The Irish standard., 1907-07-20

These divine?"
There was brief pause. and then
the voice dropped to hoarse, shatter-
ing tone Of innprecation:
''It is blasphemy to say SOL"
He began his sermon as If he were
telling Bible story to children and
wondered whether it was to hear
only that that 1000 Londoners had
wedged their way into the church.
This was his opening sentence:
When, beloved brethren, survey the
human race and look out upon all that
have come and gone, whom consider
their successes and failures, their sor-
rows and. their temptations. then
find that Christ Is all or nothing. In
Him, as ponder, see the light Of the
world. All light radiates from Him.
and all that does not radiate from Him
converges to Him. He is the figure
Of the world.
Then he began to tell the story Of
the Christ; how. all Of a sudden he
left his beautiful home among the
hills, so sweet, so still, and appeared
among the busy haunts Of men: how
he was so beautiful" so young. so
fresh, so Joyous, so full Of hope, so
astonishingly learned, that men who
had not known whether they had souls
or not found that they had and that
the care Of them was the most essen
tial thing, the only thing in life.
He launched later into an explicit
arraignment Of the sins Of society
and, when he made it several times
quite clear that he meant London So
ciety by naming the town. it was
borne in upon the stranger that the
preacher was not only talking about
but talking to London society. For
the jesuit Church Of the Immaculate
Conception. Farm street, Berkeley
Square, is in the heart Of fashionable
London. 1t is almost directly behind
the residence Of Lord Rosebery. A
few doors away as Berkeley Square)
is the town house of the Earl Of
Fowls, where once dwelt the great
Give. who died there by his own hand
in 1874. A little farther down the
square is the Marquis Of Lansdowne's
residence. and within a stones throw
OF it is Devonshirs House.
In such g. neighborhood the Jesuit
father thunders against pride, ex-
travasance, frivolity, the love Of money
and che love Of pleasure. Last sum-
ner he began to preach that kind of
sermons. For a month the church
was almost deserted. It's fashionable
congregation would not hear him. The
opening gun was a sermon on THE
Sins of the Smart Set" 1t vexed and
amazed all England and the news
papers were deluged with letters of
protest. Father Vaughan was de-
nounced as sensation monger. a new
notoriety seeker. He only redoubled
his blows.
Some said he knew nothing OF So
ciety and had no right to rail against
1t. That he could have no knowledge
OF its sins save from slanderous hear
say. AS a matter OF fact the Vaughan
family is one of the finest in England.
Gradually curiosity got the better of
irritation and the people began to
throng "the Jesuit chapel in Berkeley
Square"
Today Father Vaughan was an
nounced top reach at 4 o'clock. had
been warned to go early lest should
get no seat. and arrived little after
3. Already the church was beginning
to fill. The pew opener was extremely
civil when a request was made for a
seat near the pulpit and reason
given for the request. You are an
American" said the man. II can al
ways tell" and he beamed in well
come, and at pride in his perspicacity.
IT will put you where you can make
your notes comfortably" Then he
asked for the name and card. re-
ceiving both with thanks. Il shall like
to tell Father Vaughan you were here
He will be glad to know. He will be
writing you. There will be line
from him. you'll see. He likes to
know what strangers come"
Meanwhile women were crowdns
around the pew opener. Some he
knew and you could hear him MUIR
4nuring, Eyes, your ladyship." and
emo, your grace" as he conducted
them to pews that had been reserved
by the placing Of a chair against the
pew entrance. He was a very friend
~, solicitous man, fairly glowing with
the wish to make stranger feel a,
home. You meet his type often in
Methodist churches at home. far less