il thank you" he said, and his
voice was almost inaudible. Then
came thirty seconds of silence before
he told that it was only in response TO
On urgent invitation from many
friends that he spoke. How can l
speak words that beft the invitation
and this placer" he said earnestly.
THE place is the same that it was,
and there is more Of earnestness and
solenlnity under the ministrations Of
the man who now stands here. God
bless him In his work"
France and America" he contin
ued without further preamble, ARE
allied in many ways, and more, they
have a common Imagination. The
French live among you and soonest Of
all immigrants become Americans.
They are similar to us in their make
up. So in France the American finds
himself instantly at home. The
laugh Of Paris echoes the wit Of New
York. may speak With q prejudice
10 favor Of France, but you would
share it il you had been placed as |
have for the past two years. France
Is a nation grasping after liberty,
Liberty unknown under the rule Of
the Empire and the royal houses, aud
often initiated by the Commune and
the Republic, is now the keynote Of
the nation. The present is iull Of en-
ergy and the future full of prophecy.
ADMIT that they are Chinese in preju,
dice if you will find promise even
in such facts.
"Thirty-fye millions Of people are
gathered in territory not much lar
ger than the Gastern states. BY in.
dustry they are accumulating an un
conceived wealth. Everywhere is thu
habit Of economy and thrift that hal
no equal. From the small savings o
the poor they paid to the letter thei
forfeit to Germany. We have no con
ception OF their economy. was il
the south of France, where all SCENE,
/ plain and simple. A man had died
They thought he had few THOUSAND
francs An old wardrobe in his hous
contained several millions in tn
large five franc pieces familiar to trav
elers
Disturbances are aroused. as here
by the do nothings. Louise Michel
crying No bread was followed by
well dressed crowd. | know an oil,
Frenehman who lives buried in tn,
mass OF his papers, and I've Otter
heard him tell OF the introduction o
his system Of economic instruction
into the schools and afterward of tn
| postal savings. What cannot one ma
do TO save a SOdoml
Again, the relation between pa
rent and children is strong. 1t woul,
be droll, if it we're not SO serious, L
witness the obedience to parents o
men and women Of forty years of age
This is partly the result of the train
ing OF the church, partly of socia
training, partly Of the laws OF inheri
lance. America may learn somewha
from the old country in this respect.
The marriage laws are most re
strietive. The formalities requiret
erect a barrier between the common
1 people and marriage most destructiv
TO the WellbeiDg aud dignity Of tn
I people. The bane OF France is in it
Legitimate households. France ha
no need OF divorce. 1t needs to opel
the doors to marriage.
How is it possible that monarch,
10 some shape should not iDhuene
French government Frenchmen ar
accustomed TO paternal government
People are restless, but underneath /
all the people are a unit in main
tanning the traditions and glory 6
/ France"
I DIR. Tying then spoke Of the differ
ent parties in the church in France
1t had been said that the educated
we're atheists, the lower classes indii
ferent aud the women had touehin
devotion to the Virgin Mary. tn
compact Of Napoleon with the Pop
resulted in France being recognize
as Roman Catholic, while the State
Independent. From this point th
speaker sketched the complicated sit
uation in France, at present, aud pre-
| dicted a great battle which would sci
/ tie the fate Of the country. Some faith
patTiots declared, was necessary to tn
people.
Some Romans have Joined in thi
meeting" he said. 81 shall not vic
late courtesy. The conditions are nc
the same as in America Atheism
rampant ia France. The literature
the free thinkers is most scurrilou
Dir Uomstock, my old friend, woul
have his hands full. The Free Mason
are atheistical. The school books al
full OF msterialistic dogmas.
The chief position 10 the wa
against infdelity should be given tC
day to the Gallican part Of the RI
man Catholic church. They fgl
atheism manfully" Speaking then
great lenght oil Pere Hyacinthe an
his movements he told Of introducir
in Pere Hyaeinthe's chapel Bishc
Simpson aud DR.. Mark Hopkins, VII
met there BY chance. "Pore Hyi
clnthe," he continued, has bee
slandered as ieg men have been, au
Z has suffered 10 silence.
but, he continued, II have n
confidence in any movement for Il
regeneration Of France that has n,
1.-THE serriod lines OF the martyr churc
the Church Of the Hugrenots-b
. hind IT," This repeated ia differel
= form, was the conclusion Of his a,
} dress.
Then came a few periods full Of II
D terest 10 those who are well acquaint,
e With bis personal history. "My On
= longed withdrawal from Christia
o wor ( was preceded by a long Hines
D during which awaited the word
b the Fathers recall. In the soleu
[ moments OF that illness learnc
? much. saw the one abiding fact r.
! naming. Two words burned into n
: soul lie lives. From that momel
G ell Of life is imbedded 10 these word
This is the motive to all right aotiC
He lives. All theology all moral
g ". are told in one word, Fidelity
That God be faithful to US is our HOB
, that We be faithful one to another
! our duty"