The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-21
TRIBUTE TO A PRELATE
HENRY A. ADAMS LECTURES ELa-
QUENTLY ON NEWMAN.

! Henry Austin Adams, one of the most
! brilliant Catholic laymen in the country.
last night left the impress of his force
| full, irresistible personality upon a large
and appreciative audience at Rauden-
! busch hall. The subject of his address
was John Henry Newman, and he spoke
/ with all the reverence and enthusiasm
! of hero wershiper.
! Mr.. Adams speaks with lightning-iike
rapidly, using brilliant diction, start
! ling, catchy phrases, land delivers ali in
forceful way thar astonishes his au-
diences. That the Sfeat and impressive
name of John Henry Newman did not
suffer at his hands goes without saying,
for when he closed his address with the
| famous hymn Of the dead cardinal
Lead Kindly Light, - and 1nodulated his
/ voice 10 suit the occasion, many back
ward, unwished-far tear was seen to
fall in mute testimony.
The address did not bristle with dates;
| it was not historical to any degree, ex-
cept in so far as Certain things were
| referred 10 incidentally; it was eufogy
In the beginning the; speaker referred
to the contrast fsheMn between the
characters of Cardinal Manning and Car
dinal Newman. The former was an &C.
clesiasticaF ffghteri Interested in all the
burning, material tI,estions of the day.
Wherever a fight was on he was in the
significant for him. He: was uneasy.
restless, broadminded and, IF you will
permit, ne to use street paranee,
'scrapper,' .
If a strike came on at the London
docks, in twenty minutes the cardinal
was there, not for a minute thinking
/ that IL was not customary for a man in
purple to intermediate in such things
He wanted to know this and that and
the causes, and then lie would do his
utmost to settle, things, anicably. ."Fhe
under dog III the light was generaHYr
his VA tchword. yJ
q SaEetnat New man was aEdiReet contrast
to Cardinal Manning n He: had IA big
head, narrow shoulders, no stomach and
no legs He WAS dfddent, unasSuning,
pale and siekly.. At the age of three be
could read I-atir. ard Greek. Ite was a
great inguist and must have been born
Knowing French and German for his
parents claimed that as far as they could
remember he could always speak the Ian
guages. He entered Oxford at the age
of fourteen. though ne looked as though
onlv ten. No Ollie nouiced him there. He
was Il student, and it was an unhearl of
thing to have students at IT, univer-
stty-the same as at the present time.
Rowing boxing and the like was what
the university was for. They eaf,ed him
Miss Newman at the university because
of his appearance and his girlish voice.
In spite of this he Just stuGiett Others
boxed and roWed and went out in tally
hos. Soon tho future, cardinals ability
began to be recognized for what he
learned he never forgot3 II he read sone-
thing at the age of five and wanted it at
the age of seYentyjfive he did not have to
look it UP. He remembered it. Soon he
became rector in the university church
at Oxford. Up les climbed y,aaf by year
half (hf /: hf1
| reached the culniaatien of his career as
Protestant. In 1S45J at the age Of forty
four, he became converted to Catholicism
Then X WIS tia: a l1iIc and cry was
| raised in all the Churches of England;
| then mud was throwl5 and unthink,ng
| ep,thetS used. Catholicism But H.
| man kept on the even tenor Of his way.
The word could not step him. lie would
| follow his light, and not swerve even for
| his own mother. Yoe
/ Mr.. Adams then stated IN his character
| iStic way tn at when he became. converted
| he broke great hole in the walls of
I prejudice, and that thousands OF people
| got . chance to look into this hole and,
| OH the other hand, thousands looked out.
( This was the beginning of the end, MIR.
| Adams thought The great man blazed
I the way. The rest followed England,
( the one country in the world that refused
| to learn anything from foreigners, be
| cause it was superior commenced 10
I doubt and WAIVER
/ The closing part of the address was de-
[ voted to the famous hymn of the cardinal
/ and his library work, all of which was
| perfect in style and in diction and pro-
( found in substance. Cardinal Newman
| was man with a purpose, ard ne said
| in action if not in words, to england.
/ You must believe as do: am prepared
| to meet you at all points"