Show lie french of OCK paiit july four days ago I 1 dined in a forty sous restaurant sido by sido with tho man who was buco known to tho world utho this is not the n to any moving story of fallen celebrity the fact that mr loyson wai dining in a cheap restaurant was simply an avi danco eliat ho wished to economise econom ise nevertheless his striking face as ho sat tharo in lay garments and with a broad hi i mined silk hat called up to my mind a jar crant vision of a carmelite monk tho originality of choso whoso eloquence bcd to attract a more worldly than catholic audic within tho walls of the cathedral of adame it is curious history hat of this priest who after having riad tho regimes of sc cral of tho monastic ordera by abandon ng them all aud establishing him elf as the apostle in franco of old catholicism or mr Loyson was born at orleans in 1827 and studied at tho collego of aiu but he does not appear to have distinguished himself in of a natural disposition which gave promise tu pau he was seizes with tho p die and seriously believed himself destined to bo a rival of victor augu and his for was encouraged by tho ap clauso of tho ealond of aau until n 1815 18 15 he was admitted to the nary of st aul picc after completing his studies ho spent sonic years in teaching but the field too narrow lio asked to enter the church of st sulpico Sul picc where he was accordingly appointed vicar ho soon however abandoned this larish to enter epou a ho dominicans at flavigny he did not stay with them long and in ho joined the barefooted carmal acs and took alio llio perpetual vows in hiis apostolic life began in and after preaching plea ching in all the impost uil provincial towns he was called to the pulpit of tho madeleine to notie daic as now parc all his conviction never succeeded ton vinc edg others iio impressed you by ills learning and he your attention for the ly the originality of the subjects which ha treated and tin boldness of liis language and metaphor like the acre didou choro lanton moab preached at the trinita Trini tc have ii appears spread terror ci the camp of abc orthodox acre dij was to rt concila the church and modern pro arcs fabilli and eci cuco Cliris tiao all and lie was ready to make all sorts of conces sious to the worldly nay some even vent to simply to lo 10 tickled by alic worth r orator s development 0 delicate subject juit as alicy went to lie palus royal theatre to gain and wink their eyes over a buky farce alie audience of parc hyacintha Hyacint hc at kotrc diac was very characteristic abo nave ol 01 the cathedral was open to men alone the women were relegated to tho s ade aisles around alio pulpit you saw dignitaries cf alic church ministers sav ants economise econom ise public orators ora tois deputies students and priests in hirju numbers leaning against a pillar was note indeed biad it not lan lor alio licaus and alie bright robes of the prelates pr elates you mihl ibave thought yourself at a lecture at alic college dc france the fido ahlas too had their characteristics the women lo 10 hear parc diya intha just as they bow press and struggle to licar parc aidoo or acro mousa arc and there amongst the austere public an is with her ant and a gallant for n chair and a petit lane for ins curious a at alo at alio bloor files of em blazoned with io await abc rill of alio farbour fau bour is just as is at lie performances or liia first ailt at alic opera alio who mix without evil intentions ibo sacred and alic profane pronounce alic peru s performance to be a and intention of coming again next sunday francois FrAN COls |