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Show THE POPE AS AN INDIVIDUAL A few fragments from cable dispatches regarding regard-ing Pius X.. his actions' and language, bespeak for the illustrious successor of St. Peter a glorious reign. Like the divine Master he has shown sympathy sym-pathy for the poor. Christ proclaimed it as a miracle mir-acle that, "the poor had the gospel preached to them." Already His Holiness has recognized the virtues of the laboring classes. They were not cart aside in order to have their places filled by persons arrayed in sumptuous grandeur. The love and humility of the pope's diocesan children who journeyed from 'Venice to Rome to pay homage to their former shepherd, touched a sympathetic chord in his loving heart, and he addressed them in the most endearing endear-ing terms. Like most of his predecessors, already he has become the father of the poor. He will prove himself the friend of, order and virtue wherever wher-ever found, whether in the poor man's hut or in the gilded palace of the riteh. Thus, following in his Master's footsteps, the pope's example and influence can not fail to win for him the confidence of the masses, allay angry passions, dispel discordant feelings and bring closer together the different elements of society. Without religion as a bond of union, discord and irritation are sure to exist. Pius X., surrounded by loyal and virtuous sons of toil, may become a great factor in solving the difficulties that are daily arising between capital and labor, and prove to be one of the greatest benefactors to society in this age. , ' - |