The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-21
REoUIE ESoAr IN PACE.

leIL lIS edTlilly ISlleAiSub' SoAS and without struggle life closed and one of the foremost men of the age,- thinker. scholar. administrator. has passed away. For twenty-five years this delicate man had borne the great burden attaching to his high office, his administration of affairs characterized by rare success and brillianey. As is fittingly said by Secretary Hay in his message of condolence to the Vatican;
 aby his lofty character, his great learn- ing and his comprehensive charity, he
 adorned his exalted station and made his reign one Of the most illustrious, as it has been one of the longest, in the history of the Catholic church."
 1 And of striking interest and suggest iveness is the sympathy which has been manifested in the Protestant denomina- tion for the Pope in his illness. Pray CTS were offered in many Protestant. churches in various parts of this coun- try for the dying Pope, and sermons have been delivered in Protestant
 churches in like spirit and in recogni- ton also of the Pope's blameless life and sanctity, his wisdom and catholic ity. Prayer was offered for the Pope also at the convention of the Universal ist Young Peoples Christian Union held at Akron, Ohio. The Congrega- tionalist recently published an article ! on the Pope written by Professor Egan
 of the Catholic University at Washing | ton. Noteworthy also was tribute to
 the Pope by Rev. Joseph H. TWicheil of Hartford, a member of Yale's cor l poration. Mr. Twichell said in the Hartford Times: 1t is certainly a not
 able thing, and impressive to contem- plate-tf1 well-nigh universal senti-
 ment of sympathy, respect and rever-
 ence manifested throughout the Prot
 estant community toward Leo XIII. in his present sickness. It recalled the similar demonstration that attended the death of Cardinal Newman. thir- teen years ago; only that was less ex- l traordinary because Newman was an
 Englishman. The reason of it is not
 doubtful. It arose from the prevailing impression of his personal goodness.
 How this impression was produced,
 and to such an extent established in | the general mind, it would, perhaps,
 be difficult to say. A man of l power he evidently was: and a man of insight to discern the signs of the | times: Of admirable intellectual gifts l and accomplishments; but that which l won him the esteem and honor of null l tftudes who were not of his ecclesiasu-
 cal fold was the temper and spirit of good will that seemed always with him and to be in some wise reflected in whatsoever he did. It was to this grace that the regret with which they viewed his approaching departure hence was a tribute"
 ! All this is indicative of change in the attitude of Professionalism toward
 the Roman Catholic church. which is
 one of the most remarkable religious l developments in generation. A quar- ter Of a century ago stern unconpro- l missing denunciation of the Roman I 1Catholic church by Protestant church ] councils and other Protestant ecclesias- I tical bodies was not at all uncommon.
 Now all this bitter spirit of opposition l has melted away. The Roman Catho- \ lie church is widely recognized as a l powerful co-laborer and Christianizing I agency i'll both civilized lands and the I lands of barbarism and savagery. The
 Roman PontiR is no longer described in Protestant circles as "that antichrist, l that man of sin and son of perdition." i" I Instead Pope Leo XIII. was recognized l as Christian brother and Protestants l have Joined with Catholics in celebrat- I ing the spiritual exaltation of his 4 character and the services he has ren- ! dered Christianity. As says the New | York Sun: "Ie was described by a
 Methodist preacher of New York on l Sunday as a leader of the great army
 of the Lords hosts spiritual con-
 mander-in-chief,' a champion of the faith who has never wavered from the
 Catholic position and the theology of
 Thomas sAquinas,' who has done much I for the progress of civilization who
 has restored the golden age of, the
 Papacy in its best sense.'"
 The steady growth of religious toler.
 ance in Christendom is indeed a sub-
 ject for approving comment.
 l The Pope Is dead. No longer the in-
 domitable spirit that swayed his frail
 body aninates 1t. The energetic intel-
 lect that so long maintained the su-
 premacy over the body gives no sound | or response He lived life of sanc-
 tity, irreproachable even in the fierce flight that beats about the throne" He ]. has made a record that does his nem-