The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-20

the eveuts Of the i'm m ediate present |
this record 10 here presented as II re-
eeived the sanction Of the Pope.
Peasant, patriot. Pope. II 10 we'll
TO bear deeply In mind the antece-
dent qualifications when one seeks to
weigh the troubles and tho successes
Of the pontificate Of the man VINO
wns vicogerent Of God under the style
of Plus X. Under the soutane or the
curate fresh in holy orders, under the
surplice Of the priest, under the purple
of the Bishop and the Metropolitan. I'M
der the cappa magma Of the Cardinal
and the Patriarch. under the white vest
ments OF him who wears the triple
crown and signs with the Seal OF the
Ffshernan--under all the vestiture Is
the man. Upon man the spirit de-
sends, through mans agency 1t works
always much that is human In the
working OF the divine. Therefore Is II
we'll 10 consider what manner OF man
II was who was last called to the
throne OF st. Peter. who at the moment
Of his election went prone before the
altar in the conclave assembly In the
Slstine Chapel. itself the memorial In
glory OF peasant Pope, and from the
depths of his suffering heart groaned
at IL cross that l receive from you"
The slow steps OF his career, for he
never was guilty OF seeking preferment,
never was Jealous OF SNOWY deeds which
might win attention, may be set forth
in the few simple dates which mark
the record of life consecrated un-
selfshly toward good. toward better
ment for all those whom his influence
might reach.
Was Son Of Postmnn.
Giuseppe Melchiore Sarto was born
June >, 1885, in the small hamlet OF
Riese. In the province and diocese of
Treviso. Venice. 1t has already been
written that he was a patriot. In
italian II IL not necessary to specify
that fact; when one has said Venetian
one has said all. a man of the people,
his father, Giovanni Battista, was n
postmap. his name was OF the people
whence he sprung. Sarto. tailor. In
the day of his elevation to the sover-
eighty the homely name played its part.
The Roman crowd which for three days
had watched for the trickle of smoke
from the chimney OF the Sistine wing
of the Vatican. disappointed that no
choice had been made. at last was
moved to a hush with the foreboding
that the choice had come: over one
Cardinals stall the canopy yet stood
while all the others had fallen. But
upon whom the spirit had descended
within the chapel none in the crowd
might know. Upon a Vatican roof, far
beyond the carrying OF any voice to the
crowd waiting silent in the Piazza. APP
peared the figure OF one of the papaI
household. holding a hand in air clear
against the August sky. making mo-
tons with two outstretched fingers. A
Roman crowd is quick to read the sigr
language; the homely snip-snlp OF the
moving digits spelled to Rome the sign
OF the tailor-Sarto was Pope. Sarto
tho Patriarch OF Venice. contadino anC
prince. Few could read the blazonry
OF his banner when II was hung upon
the Vatican wall; coat armOr had never
been in his humble family until the
Pope had given 1t to him when he
Woo Nitdttu NdTulndl. but inc HOfntlS
tailor Sarto sign was easily read
Giovanni Battista Sarto was but 8
village postman; Margarlta Samson, hi,
wife. kept small village shop Thell
second son, Angelo has been villag,
postman all his life. But for Giuseppe
the elder, life was planned on othei
lines. Giovanni Battlsta was the sOr
OF soldier. a zOuave In the Pope,
army. 1t Is n belief among the peas
antry that the sons or the grandsons %
one OF the Pope's soldiers must con
tribute at least one to the priesthood
Margarita Samson vowed her first bOrI
to the sacred service. She lived to sc,
hin; Cardinal and Patriarch; the fathe
died when the lad was II, two year
after the boy had received the tonsure
Little TO Learn In Riese.
Riese Is but small community, IL
school Is n good one now because II
greatest son has been mindful of tn
- .dHilps OF his youth. Hut In tn
'4Os and sos of the last century tn
hand of the Austrian lay heavy ol
Venice, n hand always open to gras
the last spldo Of the taxes. a hand al
ways closed To the simple needs Of tn
communities in which through rgor
bred patriotism. There was little To lear
In such school as REESE under the Op
~~essor could afford. But the conse
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