St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-03

open its arms to him, and 1t did nothing
OF the sort. The results of his career
thus far are enough to make angels
weep. From being the idol of Partisan
worship he has become simply
great ecclesiastical baby with
out following, and without
the respect of the outside world.
In that outside world he has accom-
pllshed nothing-he is nothing. He
and his family are as thoroughly ostra-
cised by those who knew the preacher
and the lady before their morriage as
though they had the leprosy. 1t is not
In the heart of man to stand up against
such circumstances and maintain his
outward dignity, and Pere Hyacinthe
has gone the way of preachers like him.
A convicted criminal stands better
chance with the world than an un-
frocked priest.
FATHER MGLYNN, FOR INSTANCE.
He is man with the stuff in him Of
which heroes are made-and the stuff is
all there. 1t is a race between that he
roism and circumstances, and the world
Will put its money on circumstances and
WIN every time. When he walked out
of the rectory of st. Stephens Catholic
church couple Of years ago he had the
half of New York city on his side. The
women in the Roman Catholic parishes
were ten to one in his favor. The men
In large part were firmly his friends.
Among his brother priests, even under
the eyes and authority of Archbishop
Corrlgan, there were scores who were
unfiinchingly true to him. There were
elements in the dispute over his dis
placement that appealed to public SYM
pathy and large share OF it was poured
out upon him as man who had de-
served better treatment. Then he laid
aside his cassock and surplice and went
into politics TO help elect Henry George
mayor of New York. Of the $1,000
votes cast in the election for this can
dldate more than $4,000 of them could
be credited as coming from the work
and elOquence and personal influence of
DIR. McGlynn. After the excitement of
the canvass was over he began what he
called his "laY preaching" and the
big hall of the Cooper Union was not
nearly large enough to accommodate the
crowds that flocked to hear him. He
was in the zenith of his success, but the
church authorities went on with their
business in the usual way and prophe-
sled his fate. 1t was easy to foresee.
His case was similar to thousands be-
fore him. Well, what is the result?
The Anti-Poverty society which
he established has become the
laughing stock of the public. Hen
ry George and his followers have fallen
away from HIM, and few weeks ago at
one of the meetings where the doctor
was to speak. in the center of the part
of the city where his adherentS are said
to be the most numerous, little Adelphi
hall on Seventh avenue and Fifty-third
street, and which holds 200 or 800 peo-
pie. was not more than half filled. Now
he ont WRSt InotI1rjTlu and hjc frjpnAc
are trying to raise money enough to
keep him from poverty. Where will his
tired feet turn? To Rome, to convent,
to penitential garb, or to still longer
and protracted struggle until he sinks
into perhaps. undeserved defeat2 He
has lived in quiet house in an obscure
corner of Brooklyn ever since the anti
poverty meetings began,and the friends
who still cling TO him mark the quick
ravages that time is making in the once
suaye and courtly ecclesiastic. The
Protestant world, which half-welcOmed
him at first, has been driven away from
HIM by his political idiosyncrasies, and
the Catholics who followed him have
m0stOf them long since done pennance
at the altar rails for their unfalthful-
ness to the church. What is there left
for him on earth?
THE MISTAKE OF HIS LIFE.
The truth is that the preacher who
falls into trouble either through his con-
duct or because of his intellectual be-
liefs should cling to his profession
through thick and thin. If he fails to
do this he makes the mistake of his
life. Proofs of this? Thousands of
them. Henry Ward Beecher stuck
to the pulpit, died the great
man he always was, and to-
day Brooklyn is erecting monument
to him which will stand in one Of the
prettiest sites of Prospect park. Prof.
David Swing held to his clerical pro-
feSsion, and. in spite of the turmoil, and
trouble, and opposition that at one time
centered around him, he is still the
great and beloved preacher to thou
sands in Chicago. hardly large cityi in
the land but could produce similar exam
Piles. The undeniable fact is that a
minister of the gospel in any church
loses his influence with the loss of all
the ecclesiastical trappings that help to
support and sustain religion.
Besides, the wOrld-even the careless.
half-wicked portion of it--has not let go
of the ministry to half the extent that
some people imagine.