The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-12

| O. rsaay usore-as al Aetfse life Hereto
sers afd sos see or feel In me rhs srruEssas
upon which couGsi act with s~rrusnenr@
and s~sar1sy- I Do NOW ard grs this tsasss
Hy fGtur~ lsse wsFs ~ haalt WAT nv az
uasas may * care rsos X ~as this deep
eternal sympathy which dSa wssA 30 feed
and an now conscious shAs tire lack Of
U was the reason % my Inactivity VITA
snss guide / ask no ether nor de- feel
sne need OF the support cs fYiv.s4s or
Kindred or Of the world Aiare IL il
sNfncasnt far me. taouxa x cprs~asfsrss
TIRE advice ~ ny frsenes and All my lorna
.r life IL certainly seems 10 nae snse-
suses any frrrS arises il viii hs FROM
my aispE<saserce-
ror clear anderstA-xssnx af ss4s Ian
gs1ASs II must pe re-Es nhsre3 sAsas HeCker
belonged for eorsssserassss time. % usss
or Other Of those Methodist sesrre whose
msraoeYs meet together 10 receive the
Visit IT the Holy tsrsss. There is
therefore. reason 10 fear that Heeser. es-
sseesails during that fSsrs Of his isfr-w VIXEN
ne nrsi entered the ehu~ch-was exposed
TO the danger Of believing fssa ressdasystha RAT
the spirit OF God inspired hina ia his words
and thoughts. Indeed he says as nssacss
~ HE close Of his iise. June ~ 7S~~-
Way did nos switch Of frasH esnrssflara-
stS IS Carlyle did, ReeasSs hops. tia,
was srsse- 10 natural reason. hat. chief
~ because God had given me ssacss an
amount OF infused lights and xrAess that
was forced 10 seek rude or 20 az
into exsrayagaaf fanaticiexE "
In relation 10 y nat are DISTINGUISHED as
passive and active virtues shs fsaraxx4,ass
or NJ Ma1s1e0 run. This Is nssw his
oacgraIher records this new growth az
reforming conceptions .Frather Heekev
believed that the Latin race haa crowned
Its work in the Vatican council and ione
IL gsorsDusfy and that the time had ar
rived 70 invite the Teutonic race 10 de-
velop its farce in the interior life ~ the
church What Is the cause ~ a ssecs-
dence % the Latin race Tire cause Is tie
excessive influence given 10 tAs passive
virtues and To tsr respect shown for GUS
tom and authority hy the Layins. We
Rave this from Aahe Klein In his preface.
Respect for custom. at enc tire a cause
of superiority and almost virtue. has
now become in many respects weak
ness, a defect. a cause 81 sackwardnsss
and deca3auce. the passive virtues. which
were the pride Of an epoch when one
had only 10 follow the current, must give
way everywhere before these active sir-
tues. without which nothing can stand ia
these days" French I.sfe1
Then come these references "a religious
vows; with regard 10 stability ne
tr Atltf ttcErtTt sHz18-A tl< AApSTA-
pher, Men OF stable character need no
vow 20 guarantee adherence Ia divine
vocation. and men Of feeble character
may. indeed, vow themselves Into an out
ward stability, but 1; is Of little fruit
to themselves personally aFsi their irre-
moyabillty is often Of Infinite distress TO
their saperiors and hrstkren.' IL that be
50, TO what category of souls are vows
usefuig The biographer hastsns To re-
assure his readers ny adding: Neither
Father Hecker nor any az hts associates
had the least aversion 10 yuws-' Assur-
eddy he could not well have said less
There are passages from both the biog-
raphy and the critiaue which relate 10
the ether chosen way Of bringing back
the strayei enc 10 the fold. Some OF
them are. Father Heeker himself thus
sums up his idea Of what constitutes the
return Of the church to its true normal
course: An Increased action Of the Holy
Spirit in the saul In consequence Of this
great attention directed 10 the interior
life. and more perfect explanation Of
the same the development ~ the inteilig-
lille side Of the mysteries Of faith and the
intrinsic reasons OF the truths OF divine
revelation Such a movement will open
the door for the return Of the Saxon
races And so on. paragraph after par
agraph. both of the life and the cri
,iaue. all bearing in a greater or less de-
gree on those teachings Of the church