New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-22

FATHER IGNArIUS.
wars old he was ordained in Wells Cathedral by lo
Auckland the Bishop Of Bath and Wells, and at oFdi-
nation he took mental to live q celibate life
In lsci he pecamc monk. aud ~ years la'"r
embraced tle order # = Hencdict sub>ePnoh'S
he purchased the ruins Of the Monastery OF Llath'N'
in Sonth Wales He al the head Of this mona~-
terry and has some fifty monks and perhaps thirty
nuns at the abbey The discipline is severe. some Of
the services requiring the participants 20 assemble every
day at = a. m. Less than two hours day are al
lowed for conversation; for the other twenty TWO
hours ~ permitted to speak except III the re-
uc,nus services There is beautiful altar I'D the
abbey thank offering from parts Of the world
where Father cuatius has preached. shrine {" the
Virgin Mary ha, caused some criticism, but he GENES
that the mother Of Jesus j, worshippcd. they TeVer
cnce her as the mother of the saviour a hliock Hi
the quadrangle represents Calvary. HE MONKS wear
a robe IF black .lnd have their heads shaved LEAVING
only circle representing the crown Of thornS On the
saviOurs brow
STATING THE QUESTION PLAINLY.
Last evening Father Ignatus spoke in Chickerng
Hall to a large audience upon The Me>sianlc Idcd
lie Use, no note, and speaks with much force Ai'er
re,dil Z a portion of the twenty second chapter OF ue
C1l Of Matthew beginning with the forty t~t verse
he spoke a. follows:
Before / proceed to deal with the question, 1t Will
be well to ascertain what we u'IeiS py i 9 iH
world meaning Of that eAprt s,.ui NAV iiTV E T'
L. come in Imagination "irh me 10 soHe quet mn,
TOD Oh some calm. ,ull SUMMER s1al len, MN, ",
wien You are quite silent IN your in'-i 1u n.y. d
you begin 10 be- mtcrpynr. RAJ 81 VIM 'ly ,,r
ilr. c4imncss If the otaiIt h'dNe',' tteu an I"
LII Iii, question: Has the creator oil an 'H, ""-
niceni domain Of tAe uul'el-e ever c1Ades, eoc' 10
st.,l 10 man Iu This Atuc planet ~ lui- OF !It
j., tr.neldou, question. liza, Heaven sioheh -
earn Iin,.ut - man. or ha, lie not. The Mcs-ianl,
IDEA answers THIS question "a Inc aHlIila.I' I "a
I,medy The III, Of humanity AID 70 5rnt out 81 IT,
.L,yery and sin and suffering and este,,es' ana ~
d' I,yinr WAY Of escape. The McssanIo idca j.
Y1rly tbc idea mat God has -poien message u ms
NJ ,str. That The Me liuic idea i, myth, II Is "a
much as 70 say that Heaven Ia, ""} coe ~ 6ci
mas never uttered lis voice 10 man ana We ar wy
D the Creator If there one, without any ASSOCIATION
with Him al all.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE QUESTION.
so Won see the tremendous distinction between the
assertion thai the Messianc idea Is myth ana Una"
tho Ne,sI.uic idea is a distinct Divine revelation
Now th, i, our qus.ion tonight: i the Messlanc
,ac, q. rnvthl or is 1t Divine revelation 81
all events no one can question the existence Z" INC
Nea,ianic idea Voaire and Noney Of the la~t c 'H'
confess the general sweep Of the MesaiIc lita over
all the nations Of the CNllld glODe. Inc Mca7idl''
ioea il a very general idea in civilized humanity lheh
IL the opponents Of Christianity such a. NoIalre ana
voluey are compelled to confess that the Mes-lauIc
idea i universally accepted idea BY the nations Of
the CIVILIZED world from time lmnemo'al' inc mex
point s /, the whole Of civilized humanity involved ia
chcrisIing myth?
Where dd humanity get the Me,-lanic idea from
I think this is question which have very great
ln.ei',f ,te ..ri.Prnce Of The NcssiaIic idea. il
ba, perneated the human race; II hi>. IN al
directions, stretched lis IaA IN root INTO me Acdi
I'D ,nelll yeuce o man. ms D., magnificent fact
'du refr;. n coad sur your heart, the cala
non OF TN, magnificent fact that whether u" Me-dii.C
dea j. myth or not, II has found Ib nome I'D me
1ea1 OF humanity II is part Of the religious oeht
Shall We tshc cur>ory glance at the civllation o.
F,,i and West IN the oldcu tmcf shall We -uet' D.
ont bcfolc ont Imagination map OF our Alle cary.
80 emma and japan shall W. traverse III. plains 81
ndo,tau ard sale upon tnf % me r,yr.
Of Eephantia close upon the magnificent Guy ~. DOM
pay, S'a and science portrayed from the distant
n"r. Of nrchIsoric tunes ! on inc wall, OF me klc
IasHu" ,, rs.' ner,on, in one tod And tray,
through the religious Thought q" th. tIhI W ,uI
yin A trcmcndou, grasp OF the Indian Hlhd i'
Indian schools of philosophy nave bo""l u3"m -. D' 49,
their own creations n giving human evolution 10 u'
SiyineIv Unmarried Mc,,auc idea and therefore We
have 80 m4ny a. seven incarnauons Of god IN TIE
theology Of the IllndOoS
THE EAST POINTING WESTWARD
Int ,erc VA. still another permeatin2 thought viii
regard to the East The East pointed westward VIII
general expectation that from the west SAo"Iu diI'
the embodiment Of humanity, desire i' uI I'Ne"cr
re,orner philosopher rcdecncr from God. 30 That TN
uho,a =, tho r,t poiutcd westward toward Palestine
In their Messianic expectations a. lar East ~ 'ih'
their great philo,oIhcr COnfucius, aid IL was iron
the west that the true saint, the true wise man va
b. come Sow, / want YOU 10 crap uIe thCngi i
The civilized humanity Of the East pointed Wet
Then II came 10 Europe thc cAlc'Oi'I"l, v" '""
humanity, OF Greece and Rome, pointed rat -
that. while the humanity from the East poIt" "c''
the humanity Of the West pointed East to " pdrucua
spot our globe 49,. ,
Now then. brethren. look AT your map NHI'h
the point Of the globe al which Europc asa an
Africa Join Is 1t syria? Do the MculcThl'a
waves wash that shore where Africa ana Asa mr,l
l. is not syria the union point "i inc tni"
great domains 81 the then known "Oih iHi
geographical glance answers ut once 'cI'iI'
Accompany me to this point then, IN inc SI'if a.
company 10 syria. And let me AK inc III
habitstnts Of that land respecting the Mcssahc luc'
In that little plot of ground. Palestine, there j.
unique race. 1t is in the Garth. il is among IN
nations, but IL is reckOncd among the nations
speak 10 the Jew InteToga,e him TO his history
The Jew is unique I'm history In morals, In religion
The Jew has popularity Of unquencss that stamp
the jew with something supernatural There = ~
other ike the jew, that inhabljaut Of that nun
plot Of land where The whole Of the CIVILIZED WORK
finds It's meeting place. Go, ask the Inhabitants "
that meeting point what their chief pccuI aruc-
They worship God that the rest Of the world Ignores
They worship but one God. They declare that the
have among themselves depository Of Divine rcvcla
ton announcing Gods existence. aud also announcer
that God, In the beginning created ali igs 80 INA
the Jew holds In his hand, he declares, Divine anti