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the church and the Notwithstanding
was one OF caution and defense.
Wiseman strove to win the friend
ship of modern civilization for the
church; Manning saw in modern lib
eralism her relentless foe. He recog-
nized the beginning of the anti
Christian movement which has dis
established the French in our own
day. The contrast extended to their
physique. Wiseman's large person
and rudy countenance was In
marked contrast to the pale emacia-
ton and slim figure of his successor.
A French wit said of Manning: II
thought to find a priest; | found the
skeleton of a parson." In Manning
the church had one of the most bril-
liant public men of the day to lead
her He was an admirable speaker
and Il great preacher. He succeeded
Wiseman in 1865, time when the at
tack on the temporal power and
other events led Rome to distrust the
movements of modern civilization as
Christian, Manning threw him
self heart and soul into the militant
policy outlined by Plus TX. in the
syllabus of 1864. He also conceived
the idea of union between the church
and the democracy. He stood before
thee English world as a great peace
maker when he arbitrated between
masters and men IN the dock strike
in 1887. He was a true lover of the
poor. and died as he ever said a
priest should die, without debt and
almost without money.
Cardinal Manning's successor,
Cardinal Vaughan. was before oil
things an heroic soldier, and the lee
turer dwelt on his extraordinary peril
nacity and energy in carrying through
campaigns for the glory of God and
the good of the church. As young
man he collected an incredibly large
sum in America for the founding of
n college for missions to the heather,
and the same untlagging' zeal was
with him through life. As archbishop
required for the building of the i'm
mense Westminster Cathedral, one of
the largest In the world, which re-
mains the great monument to his
memory. He was essentially prac-
tical organizer and worker, and less
a man of ideas than his two prede-
cessors.
The great man, who from 1888 to
1890. watched over tho revival of
Catholic ideas. Cardinal Newman was
less a man of action than the other
with singular precision the campaigns
which others carried into effect. His
appearance suggested to the Irish
poet, Aubrey de We're, combination
between an ascetic monk and a
grande dame. His personal influence
at Oxford from 1888 to 1871. as leader
of the great movement, was almost
unparalleled in history.
Whereas, the other three cardinals
present points of apparent contrast
one to another in their policies, New
man sympathized with the programs
of all three and by marking out their
limitations showed that they were
mentally connected. II Wiseman
dreamt of an alliance between the
church and modern science, Newman
sketched out its details In his Dublin
lectures. Nevertheless, while be
shared In some degree Wiseman's pol
icy of Cancellation, he also held with
Manning that In some respects the
church must necessarily be at war
with the modern world which was, he
saw, moving towards unbelief. But,
like Vaughan, he constantly insisted
that the truest and greatest ideals
must be so used as to fit in with prac-
teal necessities. His fundamental
preoccupation was the belief that CIV
ity, and he regarded the Catholic
Church as the one true antidote TO
this danger. He spoke of the church
| as the concrete representative of
things invisible. The church con-
stantly kept before men in visible
shape that supernatural world which
unbelief was putting out of sight,
| Newman sought also to ach eve an
| alliance between the church and the
genuine achievements of science, lest
| the strength of scientific truth be en-
listed on the side of unbelief.
THE four men," the lecturer con-
cluded, have left with US unforgetta-
BILE examples of memorials of theil
work-Wiseman In the English hier.
archy and religious orders, Manning
n the immense development and or
ganization of our poor schools and II
the change of our social status since
the days of persecution, Vaughan II
the great cathedral of Westminster
and Newman in his imperishabl'
writings. Adverse forces are still
| strong Much remains to be done II
order to disarr prejudice and WIN {
hearing, but VIC ollow in the footsteps
| of great men In our attempt to re
build the walls Of jerusalem"