Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-25

dc Brebaut was advocate at the court
and cure Of Saint Eustache, the grand
old church which faces the Halles or
great central market and which lola
Describes SO lovingly in his "Vcntre dc
Paris"
NO LONGER VALID.
. During the concordat priests were paid
by tho state and We're functionaries.
They could not, therefore practise an
other profession. This objection, evil
IDENTIFY, is no longer valid. But there
always win be apparently insupera-
bile objections to priests pleading
How could he associate himself with
sentence pronouncing divorce, which
is not recognized by the Catholic
Church2 The case frequently arises in
France, whore an advocate by right Of
seniority IS called upon to give a rul-
ing ana in civil actions such an event
uality Is easily conceivable What again
would a priest do if in similar circum-
stances in "A criminal case he were
called upon TO sit and suddenly disCOv-
cred that the accused was a person
who had confessed the day before?
1t seems probable, therefore, that
Able Lehrum win have 10 lay aside his
ecclesiastic's robe for ever if he disre-
CARDS his dioccsan's injunctions.
PAINTER AND PRIEST.
Fortunately, however. such grave OBJ
0AfiNlNS w llpt hBIlS " att 10 Nli' W.
lowing pretty story of radical social
list municipality and painter priest will
show. The scene is laid in the little
commune Of st. Paul in the Disc The
cure, Able van HOllebccke, is an artist
of talent in spite of his big wooden sa-
bots. and he has exhibited AT various
salons charming scenes of a country
parsons life: The cure gardening,
The cure reading his breviary the VIII
lage church. etc, and the Pensioners
are very proud OF him.
Recently expired the delay allowed
by the law to the clergy to comply with
the act. on which the Pope's veto lies.
Able Won Hollebecke had just per-
formed q high mass and was about to
catechize the children. In stalkcd the
garde champetre, or rural police, aud re-
quested NJ le Cures attendance at the
municipal council.
is NOW A. HAPPY MAN,
The poor cure expected to learn the
terrible news Of his imminent expulsion
from the presbytery ana church. lmag-
Inc his surprise when the mayor sol
EMMY said;
Me le Cure, we have decided to place
at your disposal a new presbytcry.'
The tears started to the good cures
eyes as he thought Of the old vicarage
with It's yeW trees seven hundred
years old ana its pretty garden which
he HAD been Identifying for the last 10
years, lie bowed.
But added the mayor "wc intend
10 leave you the use and enjoyment of
the old one and we have only one con-
dition TO make. This is that you shah
adOrn The marie with freScOos repre-
sentug the ancient pottery industry
for which our district Is famous"
There was no happier man In the
commune that day than Able Won
Hollcbeck. And there Is peace between
the municipal council and the cure, Two
triptychg win pcrpetuate the fame OF
81. Paul and they win doubtless be oN-
hibi;ed at the Grand Palais one OF these
days. for the mayor wishes Paris 10 SOC
them and the cure has already conpct-
ed his sketches,
MORE PATHETIC
More pathetic Is the case OF a cure in
Seine ct Disc, whose parishionors are
too poor 10 maintain him. The good
cure addressed them as follows ma
dear friends, / have no more money and
YOU are yourselves not ia "A position
10 keep me- therefore / shall work.
! write good hand, ! possess smnt-
tering Of law; you win see, Providence
VIII look after us"
And a few days afterwards NJ de
cure whs installed as clerk in the office
Of notary i'm the noighbOrlng town.
Whenever his flock needs him, be IL for
baptism, marriage on death, he is
rung up an the telephone. takes the
next train, OfliClutcs. and few hours
later n sitting on his high stool again
IN the lawyers office.
Alas that this pleasing state Of
things should not be general. Had you
been walking along the high road 10
Valeyrac IN the department of the cir
Onde short time ago, you might have
come across a reverend able breaking
stones by the wayside. A hostile mu-
nlcIpality had cut off the Vicar Of Vale
raes allowance and had nj the same
time eNacted payment Of communal
dues. Able Jeante refused 70 pay IN
coin ana declared, as was his right mat
he preferred 10 work OF The sum. So
for three days he was a stonebreaker
after which he resumed his cassock.
JEAN HARTMANN.