The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-22
Aneodote. OF Cardinal Manning.


slotes Of Cardinal Manning. 1t must be re-
membered, OF course. that the writer OF me
article - a devoted ROmanist. lie SAYS:
In the inner room at the Archbish0ps
House where Cardinal Manning received MS
more intimate callers, there hung portrait
of ~. Charles B0rTOmeO. Cardinal ana ARCH
bish5p Of Milan. This was the Cardinais
fayorite saint and model archbishop. one
day in Milan. II. Charles Borr0meO was play
in1 cards with TWO OF his priests (pefnaps tne
only thing IN which the Archbishop OF west
minister never wished % initiate hin), Nhen
the talk turned on the moments OF uedtu' anu
ON what each would do il he, then and there,
Leard the la ~ summons II would Nee 20 the
church . said one. II would call on me
name of tho IOrd.7 SAID another And J."
said II. Charles, "wOuld 80 on WIN ihe
pame.v Such was the spirit IN Whlch lnI7
Oblate on the throne Of Westminster Uuuei-
took every TASK, the ighlest OF his NE. IN
tbe love of God and man he performed MS IN
different actions, talked politics ana read
upweuauers went cacn afternoon 10 the
Atbenrum Club and lcctuI'd before Inc
RoeaI society. lOiterCI in the House OF COM
mons and wandered among tue crowns AZ
Marlborough House earden-pait-si hoI
would he have finched tomeet at any moment
the messenger which came 10 hlm al last 30
calmly-alm0st cOiusyely
The HOrrOmean aneedOte had IFS match.
This time il was Cardinal Manning and TWO
of his priests who made choice, when each
was asked what be would be were he not
priest "A Doctor said one, stu dreaming
of the set service Of man. "a temperance
advocate said another, with becoming
solemnitv "And ] - said the Cardinal,
"Radical member for Mary lebone'-Just then
POLITICALLY the TOwdiest Of metropolitan areas.
10 him the service Of his Creator ana hls
felOw-cTeatuTcs was IDENTICAL 30 thaI ne
never thought il necessary 10 talk Wety III
order 10 feel he had been clerical lie had
aU his models sanity Of sanctity Wv nat
can Won EXPECT" he asked-he was speaking
of dignitar} who did not take bis advice IN
a moment OF some emergency drought up
rs he was in "a heu-COOp. as 1 call the -----:
and he named community he truly loved
and admired and shortly aiierWafd he tod
me ne had cone out OF his way 10 show special
Kindness 10 the very nOble-hearted Bishop
whose affairs had OccasOned the eplthet.
"YesV he would say 10 his flock, when they
did not rise 10 some great occasion, 81 never
forget they are my sheep And yet another
animal served at times the purpose Of hitting
comparison: "Eyersince became a Catholic,
1 have found IL necessary 10 cultivate great
devotion 10 Baiaam's ass"
His manners with ladies were always
charming, and his bow, when he took on the
hat of more than Quaker brlm, was homage
the most gracious ever made. 10 was not
often tnat he permitted himself mere com
pliment; when he did 80 IL was only because
a neat phrase carried him away. "IOu have
given me "a book which has kept me awake
and bring YOU book 10 send YOU 20 Sleep
The book which had not kept him awake was
ayOlume Of poems Of d tone he hardly caught
The requests made 10 him by authors 20
write preiaces 10 books they had written were
innumerabe. When ne had TO refuse, be did
it with a gentieness which made even the
refusal a favor. said an author: 81 have
ba 4 "a ia a. m "A mr.
/ had written beforehand. sending the proofs
and directly ! got into the room the Cardinal
thanked me and said. Il nave written a little
on that subject myself, but you take higher
line'" rhe narrator was so delighted that
he almost forgot he had come away without
thefaintest hope of an archiepiscOpal preface
A day or two afterward the Cardinal not
knowing that knew either Of the applicant
or OF the application, told me Of both. Il
said TO him. stop a bit. have written some
thing about that myself; but YOU Oyerstep the
line where cannot follow YOU" That is
what he meant TO say-what in effect he said;
for the preface was never written; but how
much sensitive consideration had framed the
version he had provided for the sensitive
author! The story Is characteristic and If
supplies a key which was sometimes requisite
to Interpret and reconcile his speeches.
In most questions his liberality was beyond
expectation He was never afraid Of being
Padre Curci, when he had been expelled by
the Jesuits, and was even out of papal favor.
he once unOOSOmcd himself 10 me. Il have
put my purse at his disposal IN his necessi-
ties" he said, "aua tell YOU this, that YOU
may tell it when l am gone, "a phrase
which be not unirequently used, aud which
/ have regarded as an obligation IN cases
where, otherwise, my pen would run through
passages. "Ihey would burn him in Rome"
he added, smiling, "if they could; and they
would burn me too
Fantastic sermons, which violate Gospel
reserve, and which profess % reveal more II
the mind of our Lord than did inspiration
itself were q great cross 10 him. "P00r
things" he said once Of community HAD
had asked him 10 preach, and In whose tone
he thought he perceived a certain -0pll-le1-
ton, 81 fear they were disappointed. l0f
found nothing better 10 preach about tlau
the crucitNion.' He had "a great desire that
ls flock should love what Ae called "lue
music Of the English Bible and A- published
at his own cost st. JO1n'. Gospel. in form
which made 10 available i9r fue pocket.
There was no medal or scaplIaf which he -
garded as an equipment more heavenly.
| never heard him fe-eeh0 SayOnaIola's
protest against lAe taWdfy robes and tinsel
jewellery OF tie customary Madonna: 81 tell
you she went at04taie-,ed as asimple young
woman Yet ,aFDnafDia and be- had most
things in common. One latOrlte phrase Of
his IN certain 81 his moods Was really para
phrase from -a}OuaI0la. In the catacOmbs
the caudicstick- were Oi wood, but the priests
were Of gold. now the caudiesticks are Of
gold" u was by sucn phrases-slighuy
piquaut. he knew them to be-lnat be kept his
faithful clergy ever on their metie.
The friendship between the Cardinal and
Mr.. Gladstone was Characteristic OF tue
eddies Of both mems dispositions aud of the
changes Of tne times. AT the time OF New
mans secession, ia 1915, 10 was Manning who
preached 10 Gladstone the quoting doctrine
that The freaks OF iudiyiduallsm in her sons
could not be pilied against tue great cOrpO-
rate teaching OF TIE mother Church Of Eng
land. PUrturbed IN spirit. the politician pro-
pounded this questIO..: Are all these con-
versions, capped by Newmans, 80 many
separate testimonies 20 the truth OF the
Roman Church, OF y there any one trait held
by these men in common 10 account Tor their
conversion There Il one trait said the
archdeacOn Oraculariy, "a want OF truth"
l tell the story IL was told 10 me. But IL
had an authentic sound 10 any one familiar
with the Teady-made-reasOn moods from
which ripper years did not wholly deliver him /;
and when / asked him in the eighties. If IL
was true he said that, though he had for
gotten the words they no doubt represented
general feeling he had that Tract 9V WAS
L: traightiorward.
lie had a great desire TO be known as he
was; and those VINO possess broad human
sympathies Will not wonder at if: for there
was nothing narrow or artificial in him. lie
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