| Show N f I NL c N i 51 Noted oled Priest Saint 5 int or Olf Charlatan C Ch ll f n Vivid Account or of a Visit To And rand Interview With Forget John of OT Who Vho is Von 1011 Ol cl lcd by Thousands of Russians 1 as a It Holy Man and alum a u Miracle C And Denounced By Others as a i Impostor Special Correspondence CorrespondenceS Corr T May hl I Xo No 0 ec ecclesiastic eccle cle t of time the t i church S Over ever eve vel has 11 t enjoyed ov tt such t d o fume fame as Pother Father FaU r Join John ot uC Iu In his native land kind he ho lint has the reputation lion tion of n a saint and ami n a miracle worker and the tho attention of tho the l 1 Ing Ilig public Dahill has hat been drawn to tv him him by h constant references s III in print to lo his hilt re remarkable career Ills writings in a 11 bulky hulky volume published under the tho title or ot My Sly I Life In Christ are arc often to bo ho boHeen seen Heen In the till libraries of toad and English clergymen and his bis hl written by n a L Scotch Holch divine 1111 has had a II ch t Ion IonA A man lIlan with such n a reputation could hardly till full to HI have e enemies Bitter at nt attacks attacks tacks lacks have been heln smile made on him hint by II the Iha Russian press and hit his lack of worldly wisdom undoubtedly hit has hn facilitated the tho 1 tusk task of his opponents Ho Ito hat has been beOn ac Ie accused accused of tailing Hading on nn the th superstitions sUp of nf the people In lit order to nil 1111 Ids his pockets of nf Indulging in lit unheard of immorality of lo to be 11 John the tho Baptist returned to 10 eaith in lit short ot or being a I thorough paced juiced charlatan In St SI Petersburg 1 J mot mat people who told mi nil marvelous stories of his lilt power to heal tho the side Pick of his platy piety t nail and his ids charity to la Inthe lathe the poor 1001 hilt but others abused him lin Im Immoderately moderately and not knowing whom wheat to 10 believe belleve I recently determined to 10 go 10 rued and n nee ReI ee him and Judge for 01 myself I found not mint I think a II saint stint lint hilt it a I sim simple simple Im 1111 not ant very Iry cultured yet ct transparent transparently ly I good man manIX manIN IX IN 1 AX AN A ICY lCY WIND WINDI ID I 1 turned up the tho great giett collar of my may rn shuba and pulled my III fur cap calm low lots 10 on my illy forehead to lo prepare for the tho delve In ht the teeth of oC an icy ley Ie wind across ss mho tho stretch streich of frozen flo cn sea mien which is Lich separates separate from front the mho mainland tho the little ii tUO Island on nn which Is I built Quickly the sledge glided ol over Oe el the Ihl he ke gleaming In Inthe inthe the sunshine lute like opal quickly the tho lit III little tle lie lit III treys trees which marked the time road mael Hashed past tills and beyond hL their bound boundary ary un or lee ice 3 yachts darted tin r hither and thith thither er cr with Incredible swiftness like alto fabulous lous 1 is I etl sea Ia fowl fowlIn fowlIn In 0 minutes 1 es thee the town was wal reached vv vv v v and the sledge soon stopped before tho the cathedral where Father John of ot Kion stUll hUll has ministered m for many years 4 I T pushed open I e tae Hie 1 door dool and entered or 01 orto rr r to tl speak accurately squeezed myself late Into the Ih building which witch was us so 1 0 crammed with people that It ll was MIS to tn find hind room even cen for one oue i it It t was vas u a change from train tho the Polar re rr regions gions to Central Africa for tho thin Item heat was aas stilling III n 1 but the torrent fervent crowd of pilgrims had no thought of or tune the discomfort fort of standing crushed together In III the almost table atmosphere ot or the tho church charch Their thoughts were there fixed on mt God Cod and Ills Mother and the mho l whom they regard legard as ns a r saint whose picture they tho place In their homes houses with the thc of tho Igo Virgin tuna and St Nicholas or I SI St Seraphim Seraph by hy whose In Ine CIe slon men melt say a the tho czar c 1 has been heat given a n fan Oll choir snug sang the flush of the tins Hus Hussian sian SI n church a Jl chant of 1 un no unearthly earthly eu loveliness tho tin aromatic per perfume pI fume iliac of Incense was as wafted front the sanctuary and the golden Icons henna of the stints saints s In III tho the yellow ellow light of o the tho tapers burning before them A Aman Aman man turned 1110 me lightly on the th shoulder with a 11 cudie St Sl S t Nikolai he hc said saidI I took leak It out nut my nay m hand ilK flu fai fains ns as 11 possible Iu St SI Nikolai I ci echoed hoed tapping a man aunt some way wn In lit front mid and the tha leper ICIer passed through mho tho crowd un no until til 11 It reached ranched tin Ihn t h holy hol 1 where IV here It was Will to In faint in ha 11 silent eLlent Intercession bo he fore tore the saint OATIS Slowly the thc royal loyal I al gates of or the thc sanctuary lily ary opened and a In III vestments v of o cloth of oC sliver and a n scintillating miter in emerged l from fro tho tiro hla of oC light li 11 the Itchy holy ho place llato It was vas Father John JohnA A quiver of o emotion passed through the crowd clod all nil who could fell on ou their theil lances knees hut hum tin the crush clush wins was so an great that tilts wis ii Impossible for many litany some seine bent Jent their h hi ads rols to receive n blessing atha others lx il devotion In their ryes eyes it I the Ilse tilde little old ohl m man It whoso Whose much I said to In a heal haul the thu std side Timet Time Tho t hour hair was waR silent ilent tile the worshipers hushed and and i expectant Hint Quietly the tho I pi e t lest 1 v told oak tol l I lh tl m that It t was cons impossible o v 0 for fm fo him hint to hear hur the tho confessions ot or to so vast 1 It t multitude Lt r 1 each man 1 tell his Iu to tn Gol and receive the absolution uh of s his hll priest l lie Ile added words so simple that they might have 1111 come canto from front thin IhA lips Ins of a Irol lIlt pastor on the need of and Him purpose J of or amendment When hell ho hail had finished the Iho strange silence ended aided curd and all nil told out nut their Ins proclaimed cd theta them aloud as ns though none was waR near to 10 hear lice The rho nor nil seemed 1 heavy heay and amid polluted with lIh the thin terror of ot human humon h uman sin Silt and t itch cl misery ut l sely as aa men loan n heat bout their and tales lales which would w milk make tn ke the reader leader shudder rose to 10 the ear eal of Cod Goe Near mo wern a ern rn rough lough peasants ts H mole nm of el them haul had como COlli from it far fal distant homes and held the grins staff teats t ran down their rug rugged ru rued rugged ged ed fares faces one bont to In the earth curt ii pros Pras prostrate hate before fOl heaven Presently tho thu up iii tear censed and alid there was Willi silence ills ell tut bed only onh by h the tho low lo suits or pelt peni penitent tent groans of time tho th crowd Then carte came a II still volee calm end passionless IJ Fares Faces were wert Illumined III hI I with Joy jay radiant itt as ns though abrel himself ii had spokes oln the tho place seemed leaned pure and holy hol again fur for rather Father John had hael pronounced the nb oh II and high Ii gh hoavan smiled milted with tilt hi pardon The crystal voters of the III choir choll 1050 lu In tender melodies a I deacon chanted chantell prayers or the th royal gates the volee nr of the th priest came softly from the mysterious and the tho crowd pressed forward to 10 receive the awful sacrament at the tile hands of Father John Johll Probably In ht the world could such u it scene of and It lilt fervor be he wit wll witnessed IN 1 STUDY A couple cou COli Ch III of hours later 1 I watt Was In tha the study of the Iho old pleat He Ho received me inn with great l Do you speak Russian HussUn ho to asked d Yes That is III good lIe Ilo ninda mn sit sll at lIt lima Iho table and placed his hili chair very 1 close to mite mine Yin Von must speak very loudly loudl lie he I said ald tin throwing owing his arm it affect lilY my shoulders because o I 1 am tin deaf Iut Somehow I T felt alt f ns 1111 If it I had no Ito right at i X i it it 1 t A t Y A M 7 Y X I IA A J 1 r r 1 A AA Y t A j S n I A JI 4 a A i il ii id I i d i Y Y Y Y f fp A l t w Y 1 1 r R RI Ra ti h p u 15 a t I r r aI 1 i 1 t tr 1 i r r T n r 1 I i t 1 t u i A 1 t I I 1 d d dl rm Y l eC a V r Y i V b V 4 A At Y t pa z r V V Y y yI I t tY Y t t r J A AY i it Y Y i r 1 4 Y t I s Y i s a R Y y it q r 4 t ses X r ii Y 1 1 J i t rr ri J P M t I It Y A 1 t 4 t r t J Jj Jf Nh r ld Ff h Jh t r h r Ed f ft j 1 f I t tj j t K Y V WW 4 v H I 51 1 t r t I t 1 lih lilt W I m M ld II nl I e 1 In to I monopolize his lime 11 Slaty lanY a pens peas peasant ant alI would havo all add he ii h possessed to be b In II my 1 place talking to Ih comet mH I ii iii hi looking priest Irl t Yet his bis hi robe of oC rich Hui k with sleeves turned hu nell back laok backis 11 is Ii crimson silk Hi the item cross 1011 of o gold old olt set net with shit wih Deans and ond he h wore seemed scented out oUI of peeping keeping with his n us a It saint and 1 1 el tho room with wih Its soft sr carpet a it rare Hire 11 luxury In nU nod and III costly oos Icons one lne of which ho ho told mo loo 10 was stets WIS a 1 girt gift from rein the tl czar e ar arI a I strange setting set for to a Yes os he wild soul in ht reply to lo a n question I often oten see sea tho the czar crar nail and his fattier father died 1 In my Z n ii urns arms n f tuna remark 1 which h re rC reminded minded me tae e tint that Father John a acourt and all ud a rt acourt court chaplain lJ laid had a wordy wooly I controversy as no Il to tl which had Ille given 1101 the thelast last sacrament to tn Alexander ill Hl u a t petty ii to lu associate with wih sanctity at nt any Huy all rato for tor n a western wesler man accustomed to 10 take such stint as an Au AI Ju or IH gentle or stern Igna Igua Ignatius Iguatius tius thIs as an for tor canonization What hat I asked do you yell 01 think of the Iho MII blu religious liberty now allowed In ht HUH bluI It I Is 18 had bad ho he replied you ou sec many man people ntO 1 l ignorant or t stupid and Incapable I of making too a wise in lurl m le e 1101 It I III Is oat not good tu to give them the lit Lh ly of leaving heath ug tile the lie holy halt hol ortho orthodox II dox dux church and of falling into grave er cr errors roes ATTACKS I spoke of the bitter hiler newspaper at al attacks at attacks tacks directed against him hint Who v Ito lie I about me nits 11 in out our small cheap papers ellI he be exclaimed vehement vehemently ly iy Journalists who have havo hao lost their consciences mad and circulate slander and falsehood nl our nut 1 godless I Igen and he ho rondo made use of or an al expressive hits Ilus Ian ilan phrase tu to such h I J am omit a cataract on the tho eye Thou Then hu lie h lidded added In fn a n 1 quiet almost plaintive voice God Cud GodIn In is I have il Him ilium my nay I righteousness served erv for M ro yearn Ho 10 lo mows knows mo too to tn hint Him alone I shall answer these charges atList at lt List I judgment of ot the thu whole world If I you jini wish to lu know noll what the thu true HUlsla Russia of ot it me ate 1 ask aBle bur 1 I speak leal with wih i boldness before Coil Ced GoL Shu Sho wilt will wi beer buur OUI tes testimony for rOl me one meNow meNow Now Father John showed allowed very vet el clear clearly ly I the llin tw other tiny day da what ha hl by i b the tho true truo Irl He Ha to in St expressly ex to c bless thu the now new banner of the tho union of the Hut Ih Russian pea poo pie Ie a CL black brick hundred organization ton which contains nobody of tC u f the tho slightest ll Intel Intellectual I eminence This body boly la is J frankly I Its organs In time thu press presH prell de do deliberately pogroms and the thu murdering of ur Jews Jes It 1 petitions the czar c r humbly und and prayerfully II not nol to abolish the thu Iw depth death penalty toil and tho the t which ith ara alst 11 M tl tho the Russian n people at ut the Ihl prevent Unit and ant Implores s hint him hll not lut to III ilvo 10 liberty to to the tha Jows Jews It sticks to the rho t old Jd which would ho hit by hy Father bather I John Ortho Orthodoxy doxy loxy 10 mid autocracy art aro il the thu tl two pillars of tf tho stale Tho Olt when Nn t i n Father ri Ies r John entered tilt thi great 1 riding act school nu 1 to 10 give KIo limo tl to the standard of ot Ih the r tatt s x W as teal truly remark remarkable able U tile hIe 7 Tho ho hit mooting had It na begun bagun with vla enL it harangues punctuated about sheaf every 1 live minute by hy alto 11 playing of tf Rave ve the UI by h a I military band hald and amid ald by h tho I IIi hI it cheering of uC a II wail wull 1 Il i 11 suddenly It I ha had chanced to In a I elt religious pageant K 1 l ie way stay 1 to tl In lit II H silver I Ivor I 1 the bund baud to children who III tl tl sung gang suni thu hall h mush of lit If tin tho church As All they there was Wa u a I rush rust of pimple people to tomi to toI toa mi a I lile lcJ ii of tho hull hul mill amid Ul I 1 saw naw W inn thu little 1110 I 11 i i pi lent of tC half hai cur car Cl 11 i 1 thu tho crowd rushed along hy by hyi I byre i re of or t lon to lu e him us aK quickly us W 1 e from rom re 1 du d u tut ut IH hi tu lit touch his llin hi ioba I bo co i 1 John Joh Is In aH its ho hostile Wt to the tho lovable Tol IulI el xiol I ai iii II he lac Ji IN Is to t time tho th political nf it f In nUIla What lit do you 01 think thick of und and und his 1 l asked Usk d I do cn nut to 10 term maul Limo thu man 1111 I h 10 ax as 11 sued for far CI and t Mediums They I their muster ml cud and I 1 always him On that r they hate hulu me hie and are uru 16 ready rady to tu me I Im off oK r the thu fete tt of the tha earth Hut wil wilI I 1 do nut not lut four for plume 1101 nor nol do 1 J Wiy J y any alY at attention aL to thorn thum thor After all uil al could coull I S ox oxell PIM ell i from flOI the tho world bettor than limn and an How flow HoI did aid the tle world trout trul Chris und and Ind tho the and uni t x rite fl Lord LOld sald that t ull u who wished I to IQ live lve In this thin world will wi b II le 1 The 7 t C Christ elma me m mI mea 1 I a nu e of ot hU hi h ha g lva t s In lit II lulu li i 1 have 1 I Isaid 0 Ve hu It h u said humbly humanly iut at ut m my y IK hII I lug 1111 In hi churches i f du la not lot week seek and ld did 1111 ld not ml seek te e k J lory Iury sad end ant ho he b added uddel u Ic 1111 Iii In lit bl Ids hll vole voice ll h 1 came It He 11 to ho ale 1110 lt Ho lie J Mate inu mi glary lulY Iho bind kuld who glorify tie blo I stroll ill W o e of the Iho i M m l ud on ua vl Paso page fourt n I o Io I err A 4 J r fr NOTED PRIEST SAINT OR CHARLATAN Continued on nit page ling fourteen I en an popularly called ra in lu allusion all on to 10 the lime Imperial mantle mho waif accustomed to lu wear who lied hud appeared II at and enjoyed the tho of Father bud been grouted us Uti the Mother of or to W and she hud had walked through the streets street Jt In procession procession sion accompanied by hy girls dressed an as t angels mind and wing WI palms tho tha grunted greeted her he I with cries of or Hall to Io the Die or of nil all the tho earth I A I It Father lI John was waK on nu the th Sho Shu nevar called her 1111 herself herselt self licit the Mother Mather of ut GOtI he ho wild Bald short ly I When he wan Willi obliged to go Mo out to I Halt a U skit sick person lar hu too inu and uttered tittered a II few words word BH Mil ills hiM valet helped holl II him Into lilt a II shuba of or costly fur turf I 1 10 ra to a Ii little with his bis hi grand 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