The Penn's Grove record., 1919-01-17

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was manifest at a special audience he
gave to American correspondents ac-
companying the President just before
his interview with the latter. He
made a ten-minute speech in colloquiaI
terms and delivered it in a firm reson-
ant voice and with off hand infor-
mality.
He expressed pleasure at the eX-
pected visi. from President Wilson and
admiration for The American people.
He indicated confidence that America
would exercise a great influence in
bringing about a permanent peace.
We publish the above so u read
ers who do not take the Catholic
Standard and Times may get the best
report of President Wilson's visit to
the Pope, and see how democratic he
has become, thereby showing he has
learned a little.
The POpe's Royalty
From the 1909 almanac of the Cath
olic Standard and Times we copy the
following written by William Make
peace Thackeray, the great English
novel-writer of high and royal life.
"How it makes your heart beat
when you first sec it, st. Peters in
Rome. As you look at it from the
Pincio, and the sun sets behind it,
surely that aspect of earth and sky is
n of the grandest in the world.
90! yonder inscription, which
blazes round the dome of the temple,
so great and glorious it looks like
heaven. Under the bronze canopy his
throne is lit with lights that have been
burning before il for ages. Round
this stupendous chamber are ranged
the grandees of his court. Faith
seems to be realized in their marble
figures. Some of them were alive
but yesterday. The signs of their
power shall not be wanting. They
heal the sick, open the eyes of the
blind, cause the lame to walk today
as they did eighteen centuries ago.
"Thus you shall kiss the hand Of
the priest today who has given his to
a friar whose bones are already be-
ginning to work miracles; who has
been the disciple of another whom the
Church has just proclaimed a saint.
Come, friend, let US acknowledge this
and go kiss the toe of st. Peter"
All good Catholics are taught to be-
lieve that the bones of saints work
miracles, that the priests, bishops,
cardinals and the Popes forgive sins.
When visiting his august presence,
Mr.. Antonio, who holds the e%cclesi-
astical office of the Bishop of Rome,
the Pope, to bow in humble submission
and kiss the toe of st. Peter.
Yes kiss the toe of the Vicar (the
substitute) of Christ on earth.
How Different?
ST. John says, chapter 13:4-5:
"He riseth from supper and layeth
aside his garments and having taken
a towel girdeth himself. After that
he putteth water into a basin and be-
gan to wash the feet of his disciples
and to wipe them with the towel
wherewith he was girded." Douay
Version.
How different is the Vicar to-day
the Christ of 1919 years ago..
Tribute To The President
1t will be noticed that the Vicar
(substitute) for Christ has a military
Swiss Guard and President Wilson was
received with military honors. The
President was not accompanied by any
royal retinue nor did he need military
protection.
Mr.. Antonio, the Pope, did not sit
on his royal throne and ask Woodrow
Wilson, President, to pay obeyance by
kneeling and kissing his big toe. but
'the Pontiff came forward to meet
the President holding out his hand"
Thus the Pope received the greatest
worlds school master and showed he
had learned some lessons in democ-
racy and modern thought by leaving
his regal throne (of course similar to
which Jesus Christ occupied) and
to the President on the level.
To think that the king of kings and
lord of lords, the forgiven of sins, the
seller of indulgences, the Pope who
formerly made and unmade kings
humble himself before the
Presbyterian school mas
ter. Surely Benedict XIV "has learned
a little since the Italians learned to
govern themselves in their temporal
affairs.
Is it not strange that people of ed
ucatlon, enlightenment, who are not
'congential block heads" Ito use the
cognomen of Francis 1. PowersJ can
not read the Bible and learn to gov
ern themselves in their moral conduct
and spiritual life without having to be
told what 10 do by Mr.. Antonio, the
Pope, thousands of miles away?
Can We not appeal to the reason of
intelligent men of the goth century?
Then all this regal autocratic reti-
nue. with military splendor costs
S1,200,000 a year and is mostly paid
for by the poor people all over the
world in Peters pence.
Can anyone explain the necessity
for this to give salvation to the souls
of men? That is to teach men to
live the moral law, the Mosaic Code
and the Sermon on the Mount?
Christ rode into Jerusalem on an
ass, a mule, with no Swiss guard nor
military trumpeters. Christ refused
a crown. The Pope wears a tiara.
Christ wore a crown of thorns, was
beaten and Knocked. The Vicar sits
on a munificent throne in a gorgeous
na1aca- Christ drove the money