The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-05
MR. GLADSTONEON DIR. DOLLINGER.

An Elegant Tribute Paid to the Excommu.
nlcnted Bishop OF Bavaria.
The new English weekly-the Speaker
contains an interesting article by Mr..
Gladstone on DR.. Dollinger, the old
Catholic Bishop OF Bavaria who died re-
Gently in his Dist year. Mr.. Gladstone
attributes the long life OF tho great old
Bishop, who refused to accept the doc.
trino of the Popo's infallibility, to bis
custom of bathing daily in the waters
Of the Tegernsee." Three years before
his death, MIR. Gladstone says, the Bish-
ops head was "such thatch, as it might
be called, OF thick brown hair that then
or not long before he would walk gently
about the garden OF tho hospitable villa,
which he visited for hours together,
without hat"
when he was eighty-seven," says the
grand old Englishman, "he walked with
me- seven miles across the hill which
separates the Tegcrnsee from the next
hill to the eastward" Mr.. Gladstone
was at that time ssventy.six years old.
A seven.mile walk across the hills was
not n small feat in his case.
The Bishop was affected by Insomnia
for 4 time. His remedy was 10 commit
to memory lsome Latin poetry. In this
way he committed TO memory the three
first books OF the Odyssey. MIR. Glad.
stone tells Of his first visit to him as fol-
lows: 81
Iu the autum Of 1916 q domestic occasion car.
ricd me IL Munich, mud In the prosecution OF It
| called. without AL introduction, upon Prof.
that he knew me. tie received me US freely
US II lit had been an Idle man ut the modest
abode on Won der 1uuu strasse, which he never
quilted; mud had the advantage OF passing
week III his society, ind OF being introduced 10
circle Of his frienos. professors, Ike himself,
In the University Of Munich, which might,
presume, be termed the most distinguished
among the seats Of learning In the whole Latin
Church. found some OF these professors warm
Shakspeareans, but disposed (however wrongly
10 place Milton upon the level Of klopstOcI.
lie criticised the English clcrEy for reading es-
Says from their puipits Instead Of appealing TO
The hearts of the people. in Munich" he said
'thc priests Of tho parishes are usually natives
OF the district. but 1t happens that natives hero
abouts ure very deficient III the glit Of elocution;
and heLce 1t has come to be the custom that III
every parish oil the town there Is Il lecturer,
apart from the incumbent 10 discharge the Office
OF Preaching" .-.
DR.. Dollinger was communicated by
Rome in 1870 Tor not submitting to the
infallibility dogma. The next time there
after that Gladstone met him was in
1874. Mr.. Gladstone says:
One day In the summer of 1874 was wall Ing
with him III the Englische Gartcn. When turn
In tho path brought us within near sight OF tall
AMI diSniteu ccclesinslic-h man VI striking
presence, who met US, rather attended than nc.
csmpanled by one who appeared TO be his chap.
lain. Aswe met DR.. Doilinger had, as was not
Unusual with him In walking, his hat In his
hnns Sehnd him niI IhS SSTSd
liked his eyes rlgidIy straight forward, and gave
no other sign Of recognizipg the excommpnica.
ted professor, "Who.n said TO him, "is that
diGuiaed eccleslastic?" THAT" he replied, "is
communicated" But neither then, nor at any
other time, did he IN speech or writing, either
towards the Archbishop or towards the Pope. or
towards the Latiu Church in general, let fall
single word Of harshncss, or indeed OF com.
plant. IS -saa
Mr.. Gladstone then discusses Dollin.
ger as theologian and speaks OF him as
what every man ought to be- according
to the measure OF bis knowledge and op-
portunities-namely: u freethinker. / do
believe his mind was absolutely without
a theological prejudice, properly go call
ed.". Gladstone continues:
once made bold to put to him more search.
Ing question, which was this: "At the time wheu
you were the favorite theologlan OF the Roman
Church how in your own mind did you CONFRONT