The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-05
HIS VISIT TO ROME.

1.-TWO ballots were cast each day in
the conclave, one in the forenoon and
another in the afternoon The votes
Tor Cardinal Sarto steady increased
from the first to the seventh ballot.
on which he was elected When the
cardinal observed that the suffrages
Tor him were augmenting he was Visiblv
disturbed. and in a fervent speech he
implored his colleagues not to regard
him as a candidate,
Contrary to his wishes the votes for
him increased. He then became alarm
ed, and in a second speech, in most
pathetic language, he again besought
the cardinals to forget his name, as
ne could not accept a burden too heavy
for him to bear. All were moved by
the modesty and transparent sincerity
Oh the man. When he resumed his
seat his cheeks were suffused with
bushes tears were gushing from his
eyes, and his body trembled with emo
ton.
SnrtO Tried to Escape.
III was only after some of the lead
ing cardinals entreated him to with
draw his opposition, that he finally and
reluctantly consented to abide by the
Will of God and accept the sacrifice
Never did a prisoner make greater eff
forts to escape from his confinement
than did Cardinal Sarto to escape from
the yoke Of the Papacy. With his
divine master he exclaimed: Father
II 1t be possible let this chalioe pass
from me- Nevertheless, not my will, but
Thine be done
When his election was officially an
nouncel, his f1orid countenance assum-
ed a deathly pallor and restore tives
We're applied to save him from faint
ing. So little did Cardinal Sarto ex-
Meet to he tha -
tnat on setting out for Rome he pur-
chased return ticket to his home in
Venice.
Career of Plus n.
Plus X. is in his sixty-ninth year.
he is OF the same age that Leo XIII.
nad attained, when he assembled the
Fapal chair. He has had a large and
varied experience in the sacred minis
try. He consecutively filled the Offices
OF assistant priest of pastor, of
chancellor and vicar general. He was
elected afterward to the See OF Mantua.
the nome of the illustrious Virgil. He
was subsequently promoted to the
Patriarchial See Of Venice.
The virtues of humility, sincerity.
candor and benevolence are stamped
on MS features. can characterize him
IN one sentence by saying that he is
a man OF God and a man of the peo-
pie. His name is idolized in Venice
and along the Adriatic on account of
his charities towards the poor
We need not be surprised at the
emotion of the Pope when his election
was announced, for he was called to
the most sublime position to which
| any man on earth can aspire.
The Papacy is the most ancient of
all existing dynasties. 1t had flourish
ed for centuries. when the oldest en-
pre- now existing was established A
| Pontin set in the Chair of Peter, when
england was Roman colony, and her
inhabitants were a rude uacultivated
people, unacquainted with the arts and
| refnements of civilized life. Plus X.
Is the 264 Pope, who, under Christ,
has been called to rule the Church of
God.
Empire of the POntifrs.
THE empire of the Pontiffs is CO.
extensive with the globe, embracing
children of every cline and race and
tongue; combining in one homogeneous
Dody the most diverse national charac-
terlstlcs and temperaments. II has been
justly said that the sun never sets in
British possessions. 1t can be also af-
f1rmed with equal truth that wherever
the British flag is raised, there also
you will find Christians who bow with
premacy of the Pope.
The influence of the papacy is more
far-reaching than that of any earthly
ruler. Kings and emperors and civil
magistrates exact external compliance
with the laws of the land. They can
not control the sanctuary of the heart.
The Sovereign Pontiff, though he has
no army to enforce his commands,
makes and interprets laws which binds
the conScienceS of men.
THE rule of the successor of Peter
has been the most beneficent in the
cause of civilization and humanity
When the Roman empire was dissolved
the ark of the church, under the guild
anee of the Sovereign Pontiffs, foated
triumphantly on the troubled waters
beneath which the monuments of CEN
turtles had lain entombed.
What Is Due the Papncy.
THE Papacy has contributed more
than any civil government to the intel
lectual progress of mankind. If Eu-
rope is to-day immeaSurably in adj
vance of Asia, in literature, the arts
and sciences, is it not because Europe
was more in touch than Asia with the
Roman Pontiff. and felt the impress
of his strong and tender hand?
Were it not for the unceasing vigil
lance of the bishops of Rome, the
crescent instead of the cross would
have surmounted the domes and tenn
pies of Europe; Mohammedanism in
stead of Christianity would be the
dominant religion of that continent,
and our fathers who came from Eu-
rope would have brought with them
their religion and their laws from the
Koran instead of the Bible.
Leo XIII Pre-eminent.
Among the Pontiffs who have set in
the Chair of Peter for the last three
centuries, Leo XIII. stands pre-emi-
nent He has indelibly stamped the
impress of his name and genius on
the civilized world. He has written
encyclicals to the nations of Christen-
dom, on the most momentous sub
jects of the day.
He has dealt not with abstract
or speculative questions, but with top
les affecting the social and political
as we'll as the moral and religious we'll
being of the world. He has conclusive
ly shown that he was always in touch
with humanity and could say with the
Roman of old: mil humans me
alienum puto' ("Every subject af-
fecting the interests of mankind is
dAar fO rna y