The age-herald., 1902-02-02
John Henry Newman HIS v0a,
HIS WORKS
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BY WILLIAM RYAN.

youths pass two and two with elastic tread finishing their modest daily walk and near the city. what had been tan dem a mile back. next crossed his field of view, shorn of its leader. Presently stately cap and gown loomed in the distance. He had gained the road before 1t crossed him. It was a college tutor whom he had known a little Charles expected to be recognized, but the resi- dent passed by with that half conscious, uncertain gaze which seemed to have some memory of a face that yet was strange. He had passed Folly Bridge; troops of horsemen overlook him, talk ing loud. while with easy, jaunty pace they turned into their respective stables. He crossed to Christ church and penetra- ted to Peckwater The evening was still bright and the gas was lighting. Groups of young men were stationed here and there. the greater number in hat, few in caps, one or two with gowns in addition. Some were hollowing up their companions at the window of the sec ond story; scouts were carrying about 'aeger' dinners; pastry-cook boys were bringing in desserts; shabby fellows with Blenheim puppies were lettering under Canterbury Gate Many stared, but no one knew him. He hurried up Oriel Lane. Suddenly start and a low bow from passer-by. Who could it be? It was superannuated shoe-black of his college, to whom he had sometimes given stray shilling. He gained the High street and turned down toward the Angel. What was approaching? The vision of proc tor. Charles felt an instinctive quirering, but it passed by him and did no harm. Like Kehama he had charmed life. And now he had reached his inn
 This passage from "Apologia" is often quoted People say that the doctrine of transubstantiaton is difficult to be- lieve: l did not believe it until I was a Catholic. I had no difficulty in believing it as soon as I believed that the Catholic Roman church was the oracle of God and that she has declared this doctrine to be part of the original revelation. It it difficult, impossible to imagine, 1 grant; but how is it difficult to believe?
 Yet Macauly thought it so difficult to believe that he had need of a believer in it of talents as eminent as Sir Thomas More. before he could bring himself to conceive that the Catholics of an en- frightened age could resist the overwhelm- ing force of the argument against it. Sir Thomas More he says, is one of those choice specimens of wisdom and virtue; and the doctrine of transubstan- tiation is a kind of proof charge. faith that will stand that test will stand any test But for myself, l can not in deed prove it. I can not tell how it is; but I say why should not it be? what's to hinder it! what do l know of substance or matter? Just as much as the greatest philosophers. and that is nothing at all So much is this the case that there is a rising school of philosophy now which considers phenomena to constitute the whole of our knowledge in physics.
 "The Catholic doctrine leaves phenom- ena alone. It does not say that the phe- fIoP Pnfafr fl a remain. Nor does it say that the same phenomena are in several places at once It deals with what no one on earth knows anything about-the material substances themselves And in like manner, of that majestic article of the Anglican as well as of the Catholic creed-the doctrine Of the Trinity in Unity. What do l know of the essence of the Divine Being? l know that my abstract idea of three is simply incompatible with my idea of one; but when I come to the question of concrete fact. l have no means of proving that there Is not a sense in which one and three can equally be predicated of the 1ncommuncable God
 | In concluding "Apoogia' Newman pays this loving tribute to his brothers with whom he was associated: "I have closed | this history of myself with St. Philips name upon St. Philips feast day; and 1 having done so, to whom can 1 more suit ably offer it, as a memorial of affection and gratitude, than to St Philips sons, my dearest brothers of this house, the priests of the Birmingham oratory, Am brose St John. Henry Austin Mills, Hen ry Bittleston, Edward Caswall. William Paine Neville and Henry 1gnatius Dud- ley Ryder ?-who have been so faithful tc me. who have been so sensitive Of my needs; who have been 90 indulgent to my failings who have carried me through ria1S rbn hDN yrn sacrifice if | asked for 1t; who have been so cheerful under discouragements of my causing: who have done so many good works and let me have the credit of them; with whom I have lived so long, with whom I hope to die.
 And to you especially, Ambrose St. John, whom God gave me when He took every one else away; who are the link between my old life and my new who have now for twenty-one years been so devoted to me, so patient. so Jealous, so tender; who have let me lean so hard upon you who have watched me so mar rowly; who have never thought of your self if I was in question.
 And in you I gather up and bear Tn memory those familiar affectionate com panions and counsellors. who in Oxford were given to me one after another, to be my daily solace and relief; and all those others, of great name and high example, who were my thorough friends, and showed me true attachment in times long past: and also those many younger men, whether I knew them or not, who have never been disloyal to me by word or by deed; and of all these. thus various in their relations to me. those more es- pecially who have since joined the Cath olic Church.
 And l earnestly pray for this whole company, with hope against hope, that all of us, who once were so united, and so happy in our union, may even now be brought at length by the Power of the Divine Will. into One Fold and under one Shepherd.
 May 26. 1864. In Festo Corp. Christ"
 As busy as Cardinal Newman was with work in Birmingham. Bishop Curtis of Baltimore, while preparing for the Cath ollie priesthood, paid him a visit; spent several weeks with him at the oratory He tells of the great mans gentleness and kindness and of his thoughtful at tention to his guest. Dr. Curtis says 1t was most edifying to see this eminent ecclesiastic and author, this man whose fame filled both hemispheres. leave his fessions of grimy men from the mills He says Dr. Newman would sit for hours in the confessional box performing the duty of an ordinary parish priest
 IS all so quietly and patiently done. But Newman was saintly man and any call in behalf of humanity or