New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-28
TIE COMING CARDINAL.
AT HOME, AMONG HIS PEOPLE AND IN THB
PULPIT

PULPIT
tVroH AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT TIN TRIBUNE !
BALTIMORE, Feb. 23.-Archbishop Gibbons,
eiom the cable announces US tue coming American
cardinal Il OF slender physique low stature. AMI
~. yale thin face lighted by pair OF bright hlnt
tyos Ho is Perhaps the least imposing in appearance.
Of nil the mcinbers OF the American Catholic hierarchy
h. the matter VI drcss the Archbishop rather careless
,ten appearing the street In clothes that even
lpooest would acknowledge 10 DO rusty. lie has a
,ondncss for the old foshoned ouch hat which all the
dignity OF his rank cannot overcome. Hts manner
y liyng 10 Of tho simples, hind His residence
b. Charles st., noar Mulberry, Is furnished with sim
piciJ bordering severity. lila own roon.s are the
bar,st Ia honse lie Ia very fond OF walking. some
dine, going on foot tho entire length of Charles ST.
,pvera mros In hts pedestrian tours, he Is usually
accompanied by OF tho young priests al tho Caihod
raj
In priv alto life the Archbishop the kndesl and most
accessible OF mon The humbest OF the Cathedral
shoners talk with him In his library almost any
lay His ycry appearance Invites confidence and anoc
Gon-t IS benevolent and fa,hcrly. He locks mors
Ike the GENT big hearted country clergyman Of the Dr.
Primrose typo than a prince OF tho Roman Catholic
churoh Il Is said that ho know personally every mon.
Dor Of the Cathedral parish and all ,he more prominent
nyDon IN tue archdiocese. ITO fond OF visiting bis
lock but In doing does no. make any distinctions In
favor OF the wealthy. This was especially noticeable
while he was Bishop OF Richmond. There not q
Catholic family Ia the Confederate capitol that did not
,ccnivo visits during hts residence there He
bad way dropping IN at the most unreasonable hours
ult IA tho houses OF his paTishioncrs camo 10 the way
a, his walks, Many an industrious housewife has
blushed at tho entrance OF the Bishop while she
bending over the washtub but hs sunny smo and ssn
lsl tall soon removed oil feeling Of unoasineas The
Catholic people here cherish Ter him decp persona love
n,d, from tho e,teem 10 which they bold him their
archbishop lilo Is learned, without being proud has
pety without asoe.!csm AUD eoutvo ability without
1ounserng deposition TO his clergy he Ia moro lilo
nu associate than superior Not ono OF 1hen nis ever
complained Of any arbitrary conduct Oh his part
although Catholic prsstes Ia this county have aeaonts
authority in tho Battos OF appointments aud removals
Asa pulpit orator tho Archbishop "a not Whist the
woGd sail apo spfnEer Mss 70 say, zoos
does ho deliver elaborate discoursoe sdap od mainly 70
the learned Whenever ho ascends tle pulpit ~ ha
po dsconrse on some question Of Catholic dogma or
practloo delivered In quiet oonvcrsstone tone osoa
seYs ,sHf Into f1h,e SI,eSs,ss win o LEARNED
lie acquired thl, mode Of preac'1nG While Vicar Apes
oc North U.rsn f1s1 %; ,sn a os Ne as ga
81 nonndlnc the OF lis faith 10 ignorant white
men and negross amid tho pine trees OF that region
Tho nodps opcrsnd Of his proaohins ioows; Irs.
explaA tie matter IN hand clearly and Th9n appeal 70
a missionary rather than theological nature.
WHOM no set about writing BOOK. no ala not ComRosg
exposition Of Catholic doot1nes entitled me EAth OF
our FATHERS" Agy one WHO has read this little BOOK
must have boon struck with the style Leaving asiao
the matter the style alone Is enough 10 Iecomnod 20
MI those WAC believo that tho brief ToruihS OF SWt 10
10 be pTeferred tn the phrAssoOgy OF JOh
sonan writers Look oVor any p9So OF tno doom h,uI
ION will sedom 500 word OF more than two sylaDes
Gor or mat is not Of high Saxon orisn In aot mo os
Was written for tho masses; hoheo Tvs say VI
wondered al ~ Ia one of tho most popular N"'noHo
BOOKS ever Published in the EhE'l'h language