The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
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On" frosty morning in January. Ieis.
stephen Pascal went out IN hurry.
-hpp~I on the ICE and dislocated hIs
thigh As orthodox surgery fFil.'d to
cure HIM he hai recourse 10 two amateurs
brothers VINO owned small properties
and placed Their urrlsual skill ia hone set %
ting a. The service - their ne Shbors from
religious motives They were JEALOUS
followers - country ahh" who had
come deer DIV under the irruer 90 - a most
r-marknnl. man then 30 longer alv.l
the tttula- abbot - ~ Cyran a Bana-
dtctln" monastery "a central France
~ Cvrar had INTERPRETED TO his country
men m" theories 81 Dutch divine. Tor
r-itus jansen. Bishop u Ypres IN the
Low Countries ard author % bulky
treat =" on al. theology Il ~ AuRustir.
published po-ihunouslv m iSg2 II con
-l-ta,l ~ three folio volumes each ron
p. u.ng several hundred uages but ~ The
ps-ipd Il PasCaIs Janssni~t f.rvor several
years later h" -pok" 81 - a. no, a larR.
book Tn" official world AZ Rouen was
IN general then engaged IN reading n
yulun" Of moral dispositions Nv Du VAR.
whom . p-ral legal" once dsTcribed rs an
ancient stni" IN Judicial "rmine whose
only got was m" temporal glory 81
France" ~" hal known the horrors ~
the wars - religion and was burning TO
rally all good men To m" ssrvic. Of their
country His idea was that dogma hal
divided. but a sens" Il duty should unite
them on n hasis ~ purely rational moral
~ which should b." IN general sentiment
Christian. The cornerstone ~ Du Vars
r,.li gion ~ harmony. that ~. low" 81
order. sense Of duty. ard this doctrine
- harmony was not 10 tho taste - Rou.n
though It hsi appealed ia a measure Ia
young Pascal The formal doct rim. be-
hind tho pi-ty - Jansen was what firE,
interested him hv its likeness and its I'M
likeness To Du Var Both prsiate- be
Iiaved that N. only hope for their fellow
creatures lay IN setting before them
sternly practical ideals 81 conduct. and
IN order 10 discover what those ideals
should 10 both forswore scholastic gen.
.ralit.-s and founded on man m. great
nas- 81 man Here tho resemblance
ends Du VAR. busy man ~ action.
had studied humanity wh"r" and when
h. would. sometimes In IN" market place
or law court. NOR. often IN N" Manual
81 EpictetrIS. dwelling IN whatever suited
tAlN UlaEaltN'l' IIfINs-rT7NNA'llN hiHl con
t"nte-iiy blind 10 the rest .Iansen's
method was less captions
divine and nothing else. he drew his
vI-wH ~ human nature from thu. Bible
and IN" Bible had forced upon his NOTICE
along with IA" proud d"stinies ~ man
his misery and dependencc d"Uend.nc.
not only upon a higher power but also
upon the iRnobl" forces - physical nature
around him Blais.. Pascal had already
discovered that ia" average man Nv NJ
means fulhls m" expectations ~ pu
VARS -Sainte Philpsophl"-; Jansen nov
appeared g. him in his -AuEustInus-
to explain that he could not DO ~ n he
tried Men are powerlr-s {" do ANYTHING
alone. was his doctrIn". their soul must
recognize that the one and only Path
- righteousness lies through the grace
- God III" second thesis II the Angus
tInuH- ~ that the present ~ not our right
Tul state: We have fallen into such Dies
tarJit" state that only heaven srnt
rrms-,iy can avail IN siv" ~ Grace must
d,.-cend uJ,nn tho sinner like n whirlw ind
and "nect n radical change ~ character.
~ In IN" Gus" ~ his two heroes. ~ Paul
and ~ AugUstins. This action. called
-cpnver~ion- by the PrutnrtantS. n".d
not b. violent ~ instantaneous. u WIS
eff fpr th" dcg"n"rit" jansnnists ~ the