Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-22

work. He rises on the instant az the
stroke OF bell, aud retires at an early
hour. which is unalterably fixed Any
one Will ind, by practice, that this Is
the greatest possible stimulus 20 indus
Try. and that il helps not only to do all
things, but 10 do all things well.
AT the end OF his college life the SUI
dent finishes bis education oy taavel
the chief object being 10 visit Rome.
III Is now ready 20 be ordained minis
ter Of God. be has been graduated Ia
the classic and scientific branches OF
human knowledge ana has learned all
that 10 is possible TO learn concerning
world which he has never seen but
hooes some time 20 inhabit, and
40 which Is thought 20 dwell
40 onnlscieut and benevolent Be-
ing, IN the hollow OF whose hand ne
are but atoms. He Is, he believes, an
appointed representative OF this Divln-
itv; and, hred with the sublimity OF
this thought and with the grandeur OF
the path he has chosen aud what Il
leads TO, 70 Is scarcely 20 be marve.led
at that he should forget and forego
with such seeming unCOnCeru the Olan-
charm is the pursuit OF rainbow or
happiness which, when reached, IS
found 10 Do a cOloriess stratum OF thin
air.
Following his ordination the young
priest Is made assistant 10 some parish,
where a pastor OF long service can lead
him gradually into the iuil and free ex-
ercise OF his sacred functions, and he
now experiences The unique condition OF
being father 20 hundreds, among when
are gray-halrod sires and danes de Is
their cOnhdant and adviser, partaker or
their pleasures and sympathizer In their
Sorrows In the confessional every de-
tail OF their most secret sins Is poured
into his ear, and they humbly do the
penance be imposes or accept bis for
Elveness, for they acknowledge In him
"a envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentlarv from Jheir God.
He continues TO the capacity OF assist
ant for an indefinite period. generally
Two or three years, and Is then trans
forred 20 another parish and placed In
charge. This may be To a wealthy dis
trict OF a popu,ous city or it may be ca
the confines OF a desert realm. He
does rot question his deserts but ooeys
the mandates OF his supsriors without
remark or criticism. Perhaps Ea may
rise 70 positions OF dignity iu the
church, for hero as elsewhere ability Is
recognized; perhaps be may remain
through life an unknown private In an
obscure outpost 10 matters NOT. For
him there IS no such thing SO fame and
fortune. He lives 90 labor and 20
walt.
Cntn the last change is made the
priest cannot DO said 20 have finished
sis apprenticeship and entered upon the
actual duties OF his vocation, but for
shat matter he never ceases 10 train.
Re Is close student all bis life, Incl
dsntally performing q vast amount OF
labor which may or may not be cOns,d-
cred as beneficial 20 the world at large
as that performed by the masters 10 art,
literature, politics or other departments
OF civilization. Certainly MS tenn
poral reward is inadequate ana not 10
be compared with these others. Nobody
knows the inner life oi Cath
lie priest, it's solemn la
bors and mystic pleasgres-uo-
BODY will ever know, not even when be
70 dead and buried. IN the burial
ground OF bis flock aud his fathers, set
spart and cousecrated thar the faithful
may know they are resting among their
peers, his body holders, and above him
rises the cross, emblem of what he has
borne and 0att.ei for, pointing heaven
ward, 10 there be such thing as heav-
On. There are people who doubt 10,
but the priest never did. Bis training
ta finished Ut was not until now, aud
there are those who think that be will
be enabled % utilize &c 10 council with
the anEeLs.