The Irish standard., 1892-07-09
town, as being most central for the till
age farming Of county Louth.
Peter the Hermit.

age farming of county Louth.
Peter the Hermit
In the City OF Amiens, France, stands
a famous bronze statue, erected in honor
of one of the most remarkable men in
history, who was born in that city about
the middle of the eleventh century. The
hero of Christianity was Zone other than
Peter the Hermit, whose name is immor-
tally associated with the great movement
which agitated Europe for generations
and whose purpose was the liberation OF
the Holy Sepulchre from the rule of the
Moslems Peter the Hermit had from
choice of religious devotion chosen the
life of An austere monk. He had made
a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and was
shocked to see the proclamation OF the
Holy Sepulchre by the Moslems.
Returning to Rome, bearing letters from
the Patriarch of Jerusalem, he presented
himself before Pope Urban H., and pro-
missed to raise an army for the purpose
of bringing under the protection of the
Church the Cradle of Christianity. A
council was convoked at Clermont, in
France, on the 18th of November, 1895,
which was attended by vast number of
the clergy, mobiles, and warriors. Pope
Urban. attended in person with Peter the
Hermit at his side with his wooden clout
and pilgrims staff. The eloquent her
NIT made most eloquent appeal to the
assembled multitude, reciting the scenes
of sacrilege and persecution he had wit
messed, and calling on the Christian
world to rise up and come to the rescue.
He was followed by Pope Urban, WHO
gave his blessing and encouragement to
the enthusiastic impulse of the great
gathering.
"Let the Cross" said he, "be the
standard of your pilgrimage, borne upon
your shoulder or your breast, let it shine
upon your arms and on your standard; it
will be for you the harbinger Of victory
or the palm of martyrdom; it will ever
remind you that you should die for
Jesus Christ whore He died for you"
The impulse was given, princes and
serfs, lords and armed retainers, all took
the cross. "They had all long list of
crimes to atone for" says Montesquiau;
IAN opportunity was given them of MAX
ing the atonement with arms in their
hands, and they accordingly took the
cross and the sword" Robbers and bri-
gands came forth from their hidden
dens, confessed their misdeeds, and pro-
missed to expiate them in Palestine, I'M
der the banner of the CROSS. In the first
glow of enthusiasm, numerous bands set
out, led by Peter the Hermit in person,
by Walter the Penniless, valiant but
needy Burgundian knight, and followed
by Godescaic, German priest.
In spite OF the disasters attending the
first crusaders, others followed, and after
siege of appalling carnage and fury the
famous leader, Godfrey de Bouillon, en-
tered Jerusalem with his Christian army
on the 18TH of July, 1899. We have not
space here at this time to sketch the long
continued struggles which continued
two centuries longer between the Chris
tian nations of Europe and the Mussul-
mans. On the capture of Jerusalem
Peter the Hermit had the satisfaction of
preaching to the triumphant Crusaders
on the Mount of Olives. He returned to
Europe and founded the Abbey of
Neuimoutier, near Huy, in Belgium,
where he died in Ills. A large statue
was erected to his honor in the abbey
garden in 1853. Irish WORLD.
Still Uncertain.
June is memorable this year for it's en-
thusiastic conventions which have stirred
a nation. People have travelled humid
reds and thousands of miles to be pres
emit during formalities attending the
selection of two representative men OF
each of the two parties whom they put
in nomination to guide the government
affairs. But this is not enough. In fact it
is only the preface to the struggle to fol-
low this fall in again deciding which pair
make the strongest team. While such
formulas seem to be necessary in state
affairs, there are great business enter
prises which perform transformations
and continue in the even tenor of their
way without attracting much attention,
Or molesting general business. The rail-
ways are non-political, non-sectarian.
They serve all the people, even as the
great head of our nation, quietly, con-
tinuously. One of these great lines is
the Minneapolis and St. Louis Ry. AL
bert Lea Route, traversing Minnesota,
Iowa and South Dakota. Call on any of
it's agents for rates, maps, ETC., or G. M.
Pratt, G. T. & P. A., Minneapolis, MINI.
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