The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-09-26
A DAY IN A

A DAY m A CONVENT.
Experiences Of Theodore Parker In the
Convent OF the Passionists at Rome,
The lay-brother appeared at day.
break. and told me that in fifteen min
utes / was to join the Italians in re-
treat, aud go with them to mass. The
mass was followed by another sermon,
after which we were all summoned to
coffee in the room where we had taken
tea the evening before. The report OF
my heresy had got abroad. and / found
myself an object Of curious attention.
Several young Italians expressed SYM
patty for my unhappy condition, and
one OF them said that he would pray
the Virgin to convert me. He spoke
in genuine kindness, ard l thanked
him.
After coffee we were dismissed to
our chambers for an hour, and then
listened to another sermon in the
chapel. This consumed the morning
till eleven O'Clock, when q bell rang
for dinner. and monks and laymcn to-
gether moved in solid procession to
the ~refectorv. Tba mo,js n,ant g.,
the snnerior at ,Io;r haaa WIZ .tan ssS
lowed Inc iavmep and ~h;,o .ha AZ
cession was form;nr IN thn ansde.
thew ali lent M d;snaa, LUZ oo.lu
tod chantipo Tba rasa..an,. 1,aa '
long h;oh dSm,v Mrhtad I nHH vas a
HE Of hare wool vas s,u.4nhna .nnsas
the farther end for the dignitaries of
both sides Haro ~ 1911 aHmn
sat the rest ~ &c non, ~ ana tv,.,
in number and the lavmen ~ 49,,
them. nearart ba door IT, soats o .mons
wooden benches nIaced nv ths ,n m
sides of Tho aI,o nmin ~, '4I uu
oyer the haads ~ ,ho j,c.nnea ne wan n
fresco ~ the lot y" u,gn.ea.ies was a
rafectorias uh;ia o"ppIs.' 90 usual ~
hnno grim n;ctnres W ~ sa;n+ su us.h %a ~
tnrned aras anJ na,n,s @ "i.n ap-
or. Tho entire hali w.s wh;.amashad
above and nano,lad wits o"L he,na.
At the head Of tho tahles s.ooS ~.
sunerior. who was Gamor.i ~ the
whole order, a tail nortlv nan Win t .
stern and ans,era cpu ur WIN Th a
monks mot;nnless onJ ~ dand s;,onan
stood rannad nn r;ah. ~ 1H ias. ', nanai;
in hlaok from Mood ~ tna t io .ooeu
inc nn tho hroast nv W. 'I 800 anu wear.
order-a heart ~snrmomntsd Hv " orass
Their harsh. ~cadayerons faces besnoIs
the floor Of the;r d,sc;n,;na nb;ppb ;o
e]xtran,alv severa Whon III s n u, 10
their places the Snnar;or ,.,ised h;a
finger md tho wboia ossamLiams
hreke ont into o,othaU oh, tW Ulage
at 1ast IL was andod t InAt. wnen
raised again and al .ont, NE hnS'. was
Not a word was snan ooI ..o.. so"ts.
onte,ed tho nn1n;t frnn, uas mons nnaN
N ia .am p pnd ~ az ".iom uoor
nons tonas raad ~ otia ans' lnoho.1 S
lasted ~thron1hoa. Inv neo 'ion' "hiea
He had hoTdlw ham,n ",h, 81. ..
law bro.hers anS n.oh nen mie VI
raca,,tonie fornoad as th W. q
ahora ~ tho .nleo rays, ohe
';oh. 49,. .o = oa aIs eonaec.eu ny an up
n,gnt oou'I lou' anu holuinG great
The n'onI ps w uym' so, uud small qashes,
them were set 'i bows ls' ~ . ' dism, i'1aeLe
ing regatahla sou INV" ~ u ns;,Ia LUZ
of dried pease hailed vhn7a ,nd swaIIo
ed to n wonde,fni size hv .tha ,r smu
Zach then draw n ann , fnrt md >"
wooden snoon from y dra,ror ~ tha
table. and with a rneful co,ntonann
proceeded 70 eot fret f,l;na tha nnp
from an eartben hottla af nSoam ~
which stood on tho hoard hafn,io Mn
We of the laitv f,,aI hottar ha;nn
served with rice eugs Gsh nd d,;as9
frpit. The Ital;,ns seamad I;,tl. ad;
fed by the Latin which few
of them could have UNDERSTOOD T IIm
meal was followsd NV y mruve ,n nte
low responses from the monks altar
which thew all filed of thron,,h tha
dim galleries to their lens lnokina ,;ke
living originals Of the drearv nnrtra;,s
ranged long the walls
When / had got to- NV cbombor and
was r~efrcshknp hvse1f VIII tho p;n,a.,s
ma of them came tn convart mo en-
father" said + II am afraid ,nnr LII
ness will be thrown away.n
But he clapped me nm the knee a,d
exclaimed. cheerfullv. a tiyl;n
Won viii be n oood Catho,;c soon NJ
anuht of ~ e ~ Nv
There was an .mr;no r;,,o;.r;,
him nn;ta d;rara,t f.sns aha...y III
solemnitv ,yhan at d;nna,. ~ .ho
course ~ b;s toll @h;ch mna .n,h,;am
though NOUS I be S Intn o Sas a y 4,
snuashop o tr.o nsp. uhus.H iae MS
while. and n.y. a't ha thnmmht h u,e aaa
made a GOOD h;t n h;s n, me "h Nv
would w1nL at mo with , nan,;os, 1on NJ
of triumnh nm wh;ch we bnth fe liz -
anghing A. ,onnth +h w" ha oH. 80 on ~.
more and sermnns IN me Chan.
Ell. and His snr;ahtlu Old anos II , Want
hooL ~ bic aaIr "Po'i0 "e"'