The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-28
ABBEY OF CETHSEMANE
Monks Cemctery.)

room 3 efficiently heated in winter for the use
% the reli ;ions. The second, story is in its en-.
ing hall OF the Inonks. This dormit0rv at tic
first glance makca u peculiar, impression upon
i"1 St appears ' at tl sp'. si9ht e NTH; no% void i II iu frG,
t9re OF any description. ~ vain the c,e
OF thu visitor strives 70 detect bcdstcads
rises 4 wooden partition, and along IL are
cells, thirty-firc In number. very much In the
tho windows on both sides Of The dormitory hoil.
The doors are curtained with cheap inntcriil.
To the right, covering the entire length Of the
wooden shelf. A ticking, stuffed with straw,
rests upon the boards, and IA bolster of char and
monks. ,licsidc5 4 %crnri6x, II holy water stoup.
aud II clothes rail, this ~ all the furniture the
cell possesses. Here, upon one OF these print.
The Trnppisi monk sleeps during the short hours
between. Up. ". and :. "A, NJ; on feast and holy
days only until I \. NJ. Then the he'll sounds,
and, tvc minutes nrterwori the mains and
lalds In church commence. Each cell bears upon
u little wooden board tho name Of the monk who
occupies II. IL" never changes II, and he never
during the short hours Of rest takes of the habit
Of his order. What dreams mhy comc here and
tina, far-olf land, into which his spirit ycnrns To-
take Its fighti. Memories OF the past, pictures
of the world, Of u life, which, he o. his own ac.
cord has left hanishcd from his thoughts, Siriven
to forget VIII there in the dead OF night
rise temptations, will they cnsnare his weaken.
ing spirit, wrcstlc with his soul until the sleeper
awakes, and. in the agony Of torment, rises and
throws himself before his Creator. crying and
praying for helpi who knows how many u tear
IN these cells hns silently tricklcd down hollow
cheeks; how many a sob has here been Stiticd by
almost superhuman effort; how many n rebel.
liOus hear. has hcrc been tramplcd into submits.
sion / who knows ~ tho battles, fought here In
the silence of the night, in tho horrible darkness.
surrounding body and soul alikri
The chapter hall downstairs IL by far tho most
comfortably equipped apartment in the monas-
tory. The lower end il taken up hy three con.
feSsion boxes, the middle Oac, that OF the Fla
Their Abbot, TO the right the one in which The
Prior, 10 the left tho one in which the Sub.prior,
hears confession. Opposite these, ut tho upper
end Of The hall. stands the richly carved chair OF
the Abbot; to the right again that Of the Prior; 10
the left that OF the Sub.Prior. Nobody ever occu.
pics the chair of the Abbot unless invested with
this office. From the walls hang n number
OF pictures and sayings taken from the
Scriptures. French, English, and German hooks
Of religious nature I'LL the corner shelves; tables,
and writing desks are placed In the middle OF
the apartment. while II row of dark wooden
benches, divided into seats or stalls, each bear
ing the name OF Its occupant. runs along the
walls. Here, In the chapter hall, tho spiritual
readings and lectures, md also all tito ccrc.
monies OF tho order takc place. Here, he
fore the chair of the Abbot, and vicariously
that q the Prior, the rostulant prostrates
himself upon, tho floor, replies to the ques-
ton of The superior "Quid petis !" VSha
do yon desire z by saying Misericordiam Del
e Ordinis fThe compassion OF God and OF the
surge ~ nomine DER Itise In the name OF
the iord.) He tten receives aud Is at once