The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-22
THE PASSING OF LEO XIII.

Leo XIII. is dead. The venerable
pontff, after a wonderful struggle
which was watched with tender solicit
tude by the civilized world, has passed
away. With his demise, the last of the
three grand old men of Europe" has
disappeared from earth. Gladstone,
and Leo, more than other men. left
their impress upon the nations of the
old world during the last half century,
and not the least of the three in the
influence they eXerted was Leo XIII.
He was a great man as well as the
able and revered head of the Roman
Catholic church. His pontificate will
be memorable in history, and his name
will stand in the same rank with Greg
DRY the Great, Hildebrand, Innocent
Ill, Leo X. and Sixtus V. Leo Kill,
however, was, in truer sense than
any of these, the pope of the people.
He was democratic, and his sympa-
thies were with the people, as was evil
denced by his expressed conviction
that the church, if she were to carry
on the mission for which she was eS-
tablished, should rely more upon the
people and less upon kings and princes.
The world will not forget his demand
that the dignity Of the workingman
anu Tie IISHLS VI the PCOplS We IC-
spected.-Duluth Herald.
The death of Pope Leo XIII. was not
a calamity. 1t is doubtful if under any
circumstances death ever should be
regretted. When a strong and great
man, Keats, Byron, a Hallam, a
Norris, Lanier, is cut down in his
prime there may well enough arise
sad reflection. But this first Cath
Ollie had lived his life. For a century
he struggled against the forces of ex-
istence, battled it's temptations, sub
dued it's passions. Into the forest of
religious controversy, set thickly with
the underground of contention, dis
pute jealousy and angry resentment,
he forced way, hewing out, clean and
broad, path for himself and his fol-
lowers. Greater religious work no
man had to do.-Winona Independent.
The simple hearted pope has played
no act upon the stage of life to gain
the applause of men. Earnest sin
cere, active, resolute, he has striven
at every step in his career to discern
his duty with undiminished eye, and
to pursue it with steadfast purpose.
From his entry into the priesthood to
his ascent to the papal throne and in
the long term Of the rule of the Roman
church. he has labored for the extern
sion of peace and good will throughout
the realm under his control. Native
gifts of high order united with broad
culture and with singularly noble
traits of character have enabled him
to administer the affairs over which he
reigned with rare wisdom and felicity.
He has earned the respect of mankind
by his purity of conduct, his sweetness
of disposition, by the dignity and forth
tude with which he has borne the hu-
initiating loss of temporal power, by
his tremendous energy, and by his
consummate acts of statesmanship.-
Rochester Post and Record.
The whole Christian world mourns
Leo Kill in all sincerity. He embod-
led and personified those qualities
which attracted the admiration and
respect of all men and centered the
real affection of those who acknowl-
edged his spiritual leadership. A great
man has gone. 1t will take no retro
spect of history to tardily accord the
late pope his rightful place. His life.
so long prolonged, and his works have
carved out for him a lofty niche in
fame's enduring temple, and from this
day forth the world will join with the
Roman church in rendering to his
memory those honors which belong to
the good man.-Winona Republican.