New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-18
FROM THE MAIL
IN DEFENCE OF CARDINAL MANNING
A FRIEND AND ADMIRER HAS SOMETHING To SAL
OF HIS PERSONAL CHARACTER AND
INTELLECTUAL QUALITY

OF HIS PERSONAL CHARACTER AND
INTELLECTUAL QUALITY
To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: If it he permitted to review a reviewer
should like 20 say something per contra 10 '"o
writer who reviews Purcalrs life Of Cardinal Man
nng my old friend and my fathers Trend III W
DAYS Tribune I say my fathers friend. for ne
dedicated the first volume OF his Anglican sermons
10 nv father whom ne met when he went 10 bns
land 10 preach the sermon at the opening Oh ing
parish church Leeds at the invitation OF III
Hook II IL an inherited friendship, as we' d. ="
personal one the latter founded on my seeing MIN
en- several occasions when I was in Europe hTst
heard his svcry voice and his persuasive worcs III
the Church OF St. Andreadele Fratte In Rome over
forty years ago - .
NJ one who has never been through the throes OF
conversion from Professionalism to Cathonci'y can
form any idea OF what 1t IS, especially "heh Tie
mind 10 losing hold of the old IDEAS ana mas never
yet grasped the new. 1t IS period or perpieNiy'
uncertainty and difficulty, and must have peeh
doubv so I'm the early days when the converts were
pioneers I know Of no sadder book than Inc lie {,
ters Of Cardinal Newman" describing tna' peI'o'
in his own life. He had lost faith IN AnsAca"lsi''
ard yet he was uncertain as TO MS own co'c'u
slors fearing lest ne might be misled and m!sisaa
others and Knowing the grief that his leaving 'he
Church of England would cause to so many VINO
were dearer to him than life. ms IN MS case anu
in the case of Cardinal Manning. LED TO apparent
oscillation and charges OF dishonesty ana uup'0i''
of which neither of them was capable. AS 500" -
they saw their way clear before them they n'a"s
the tremendous sacrifice huniahIy sPe""'"7' 60"
brayely entered upon II.
That there we're differences Of opinion as 10 u'-
defined dogma and policy Of action between mos.
two great men is not 10 be denied just Do ~
wlthstood Peter to the face 50 Newman and Man
ming differed about certain matters. anu '''" III
ference WAS pubic and well known
Manning never did noble or disnteres'ed ueeu
ia foo astounding to be passed by. lex uno dlsce
omnes" and almost all his criticism IS o. 'he
same character and OF the order OF uaVesy
Toward the end OF his life. when the goldeh JuoAee
OF his priesthood COR perhaps the silver jubilee q
his episcopate) was celebrated. offerings afouh'
ing to many thousand pounds were made TO MIN.
When the money was given to him he gave IL an
away to hospitals asy lums, selnlnafles his
ami schools and one of the most beautiful Things
he over wrote was the address that he deiiVeren on
that occasion. | have not yet seen NJ. 4 a. n
book: but surely that must be mentioned ana
this act vas i'm keeping with his whole life Per
transit benencendo' che went about dons gSo n(
Divine Master When he acquired the site OF ms
new cathedral he said he would never puiid on ~
until every Catholic child N LONDON was III Na'"-
Ills devotion the laborng cases E was most nnd
marked and though persona grata at Court ana
70 the nobility and aristocracy OF ENGLAND, ana d
member Of the Athenaeum Cup $50 'hat ,epfeei
II was not among them that he was to De louhu,
but in the Sums among the poOi .,nt.'.r
femnerance crusade and trying in every possible
way to promote the spiritual and temporal ln,STes.S
stemious life and died leaving almost nothing be.
hind him acting his own principle that priest
ehoulI die without money and without DEBTS HIS
manner was cold and irresponsve, and he was
often misunderstood, but no nobler man or NOR
Satthfui rriest ever lived than Henry Edward Man
mig second Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
in the restored hierarchy of England. :,
IA ,,Sd rast .ina | saw him was q few months be-
fore his death. when his emacated frame ana IN,
made lnon him. but the fire still in the eye ana
he kindliness in the voice which | had remem.
hhaa,r.i m hvgone years and which once seen and
once heard could never be forgotten. am glad
to have the opportunity OF Offering this tr3Ite TO
his memory. . co. W. H. ~
Newark ~ j., Jan. T., 1896