The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-06-04

ways the most charming and engaging WlnSolne-
ness, jumped ZIP TO him with JOY and put his little
arms round the mons neck, strokng his cheek and
singing to a little caressing melody: MY Johnnie,
dear johnnie, dear Johnnie" The community
were much entertained and used to teas Father
John about the tune. But when his next ferst day
came around his delight was great when little
Wolfgang made his present of offentorium on
the words Inter natos mulierum, for chorus and
orchestra; and as the singers came to the words
Joanne Baptista they all recognized the caressing
little melody with which Wolfgang had greeted the
monk. have lately been reading the score and am
delighted with the beautiful work. The Johnnie"
melody is constantly recurring in a most engaging
and artistic manner
In many of his journeys the boy slayer at mon
asteries, where he was always at home. When at
Augsburg, in 177, he often visited the monastery
of Holy Gross; and in one of his letters to his
father he tells the following incident:
"The dean is a good, jovial man; he is cousin
of Eberlin's, and is named Zeschinger and remem-
bers you very well. In the evening at supper [
played the Strasburg Concerto. 1t went as smooth
oil. They all praised the beautiful, pure tone.
Afterwards little clavichord was brought in. [
preuded and played sonata and the Fischer
rations. Then some one whispered to the dean that
he should hear me play organ fashion. l said he
might give me theme, but he would not So one
of the monks did | handled it quite lesurely, and
all at once (the fugue was in G minor) brought
IN a long movement in the major key, but in the
same tempo; and at the end the original subject,
only reversed. At last II occurred to me that l
might use the playful style for the theme of the
fugue Without much ado Itried it and it went
accurately as if it had been measured for by tai
lor DaseT. The dean was a state of great excite
ment. wouldn't have believed it. said he; you are
indeed a wonderful man. My abbot told me that |
he had never in his life heard any play the
organ in a finished and solid style. The alb
bot had heard me two or three days before when
the dean was not there. Finally some one brought
me fugal sonata to play, but | said: Gentlemen,
this is too much; / must admit that cannot play
this sonata at sight think so, too,' said the
dean eagerly, for he quite my side. That
is too much; it would be impossible for any one.'
Still said l. i will try it. And all the time l
played heard the dean calling out behind me, %,
YOU rogue! 0, YOU young scamp" played until
II o'clock. They bombarded me with themes for
fugues and laid siege to all sides"
1t was about this time, when Walfgang was 21
years old, and away from home with his mother.
hat his father wrote TO his wife and questioned her
about the youths soul: 'Let me ask you if Wor-
rang has not of late neglected to go to cenfes-
ion God should ever be first in our thoughts
TO him alone must we look for earthly happiness,
in dive should ever keep eternity IN view; young
,eople, l know, are averse from hearing of these
hings. ! young myself once; but God be
banked, 1 always came to myself after my youth
al folies. fed from all dangers to my sould and
ept steadily in view God and my honor and the
angerous consequences of indulgence in SIM His
7ife reassured him. and said that both she and
Volfgang went TO their duties on the feast of the
immaculate Conception and heard mass regularly $
q Sundays though not always on week DAYS {
tolfgang touches deeper note in his reply: "One
art OF your letter fexed me little, the question
neither | had not somewhat neglected confession. 6
have nothing to reply to this except to make YOU
ne request, which Is Il TO think so III of me s
gain. ] am fond OF an: hut be assured that I h
n hp prgp On efo II 1of4C G,
md even before) | have met with poo whose s
'eech and actions ] should have beeen ashamed Il
ImItate, although they ten twenty or thirty II
ars older than myself; | beg you earnestly to r
I'VE better opinion of me-" God first, papa t
'xt, he used aften to quote as his motto k
Another extract When he and his mother I
ere talking in IT'S, of visiting Paris the father
ID arranged that they should travel with friends W
olfeang changed the plan and thus wrote to his f,
ther: y
Mamma and have talked it over and agreed Il
at the life which Vending leads does not suit q
Vending is thoroughly honest, good man. W
he and all his household are totally without re- G
lon; his daughters relations with the. elector as
hciently prove this. Ramm is good at heart but N
hbertlne. / know myself, and know that have I'll
much religion that | should never commit an st
ton that | could not proclaim to the whole al
rid; but the mere thought of travelling with peo- T
whose way OF thinking is so opposite to mine de
nd to that of all honorable men) frightens me. s
ey may do as they please, but have no wish to Ii,
company them | should not have happy hour. ar
hould never know what l was saying, for in one gr
rd l have no confidence in them Friendship do
hout religion is not lasting" fu
This, remember. from young man in the first h,
yer Of his age feted the darling of the musical be
rid sought after all sides fattered. and bv NJ
lperament a Bohemian of Bohemia His rel; an
us instincts must have been solid and his good tb
$ stanch to keep him safe amid the fires of an m,
stss life. His friends among the Renedictnes
the Jesuits at Vienna, and his bosom friend
priest Bunger, who was the confdant Of ali
thoughts and wishes, saw with pleasure the
ng musician leading life that was true and
stlan The blessing which the sanity Clement iie r
had given him in Rome hovered over his sonI u ~.
strengthened him to follow his fathers conn iis
A few. more traits to complete the picture bo
en- hls mother died in Paris Q77s) Wolfpong d.
te to Bulllnger: when the danger became inn Dr.
ent asked God for only two things. a bapnv ba.
tn Tor my mother and strength and courage for tLr
ell and the good God heard my PRAYER and ero
owed these two gifts fully on me-" Writing na;
us rather when the news came that Voltaire NJ;
died without the last sacraments he saws. aT H.
{ give you piece of intelligence that Won nor n
already lnow-namely. that the unpodlv va
-vlllaln, VoltaiTe, has died miserabv lie . -
Just like brute. This is his rewardv And rie
Il he engaged to Constance Wako -