The Irish standard., 1890-08-23
CARDINAL NEWMAN DEAD.
A Sketch Of the Life and Writ
ings Of This Noted
Churchman,
CONVERTED TO CATHOLICISM.

CONVERTED TO CATHOLICISM
His Life and Works Overreaoh Those
of ANY Other Man Of Modern
Times.
His Eminence John Henry Cardinal
Newman died in Birmingham on Mon.
day last, at the age of 80 years. The
great divine was one of the most illus
trious. as he was one Of the most bril-
liant, sons of the church. Brought up
an highly charged atmosphere of evan
gelicism, and with a mind leaning
toward religious discussion, he became,
while young man, one of the most
vigorous pamphleteers of his time.
Not one of his coDtem poraries could
outvie him in hostilitv to tie Pope
and his temporal and spiritual power.
And after long and fierce warfare and
much patient investigation and study
he joined the verv church he so rutn-
Iess]y assailed and became one of its
most substantial props. The great
qualities of mind and heart which had
been used to turn men against Rome
were enlisted i'll Rome's cause. Car
diDal Newman was born IN 1901 in
Bloomsbury square, London. when
Bloomsbury square was one OF tbs most
fashionable quarters. He wss the son
of q banker OF means and position. He
went to a private school at Ealing, and
1ateron entered Trinity College. Oxford.
where be graduated in 1920 with high
h0nOrs. He was made fellow Oriel and
took orders in 1924. Although reared
i'm the strictest Calvinistic environment,
the young cleric showed in the earlv
years of his ministry a leaning toward
modification of the creed and practices
of his sect. He used to relate himself
now, late in life. be found. to bis own
great surprise. in his first verse book,
the figure of solid, upright cross, and
of rosary and cross suspended TO It;
and how. at the age of 16. though he
had been brought up under the strictest
evangelical influence. he felt the strong
est impression that it was the will Of
God that he should lead single life, an
impression which held its ground ever
since, with the break of month now
and month then, UP to 1929, and after
that date without any break at all. =
Even while vice principal of st. Alban's
Hall, the headquarters Of evangelicism,
and while associated with Whately, he
showed signs of revolt against the grim
tenets that obtained there, and began
to drift imperceptiblv but surely toward
the ritualistic practices of the high
church advocates. From 1925 to 1881
he was a tutor kOriel. In 1928 he ac-
cepted the lncuhbencY of st. Mary's,
Oxford, with the outlying chaplaincy OF
Littlemore, and this appointment he
held fifteen years. During this period
of his life he became intimate with
Pusey. keble, Froude, Williams and
others who later on, were the most ag
:gressive leaders in the Oxford move
ment, so called. Thev formed bril-
aiant group ana their society was eagerly
sought by Newman, whose intellectual
powers and passionate oratory were
winning for him fame throughout Eng
land. He accompanied Froude to the
south of Europe in 1882, and during the
tourney to and sojourn in the warmer
lat1tudes his mind expanded perceptlbly
ard he saw the inevitable Crisis ap-
proachipg. He felt instinctively that
he was destined to play prominent
part in the great religious drama that
was about to be put on the stage. While
waiting fer the coach at Whitechurch
Just before setting out, he wrote som
net on angelic guidance which bore tes-
mony to his belief in good deal more
than he was allowed to preach from the
pulpit of Littlemore Chapel. On his
return, while of the picturesque island
of Malta, he wrote the following lines,
which were prophetic, to certain
extent. 3 @@
Time was, shrank from what was right
From fear Of what was wrong:
would not brave the sacred light,
Because the foe was strong;
But now cast that finer sense. s. I'd
5a That sOrer shame aside, 4
Such dread of sin was indOlence,
Such aim at Heaven was pride. #5ss sE
SO when my Saviour calls. I rise s5s
And calmly do my beat: a !. II
js Leaving to Him with silent eyes SIS
OF hope and fear, the rest. # I54 q
step, mount where he has led;
Men count my haitines Ger; .
know them: yet though self Isdread
I love h1s prenept q ore. s.s b
He visited Rome in the sanae year,
and. while ii the Eternal city. b began a
the little book of glican verse entit tied
I.sl olica 4. tine lE's1
M ame q fIIEnly conYince thatI Y
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