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Show FATHER HARDING'S PANEGYRIC Of BELOVED POPE LEO Xiil 'After tho solemn pontifical mass of requiem, offered of-fered up for tho repose of the soul of the late Pope Leo XIII at St. Mary's cathedral in this city last Sunday, Sun-day, Rev. (Jeorge Hardin,' of Xew Orleans delivered the panegyric. Closing the hook after reading from Ecclesiasticus, 44-4o. the priest orator said: Rarely if ever, has the world witnes-ed such art outbust of grief and of sympathy as has been tnaui-fested tnaui-fested during the current month of duly. A leelde. old man.' almost a centenarian; an old man in the evening even-ing of a well-rounded life, an old man in his ntiu'ty-fourth ntiu'ty-fourth year, falls sick in Rome, the center of Catholic unity, the capital of the Christian world. The news is . flashed to every corner of tho lihe. Day alter dav, ;i,:d hour after hour, the bulletins are anxiously sc;jt:;icdi countless eyes are dimmed with tears; countless hp-; quiver with emotion, and innumerable M'e the prayers that mount up from sorrowing hearts' to t!i" 't White Throne, for the Great White Shepherd of Christendom. Chris-tendom. , The innocent, prattling lips of childhood, the accents ac-cents of maturer years, the sago tongues of hoary oid age, all, without distinction of class, of creed or ot race, join in one grand uplifting of the soul to flu; Creator; one grand, universal prayer for the ilius- . trious patient whom all feel is Hearing his end. And these prayers, in every known language and from cvery eountry on earth, mount up to heaven as the noise of many' waters, and as .the-voice of great thunder, do- ! ing, as it were, violence to the heart of the Master, 011 behalf of His vicar here below. From the 4th to the . 1'i'th of July the distinguished suiiVrer of the Vatican was the central figure of the world. During all this time was the titanic struggle with death going on. and the- world looked on with admiration and sympathy at i the gallant fight for life which he made. But his hour, iu the. providence of God, had come. . He, as well as every human being must, when that hour comes, heed the ominous words of this day's gospel (the eighth Sunday after Pentecost) : "Redde rationem vil-licationis vil-licationis tuae jam eniin 11011 poteris villicare." ('Give an account of thy stewardship, for now thou canst bo steward. 110-longer.") (Lukcsvi.il.) ' And Leo heard these words, and prepared piously , for his1-passage to the other, the better, the brighter life which lies beyond the tomb. lie received all the . j ' last sacraments of the Church, all the last rites were : administered to him, and, with his hand uplifted in blessing, and a feebly muttered prayer on his lips; with one last, long, loving glance at the image of Christ crucified, he shook off liis mortal coil, calmly Jreathed his last and his emancipated soul, it is our cherished hope, was borne by angels to the throne of Him who is appointed by the Father Judge of the Living and of the Dead. Oh, what a meeting! There the Creator and j His creature, the Redeemer and the redeemed, the In- ' visible Head of the Church and the till now Visible Head of the Church, Christ and His vicar, Leo, are face to face. Leo is before the Judgment Throne! "Redde 1 rationem villicationis tuoe." ("Give an account of thy stewardship.") And how does Leo answer this summons? sum-mons? In very truth he can say with St. Paul: "Eonum ' certamen certavi, cursum consummavi. fidem servare. In reliquo reposita est mihi corona justiae, quam reddet mihi Dominus in ilia die justus Judex." ("I have fought the good fiht, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice, which the Lord, the just Judge, will render to me in that day.") The account is given, the judgment is over, and Leo's lot is eternally fixed. What is that lot? Without wishing to penetrate into the inscrutable in-scrutable judgments of God, our fond hope is that, from the lips of the adorable Master, he heard these consoling words: ''Euge, serve' bone, et fidele, quia pauca fuisti fidelis super multa to constituam; intra in quadium Domini tui." (''Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Because thou hast been faithful over a few things I will place thee over many. Enter into the joy of thy Lord.") And Leo, surrounded by an innumerable in-numerable army of the Blessed, conducted by Mary and the Holy Apostles, accompanied by all the Holy Pontiffs, Pon-tiffs, Martyrs and Confessors, and all the Saints, enter3 ' into Heaven where, happy in the beatific vision of God and in the joys of Heaven, he will still take a fatherly interest in the Church militant on earth, that church for which, he lived, devoting his life's best energies thereto; that church which he so well guided, and that 1 church for which he died. Had Leo lived in the early ' ages, such was the holiness of his life that he would be ! already canonized by popular acclaim. But in our day I ' it is more difficult to be placed as a saint on the altar3 . .j of the Catholic Church; the "fama sanctitatis" must 1 be accompanied and followed by the "fama rniracu- I j lorum." J A short resume of the life of him whose death ha3 t stirred. to its depths the sorrow of the world, and who : who is now borne to his cold, silent tomb, deluged with the tears of the nations, will not be out of place. He I for whom innumerable prayers and good works are being incessantly offered up to God; he for whom your beloved bishop has ordered these funeral rites; he for whom you, citizens of Salt Lake City, irrespective of ; - creed, are assembled here in order to show your respect re-spect for his memory; he whose panegyric I have beets invited to deliver, is Joachim Pecci, His Holiness Pope ! ' j Leo XIIL ; ' . ' I HOW LEO SPENT HIS YOUTH. - I . Joachim Peccie was born at Carpineto, in the papal f states, on March "2, lSlO. His father's name was Count: ' ' ' I Luigi Pecci, his mother's Anna Prosper!. His family j oii the father's side had been always distinguished ic- ) 1 if i:j annals of JarpintMo since 1531, .viien one of. his ancostor-s, Antonio Veici. immigrated thither from Siena, to which republic his ancestors had gone from Cortona about the year 13U0. ' Pruucnce. integrity, ovc of religion and love of country were virtues which lln- TVccis ;;Ivays jiracticed, and their special reason lor complacency is that thev have Riven saints to God's Holy Church, ricked PJ -o Pecci, founder of the religious Oraer of the Hermits of St. Augustine: blessed Margaret JVrci of the Order of Servites of Man', and J-Jernardiiio Pfcvi of the Society tH" Jesus, who was martyred for the taita in Indiii. belong to the I'ecci family. His mother came also from illustrious stock, for she was a descendant of the great Roman tribune Itienzi. Joachim Pecci firM imbibed the ideas of piety and of an orderly and .self-controlled .self-controlled life in his mountain home. His lirst lessons were in the home school, presided over by his mother. Through her influence and training, he and his brother Joseph were enabled to enter that glorious career which made-one made-one the Pontiff of the Catholic Church and Ihe other a cardinal. His father was an accomplished Latin scholar, and from him the boys received their first lessons in Latin. Happy the children chil-dren who can boast of so excellent a home training! As Joachim grew older he showed a. pronounced tasts not only for study but of an unmistakable unmistak-able vocation for the sanctuary. This taste did not accord with his father's wishes. "I want to make a general of Mm," said he one day. "Well." said his mother, "you will make a Pope of him." The mother's prophecy, as we shall see. was fulfilled, and Leo became one of the greatest of Popes that occupied oc-cupied the chair of St. Peter. When young Joachim was only 8 years old, he was sent to the Jesuit college at Vi- terbo, and so well did he advance in his studies that the Bishop of Viterbo In a letter to his (Joachim's) mother said that if God preserved him In health, he-would be an honor to himself, him-self, to his family, and to his country. I In 1S24 his mother died, and then he left Viterbo and went to Rome to continue con-tinue his studies in college there. When only 18 years old he took the first prize' in chemistry and physics. Yet his aptitude for natural science did not interfere with his classical studies, and even in those early days the elegance and purity of his Latin were remarkable. .When 22 years old he took his degree of doctor in sacred theology, and then entered the Academy of Noble Ecclesi-flktics. Ecclesi-flktics. Here he prepared himself for niposition in the Roman Prelatura by Ithe study of law and diplomacy. Honored by Pope Gregory. In 3 S3", though he had not yet received re-ceived Holy Orders. Pope Gregory XVI named him domestic prelate with the title of Monsignore. On the 17th of. December of that year he was ordained subdeacon; on December 24th the same ; year he was ordained deacon, and on December Slst, the last day of that year, he Mas ordained priest. His promotion pro-motion now was rapid. Two months Rfter his ordination. Pope Gregory XVI nppointed him in 1S3S to be governor of the province of Benevento, one of the most difficult positions in thePapal States. The new delegate arrived at his post suffering from a pernicious fever, but niter a few weeks he shook off the mal-ndy mal-ndy and took the reins of government. Brigandage was rampant, and Mgr. Pecci set himself the task of suppressing suppress-ing it. He began military operations r gainst the brigands, their strongholds were captured and the brigands were killed or taken prisoners. These pris-! pris-! oners were speedily brought to jus- 1 tice. and thus was brigandage sup pressed, and life and property respect-' respect-' ed. His next task was to give good roads to his people. So pleased was the Pope at the remarkable success of his delegate that he rewarded him with another difficult delegation, that of Spoleto. but he almost immediately transferred him to one of the highest and most important offices, from a political po-litical point of view, that the Pontiff could bestow in the Papal States that of Perugia, j The same firmness in dealing with criminals and suppressing vice, the Mnirt encouragement to the good characterized char-acterized his government in Perugia, ;nd during his administration there, notwithstanding the restlessness of men's ninds cau5ed by the sowing of revolutionary doctrines, and political intrigues, it was often remarked that the prison were empty. In 1S43 fgr. Pecci was consecrated Archbishop of Dainietta in jiartibus, nd sent in quality qual-ity of nuncio to the court of King Leopold Leo-pold I. at Brussels. Here he had a magnificent chance to study politics and diplomacy: here he first gained his political insight and experience, which have been so marked during his pontificate. pon-tificate. Tact, h wise and Christian prudence were characteristic of Archbishop Arch-bishop Pecci during his nunciature in Belgium. He endeared himself to all. Ii pin. the king to the humblest of hi? subjects. He was a great defender of good, sound. Christian education, and encouraged the pupils of Catholic schools and cnllep-es, often going to visit them, examining the children and presiding at their feasts. But the Belgian Bel-gian climate was too severe for the health of Archbishop Pecci. It was too severe for him. and. after a stay of three years, he turned his face homeward toward his own sunny Italy. On leaving Beleium. King Leopold gave him a letter for Pope Gregory XVI, very complimentary to him. Visits Foreign Countries. After . leaving Belgium' he visited p'.ine of the neighboring countries Germany,- France and England. In London Archbishop Pecci was the guest of Mgr. Wiseman, who was afterwards af-terwards Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. West-minster. He was honored bv Queen I Victoria and received several invita-lions invita-lions to her court and to state ceremo-i.ies. ceremo-i.ies. The friendship which was then formed between the young queen of England and Archbishop Pecci was ever afterwards maintained. In London Mgr. Pecci also met all the great Eng-I'sh Eng-I'sh statesmen of the day. and others, w ho. then young. Mere afterwards illustrious il-lustrious in their country. The Duke .f Wellington the hero of Waterloo and the con(u.'-ror of Bonaparte, th-Duk th-Duk of Cambridge, Lord Melbourne. Lord Macauley. Lord Palmerstone, Lord John Russell, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Gladstone. Disraeli, etc. Meets Daniel O'Connell. Archbishop Pecci was fortunate in b.-ing present in the house of commons during one of the debates in which the, immortal Daniel O'Connell was one of ihe principal speakers. Then it was j that the archbishop askea to be presented pre-sented to the Irish leader, and ever afterwards he loved to recall this incident inci-dent in his life. Archbishop Pecci never forgot his hospitable reception in England, Eng-land, mid years alter when he was Pope he made some return bv raising John Henry Xewman to the dignity of cardinal. Other English subjects were also raised to the dignity of cardinal-Cardinal cardinal-Cardinal Moran of Australia, Cardinal l aschereau of Quebec, MeCabe of Dublin. Dub-lin. Logue of Armagh, and Vaughan of u estminster. . . iVt'hniMhop P''vl hnally started for Italy. The peopl,, of lrngia. whom he had so well governed, had lost their bishop and they petitioned Pope Gregory Greg-ory Xl fr Archbishop Pecci The1 pope granted th.ir petition and-.ap-po.nted him archbishop of Perugia on the lUh of-January. lMfi. but li? fore he could take possession of his see Pope i .u-gory a I was no more and the letter let-ter of King Leopold was handed "to his -successor. Pope Pius IX.- On the feast of St. Ann. the patron saint of his mother, exactly ifly-Ecven years ayo today. Archbishop Pecci returned to Perugia, after an absence of thre years, and Mas received with the greatest great-est manifestations of jov bv ail the "'T:.?? people. Here he remained as bishop ru-.-s "r thirty-two years t,nd"thc good that ,-.. T" "nipllshPd durin-his episcopacy u; 18 not iiy told. Smoothing over dif- Ilieultics Mith the :ivi! authorities, cor- rccting abuses, organizing charitable societies, the work of. the education. f youth, fo- he considered education as the basis of all human progress, building build-ing colleges and academies, the direction direc-tion of the seminary, the fostering o ecclesiastical and religious vocations, the higher education of the clergy, the founding of houses of refuge for fallen girls, the establishment of hospitals, I t- jndling asylums zn-t orphans' homes. the repairing and the building of churches. These are some of the material ma-terial works' he .u-eomplished. But of the spiritual good which he effected, God alone is the judge. His episcopacy episco-pacy was indeed an arduous one and he covered himself --with glory by his edifying edi-fying life and his many good and useful, works. Created 'Cardinal. On the 19th of December. 1S.j3. Archbishop Arch-bishop Pecci was invited to Rome by the Holy Father. --Pope Pius IX, in solemn sol-emn consistory, .pronounced a, magni-licient magni-licient allocution.. in. praise of. him and created him cardinal of" "the Holy Church. Hi&, feoOd people of Perugia were delighted with the honor conferred con-ferred upon him, and on his return to them he was received with enthusiasm and amidst general rejoicings. Again in 1854. Cardinal. Pecci was called to Rome to take part in the promulgation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception Con-ception of the Blessed Virgin. Cardinal Car-dinal Pecci assisted at the Vatican council in 1869-1S70. None of his discourses dis-courses of that period are published, but it is certain that he was one of the fathers of the council the most consulted. con-sulted. And now sorrowful events are transpiring; the temporal power of the Holy See, a heritage of centuries, is being constantly encroached upon. Na poleon III, Cavour, Victor Emmanuel and the arch-revolutionist. Garibaldi, are the four immediately responsible for the spoliation; but the machinations and intrigues of secret societies and the apathy of European powers, particularly particu-larly of the Catholic powers, are the direct causes of this robbery. Pius IX, that grand old pontiff, did all he could to keep entire and intact the possessions posses-sions of the church. But by the per-, mission of G-od. the revolution has triumphed; tri-umphed; Pios the IX is a prisoner in the Vatican. Cardinal Pecci protested constantly and vigorously against this usurpation of the Piedmontese king and government; no tongue so daring, no pen so trenchant as that of Cardinal In a consistory held in September, 1S77, Pope Pius IX appointed Cardinal Pecci camerlengo of the holy church. This appointment, though a mark of the great confidence Pope Pius IX had in Cardinal Pecci, nevertheless caused the cardinal much sorrow, for it meant separation- from his beloved folk of Perugia, with whom he had lived and toiled for thirty-two years. . Elected Pontiff. In the month of January, 1878, Victor Emmanuel died in Rome. Pius IX followed fol-lowed him a short time after. On the 6th of February, 1878, Pius IX breathed his last. Cardinal Pecci immediately assumed as-sumed the duties of his office and he was the governing power of the church during the interregnum. When, after the funeral of Pope Pius IX, the cardinals car-dinals assembled in conclave to elect his successor, the very first voting showed that Cardinal Pecci Mas the favorite of the cardinals. A second and a third vote was taken and this time Cardinal Pecci received more than the necessary two-thirds majority. With great humility he protested against the choice of the cardinals, pleading his inability, in-ability, his unworthiness, yet so evidently evi-dently manifest was the Mill of God in his election that M ith great diffidence in himself and trusting in God's help, he accepted the dignity of sovereign pontiff and mounted the chair of St. Peter under the name of Leo XIIL He was crowned pope and acclaimed as Christ's vicar on earth on the 3rd of March, 1S7S, by all the. college of cardinals car-dinals and by over 50,000 people gathered gath-ered in St. Peter's. It is customary for the sovereign pontiff to announce his accession to the courts of Europe and to the governments of the world.. Leo XIII complied with this formality, not excluding from his courtesy even those countries which had been most hostile to the church under. the preceding pope. He held out the olive branch of reconciliation recon-ciliation to the Swiss confederation, the j German empire and the Czar of Russia. In Switzerland the illustrious Cardinal Mermillod, successor of St. Francis de Sales in the see of Geneva, was banished. ban-ished. Catholics were robbed of their churches and their priests imprisoned. In January the church was persecuted by the iron chancellor, Bismarck". Dr. Falk, the author of the May laws, and the leaders of the Kultur-Kampf, or so-called so-called Mar of civilization. Many of the bishops and priests were thrown into prison, several dioceses were without their bishops and over a thousand parishes par-ishes without priests, were deprived of all spiritual needs for the soul. Fruits of Wise Diplomacy. In Russia bishops, priests and people were seized on trumped-up charges, or without any charge at all, laden Mith chains and sent into exile in Siberia. And poor Poland was forced to drink to the dregs of the cup of sorrow. Today To-day the relations between Switzerland fcnd the Holy See, if not cordial, are at least normal. Bismarck was forced to come to terms with the pope; Dr. Falk, the author of the May laws, had to resign; re-sign; those same laws were repealed, the Kultur-Kampf or war of civilization civiliza-tion has disappeared, the expelled religious re-ligious orders have been mostly all allowed al-lowed toreturn, and Prussia has an accredited ac-credited ambassador to the H olv Sfo 1 A dispute between Spain and Germany Ger-many over the ownership of the Caroline Caro-line islands Mas referred to the arbitration arbi-tration of Pope Leo XIII by these powers. pow-ers. The Holy Father mediated and decided in favor of Spain and Germany-bowed Germany-bowed to that decision. Bismarck had become an intolerable nuisance to his imperial master, the young Emperor William II, and he was forced to resign. re-sign. The emperor of Germany has visited Pope Leo XIII three times and he is most anxious that Germany should replace France in the role of protector of the Catholic missions of the east. The pontiff was auiy K(JC. onded in his efforts for the peace of the I church by the Catholic center party in the reichsrath, ably led by the gallant Windthorst. In Russia, a Kindlier feeling prevails pnd only lately Mas it announced that the Czar Nicholas intended to pay a visit to the sovereign pontiff in Rome, thus doing homage to him as did recently re-cently King Edward VII of England and the Emperor William II of Germany. Ger-many. Progress of the Church. In England the progress of the church has been wonderful during Pope Leo's reign. His friendship for Queen Victoria, and the members of the royal family, his raising to the purple one of the grandest intellects of modern times, John Henry Newmm. his liberality in admitting more English-speaking sublets sub-lets into the saorc! college o - cardinals car-dinals than was eve Renown before, his desire to give the Anglican church the benefit of the doubt in regard to the validity of their orders which validity he was obliged to pronounce .against after an exhaustive examination; his sending apostolic delegates to India and Canada and the, 'presence 'of special ambassadors' am-bassadors' representing him at import-' ant events in England, all these have madx? him loved in England. In Ireland his solicitude for the Irish people, his hopes that their grievances may be righted and their legitimate aspirations attained, have been well known; but he was obliged to condemn the "plan of campaign" as immoral and. li reminded) the 1 fish-people that unjust means can never he used, even i for a just cause. Three Irish cardinals 'we their .elevation, to'.'tbe -sacred col- ; lege to- him." Cardinal MeCabe .of Dub- j lin, deceased; Cardinal Moran of Syd- , ney, Australia, and Cardinal Logue -of "Armagh, -ire land.- " " The first official act of Leo XIII aftet his coronation was the re-establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Scotland, Scot-land, which tyerarchy had disappeared I in consequence of the Protestant .R2-- formation. France a Source of Anxiety. No nation has been, the source of more anxiety and sorrow--to Pope Leo XIII than France. " By her irreligious -conduct, the iniquitous law of associa- ! tions, the hindering of a God-given ) right to-Jiy..rtqgether in common, the dispersion of religi&usrtrders, the confiscation con-fiscation of their properties, the driving ! away from' 'their-- native land those, whose only offense was the good they i did. France has manifested a hatred j againsUGod.and His Church which is almost diabolic. ChurchPs, chapels, schools, academies, colleges, convents, monasteries have been closed ; hospitaU and schools have been laicized; cardinals, cardi-nals, bishops and priests nave been hampered in their ministry, and to crown all. all this in a so-called Catholic, Catho-lic, nation. Oh, France. France! how-low how-low art thou fallen! Where is thy boasted doctrine of the rights of man? What has become of thy shibboleths, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity? . Leo XII I often tried to bring about a better state of things. He counseled falling into line with the republic and frankly accepting it as the will of th- people. Hi, counsels were disregarded, and as a consequence France is torn into factions. We know what the end will be if this lasts, for trie Savior han solemnly declared that a house divided in Itself shall fall. What an anomaly does France present to the nations of the world today! She persecutes the Church and her children at home and pretends to be their protector abroad. She. a so-called Catholic nation, drives out the members of religious orders., and Protestant lands open their arms to welcome them. In the Orient. In Africa. Pope Leo, ever watchful over the Oriental rites appointed a patriarch pa-triarch of the Copts in Alexandria, and he restored to be the primatlal see of Africa: the historical see of St. Cyprian, Cyp-rian, that of Carthage after eleven centuries of interruption. Through Leo's . influence. Cardinal Luvigerie succeeded in arousing the nations of the world to suppress tne slave trade. In India, the Catholic hierarchy was established; the vexed uestions of Portuguese patronage and the right of padroads tvere settled." A permanent apostolic delegation was established, and an East Indian seminary was founded fr the education of native aspirants as-pirants to the priesthood. In Janan a Catholic heirarchy was established. ?.nd singular privileges were granted to the church and its ministers in China. In the Philippine Islands weighty questions of the relations of church and state had to be solved after the defeat of Spain by United States annc. Leo XIII appointed an American archbishop. archbish-op. Mgr. Chapelle of" New Orleans to be apostolic delegate to the Philippines, to Cuba and to Porto Rico ,the newly conquered Spanish colonies. The visit of Governor Taft to the Holy Father-in Father-in Rome, and the appointment of Mgr. Guidi as delegate apostolic in Manila, the appointment of American bishops and priests in the archipelago bid fair to satisfactorily conclude the negotiations, negotia-tions, i. Leo's Love of America. Leo XIII had always borne a great love for America, and he predicted that she would be the leading power in .the world. He created two cardinals in America Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore Balti-more and Cardinal Taschereau of Que- bee. He established two apostolic delegations, del-egations, one in Washington, the other in Ottawa. He established the Catholic university in Washington, settled the vexed controversy about the Lavel university between Quebec and , 'Montreal, 'Mon-treal, and made the University of Ottawa Ot-tawa a pontifical university. He erected erect-ed three new archbishoprics 1. e., Chicago, Chi-cago, Dubuque and St. Paul and twenty-seven new bishoprics ' in the United States, amongst them your own charming city of Salt Lake. Pope Leo XIII associted himself with the World's fair at Chicago, sent a letter to all the-bishops the-bishops of Italy, of Spain, and of Lathi-. America, concerning it. and sent price- ! less historical souvenirs - to Chicago. He was also personally represented by Mgr.'.now Cardinal, Satolll. .. ,; His Lithurgical Works. - He has appointed a 'commission to revise the Roman Breviary. He has established feasts in .the. Church, and has himself composed the office of at least one of them, that of the Feast of Hie Holy Family. He has declared venerable ven-erable many servants of God, beatified more and canonized many saints. He has made obligatory for the Universal Church the Mass and Office of the Apostles of Nations, viz.: St. Augustine, Augus-tine, Apostle of England; Sts. Cyr.il and Methodius, the Apostles of the Slav, people: St. Josaphat, Martyr in Russia. He has declared Doctors of the Church, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, St. Cyril Cy-ril of Alexandria. St. John Damascene, and St. Venerable Bede of England, and has made obligatory on the whole Church their office and mass. It Mas In his doctrinal and moral teachings that Leo excelled. Herein has he faithfully carried out the precept of the Master: "Let your light so shine before men that they may glorify your Father, who is in heaven." And the name that St. Malachy had giver, him in prophecy seven centuries ago, "Lumen in Coelo," was indeed true. . How eloouent his words on the righlri of the Holy See! How solemn his warnings warn-ings on the evils of divorce and the disruption of family ties! iiow earnestly earn-estly he pleads about the sanctity of marriage and its indestructibility! And then, how clearly he defines the" rights of labor and the rights of capital, each in its own place! With what irresistible irresist-ible and irrefutable logic he tears down the structure of Socialism, and shows that the only way to live contentedly con-tentedly on earth is to conform one'.s life to the Gospel teachings. He has nothing but horror for anarchy, Socialism Social-ism and nihilism, and all kindred societies soci-eties whose object is the destruction oT all authority, civil and ecclesiastical, human and divine. He labored arduously for the reunion of Christianity, and received into the fold of the one true church many eastern schismatics and heretics; Nes-torians. Nes-torians. Chaldeans, Armenians, Jacobites. Jaco-bites. Copts and Greeks, rejoicing that in his own way he was hastening on the time when the Savior's words shall be verified: "Other sheep I have, that are not of this fold: they also must hear my voice, and there shall he one fold and one shepherd." Ah! Leo! early, in life didst thou say to thyself: "Life 5s a burder.; bear it! Life is a duty; dare it! Life is a thorn-crown; wear it! Though it break your heart in twain Though the burden crush you down; Close your lips, and hide the pain, First the Cross and then, the Crown." Nobly hast thou lived and the .world is better for the example which thou ;:ast given. And f-; those who strive after the higher ideals which bring humanity nearer to God, thou shalt forever be the r-odel. We close the book of thy life. Its. last chapter has been .written; we place thy pen at thy side,, thy .crucifix, thy rosary, thjt c halice ha-lice on thy breast, thy literary works at thy feet. We cast one last fond look at all that remains of thee, and amid universal mourning, we close thy coffin in peace. Thou didst trust to Jesus. Here on earth thou didst give testimony of Him, and He. on the last-day, last-day, when thou shalt stand before His Father,' -.wi 11 give testimony of thee. . - ....... ........ Conclusion. . , ' .. ' 'And now, dear friends, ono i 'tuoVc' , word: I thank you for your sympa- thy jn our: sorrow, - shown by your j presence here " today. Our" Holy h Father is dead, and w e, his children, mourn his loss. .. Yet courage! Christ is ever, with His church, and the 264th successor of St. Peter will follow Leo XIII, the 263rd pope. . Another pontiff pon-tiff Mill arise, another visible head -of the church, another vicar of Christ i on earth, another infallible authority. I The church wil pursue hei; 1-ourse, will carry out her divine mission; for one thing is certain: Amid the ruins of everything earthly one ' institution alone M ill ever survive, emerging Intact from' the mass of debris, because it is indestructible, immortal. That institution insti-tution is the papacy, the chair of St. Peter. . |