The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-21

in every country in the world. There !
is not Catholic bishop named in any
country in the world, civilized or I'M |
civilized, without his authority and his
approval. He nominiites the men who
are to risk their lives in preaching the |
gospel in China, and the men who are, |
as missionaries, TO brave the terrors
of death in spreading the light of Chris |
tianity over countries still less civil
lized. The Vatican is COM
PEELED to have its%eye and it's intellect |
and it's heart fixed on every nook and
corner in the world. There is no adj
ministrative system on earth which |
has anything like the same widespread
and watchful and necessary superin-
tendence. = The Vatican is, in
this sense the center of the earth.
am well aware that q great many OF
my readers may think this deplorable
fact. am not concerned to argue this
question. My present purpose is fully
satisfied if can persuade them to adj
NIT that, whether deplorable or not,
1t is still the fact Civilization has
to reckon with that vast all-pervad-
ing influence The innermost gloons
off naturalization cannot withdraw
themselves from some CLEANS of its 4
light.
Pope's Esnpire is Great.
The empire Of the pope is not only
greater than any earthly empire but II
is older than the Oldest yet existent.
It's traditions tel @efs a time when
| in His name, down the ages through
| the birth. life and death of empires
and civilization now extinct, to the
present day, when with undin1inished
=; vigor it still lives though its ablest and
| latest representative is no more.
The encyelfcaI letters of Leo from
| time to time during his pontiflcate
have made a profound impression on
the world, both inside and outside Of his
| jurisdictions; the letters on cummun-
| ism and nihilism, on the question of
education in France and Belgium, on
| the political situation. in Ireland, on
| liberty on the duties of Christian citi-
zens, and above all his encyclical on
! labor have been read by everyone with
great attention and interest and con-
| coded to be the profound wisdom of one
| Of the greatest of modern minds. Not
| the mind Of one government only by
| medieval tradition, or of one living in
! the past, but of an up-to- date states
| man of the nineteenth and twentieth
! centuries with whom modern progress
| siveness was not d thing to fly from,
| but an evidencef Of the advance OF
| Christian civilization.
| tbs arm bcEaTQ TOT iFSldHos
1t was during the reign of Leo XIII.
| that the Catholic University of Amer
lea was conceived given an impetus
| and finally made an established fact.
1t is safe to say pothing during his
| pontif1cate gave Lee more pleasure
| than this university and in nothing was
he ever more interested, not alone be-
! cause it was necessity and desirable
! institution, but. because it evidenced
| in the Catholics of the United States
! desire for the, highest and best of
culture in country which was very
near Leo's heart. To no one man
has the love and interest in Americans
| been more evinced by the late pope,
! than in his treatment of our own arch
| bishop, who has had from the first, in
| all his undertakings, the cordial and
earnest support Of the holy see. In
| the archbishop the late pope saw the
| embodiment of the best type of
| progress and of Catholicity combined.
| To those who have studied these two
men there is likeness. a fellow feel
| Ing, which may account for the warm
| friendship which Leo ever showed to
Mgr. Ireland.
| ing his long pontificate was the recog-
| milton of France as a republic. AS
eldest daughter of the church, France
| had been known for many years, and
many of the best interests of the Vat
| lean were bound up in the French
| monarchy. Dirlematists freely pre-
dicted that the papacy, far from in
dorsing the republic, would, by in
trigue, strive to destroy it. But again
the wisdom of Leo shone clearly forth.
In letter fully setting forth his views.
he recognized the republic Of France,
though his words did not imply an ap-
prevail Of that form of government for
France, nor, indeed, does the church
approve or disapproye of any particu-
lar form of government; it recognizes
all forms, but its business is not pri-
marily with governments.
LOVE soNNETs 8oF A TELEPHONE
GIRL.
One of the linemen1 is a chap named
And; Q, he's justeas handsome as can
And he acts like be was dead struck
And I know I'M completely gone on
him. OH
And when they send him out to fix the
breaks
And he rings aHrao see if they're all
right
He talks so sweet to me it just makes
Me want t, to h "a yYso him hug me good
Sometimes iae 'i 1 wonder if he'll marry me,
And then my head begins to swim and
I hope that went be hello girl
Forever; and 1 bet Ja cooky, he
Would have me now, If would only
yes. when he smiles and looks at me
e A. Brinistool in Boston Globe.