The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04
A GREAT PREACHER.
Wonderful Sermon Delivered Ate,
 the Franco-PrussiAn War.

tAS Fl EIdDCG-FIuSS1tn war.
 Mainly About People:
 During the week the Golden Jubilee of the celebrated Dominican preacher, Pere Monsabre. took place. The Paris ians made every effort to have the ser vices connected with the celebration held in Notre Dame, the scene ot so many of Pere MonSabre's successes But the great Dominican wished it otherwise; he was always against pomp and display. So there was d quiet. ceremony at HaVre. to which all friends and int!mdteS were invited. and Paris was denied one O. the big func- tions it's soul loNeth. Had Pere Mon sabre come to Paris his reception would have been d memorable one, for he has been. in his day, one of the most popular priests in France, and many are the souvenirs associated with his name. For instance, prominent statesman who has long since ceased to visit either church or chapel, told me that Pere Monsabre gave hlm the most thrilling patriotic experience of his life.
 It was the terrible year after the annexation and the Dominican was preaching a course of Lenten sermons in the cathedral of Metz. His farewell sermon was on the resurrection, and in his peroration he draw a magniti- cent picture of the deliverance of his countrymen from the German yoke, which the sword of a barbarian and the pen of an ambitieux' had placed upon them. My friend said he had been through many exciting episodes, had been in many feverish enthusiastic gatherings, but scene such as follow ed the preachers parting words he had never seen nor experienced. As he de- scribed it: The congregation sprang to their feet and something like a howl of rage went through the church. Men, women and children began to sob. They fell into one anothers arms in very ecstacy of grief, and more than one curse against the conqueror was min gled with the prayer for notre belle France.'s
 Pere Monsabre once had to preach a charity sermon in little provincial town where he was not known to any of the priests On arriving al the pres bytery he put on very coarse accent and. in Very ungrammatical language, informed those who had expected him that Pere Monsabre was not well. so the superior had sent him to preach in | his place The poor priests were in despair; they tried every argument to dissuade him from preaching, they of | fered every inducement for his return l lO 1At, Ol NOul lCllldIilCQ Op- | durate to all appeals. He'd do his | best. he said. but they must be sure and give him good breakfast before hand lie kept up the joke until he got into the pulpit The delightful sur prise of the anxious priests may be imagined when. instead of the harsh, provincial utterances of the uncouth stranger they heard the soft, mellow tones of the great preacher.
 Anotle- story told of him is that the day, as he was just going to preach a message came to him that a lady wanted to see him. She was worried a bout an affair of conscien,e: she felt she'd like to see him. etc. After much waste of time she came to the point. She was given up to vanity. That very morning. she confessed. she had look ed into her lookingglass and yielded to the temptation of thinking herself pretty.
 Pere Monsabre looked at her and said. quietly: Tt that all?'
 That is all"
 well. my child" he ,plief. you can go away in peace. for to make a mistake is not sim