The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-24

sured, he threw down the staff on which he
had leaned, assumed the dignity and i'm
perlousness which never forsook HIM in HIS
short poutihcate of five years. A monu-
ment Of his greatness was he building Of the
aqueduct, % miles long He compared him
self 10 Moses, whose statue he raised
fetching water from the rock by the potent
touch of his staff He raised the obelisk in
front of St. Peters a feat thought to be in
possible. There was the penalty Of death
Tor anyone who spoke during the process.
When the vast thing swayed and seemed
about to fall, a voice rang from out the
crowd, Wet the ropes The obelisk was
saved; for once SiXtus revoked his word.
He founded the vatican library and crowned
st. Peters with its noble dome. He despised
Philip H., yet contributed to equip his Ar
mazda. He admired Elizabeth of England
and Henry of Navarro, but for policy,s sake
communicated both. In his humorous
way, he would talk Of mating with Eliza
beth as the only woman who equaled him in
greatness, saying, What match it would
be. He was the last pope kings have had
to fear. People, hating him, marveled at
his glory-sald he had made a contract with
the devil by whose aid he had risen step by
step, and that the stipulated period having
expired, ms soul had been carried away in
a tempest
Clement VIII, 1891, absolved Henry OF
Navarro. consented 10 his divorce from
Marguerite. In defiance Of the pope, Henry
Issued the Edict of Nantes
In the pontifieate OF Urban VIII, 1853,
Calico was confined in the prisons Of the in
QUESTION for declaring the earth moved
round the sun. To save himself from tor
II
ant monks. his hand upon The Bible, lie re-
nounced his theory He rose, indignant
with himself, stamped his foot and ex-
claimed, And yet it does move, which con.
demned him to dungeons for another three
years.
In the pontifeate OF Innocent " 1914
Louis XIV. was persuaded to revoke the
Ediet Of Nantes.
Clement Y, 1870, received into the Cath
clio church Christina. daughter of Gustavus
Adolphus, who had ahGicated her throne
| nder great pressure from the sovereigns
Of Europe Clement NV, 1863, abolished the
order Of the Jesuts From that time he
led a life of anxiety, fear and repentance
His strength failed. Il am going into etel-
nifty, he said, land know the cause
The greatest work Of Plus VI, l775, was
the draining of the Pontine marshes He
had the modification to witness he abso-
late decay of the holy see He lost Avignon,
was deprived of all authority in Rome-by
the order of Napoleon was taken to France
as prisoner, where he died.
Plus VII, in 1900, was elected pope by
French influence, Napoleon astonishing tie
world by saying, Society without relig on
Is ike ship without compss" itus re-
stored the Jesuits. Hoping to save the
wreck Of papal power, he reluctantly con-
sented to go TO Paris TO crown Napoleon,
Who crowned himself and treated the pope
with little respect. When Napoleon donned
the iron crown at Milan, Plus refused TO
be present. He refused to recognize Joseph
Bonaparte king Of Naples and to shut his
ports against English ships, and even threat
ened TO eAeommunicate Napoleon himself
On refusing TO renouRee all claims to tenn
poral power he was taken prisoner, carried
to France and confined in Fontainebleau.
After Waterloo, he was released: and the
papal territories in Italy restored.
Plus IN, 1916, began his pontiGcate BY
releasing all political prisoners. He pro-
claimed papal nfallibility a dogma Of the
church Under Victor Emmanuel the states
Of the church were annexed to the kingdom
Of Italy and the temporal power Of the pos
ceased to exist