Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-10


advancing toward the front door of St.
Peters. became separated from Arch
bishop Spalding. who always favored
me with O seat in mis- carriage. l was
as much bewildered as a stranger would
be in a London fog, and did not at
tempt 10 find my way 10 the carriage.
which was awaiting us in one of the
many cOurt-yards around the Vatican.
The rain was pouring down in torrents.
a carriage could not be secured at any
price. and. encountered as 1 was with
the impedlmenta of cope and mltre.
Journey on foot 10 the American Col
lege. a mile or more away, was out OF
the question I applied in vain 10 the
OccupantS of several carriages. but all
the seats were engaged. At last. when
a. was growing dark. a solitary carnage
remained on the piazza occupied oE
Bishop. 10 was my last chance. re-
Quested him 90 give me seat ana eA-
planned my helpless condition, speak
ing 20 him iu French. as that was the
most popular language among the IRE
lates. The Bishop looked az me with
a goCd-humored smile. which seemed
90 say. % think YOU understand Eng
fish quite as wen as French ana
then hs -erIied r1 me iD Eug.-s The
carriage. my lord. Isl engaged FOR hEe
% ur huf $50 cannot leave FnI strand
"a We must make room f'r E.
ps-.-r F.f orr ErEIIsr tongue sound
i, ave.. m rv ears. and seldom VAS
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t-a u..t.. f-rm enc vl.ts rf Austria
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81 $500.
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.t.-I.I. event Russia Was reuresent-
81 A- He hierarchy The Bishops
t-,..-r.,-- -r.-stba- around the altar I'm
49,. .-,,r..I chamber could eNClaim
...-t. --..-t In biz. ra-rrlare of the AuOC-
49,. ..--Fr- basr redeemed MS. O
80 to cod in THY blood out of every
r-iD. and tongue and people and ma
zion
30 P~sr7res attracted more general
,+tsDtioo -bar tho venerable PatriarchS
and Bishops of the East. [ may here
-,h-e-re +ba+ the Oriental Christians
cor,nrisa TWO classes. the Schismatics.
Who separsted from the Catholic
Church chiefly in the fourth, fifth and
with centuries and are not now in
communion with the See Of Rome, and
the orthodox Christians who acknOwl-
EDGE the judicial supremacy of the
Pona Only the latter had representa-
lives ar the Council though the former
had also been invited by Plus ~, but
they chose TO decline. These vener-
abla nralstss had nothing in common
v-itb their western colleagues except
tbsi- fairb Their peculiar rites and
csra,,oDise their UturgiCaI and popu-
Io- Iarg,,oga their dress and long
Sc,.i-s- be9rde slammed them with
,,ersonsIi+v AIN their own. Some OF
tbs1, recalled 10 mind the Patriarchs of
ola NJ whom We read in the sacred
Scriptures. and they might sit for a
Moses or an Aaron. The Eastern Chris
tians in communion with the Holy See
are divided into the following rites
: The Greek Rite. Itself subdiyided
into Pure Greek. talo-Greek. ROuman-
ian bulgarian. Ruthenian. and Mel
cbite Greek: . The Chaldean Rite; 8.
The Syrian Rite. 4. The Syro-Maronite:
;. The SyrO- Malabar; 6. The Coptic,
subdivided into Coptic proper and Cop
Lic-Ethiopian.
These Orientals came from the banks
Of the Tigris and EUphrates, the cradle
OF the human family. from the banks
of the Jordan. the cradle Of Christian
ity, from the banks of the Nile, the
home OF the Oldest historic civilization.
They came from Chaldea. from the
lands OF the Modes. the Persians and the
Abvssinians. from MCssUl built near
the site OF the ancient Ninevah, and
from Bagdad. founded not far from
the ruins OF Babylon. They assembled
from Damascus and Mount Libanus,
and from the Holy Land. sanCtitied by
the fOOtprints Of our Blessed Redeem
or What a sDectacle they presented.
what reverence they 2excited, I'm
cbsneeable as the nils and valleys of
their native soil. they wore the same
turbsp and the same pale and thought
I'M coInrsnance that their fathers wore
in the time of John the Baptist; they
exhibited the same simplicity OF man
ners that Abraham did nearly Iour
thousand years ago. when ne lea ms
iocks in the valley OF Manure ana gave
hospitality 70 angels.
The Vatican Councll lnc'ueHlat.s al-
fords rs most striking ana srauI! lus
evidence OF the growth OF our ldu5uas0