Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-16

hang about his trall body; the high
jeweled miter is on his head and in his
thin, withered hand he bears a massive
crozier. His face is that of an anchor
tie, an ascetic, one whose mind is ele-
waited above this life and whose
thoughts are fixed on the world to
come. 1t is a strangely impressive face
"a face which makes you look at it
closely and carefully. The features
are small and sharp, the sunken cheeks
are wrinlxled and furrowed, the nose is
finely moulded, the lips are thin and
firmly compressed, denoting a man of
resolution and courage: the complex
ion is colorless, almost ghastly. while
under the massive brow glitter pair
of eyes deep set and keen. The voice
is weak and can scarce be heard at any
distance, for age, which has spared his
mental powers, has attacked his voice
and though his throngs Of listeners OBJ
serve the deepest silence and respect,
only those in his immediate neighbor-
hood can distinguish the thoughtful
words that fall from his lips ="
Such was Manning the cardinal. But
it was as philanthropist, social re-
former, and the friend of the laboring
man that he endeared himself to the
heart of England and of humanity
everywhere. He was a firm believer
in, and powerful advocate of, papal in
fallibility and its attendant teachings.
His dream was the reunion OF Christen-
dom under the Pope; but, while he
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medieval church, he was nevertheless
in perfect touch and sympathy with
modern social and political life.
| He was Democrat in the
true sense of the word, and it
with his practical sympathy with the
human interests that gradually over.
came the strong feeling aroused in Eng
land by his withdrawal from the es-
| tablished church He wrote much and
ably on the labor problem, and his ar
duous work in connection with the
| London dock yards strikes showed that
he considered old age no impeachment
when good may be done or suffering re
ieved. The temperance movement had
in him one of its warmest advocates
and in short, there were few great
| philanthropic movements of the day il
which he did not prominently figure.
Born At Hertfordshire in July, 1s0s
he graduated with distinction at the
age of % from Balliol college, Oxford
| and soon after became fellow of Mer
ton college.
From the earliest childhood ht
showed deep religious feeling, reSer
ence for antiquity and obedience to the
| dictates of conscience-results it i;
said, of an excellent training at home
While at Oxford he took holy ORDER
and became one of the most popular
preachers of the established church. Ii
1884 he was vicar of parish in Sussex
and six years later becam,
archdeacou of Chichester For twenty
years he continued to be one of tn,
foremost of the church of Englan,
clergy. He doubted, however, subordi
nation of the church to the State il
matters of faith and he was carried
little by little, after much perplexit,
and hesitation, to the Church of Rome
which, in his estimation, had the meri
of accepting final decisions in religion
questions from spiritual rulers only
| At the age of thirty-six he was univer
sally regarded as one of the stronges
pillars of the English church. Sevei
years later, on Passion Sunday, 1851, h
felt himself compelled to make grea
Pronunciation, and laid before the foot
stool of the Pope the costly offering
of such character as in ii
blend of sanity life, of strength, 0
intellect, of eloquence alike of tongu
and pen, and of unrivaled knowledge @
the world, has rarely been bestowed o
any of the sons of men. His going owe
to the church of Rome naturally los
him many dear friends and subjecte
him to the severest criticisms, especial
! as there was much ill-feeling abroad a
, the time between Roman catholicisr
| and the church of England over wh0
! was called papal aggression. Some d.