The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04

same spiritual theology winch I"o",.s"
the great cathedrals: rationnliz,ng inc
oogy would have fattencd them ineV-
itnbly. When bernard was preaching the
second crusade. in NAG. church building
was going on with such absorbing cnthusi-
asm that IL formed real obstacle TO MS ell
forts. The cathedrals OF Amions. Chartrcs'
Cologne. Strnsburg. and many othcrS ho
pervaded with the shirt OF his myslica' su.
pcrnal doctrine. On the SUBSEQUENT p'ctorinl
art. also. the impression of tho same lhe-
oogy survives
Bernard Was pronounced by l.uthor the Oese
OF all tho Doctors in his sermons: no was Dct-
ter 1t was added, I'm this field than In his dis
mutations. though even as atheologian Luther
ranked him only secondto Augustine ana AM
Ltosc. There are extant, in whole or IN nalt.
nearly 800 reports OF his discourses lhty
IRE In Latin. and were undoubtedly originally
delivered in that language. When preaching
TO the peoplc however. IN largo genera! as
sembles he assurel!y spoke IN tho popular
dialects. and ono OF the chief losses suffered
in connection with his career 10 the loss OF
almost everything pertaining 10 th"se ma
rangues except the record Of their effects.
His Latin styles materially affected by tho
influence Of the Latin OF the Nn!gatc Of
ths writings of the Church Fathers in tho
West md OF tho Church formulaiies. IL is not
classical; It ia not graceful and elegant like
that OF Erasmus: II belongs to rudcr and
darker age. 1t has. however. beauty OF its
own as well as n certain powerful sway in It's
general movements coming from the great
personality behind it. DR.. Storrs saws that
after one gets familiar with 1t no not onIylinGs
It sufficiently transparent for the Immediate
transmission OF the thought. but feels IN 1t
10, tom oh of tla "a al
ing and charming spirit whose instrument it
was. Its sentences move not infrequently liho
tho tread of cohorts. while particular words
srarklc and shine as with the CLEAN o. helmet
and ensign.
Asa chor Bernard Is best remembered
By his efforts on behalf OF the second crusade.
OF the impnssioned and popular addresses
which he delivered 10 this end we know only
the as,onishin. results. When he preached
to the Germans. though he sroke in Latin or
in the Romance tongue, neither of which could
they readily understand. they were swept
along by the .ush u! his eioIuencc rs his own
more excitable countrymen had been. They
wcpt. they exuteL. they bowed themselves in
confession, they devoted themselves to the
crusade before his words had been Interpreted
to them. The success oil his eloauence il the
German cities was SO amazing that com pared
with the indsputnble records OF it, the stories
OF his ply steal miracles seem hardly more than
commonplace. Perhaps the most striking
instance Of his power was that presented ny
his discourse before the Emperor Conrad. At
Frankfort Bernard had appealed to him with
out effect; and "A subSel uen: attempt at Spires
was equally abori>e. Conrad would give
him NO otherunswcr except that he would con-
salt his advisors and reply on the following
day. IN that day BERNARD oi!iciated at mass
the Emperor being present. suddenly. without
invitation. he began to preach. At the end Of
the discourse. turning TO Conrad in the
crowded cathedral. and feeling himself as
much alone with him As if the earth had swung
out of sight no addressed him. not as an
Emperor but as man. His whole soul flung
itself out from his i'm passioned aud impctuous
lips and he was for the time as one inspired.
At last the Emperor burst into tenrs in the
midst OF the congregation. took the holy ban
ner from the hands of the Abbot. aud. his "X-
ample being followed by multitude OF mobiles.
the second crusade was launched upon its
turbulent; way
DR.. Storrs cites another example OF the mas
tcrful influence exercised by Eernard where.
however. he did not evsn require words for
expression. Tho Abhot was lying upon his
sick bed at CiairvauS in tho last year of his
life when news came OF a terrible contest rag
ing at Metz between tho burghers and the
neighboring mobiles. The Arch bishop OF Treres
could do nothing to check it. ana in the peril
Gus emergency turned to Bernard. Once
more and now for the las, time. the invnciLle
will litel to a temporary H!Gor tho wasted
and dissoivin. frame ana the Abbot went
forth t. the hunks of tho NOsclo. The eNas.
perat ell mobiles would not even hear him. but
broke NJ their camu 10 avoid the spell which
they feared III, speech might cast uron them.
But they cou,d not resist the impression which
tven his presence had made At midnight
came message ~ uenitemce and rcconcilia-
ton from the wrathiu! men OF war
In the lectures on Demands relations to
general European affairs it is pointed ont that
he rut an end to ths fierce schlsn which for
more ,han seven years in the first half o. the
twelfth century divided Catholic Christendom
between tho partisaus Of the rival popes. In
nocant and Anacletus II was into the hands
OF Bernard that the PontlW cl'c'ei hy the
alherents OF AnacletUs after tho latter $
death surrendered the iaEa' iasi@:nia. iinJ 1t
was BY tho Abbo,'s hands that lie was con-
dwcted to Innocent 10 make icsoro him his
final submission. In order that W" may aU-
prcciate this extraordinary achievement. We
nrs reminded Of what took place more than
two centuries later. on the death OF Gregory
IN. when two Popes were again elected. The
scniSlN mus Dt&lN wis dl'.'HINi'') ~ 'He oNl-
set no, more threatening than that to which
Bernard put an end. tn, il continued for forty
years. ana had consequences the fun scope OF
which cHnnot yet be measured
II is a remarkable uiouts wlli'h is paid
in this volume to u GroIt taI!o;c preacher
and thcoio.ian bv n Protestant divine. Tho
spirit which pervaduS the book is condensed
in some concluding lines "Fol one.' says DIR.
storrs. :" ! recognize no separation from B"r-
nard OF ClarvauH. pernIso II" WHO IN the
Roman Church. Ms my ancestors then were.
but rs am not The Church in which such
man Was produced and on which his power
WAS ma.rstically cNeltel. must always take an
honor from him. But it IS i' personal quail
ity which makes him reverend and dear TO
our thought, not his connection with the
Church which he loved, but which nereuroved;
and the splendor Of his spirit overshnes party
walls. Personally. know that | owe him
murh-for uuli!t IRON depression. Tor tran
QUILTING influence in time OF disturbance.
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