Year: 1875

around him. And never before was 10 profoundly I'M
pressed with the moral grandeur and sublime dignity of


into that maJsstic presence without being struck with
% and s%e "a t e tSe
around The earnestuess Of hs tones and the ecquence


hs ons sneS ers - r' a%d sSns s S captive


in bis palace Of the Vatican could help feeling him to be
far far above any of the monarchs princes OF this
world. There attaching TO him character that be-
onged 20 no other upon earth and that made the Cato


lie heart feel that there the earth appointed
by God to be the Vicar here OF the son OF God aud the
father Of all the faithful There was that paternity IN
every act and word of his that showed he felt himself
he a father and even when he spoke in words Of re
proach against The enemies Of the Church he stil did
80 In the words OF father rebuking acid WHO had com
mitted fault.


tune and lot earth that of having almost from The very
beginning of his Pontincate 10 wear a crown-the very
brings him near the person OF Jesus Christ himself
20 be with Him the bearer of His cross up the tosome
there @ is eaIm and cheerful serenity ever on his fes
lures, and nothing hut tone of cheerfuness In biz
Of his suderings who will say that that paternal heart
does not bleed bonry az what the children Of the Church
How could he be otherwise when he sees the loss OF
souls around him. the bishops of Chrss Church driven
from their sees the pastors separated from their ocks.
the Of subsistence taken from thcn and the M.
relentng hand graspng the throat of the Church


may SO speak, and striving and more To choke tie
lite ont OF the Church That Church would have been
tngush IL IL not the Church of God. who prom
ised that the gates OF hell should not prevail Hsass H.
away but His Word shall not PASS away.


But there thing 10 console our ncdftb lnsted'
of that light being inguished, IL shines stronger ana
clearer than ever before. An attempt has been made 10
sarye bishops and their ock and wha has Dee
the RESULT They bound closer together ana they are


more faithful and attached tO the See OF Rome than ever
There have been some weak and cOwardiy ones "nO
have gone aside hut they are OF those VINO
arc only an nennbrance to the Church, ani
their departure has brought clearly the great
body WHO profess their faith sincerely and who act up To
it's profession. The persecution has brought out more
clearly 1t of this Church and its ministers that
Christ their lot earth should be one OF persec-
ton; they should be driven from place to place and the
world which had prosecuted Him would IeIse-
cute them also. As in the BEGINNING Chris
tianty was founded the blood OF the mar
tyrs so now it is strengthened by the tribalatons
tsials through which ii is passing From the iact
thas promised that the gates OF he'll should not
prevail airs. His Church, it 10 be inferred mat
they would sive prevail The Cardinal predicted the
nnaI triumph sse t-,arch and urged his hearers 10
take courage at the scTir-s of Their brethren n e.s
favored lands could III wen ii would DE their
own turn lie urged them 10 lake We oi the present
holy season and of the close OF Tue i3Dllee year
new Cathedral, which he said was near cOmp6;'aD, su
would stand monument OF their piety aud generOs.y'
1t celebrated all over the world and wherever Nc
had gone he had been questioned about It, He conveyed
to his hearers and the faithful throughout the country
the special and heartfelt thanks of the Holy Father Tor
their generous sympathy and lberalty III belending
him, and closed by administering special benedicti0n
POpP.