The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-06-17
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FATHER LANIGAN OF BUFFALO
CREATED A SENSATION IN THE
STREETS OF JERUSALEM.

in the course of a very interesting letter
written by Rev. James A. Lanigan, D. D.,
of St Brdgets church, this city, to a
clerical friend, the popular priest
describes an unusual experience he and
his fellow tourists had in Jerusalem, says
the Buffalo Commercial. DR.. Lanigan,
writing from Rome, says:
Although I did not at first intend to
say much about my Holy Land ex,
perience, cannot let this little episode
pass by without noting it. We made the
stations of the cross from the hall of
Plate, where Christ was condemned to
death, to the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre. All true pilgrims do the same
thing but with this difference. We were
twenty American priests and could all
sing pretty well. When we started at this
first station inside the present Turkish
barracks, We felt ourselves impclled 10
raise our voices above the ordinary tone
of prayer and we lntoned Qn soto voce
STYLE I assure you) the beautiful 'Stabat
Mater In perfect surprise the soldiers
came running towards US as if they were
going to massacre US on the spot. How
ever, they did no such thing. They were
simply stunned by our unwonted daring
surrounded us but uttered no protest.
They even followed Us 10 the second sta
ton. On we went from station to sta
ton, through the streets Of Jerusalem
trying az best We could to picture our
Blessed Lord going over that self-same
route, to die for US He carried His
cross, we our umbrellas, for 1t was rain
ing. All this time we continued to chant
al each station a verse of the 'Stahat
until we came to the place of the cruel
fNiOn. ] assure you that we were very
much I'm earnest in this pious exercise
and we all cherish the memory, and are
proud Of what we did. The Franciscau
Fathers told Us that it was never done
before. They must always go in silence.
and even when large pilgrlmages come to
Jerusalem, the stations are made always
without singing, for fear of interference
on the part Of the Turkish soldieIy But
We We're Americans and acted as If we
had 4 perfect right to sing If 1t so pleased
US"
Father Lanigan expected to make an
extended sOjcurn In Rome, thence going
to Austria, Germany, Ireland ana France.
He speaks glowingly of his trip to the
capital OF the Greeks, writing Incidental
~ of his st. Fatrick's day celebration In
that classic city, as follows:
From Constantinople on to Athens
Oh, with what fervid imaginings l an
ticipated MY visit through the Homeric
Isles, to that home of culture! I had
expected TO see an old city crowded with
monuments Of the past glory of Greece
but instead Of that we beheld a modern
Athens, a small edition of Brussels, with
streets lighted by electric lights, and
these streets broad and neat and clean
What a contrast between this and what
we had seen under the dominion of the
Athens. We did not bother ourselves
about our past troubles in. our Greek
class. After the first half hour we even
gave up spelling out the Greek signs
over the stores and after viewing the
city undertook to climb-to the top O.
Parnassus? No, to the top of the Acrop
oils and the Hill of Mars, and wande
over the remains of a temple which il
the palmy days of Grecian art, mus