The Irish standard., 1910-06-04
LESSON FROM THE
VATICAN PALACE
A Methodist Organ in New York
Discharges a Broadside at
the Papacy.
The Projectile Possessed the Pc.
culiar Property of a
Boomerang. q
A Simple Act of Justice in Award
ing Prize to Baptist
Professor.

From years end to years end the
Vatican Palace gives many lessons
to the world, says the Rome CORES.
pondent of the Standard and Times.
One time it is in zeal for or love Of
culture and civilization: another
time it is dignity and the hundred
and ono things of the kind that have
been its object to inculcate for SO
many centuries. This week | have got
to know of ii lesson it has recently
given in toeration, breadth OF mind
and a desire for learning at all costs.
Were it not for the christian Advo-
cate, of New York. the leading
Methodist paper published in America,
L should never have learned of the
matter nor should millions of others.
Our thanks are due to the Methodist
organ. even though its good turn to
! us was. | fear. never intended-for it
heads its article Horror on Horrors!''
The following is the extract from tho
"Christian Advocates" ...
The Pope. it appears. has reason
to be irritated over some things which
have resulted from the operation Of
American Protestant forces in Rome.
The Baptists have theological school
there. with men OF scholarship on itH
faculty. The Vatican offered q prize
Of 1000 lire for the best essay on q
certain archaeological subject The
essays were submitted anonymously;
and the Judges awarded the prize to
Il competitor who turned out to be
Professor Paschetto, of the Baptist
theological SCHOOL," a
Now to test the accuracy of the
! above | sent Il note to Professor Pas
! Ghetto. The next day the professor
called at my place of residence, and
finding nc absent, left his card. I
visited him next morning, and was
received with extreme courtesy and
an apology that he had not been able
to repeat his visit the previous even-
| ing. 1t WAS quite true, he said, that
| he had won the prize, and he ex.
planned in modest manner that he
had not many competitors. The Va
| tican Archaeological Academy had
awarded him the prize for the essay,
and 1t was presently published at it's
own expense. l sincerely congratu-
lated him on his success. but, though
| told him | required the information
for publication purposes, ] could not
dream of adding that his good fortune
was being banded about by vitriolio
sheet to insult the body to which his
luck was due. as l deemed it likely to
hurt his feelings.
! Meeting Commentators Marucchf.,
president of the society, and Rome's
/ foremost Christian archaeologist,
shortly afterwards, l showed him the
i clipping from the Methodist sheet
"Well, that's all true" he said after
perusal But why on earth is it heads
ed Horror OH Horrors" 1t was who
judged the essays, and found that Of
Paschetto the best of the three sent
in. That was three years ago, but I
! remember it well. The essay was on
the ruins Of ancient Ostium, the old
Roman port. We summoned the wins
! ner and consigned to him the prize
in gold pieces, inlaid in beautiful
velvet case. There is no horror on
horrors to be seen there"
With a little difficulty the great,
archaeologist saw the venom running
through the paragraph, and went off
J with a laugh at those narrow minded
bigots whose minds are SO small and
intolerant as to be unable to credit
others with broad mindedness.
All seems infected to the infected spy
AS all seems yellow to the jaundiced.
! eye.
contains much truth, and is thorough@5
ly applicable to the sect that has so
recently covered itself with disgrace
in the eyes of Europe and America 40;
a parcel Of bigots who, whether they;
like it or not, must swallow the lesys
sons the Vatican and the Prisoners
whom they daily insult are constants
lily teaching them.