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.. . ~ .H+~\ IX TfiE .TOYOUS HOLIDAYS ATIE ;: ; .. qVER Once more we ha,·e entel'ecl. upon a new . -.. year; ·wi ll ing to enjoy its pl casnres and e11deavor to

~urmouut its difti<:ulticr; . . Y>~e look around and find ()llr la0on; qu ite a:; gt·ea~, u tlr opportnniti ei> .for

fv.:lVl · n :>.emnt ~ fally a. < n .!'ied and ill\·iting, as those of any predons year. To no one should these reflections be of more serviee than tu the energetic student. Returning after enjoying himself dming the reeent vacation, he wishes to gather the fruits of his labors and sow new seed that wi ll yield him like results. While recalling his late pleasures, he is admon­i~hed that the "day of examination" is cmuing. H e .readily feels the utility of uniting his forces and carefully directing them toward this end--that he may · successfully pass the ordeal. The time is short, but much effective worlr can be clone_ To obtain a :flattering percentage, it is necessary to employ every moment of the remaining time. Examina'tion is :rne1·ely _" resume" of the . matter passed o.-er,

d nring the preceding months. No more laudable ambition can be manifested by a student, than the ardent desire to properly utilize his time, while at college--and tbat he has done so, is clearly shown by the manner in ·which he comprehends the questions gi \'ell and the readiness and directness of his answers. A successful examination shows first thr..t, the requisite amount of study, at least, has l1een done; second that as a consequence promotion follows; third that this advancement affords the aspinmt new fields, rich in thought and fancy, wJ ,i'ch constantly unfold to his mind a beauty and g randeur not to be surpassed .

* * * '·NOTHING GR.EAT AND DURABLE, has ever been }>rodnced with ease." From the earliest elate of recorded time, one great, notal>le and ever memorab 1e feature is conspicuous among historians, painters, poets, sculptors, musicians, orators. and statemen; and this is their admission that, labor, pa­tient and persistent labor was the key to their success. \V e know that, that, which thrills senates in after years, that which delights and instructs assemblies for ages, cannot fail to have been the result of most fenent labor. The picture upon canvas, or the mnral painting, which for centuries causes countless numbers to stand, and gaze in rapt admiration, at the almost liVing for:ns which meet their sight, must luwe been, not alone, the produet of a genius, but of one who possessed all the qualities of an artist; and above all that he was unflinchingly true to his work.

* * * IN BEHALF OF THE FACULTY, Editors of

the JouRNAL, and Students of St. Viateur's, we return thanks to Colonel T. H. Keefe, Chicago lnter Ocean, Kankakee Times, Mr. D . Lavery, Station Agent, at Kankakee, and the Officials of I. C. R. R., to Chica.. go~ for fa,·ors received during the holidays. -

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1$& ST. VlA.TEon·s COLL};GE JOU.SNAt_. ·

THE JEWELLED TREES.

(The Montreal Daily Stnr.)

r. On the verge of the month of the white new year, 'Vhen friend to friend gives heartiest cheer, The rain 1md the frost for a night and a day Have cunningly worked alternately. They have thickened the crust of the dazzling snow Over whose surface the cold winds blow ; They have fringed the eaves with their old device, Enormous daggers of glittering ice; And the nails in the walls, where in summer time The scal'let runners wet•e wont to climb, They have crowned with gems, mQre bright, more fair Than eastern queens on their bosom wear. But scarcely a glance do we waste on these For our wonder is fixed on the jewelled trees. Never before in all their days Have they borne such beauty for mortal gaze; On them the frost and the rain have wrought A splendor that could not be sold or bought ; Heavi ly laden from foot to crown, Like fairest of brides with head bowed down, In park, and square, df!murely they stand, Stand by the wayside all over t:.,e land, Thick crusted witil pearls of mn.rvellous t~ize Whose lustre rebukes our aching eyes.

II.

Thus for a night and a day they stood, Modest and chaste in their virginhood. But are they as happy, as joyful at heart As when in green vesture they gladly took part In all the fresh bliss that to spring-time they owed, In all the gay pleasures that summer bestowed? "Nay, verily, nay," I hear them repeat, "The blood in our veins, eyen down to our feet, Is gelid and still, we are sick unto death. 0 send us ye heavens, 0 send us a breath Of warmth that will bear all these jewels away, These fetters that we for a night and a day Have borne in silence with infinite pain. 0 give us our freedom, our bare arms again."

III.

A wind that had slept all this time in the south In an orange grove that was faint from drought Heard the soft plaint of the jewelled trees And came in the gui3e of a gentle breezt:. Came, and with kisses, tenderly,

Unbound t·be captives and set them free: Their crystalline chll.ins were proken tt.suJlde.r, Filling the earth with a blinding wonder ; With a crash and a dash and a musical s.ouncl Like a shower of st.11.rs. they fell to the grouud; And freed from their bondage t~e .g;ratef:t\l ~tee$ In their bare brown arms caressed t:he brtreze, Caressed the ~ind thut came from the s0uth, From the orange grove that was faint fro~n drought, And they wept for joy, their thanks they wept, While the wind lay still in their arms and slept:

IV~

A moral there is ' in this truthful luy Of the iewelled trees that stood hy the wa,y, In park, and square, in garden stood, Like white veiled nuns in their !!oliturle. But to point a moral the spirit of art Forbids a singer who sings to the heart, Content if his verse give ple:lsur~>, nnd tnl•e From the soul of the world som~ p·1rt of its •tehe.

GKoRm: 1\IARTtS.

HAS AMERICA A POET WOfiTHY TO RANK AMONG THE TllinTEEN GfiEA.T . A~O

IMMORTAL POETIC UGHTS?

AYFJI:MATIVP:.

It is not without a ~J.irit of <Ltli .lcncP tlmt. I r;se to address you t.his evening butconplNI wi th that. <iitlit'l.Pnce is a prilie, horn of patrioti.-n•, n pride iu being allowed to defend wy country against the foul aspersions of foreigu critics and to prove to you gentlemen, th•1t Amtrie:l lut~ produced a poet whose name will go . clown tJ,e deep valley and over the rough hills of futurity liuked with ' the names of Englund's grente~t singers.

That the land which can boast of a W nshington, 1t

Webster and a Lee C·~nuot hoast of a poet whose song will shed light to geuer11tions unhorn is of so ·absurd a nature as scarcely to challenge debate. But to the question. "Has America a poet worthy to rank among the thirteen great and immortal poetic lights."

These thirteen masters of English poesy are, Chaucer Spencer, Shakt>speare, Milton, Dryden, Po.pe, Gray Burns, Wordsworth, ·Coleridge,· Byron, Shelly,) and Keats. If then I prove that any American poet is · e•tual to or snrpasses the le~t of these poets I have won my point, for if we have a poet equal to the least of these he can rank with them. Now gentlemen I am not 1>nly . going to prove that we have one poet on this side of the ocean equal to one oftbe thirteen but that we have four who may fitti ngly be numb~red among th~ of

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''un~saflable reuown." To do this, I cannot rely on my ci'iti~l abHLties, but · by examining their works, their de~ects and beauties and with the aid of frequent quotations:from literary. .men, I hope to make it clear that we have -poets of known merits an d un<'lying fam e. Before ·entering .upon tb~ subject proJ•er I will show from tb~ ~.ritings of e:mjnent . .Amerieans that we have one equal-to t_hese thirteen. Although many .... of tbese criti£S di_ff,§r;: # S" .tp the trum, y.ot they all ngree that Ameri~~ . h&s an im~Qytalpoet. Ex-Pres. Noah P orter of Yaie sl_l·ys, <;I am copfident that balf a score have achieved single compositions which in every poetic element have n•) t been surpassed by Pope, Gray or Keats." 1\fr. Julian Hawthorne says, "I am glarl of the opportunity y on :-~!ford me to say tllat I tbink Emerson our best poet anrl qnite the cqu d of all b ut t'vo or !three of the English poe ~s you have mentioned." Whittier s:Lys-"l should not rank Gray above Bryant or Keats nhove Emerson." A long array of names may hP. added to those just meutiouecl, amongst them are:­Mrs. Phelps Ward, Mrs. · Julia Howe, Prof. J. A. Harrison, l\[r. C. Dudley vVarner and .Mrs. Preston.

·.· Let us nuw proceed to individual poets and take Poe ~tn ci B 1r11~. The,;e two poets resemble each other in their . pri vntc li1· e~, uut hc:>reresemblanee ceases. In Bnrns 1vc· t r~ce the pathetic wd ter . devoid of c ulture and leisur(;, in Poe tile :)i'iginnl port, full of ge nius and nature. Th e rorrne r ·p:1id IJOmnge to Flattery and Driuk, the 'ratter to Melm:dtr1l)'. In the first immorality is coni'picuous, in the ot her beau ty reigns as goddess. Morali ty sho uld lJe found iu every poem but Burns rlrngs Lis pen t hrough such a mire ()[ obscenity as to di::.gust L1y his incleeeucies those he pleases by his rhythm. P oe on the other band is never obscene. ~tedman snys, " P oe was not a man of immoral habits. There is not nn 11J ·cltaste suggestion in the whole course

· of his writings." Burns lac;ks energy while Poe so closely r~semhl es Byron in this quality that ·Winchell ~ays of him, "Poe revea ls the power of Byron but his record

. is too brief." Origina lity cannot he denied Burns but his originality is not so weird and beautiful as the an thor of the "Rilven." ·Poe's JUtJ;Ce in literatur~ may be readily ascertained wherr lVeTemember what :\laur·ice Thompson writes of him: "l must believe" he writes "in the genuineness ·of a genius and in the greatness of a min <'I which has influenced all poets from Tennyson to Austin D.obsen," a power scarcely to be claimed by Drydeo Pope or Gray.'' Burn's best poems are in the Scottish dialect and therefore unintelligible to many. As a SMttisb poet, ( nnd he is so clas~Pd by Chamber's literature), he ranks high; as an Engli sh poet he f:otlls below Poe. In COmJ?aring Keats and Bryant we must see bow nature enters into their poetry. Nature is an esstlntial to poetic composition which must not be over-

1ookeo . In Btyant we fi nd Katun~ in ber verig~ted

beauty, in ftet we may say Bryal'lt's verse is a personi­fi cation of natnre. "T;.~natopis" and "The Ages" are replete w!tll descriptions of American scenery . The picturesque; rive~·s, the rn shing waterfall and the bonnd­less pra ir ie are f,tithfull y clel ineate<'l . Keats drew from Nature but Nature of a foreign cnste. His ski es an d bird:; are from the Greci:l.n cl im e. A dissenter m :1.y S:Ly, ho"·eyer, tbat 13J'.rant wrote in bhnk verse, while with K eats rhyme was perfected . True, Bryant wrote in blank \'erse, Keflts did not or co ul<'l not auct thiR serves as an a.dclitional proof that B ryant was the truer poet. \Vbat rendered Shakespeare :md Milton fflmous? Was it not those elabc,rate prvcluct.ions in blank verse which for th ree cen tu ries have fiSto nislJcd the world. Ste<'lman m 'Y 1' • be aptly qpoted "Blank verse'' he says, "is the easiest and most cl iflicul t ofa ll measures ; the poorest in poor bands, tlle finest wher. written by a true poet. Whoever e·s,ays it is a poet disrobed; he must. rely u pou his natnrn.l g ifts, his flefeds cannot be hi<'lden. In this measure Bryant was at Lis heigh t an.J he owes to it the most enduring portion of his fame." The defects of Kent's poetry a re principally his bck of d istinctness and precision, his sty le is careless and frequently he tired his rearlers by fLbsurcl combinations. .

Some have ,~en i ed Bryant ori ginn lity. Listen to wbat Emerson the philosopher and poet says of him. "This native, original, patriotic poet. 1 found him always original, a true rninter of the face of this country and of the sentiments of his own people."

Let ns now consider the mer its of Pope and Emerson. The placing of Pope's name on tbe list of Brit ish poets of uuassailable renown is so obviou5ly an error as to rlrnw severe criticisms on the nuthor of tlle li st. T hat Pope is not a poet of t ll e first, even of Llle secon d rank of Bt·itish poets is evklent if we examinu bis works. In the first pl:1ce Pope's best prod uctions are "K;say on M:m" and "Essny 0 11 Criticism.'' These are <'lill actic and therefore out of place in poetry, for Edgar A. Poe one of the foremost of American critics says "Nothing is poetry which could as well have been expressed in rrose.' ' This. gentlemen, is evid ent to you all. Allot you have reacl poetry anu know wb:Lt it is. Blair de.5.nes it ''as lhe language of passi.on or of the enli v en ·~d imrtg i nation form­eel, most commou ly, into rrguln.r numbers." Prose is the veh icle of instruction . P0etry can not be elevflting and soul-stirring without passion and imagi nation, hut instruction must be expressed in simple clear language, hence diclact.ic poetry is out of place. P ope is known as the greatest arti ticial poet, this we concede him. To him , inspiration was wanting, life aml passion were lacking and if ~ve t:1ke away the rhyme nothing remains but pruse. Emerson was not only a seer but an unrivalled flrti st of tbe b~antifnl. The poet to a rert.ai n extent is

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hidden by the thoughts. He is fl. typic~. ! poet as can

refldily he perceived from h is '·May-Day." 'Visdom, (lt·e~scd in beauty of im:1gct·y :1.ncl mys~ical lore is the

common staple of bis poet ry. Criti,•s have given much space to these poets in their works but time will not allow me to quote much. How6ver a couple ofcri t.icisims

are necessary to prove my point. Andrew Lang, a British critic bt'Oit<lly procdaims that ·~Pope is no poet at all." While Col. T . W. Higginson says "J should a;;sure, lJy ass ig n Emerson on the list "of great poe.ts" and should put him certainly above Pope and probably

nbove Coleridge." Gentlemen I have now proved to you th:·t we have three Americn,n poets whose rank s11rpasses three Engli~h barrls of immoitn.l f:Jnw. Bl't, as you may have noticed I hrtve not as yet mentioned that ::tuthor whose name is fami liar to eve ry Ameri<~an, whose songs touch one of those sy mpalheLic ~:hard­

which entwine tbe heart of m:J.n, m ovi ng the good to nobler actions, the wicked to remorse o f conscience--i n £tet, I have not y et 8poke n of Henry vV. Lopgtellow.

No, I hitv e saved this poet fur ~!Je last and most con­cl u!>ive proof that America has a poet equal to one of thr: thirteen imm orta l poets and by comparing hirn to Gray I hope to con vince the mmtskeptica l. ·wltat Gray wrote to ent itle him to be ment ioned with Slw ke~ pea re

and Mil ton is a question which few can comprcl1end.

"The r.orner-stone of hi s glory" Sii}'S L ord Byron, '•is his 'Elegy,' withc ut it his odes "·ould not be sufficient f,,r his fi,tme." A few words about thi s wor k will no t

then be consiclerecl out of place . The number of figu res contained in this poem m:;.kes it too spnrl\ ling and tbe extreme nicety of ln.nguage portray s sturl y noel g ives i t a labored caste. His imagination was undoubt ing-, bol ·l ancl glowing but nffect~1tion usurps the plnce of pa::;s i<Jn and renders bis poem in many places stilf a nd a r tif-icial.

Turning from tbe "Elegy" to the poetry of L •mgl'e llow what will I say. "Evangeline" Lhe purest pearl in the casket of American idy Is in wbich the pathetic, the senti. mental and the descriptive are successfu ll y found is the off-spriFJg of a poet wlwse originality ancl beauty were never questioned. In some parts the scenery o f the wilcl forests , the musical streams and simple life of America'>; Aborigines is depided with the power of Natme's truesL painter. In other parts we follow the unhappy Evangeline in search of her lover. Now joy beams on the heroine's countenance, now sorrow holds sway) and although the language is simple, yet the sympntheti0. pictures ofhuman s ufferings, as we follow Evangeline in her wand<Jrings, gain our affections. Longfe ll ow is also a poet of sentiment as "The Psalm of Life" and ''Excelsior'' amply prove. Genius has lJeen denied him

,by SOmE;), but his nob le imag inative IJOWer, the Sweep ot his intellect and the trying of a metre hithe1 t'J little lmown in poetry prove t.be f:tl la cy of' the assertion. He

is tru ly tht~ iuterpre tet·, in musical aud e"pressivt\IVIWSe of the eommon <.>xperience of btu)llllility, :and certatnly

he rende1·ed the common-place beautiful. "EvamgeliRe''

is transl!'tted into five language!', very few poems obtain

this distinction and surely Gray's "Elegy'' 'is not one of

these. G eo. IT. Fisher spe~king of A.m~riel:\n poets ~a.ys; '·From the list or poets of exalted merit which contajn

the name of Gray, that of Longfellow ouglt t not ~9 be ex 'lluded. Maurice Thomps011, a poet of known ,1BJe'rit, ut tr! I'S ' IJ f> fo l]. .wi ... , ·, r S('t the best of LongfeUow's

l .vrie~ in 1·hr company of tile best made by Byron,

Sbelle.y and Keats,'' and furthermore be adds ••If Tenny- . ~'O n and Lon ;· f ~· llow lvvl written in ~hakespeare's day

we "Shou ld be making Go<ls of tlt em now." Had 1 time

I would sti ll farther extend my subiect I would prove that the patriotic strair,s of Whittier have not been equaled by the author of "C hi~wil,e l " :111d tliitt :t young

Virginian has late ly Je,·eloped the might :wd nrtistic touch of the "Immortal B;trd." I ha,·e now pl<leed lwfore ·

you o, l•ri P-f sketch of our must rl isti 11gu :shed pueb and provell to you not so m ueh by Ill.)' owl) as8er1 it) II~> a~

by the cri tics I !lave quuted that this eountry hH s

produce<! immort:d poets or ns L•>11gfellow w.,uld S".Y "b:1rds subl ime

Whose di stant fo> t:;Leps will Pc:.o

Down Lhe c.:O:Tidors of Ti11H·." G e .. rge E. D .. nnd ~y.

St. '\r intt:nl' 's Colh'gP.

.1 111uary 1a '' · D ear Quiuquit ti te;;. :

'Vith the comi11g or the new ye:1r J l'r·g tn rem.iuol

you of your on ly ub lignt ion to nur soeiety .-l uw ril e .Y'Hll' ar:nu~t l lette r to Olll' ollicial organ, ·the J :>URNAL.

Unfortunately cumlt1 UIIi Cntions front a ll the wemuers vv<·.re not forth comi11g last yent·. It is hard 10 attributP. this to furgetfulne8s in an orgati ization wltuse object is the perpetuation of cu ll r·giute memories, !Hid still

harder is it to sa.v iL was intentiona l. Let there he aft · I incomin(}' tbis ,:ear. Letters shduld be in so as to be

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pnblisbecl npproxirnn,te ly to ~~eb. 2.'2nd. . Fra tel'lln,ll ,v.

Paul Wilstaeb.

Secretary.

ROLL OF HONOR.

The following are the names of the students who are

worthy of distinction for their punctuality iu returning at

theo appointed day.

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NOT.SE FOI ET .NOTRE LANGU,E.

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:f>REMIERES NEIGES,

....... Voilà que, cette nuit, la terre s'est voilée

D.?une blancheur immaculée! Regardez ce tapis moëlleux, ·

Qui, eomme la toison. de la brebis sans tache, Sous son éc~atant tissu, cache

La sombre nudité des prés silencieux: Ou dirait le parvis d'alba.tre

D'nu temple où marche setùe nne tr<mpe folatre ·D'enfants purs ou d'anges des cieux!

Et pourtant tout était comme mort dans les plaines, Et sous les glaciales haleines, H.ièr, les arbres effeuillés

Tordaient leurs longs bras nus ainsi que des sque-. Mais le son joyeux des clochettes. [lettes.]

H.etentit, ce matin, au cou des coursiers; · Et sur les campagnes si belles

Des célestes esprits ont secoué leurs ailes, ~lis des tleurs aux bois dépouillés.

Qu'elle est belle la œ.rre ~ aimable, ravissante · Avec sa robe éblouissante!

Elle est plus fraîche que l'enfant Qui soinmeille, noyé dans des flots de dentelle !

Plus pure que la jouvencelle Qui, dans les prés fleuris, conduits l'agneau broutant!

Plus belle que l'ange candide Qui, de sa douce main, vers le ciel d'azur, guide

L'âlme d'un pécheur repentant.

_Tombez, ô blancs flocons, comme au printemps tu · Plume soyeuse des colombes! [tombe,]

. Tombez au souffle matinal, Tombez en t~urbillons de claires étincelles,

0 t~;ésors des neiges nouvelles! C'est l'hi~erl R~ounez d'lm voile virginal

· La n,ature qui se repose, Comme l'époi.tse dort sur les feuille~ de rose

Qui parent le Ut nuptial.

. . ANALOGIE ENTRE LA FORMATIO~ DE

LTGLISE ET LA CREATION DU MONDE .

( Stt/tr-) Morse apparut. Il fut à la fois le sauveur et

le législateur d'Isra~l. Avec h~i l'Eglise prit un nouvel essor; de nouveaux sacrements furent. institués; des institutions, des onctions, · d : ·- sacrifices et des expia­tions fureut déterminés, le sacerd.oce · d' Àar6n fut in­auguré; des hauteurs du Sinaï l'Eternel promulgua à son peuple ces immortels ·préceptes _qui furent avec la loi cérémoniale et la loi judicia.ire la base de la société judaïque et qui sont encore aujourd'hui le fondement de la vie chrétienne. ·

Voici venir à son tour l'éclatante légion des prophètes dont le regard lumineux répand sur l'Eglise mosaïque un écl<~.t précurseur du Messie attendu. Le Christ ap­proche ;ils Je voient à Bethléhem, en Egypte, -à Nazareth sur le sommet du Calvaire. Leur parole retentit com­me le clairon, comme le choc des élém~nt:s dans la tempête, comme les foudres dn Sinaï. Tyr, Babylone, l'Assyrie, l'Egypte, .l'Ethiopie frémissent et s;écroulent

·:\leur voix comme les murs de Jéricho tombèrent . au bruit des trompettes d'Israël.

La plénitude des t('mps était enfin arr.ivée. Les pro­phètes s'étaient tm; les empires dol'maient dans la poussière; dominatrice paisible d.u monde. Rome se re­lJ(•sait dans sa puissance et sa gloire; sur la terre, noyée

· d'ombre, le silence planait quand tout à coup une voix retentit dans l'espace: Gloria in excclsis Deo et in terra pax hominilms bon~ voluntatis!"

Le Christ était né. L'Eglise remonte donc au berceau même

de l'humanité. Avant Jéous-Christ c'était bien au fond substantiellement la même que celle fondée par lui. Elle venait également de Dieu et reconnaifosait un mêmtJ chef invisible: J ésus·Christ; elle avait une même fin: la sallctification intérieure ici. bas et la félicité éter­nelle au-delà du tombeau; un même principe de vie spirituelle: la grace di vine par la foi au Cbrb.t ;enfin une même . doctrine: les préceptes fondamentaux de la mo­rale chrétienne furent donnés à Moïse sm· le Sinaï et les dogll).es que professe aujourd'hui l'Eglise de .Jésus­Cbri~ t oD_l€8 re.~rou ve à l'l!-~r,PNJ . ~ poe l~~P99~~ :pu•

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c :<e· %~- --'h --: ; è ~ A4 ,.;èt1èe4!! %R~F· ~,;~t&c ~· :z~a tl:iarchale. 'foutè 1~ doctri~e de J ésus-Christ, selo.n de la grâce divine. •ce n~ fut plis en ver,tu. de leur LQ\ · L•tcordaire, se réduit à cette courte synthèse . . Il · existe ou de leurs sacrements, qui, au témoi:g·a~gê -d~ S.t. Papi au-dela du monde un Etre suprême, infini qt1i a créé étaient impuissants et défeclùeùx-.inaili'a: et v~cua­toute chose. Cet Etre créateur voulut, par un mouve- mais en vertu de l1alhance .coo-tracM.e · ~:t-Y'è.ô Di'ek;:~et ils m<mt g rMuit de son amour, faire entrer l'homme dans ne pouvaien-t entrer. dans ·la gloire · avan-t•,:que l e Chris.t une commun ion de nil.ture 'et cle bonheur avec lui i · n'efl.t, par sa mort, · e~piè les ·pédbés·du- mil;p-ae';. el~~t- ce l 'homme repoussa le Créateur pour lui préférer la cr-~a. qui ~)~t dire à ·ce même-Apôtrè : ':r_N.j;tii:1 "1aà ~ pêiife.cîù~ t ure. bieu alors décréta · de relever l'humanité de sa adrluxit Lbx: La Loi niôsÏI>rt"fùé '''·il'!a ·- ii'~ ;éôd~f:t~it ~ lllo chûte par un acte de puis3ance et · de mi~<éricorde ·de- perfection." (Heb. VU;· ·t9 .~):: 1Maisl. 1' 1<lglisê·<êfié'tien:h~ ­vant lèquel pâl.ü'ait l'ceùvre de 'la ct'éation, afin que possède dans ses sacrements, m·t~iux · délietiti·irl'é8. et dé­l'homme jouit éternellement du bonheur ou en fût à pouillés des vieilles observll!nces · devenues ft jamais jamais pr ivé selon qu' il accepterait ou ·mép1·iserait ce stériles, des moyensefficaces par eux-mêmes de produire dernier et suprême bienfait. L' existence de Dieu , la la grâce qui sanctifie les âmes et. leur ouvre-immédiate-création du monde par lui, la chûte de l'homme, sa ré · ment)es portes du cièl. · paration et le jugement, voilà le,; c inq termes qni cons- Différence de perfection quant au caractère; la Loi ti tuent. l11 tloctrine chrétienne. · Là est contenu comme mosaïque était smtout nne Loi de crainte. Israël aban­dans son germe tout culte, toute · morale, t<mte vérité. donnait-ilia voie des préceptes <li vins, Dieu· le ·châti­Or sous la tente des · patriarches comme au sein des ait avee une verge de fer : les cain mités püblique11 nations catholiques la tradition disait 'tout cel a ; et le venaient s'abattre · sur lui; lrs peuples eJtnemis' r:tva­sacrifice, qui remonte jusq_u'à noth: p1:emier · père, en geaient ses cités, et parfois, péniblement cvurOê suu~ le était la solennelle expression. ''Ün y trouvâit l'idée de joug de la captivité, il s~en allait en ple tlra"nt expier Dieu, à qui le sacri-fice .est o'ifêrt; l'id ée de Dieu Créa- ses crimes sur cles .ri vages étrangers. L:~ Loi · fvangéH­teur, puisque la victime imniol6e est un témoignage de que au ~ontraire enseigne à aimèr Dien plutôt qu'à Je son domaine suprême sur tous les êtres, domaine qqi craindre: c'est la Loi dé !'":tmOtJ.r; et ·. ·Fàm<:lllr, ··dît St. saurait exister sans la cr~ation ; l'idée de la cbûte de l'hom ~ Paul, ect_ le lien d:e ·.J:a perl:ection;:">·: . - · me, pt1isque le sacrifice offert pour tous est une expia- D ifférence de perfectiüÙ q-llant ü .. tllt.. privilèges eL :tu x t ioj} uuiv erselle ; l' idée d~ la r?paration , puisqu' il serait pi·érogatives ; cat· l'allcienne EgÜse. n'était ·(Juë ·f'mullre ]ùutilê d'expier ce qui ~~,~- in~xpiapJe ; enfin, l' idée du · et la préparation fl1J l'Eglise llonve'lle, elle n'avait

. ' àtÎ jugement, puisque, sî' l' homme r/ a v-ai t rien â craindre été instituée q.ue pour le penple juif et devait cess~>r et à espérer de l'a'utre v ie, la chûte et la rép~ration se- à J ésus Christ; l'EgliEe cll'l'étiennc doit. ·clfirer j•tFqn';\ la raient de vains mots. Admirez ici la sag~ disposition fin ùes siècleR; elle a élié fonclée pour t-outes let~ nation f' ; de la Provid ence qui votiht 'réSUllier toute doetrine forte de sa vie, de sa rloctl'Îne ct tl e !.'assistance di\'ine dans le sacrifice, l'àcte ·suprême de la religion , afin que, elle est infaillible et sera toujours :a. colonne et le comprise ou non, uue voix plus éloquente, pins sublime soutien de la v érité ., · · que' toutes; la voix du . sang proclamll.t S!!r . toutès les Différenf\e de perf~ction q uant:\ la doC'trine. Le Dieu rives du monde et au sein de toutes les générations des anciens ne révèle çhirement que son imnru:1ble l'unique doctrine qui soit ici-bas an écho de l'éternité unité, tant il redoute les penchnnts idolâtriques de no­et qui dans sa jeunesse immortelle rattache la terre tre nature déchue. A peine les granùes à.mes soupçon­avec lés cieux. nent-elles la plurahté des personnes divîuesda:ns Î'uni-

Si cependant on èonsidère l'Église de Jésus-Christ. et té de leur nature; J é5uf3-Christ Jè,·e le voile qui couvre l'an tique synagogu e ·non plus dàns le fond génMal de ce mystère et popularise la notion· 'du Dièu ~ trois; fois leur nature mais dans lmü' forme·et leui· é tat on rèmar- saint : Père Fils et Saint-Esprit. Le peuopleJuif;êluiniel que entre elles lés différerice~ multiJ)'Ïês: .,. · :;·· . et gross~êr, attend la venue d't•n ' t i6.ér3.'teur dont le~

Différence dans 1ft foi : les juifs croyaient au Christ at'mées invincibles éteùdront jusqü'iiui ex~rênrités dq futur, nou& C1'oyons au Christ présent. . monde les· lim.ites d'un royaumé ' .fnipÙîs~abFè~( Jésus

Différence de sacerdoce et d'àutorité ; l'autorité de restitue aux oracles Ièut véritable sens: if prêc;be le l'Eglise judaïque et son sacerdoce avaient été établis royaume de Hieu mais un · royaume plus vaste)' plus

· . pat· Moïse, serviteur de Dieu; l'aütorité de l'Egli-se ac- noble et qui n'est pas de ce- monde: - l'è royauine des tuelle doit son origitie, sa forme ét son pou voir à Jésus~ âmes, de l'amour de la vertu et de l'imin0r~lité. Jésus. Christ, Fils de Dieu, èt le sacerdoce d' Aai·on à dispàru Christ appoi'te à la terre une . éthique plus -'pâi:,faite et pour fair.e place·~ au sacerdoce ·&terri el s-elon l'ofdre de des motifs plus purs de servir Dieu, A la loî !Qqaineuse et

' MeJchisédecb'. imma<:ulée qui faisait les sain.ts de l'Ancienne Alliance il Différeoce de sui)ériori té ef dé perfedti ôi~ · ~s'ï", les ajoute des conseils q.ui élève1;1.tJa vêrtù jusqu'àux faites

jt~ste~ de_)'ancieJ;~_n~ .. Loi. f'nrent ti;~ùsf6rrriés ""p:ti· le' côritact 1 de l'héroïsme. Il prêcl_;e 1~ uauvre~é d~espr~.~'> le_. ,~épris . \ ' ':.' .. -. .

. L);! OERC.Lt FltANCA.IS.

-~~~~~--~-~------~~--~~----~-------.~~~~--------------------~--~--~~--~~ -~~t Iedépo,uille~~nt des hieqs qU'on pourrait posljéder à la porte de la cbam!Jre du premier ami à peine éveillé. -' _sans c~~r d'~tre bon, l'bu milité, la simplicité, la can- Le second ami débite son compliment par le trou de la

··:·.- rleu_r, la ~ir-gi'nité du cœur, l'l}Dlour des opprobres, la serrcure, et pour cause • . _ . joiè dans le~ .souffrances . •.. -Mais écoutez plutôt, sa voix: A la fenêtre, 'z. ·:" '~Un jeune. -homme s'approchant un jour de Jésus lui dit: Le jour vient de paraître, _ -~ ~n maîtr~, qge ferai -'je de bon pour avoir la vie éter- Et l'an nouveau nous ·vient de naître. ~ .· : ·ntJfle.? Jésus · lui dit; Pourquoi me demllfldez-vous ce Puisse cet an vous être

''" : 9:ui . ~~t !?9~? _pie~ seul.cst bon, mais si vous v?ulez Un an de paix et de bien-être, .. ~ -, .. ç~er. n3ns la'\"~, gardez les commandements. Le Jeune Et comme homme et comme prêtre. , . · bqmm~ lui dit: Le!!quels? Jésus répondit: Vous ne tuerez

·~ .point; v:ous ne commettrez point d'adultère; vous ne · déroberez point; vous ne. direz point de faux témoi­

gnage. Honorez votre père et votre mère, et aime?. votre proch11in comme vous-même. Le jeune hom­

. me lui dit: J 'ai gardé tous ces commandements, depuis . ma jctJnes'!e, que me manque-t.il donc? Jésus lui dit: .. Si . ,-ous voulez être parfait allez, vendez ce que vous po~sédez, . donnez-le nu x pauvres: vous aurez un tré· sQr dans le eiel; ;:mis vene7., su'ivez-moi. (Math. 19, 16.) L'on comprend après cela que .Jésu'!-Christ ait pu dire: .Je bâtirai mon Egli~e. (.\1ath. 16, 18.) Egalement peut­~n const.ater que l' é t:>t rlt l'Eglise avant Jésus-Christ ét:~it bien, il me semble, celui du monde avant l'œuvre cles sixj1)11rs. •·L,_ t erre alors, nous riit Moise, étAit in­forme et nu e ; ies ténèbres couvraient la surface de t•abîme et l'l<:sprit de Dien .était . porté sur les eaux." (Ge,;, I, -1-2) L'Egli~ ~vaut. Jésus-Chri~t n'était-elle pn.s imparfaite, ~ térilt.> , enveloppée dans les ombre11

· niai t! protégée sc us les ailes de l'Esprit divin ? J , L.

(ù co1dinuer. )

~OYEZ INDULGENTS S' IL VOUS PLAIT.

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.Je prie tous mc!s lecteur", tous sans exception, de croî.re .que les vers qui suiveut ne sont pas de Victor Hugo, .ni de L'l martine. Ils s0nt émanés de ma cham­bre situé~ au 3me étage du Collège de Bourbonnais, Ol) des }fuses _ ineomprises sont venues me demander

' .. 1;.lwspitnljté. ·· ii s'aai$s·a-it ·de souhaiter la bonne année à un ami,

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tpa.Î'i ru.m pas. dans la for,nule or<'linaire et consacrée par h 1H11ge ie plÜs ancien; c'eOt été trop banal, puisque je devais ~'adresser à une personne qui peut tenir son r~ng <Jans le monde littéraire. Il me fallait quelque cbo&e 4~ nouveau, de frais, d'original. Je fus heureux dans- mes désiri; du reste .admirez ma trouvaille, vous rappel~n~\ lecteur, que, si le rossignol chante, le merle ·sait s,i~er et que l'qie même a son caquetage.

ACTJ<; 1.

Sc&sE· lJJnQUE.

l.êt J~vier l889 : 6 l 00 :au j ~jp~JA seè~e oo ~ee

..._._..._... C'est tout ce que j'ai voulu mettre

Sur cette courte lettre. Dans l'art des vers je ne suis pas né maître;

Et de peur que je ne m'empêtre Ou dans leur coupe ou dans leur m~tre

Je m'empresse de disparaître, Et de fuir votre canne de hêtre,

Que sur mon dos, je le dis sans peut-être, Vous casseriez, même en traître.

Pour vous complimenter, user d'un vers si piètre, Vos goüts, vraiment, c'est par trop méconnaître.

..._._..._... La porte s'ouvre avec fra.cas ; le débiteur de compli­

ments. s'enfuit comme un lapin; le rideau tombe.

Votre humble Serviteur, CHARLES GASTINE, professeur.

ClJEILLETTES.

- 1889! - Bonne et heureuse -annt3e ! - De nouvelles recrues viennent de s'ajouter à notre

société française: ce so'nt l\lM. Bab in, Muskegon, Mich. Martel, Ste. Marie, Ills. Boudreau, Savoie, Gadbois et S. Brosseau, Bourbonnais, Ills.

- Plusieurs bazars ont eu lieu dernièrement et avec succès : celui de K ankakee a rapporté $1150.00; celui de l\fanteno, $650.00; et celui de Ste. Anne, $550.00.

_ Le Rév. P . l\Iarsile a eu le plaisir de visiter avant Noël quelques centres canadiens du Michigan et en est revenu enchanté. La paroisse de Menominee ne laisse rien à désirer avec sa belle église, son spacieux presby-

d ' '1 , tère et sa maison d'éèole. Quan on pense qu 1 n y a plus qu'une couple de mille piastres de dette sur ce ma­

nifique établissement, on ne peut refuser de reeonnaître !ue le travail du Rev; M. Letellier a été prodigieux;

_ Le Rév. P. Martel a été transféré de Marquette à Escanaba oilles Canadiens viennent de construire une grande église pour cette paroisse qui est une d~s P}~s considérables du Michigan. Le P . Martel do1t battr un presbytère au print-emps. Nul doute qu.fl cette. en. treprise ne soit menée à bonne fin pour qUI conna1t le zèle et le talent du nouveau pasteur.

_Le Rév. P. Belliveau est à la ~te d(lla paroi~e de

,:

.Spalding qui n~. peut . . qqe _ pr.ospér~r som; sa houlet_te, C:est dèjà Ull .Ctl l\!l'e mar.qua])le.

-- Rév. J. Lesagf- a rebâti comme _ par -enchantement l'église de Sum ner d~tr~Jite, l'autom ne derniet·, par un incendi& .

-- Rév. A. M~rt~l a visité l'é té derî1 ier !!Angleterre, l'Ecoss~ et l ' I;· lt~nde. s~t correspond:~ncc .est remise.

- Harvey Legris -a fait un.é qpannante promenade an · Canada pendant ln vacance. Il n rencontré Mr. Bourget qui professe avec succès a u êollège de Lé vi~.

- -Belle célébration de Noël à Woodstock d'après le r apport de notre Président qui a eu le bonheur de f'>'y trouver: église remplie ne pi eux fidèles, décorations pleines de goüt et musique de choix . . Le chœ ur des enfants, sous l'hab ile direction de Dlle (/,ninl an, ont ravi ceux qui les ont entend us. La· naïveté clés car.tiques d e Noë l est bien rendue par des bouches d'enfants. · La palme cepend[Ln t fut donnée, ce jour-là, à Dlle. M.F . . l\Iurphy qui chanta avec le talent <l'un arti~te l'OSalu­tcms de Verà.i: une voix pleine de fr aic henr, rle gran(les connaissances musicales, tout cc qn'fl ftt.ut pour faire ressortir les beautés de ce chef d 'œtl v re. · ~MM. E. Caron, P. Lésag~ J. Riv:trcl, T. et K

Grand pré de Chicago ont · passé quelque temps .· dans Jeuès familles pendant la vacance de Noëi. ,~, -

- l\Ir. l'Abbé Therri(·n a donn é le jour de Noël, à l'Eglise Notre Dame de Chicago, la lnesse de Perreault avec-accompagnement d'orchestre. L'exéc ution était de . main de maître et l'effet était superbe dans Je vaste ct riche basement de l'église encore inachevée.

- La f.éance préparée par Je Cercle Molièrë. ::Ï ë u un plein succès . .L:c salle était comble et la rece.tte- - s'est montée à la julie somme <ie $70.00. ~,es acteurs se sont . bien acquittés de. leur rôles, surtout Ml,\'1. G rand t;hamp, A. Fraser, F. Dandurand , P. Charon, _F. I{ièharcl, T. Legris. M. Martin_eau a eX:ecuté avec beaucpuf> . d'art un sülo de violon. Le chant. et la musiqu e, malgré l'ab­sence d~ la plus grand e partie des élèves, ont , pigne- · ment couronné cette intéressante soirée.

PENSEE.

-·-Il est étonnant d'entêndre les incrédules se moquer

de l'Eglise, comme si elle ne produisait .que des imbé- ­ciles, lorsqu'elle com pte tant qe grands __ h ommes dans son sein. Ceux qui parlPnt ainsi dénotent un e corp pl ète jgnorance on une entièr.e Dl ft.n vaise foi. L 'Eglise, on le sait, comprend tous les temps. La Bible est à elle. Voy-

. ez y pa_sser les patriarches, les prophètes, les · ~ l;Ô tl:,es. · Remarquez y le législateur, l' historien, le_ gu~rrier, le pQète! . . ·

Et:depnis l' ère chrétienne, qu'('He multitu,de·_:.Ivnom­bmhle (le. do.ctenrs,- rlc philosoplt(•s.,_ <l e s~w.:rnt~z· - <l'il lw-

.trr-s.et saints personng,ges! ·-IDans.,la-.thé.0logi;e, ... un a!llint . Augustin, un sa,iut Thomas· d'Aqni'Îl ~ ·th1t~s 1l~ .. ch~i~ .~a, c1·~ p, un tlnint J ean-Cbrysostômo, un ·BO!!_frUet;. 'PJl.J\8 • )Q.

po ~~ ie , le · Dun te, le -Tasse ;. dat)s .les ·lt\..11\s, ;Mie'i)eJ..,~:n,;ge, · '1h.phaël ;·.dans la musique, H~Yr dn, ,Miol!:a:rt, I,Beé.tbqvoen.

Tl ' '· qt, -~M ""l nmf's et .des.:vol(1mes -P'!ll(lr :.a;V:oi:r .uinta­blenu des choses merveil!j:luses apc.om.plies .pat ·l t.Eg}ise. Ce que nous disons iei: -, suffi.t .pour.met!J;e. s,ur~la . 'Yili.e--?les gens qui, ne r(-fléehi~sant .pas, ind.uiseQt .. ou.se ~~..@pt i.duire e.n errf'UI'.

Les bom mes célèbres du .prptestaRt~(im.e ,.~U.l',·Wê!pes n' ~taient p::ts des mcrérlules, .et ils tienneQ,t .Je ' n~lise ce qn'ils ont de meilleur. Miltoll, Jüopst(::lck, ,où · se sont-ils inspirés? N'Est-ce p:-~s dans la Bi·ble? 1\iais la Bible est la proprié té de . l'Eglise. C'est elle qui l'a .con­servée, et les protestants t'ont ene des catholiques . .;

Sans la fo i, il es t impo~s ihle d'être nn homme . v_rai­ment su périeut'. Elle est la .pierre .de to.uclte du g.éuie. L'incréd ulité, p::tr exemplP, ne.crP.era j :tma;s - d't~popéP ,

· parce. qu 'elle é teint . le génie, L <' génie,-· pour f.ire . une telle œ uvt'e; .doit. tendre à ce qu'il y a de plus ~LHé, par cons~quent avoir la foi dans <.:tt. âge ùc Ja réN t·la-tiou. ,_ .. _. · ·.

11 f'S t mort deruièrcme:nt en Franee 1111 homme qui

aurait j)u dumwr -:l. . ~un pnys till" poème é1>iqu1•, digne de ce num. Ce t -l l<l mnw est Vietor Hugo. !Hais Y1ctor Hugo, pn perdant l:t fui, ;,'est. j, t f- , comme taut ll':H!lr'-~'>. dans Je vagne ân paqthéù;me. Sn poés ie e~t. devt-ttllt;J:;IIIt caLos, imag e de sà.Ji âme. Tvnt y est pê lc -mêl~:;:- -lt:f>

. ra"yons et les orr.bres, l'erreur et la vérité, le Htldime et l'absurùe, le beau et le laid. On y voit Une imaginuti(tll etfmy ante, mais quel raisonnement.) · - ' iCç-s t -·m ~ilh e u re ux que lô > ùealiX géuies S< ,uh·nt. ~e foUt:.voieL t ;, Dieu les doune :nt . ll}v,Pfhr.-~eu~llnte cl es :;c•­leil s, et eux se chang-P nt er: comètes v:•ga pondes.

L ' it•flllence des écrivains est 'xt.raordimtire. Pur la perfection du st y lè, iis peu vent introrl uire toutf's sortes d'id-ées dans les es1Jrits. ~ïls sont. incrédules, si lt:>urs passion les encl.Jaîuént à ce bas monde,· il~ s'emploieront à faire oublier le monde - éternel, surmatnrel, pom ·· ne

penser qü'à celui dont "la- figure · passe." La. forme elu beau tom·ne alors nut.our du laid et du f:iüx, atti•rc· tes regn1·ds s~duit et mène:\ la ruine géné"mle.

On s'attache à h matière, et la génie 11battu se tord dai1s les convi.1lsions. -

l,e Beau doit toujours aller avec le Vrai et le bon. Hors de là, il ·n'est pas lui; il n'est· qu' une :ombre, J.ine appat:en~e. ·En cunséquence, com-me tout ce .qui 'Cet grand l'est . parce qui est vrai, bon; et beau, èt que le

·Vrai le Bon et le. Beau ne se .trouvent r-éellement que ' . . dans le christianisme, c"est lui maintenant qui-; loin·~de

ne produire que des im_Qéc.~l.~~, peut se glorifier n'avoir

cte véritables gra~,Cïl~_; .~?.-~m~~~ .

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SENIOR DEPARTMENT.

Grandchamp, Charron, Kearney, Cyr, Clune, Tart, Cahill, : Lennartz, . Saindon, · Hughes, Lehman, Wiseman, Reid, . Cyrier, A. Fortin sr~; Bis_sonette, G. Fortin, O'~eary, A. ·-.':Fortin, Jr., Knisely, Parker, McNamara, Condon, Dolan, Duffy, Erblan, Gallet, Reising, Down, Hynes, Down, Ball,

._'Meehan, Roy; Culliton, G. Donnelly, H . Baker, H. Donnelly, · ~. ·:Baker, J . Rican, McOarthv, McAndrews, Bonfield, Mur-' taugh, J. Donnelly.

JUNIOR DEPARTMENT.

"\V. Shea, Laman:e, Abbey, Maher, .J. Dostal, Sheehan, G.

Dostal, }<'alley, Bernard, Meehan, Van Loon, Hovvland, W estney, Norton, Cahill, Sou1igny, G. Carlon, Hood, J . Oar­Ion, L auzon, Fryer, ~L F ortin, Moreau, Doheny, Peck, F . Moran, McCann, F . Dillon, J. Dillon, Crumley, Bradley, Clair, Boylan, D1:olet., D •tranl~u, J. O'Connor, IV. O'Connor.

i\ IINii\i DEPARTMEN T.

Gnrney, 1·'1. Woodward, F . Carlon, F. Woodward, M.

J\ bbey, Jones, Kopf. Dooley, Roskopf, Bradley,_ L aplante, Babin, .:\,., Hivard, Roberts, Maher, R. Brennan, Shea, S. Brennan, ¥ : <!'Connor, B. O'Connor, n. Smith, G.Smith.

LO '_'.A u;. - 1f8\l.

-- ll:u k ,\ gni n.

-Ex nninali"n n<•x t. -Hem ? Wel l I should ~ny :

- t e11 t bPgins on ·l\brch 6th. - Three W'ti,-\Veerl,:, v\'estr. ey and Wind ! -- This i:; too enrly to begin t .J count t-he days. --The new zi uk,; we t\~ nppropri rtte Xmas gifts to the

d. : rmi tori e~ .

- Pec.lee n.nrl Peno h tvc w:tste.l a ll their wind and are going to tr.r puuucting.

-There are mure boys enrolled uow than before the Holiday~.

-The olcl s:ty ing is rever3etl. It re.tcl3 " We returned but we went away ngain !"

-"Guy ~hnnering" is to be preseu ted on St. Patrick's Day by the full strength of the DraUiatic Cl u l·.

- We arc much pleased to welcome among 1.1s Mr, Albert Furman wl10 is matricula~ecl in the Philoso­phical Departm en~ .

-Although 1:\te iu aniving D:true W inter came with such a vevgean~e L.1.st Wednesday morning that 110 one is prepared to doubt her presence.

-The Horace class have dis~nsed wi th the services of "teat 'fHssy."

-Word comes to us ofa boy who now sings of "the letter that never came!"

- O!le of our seniors is preparing a drama the "(P) ills of life, or a Race by Midnight."

_- There ib talk of organizing a glee club. There . ought to be good material among so many boys for such an organiz1-tion.

- ·•J ust a Jittle piece of toast, please?" "Is that H.!l ?" " Yes, that and a cup uf chocolate, and a piece of steak, and a few preserves.

- After the recent cold spell the ice on the adjacent ponds must be very fair for skating. Bring on the skates and enjoy wL.at time we have.

- The general topic for the past week has been the goou times of thl! holidays, hut now chat is gradually

_ drifting towards examinations. - Bt. Patrick's Association ·had the first meeting of

the . year Wedne~dfly. It wns strictly of a businees nature and of short duration. -Rev. Bro. Joseph Kuhn C. S. V . spent the holidays

at l\ianteno, Ills., wi th Rev. F ather Chouinard C. S. V. and reports a.n enjoyable time.

- The musical classes, violin, piano, cornet, clario­net, and violin cello, ba ve been greatly augmented since the holidays, and the professors have their hands full.

- The first ground has been broken for the Roy l\Iem orial Cllapel ! On Monday last work was begun to remove the trees which now stand on thP. chosen site of the building. . -Rev. John P. Dore preached in the chapel on Epiphany Sunday. It was tile young clergyman's first. appearance in our pulpit, and he created a most f.tvur­able impression.

- Tile music for '·Guy Mannering has been sent for to London, Eng. Rev. Mr. Dore being unab le to procure it in this country. H e has also ~ent for pattern~! for new sceuery and properties.

- On Epiphany, the ch~pe l alters were tastily decor­at•~cl as befitted the beautiful feast. Solemn High .M:ass was chanted, with Rev. M. A. Dooling C. S. V., Cele­brant; Rev. Ambrose Granger , Deacon; Rev. P. A. Sullivan, Sub-Deacon ; l\Ir. John Kelly, Master o£ Cere­monies.

- Father Dooling, master of Discipline, has been harassed sinee ~he openin;; of this term with a very ie vere cold on the chest, we trust. he will soon recover.

- Only a few days ago we were looking for 175 students so we cou ld have our P arisian dinner as pro ­mised by Presiden t M:arsile. But that is au as~ured

fact and now we are obliged to look for room for 200, for at the rate students have been comin~; in lately thei/ will · soon be about that number. Come, we' ll mak-e room! Always room for one more!

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- The Tieke~- of- Len.v <> -l\htn .ClllTI pn.t~y wt-> l'C given nn oy ster luncheon on Tbur·scln.y last at 3 P . 1.\1. It W'lS

n long time co ming , hut h :tclu't spo iled, n.ncl the boys heartily enj oyed Rev. Pres irlent's ki mlue~R.

- \Vord wa.s rec f' i ved lnst Tu rsclay evening of the illnef;S of M~ ster 'Villinm Tynan. l\l eeting~ of the ~oc i r t y o f the Imm nc ul nte Concrption of whi ch he w:ts \

J\f entu r au · I o f th e Dvoling- Kuights of the ~word o f w hich .he w:ts :d:;o a men1ber, were ca lled to ta.ke a ppropriu te nctiun. B >Lh organ iz ttiv:ts recei vecl Holy Communion " 'etln e:;cl ay monli~1g :•:1d l~tHl mn.ss dferecl 1 hnt t heir young conjrel'e might ·,·cco ver. A nov ena is now l> tli ng maJe f ·J l' tile sn.me intention. The tamily lw s the ~illce re F) ttq>at hy oi' the m n. ny fri encl s vf their siek one.

- D•J not Le difconrngecl boy s, by the mouths of l:tbut' whi ch stret ch out befure you. They seem a lon;.{ lime co mi 11g, but they go vllr,Y c1ui ck ly . Does it 11ot ~ecm unt yrslerday Liwt yv n were platttti llg your Christ· mts holiJays? But til e rlay of d t:' tn r t ure cn nw, Christ­uws is a m:ttter of oYer e leven nHmllt s i n the futtll'(,, our

1 11 ew year is begnn . Th ey bli: lped uy liS bd;fre we rc:tlized thei r pr0.sence. There wiil l•e ple nL.v o f o:tsi~es

011 wlli ch Wl~ can lay hy our IJtiJl rll e of c:tres and l:lbo.rs an d \(lok cheerful and sty ·' ,;u mtH;h IZ·oJw." Firs t Ex­am iun~ ion D.ty, then 'Va:;h i tt gtu n' s Birtl:dny . .Ash 'Veclnesd :ty, n.nd St. P.Ltrick's Dty. I~ tste t· will be close­ly foll owed lly IU:ty-rl .ty n.t tt.l in th e m ,) tnthu the snow

an<l icc will .l>re tk aw<~.y an I •li sso l ve itse lf Hncl spring will be queen. Sprin3· a!trl her flowers, n.ncl b ird ~, and thousn.ml cheerful beautief'. Then our minrl s will be occ upied with our final ex:uninations while Colomenc~­

m e nt lhy will be s tealing m·Hcbes on us . Th ere willl1e p lenty t o OCl'ltpy tH t ' rrou_5h tlte co :ning tern . Pt·ep·,r. i 11g plays, rnusicnl <lnrl elvcutio .tn.ry re;;itals, pri ze (11'111!<,

m:tking r t arl y fur the C.>mp:l.il y pen nant conte~t~, Prgan'z­i ng 1:1 bn~>e- ball lenguP, anct lit •al ly we will l.;e pntking our tru nk~ fur lt omt• .

l'ERSOl'ALS.

C laney-As usual goorl news rome . to us from Yr. C lancy, of ' Voo,b tock, lib. The tower of his chu rch is b ein g b rncrd to rece iYc a. l.tnge bell ,:t sp leudi cl ce metPry hns betHl bought'., :l cHi the R.·ver encl gcn t.len1an him~e lf'

has been 111 ad e a present of :t "ben utiful lout·-year·old bay mare.' ' So the 1liclienry County Democrat a11 nou nces.

B ollman-On Christmn.s day the llea utiful town of Sag Bridge wns r<'joieerl at hearing the joyful uhim es of t he new bell frmn Fr. Bollman's church. Even the ~'< Ul'l'OUnding places :tre sai d to henr the Angelus ringing from tlle tower of Sag Tiri•lge's Chvrch.

Deveney-vVe congratulat.e F'r. T. Deveney at the \>C<·nsior. of hb nppointment to his lirst pnstor~hip, in

Toleno, 1 II . May good healt~ and success attend him. ·" Bet·geron-Fr. A. BergerQU.',$ pJlf.iCi.h .qfNotre DI.UD~,

Chicngo, was happy on Christmas day to see ·itself hearing mass ~n the magnificent baseme~·t .f>f t.belr new church on Sibley Street. Solemn High mass 11n,d a:.sp.Je.n .. did cbo~t· accompanied by an orcheetra oi ~D ·.,V.te,ff!'!S uncler the direction of Rev. Fr. Therien, renf..ercfl J;lJe o0Cabion a truly ruemorable one. ·

Tynan-The Holy Rosary parish of Pullman, ; 11~; -is

in a flonrishing condition under the able manag~~nt of Fr. T y nan. Since the mission preac_hed by Fr. Spp.w the number of parishioners is e~er in the increase.

Moysant-Rev. 1\r. Moysant is now assistant at Dix .. on, Ill. , where Rev. Ft-. Tho~. Kf.arney is pastor in the nlJ~enee of the cure, who is on the sick list.

Cyrier-Dr. Chas. C,vrier is meeting with gl'eat snc­cei's in the exercise of his profession nmong the Frel)ch people of Chica.go. He is the chos~n pilysici:Ln Qf lt num­ber of !'ocieties ~~.ncl eonnts numet'(}ll il pa.tients.

Souligny-1Vilfrect Sou1igny. (•l' B-mrhonn:li~. WM

recently united in mntrimony wit.h Mi~s. 1\:lnria M:n·cottc of this same parish. Out· lwst. wisht s of happincs~ atLentl

the young couple. MeK:ty-'\Ve lll'e h:1pp1' to hent· th:tL Edw:11'd i\id(•y,

ofChebanse fi H·merly, i~ now a pro~perun:-l cll"rk in Chi<::tgn. I3:HTy-'\Ve lea rn with plt:n;onre that J ,•IIH'S Jhny,

'88 , is mos t sucee,-s fnll y employed in a bank in Chie11g-o l\'IcGav ick-A>nong th ,, priest;; rect'l!t.ly or<l.t.in erl in

Chiengo, we lo<•k with plrasnre upon Hev. Fr. J .nnes .MeGavick, now stnti(;ncct nt St. El iza lle l.lt 's Ghureh, C bicage. His brother .Joseplt is continuing his :; tudie:: aL

'Vatertown, '\Viseonsin. Brossean-New Yen.r's (lay wit.to el"sed t.he tptiun i11

Matrimony of Lev i BrosseHu a.nd .\"Ji,:s Agnes Richard, of this parish. Many wishes of 11nppiliess.

Di TilE A lDIOHY.

Ea.ttalion Attentiun l .Five months more of h:ll'll work ! Dvn't forget the company pennant! Lieut. Wilstach's furlough was extended f .... r n few

d ays on acco.n nt of business at :.ome. Don ' t rMntbn it ! Oh how nice l\fnjor Harry !Qoks

with his baton and beaver! At the first roll call all but very iew were present to

answer to their names. Our reporter has been asked what bas happened to

the D . K. of S. that they have not been heard of for some time. Wake up Knights and Jet us bear from you.

On account of sickness, ~djutant Denis Ricou l!as been obliged to retire on an indefinite "]ep.ve of absence" and has gone to his home in Shreveport, La.

It pains ns to mention that Spiritu{'l Dir\\ctor Dool:

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ing ,WSuffering frbm a s~vere cold cqntntcted during v~catioi:l. ·We wish our gene~ous patron a speedy

-lecoveey. Our Drill -Master,. RE'v. J. P. Dore, was on t,)w 2"nd.

·of. _December ordained Deacon at the H >ly Name C~thedtal, in Chicago by Most Rev. Archbishop P. A. Feehan.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the retHrn ·.:ot .Capt.- Robt. Kerr · to the command of his company · it!ter:-his long sickness. Robert was greatly missed uot only by his company but by his fellow officers as lds presence seems to give· additionalllfe to their meetings

It is the intention o£ Bandmaster Sullivan to add .several new instruments to his band. Cadets, you may congr·atulate yourselves upon havin g such a wirlP awake, er.ergettc ann capr.ble gentleman to head your musical organit!ttion: . ,As large as Otil' B-tttalion wns befure Chrbtmas, i t is still larger now on account of the many new rfcruits

. . ~ho have joineu the ranks sinr.e the Holidays. Work hard hoys and do your part in kee ping up the splendid

· reput>1tion which tl1 e oi·ganit.ation has had heretofore.

BOOKS AND l'l£lUODICALS.

·The Mu s:cal R ecorcl fiH' J ,Ln. is n. newsy num her. It h·ts ma.Jtiun of a ll t 1 1\ ~ leading perfon;ners, besides, l•eautiful se lcc~ions or mnsie, both vocal and instru­ment:~!. This num ber contains a portrait of the late Oliver Dit-son th.e pio neer music pnbl'isher of Boston, 1\h·. Ditson made n g reat nmne in his business wbieh lll'lder his nble mnnagPmeut n~sumed wonderful propor·tions. This periodieal so usefu l to all lovers of music i;; published monthly l~y Oliver Ditson & Co. BostoiJ·. Mass. Pri ce $1.00 pu yenr.

"America-it E ;clesiastical R eview", is the somewhat lengthy name of a new Month ly iss ue•I by F'r. Pustet & Co. It ha!l artides on some very interesting topics ot the times and bids fair to hold a plnce in puhlic favor. $:~.00 per year. Fr. Pustet, New York and Cincin­nati.

OUR CHRISTMA~ EXCHANGES.

Of the College Exchanges received, 11 .( Fordham M(}nthly . leads all others. In · both its make up and matter it is the beau ideal of a Christmas number. The illustrations are beautifully simple, yet; very appropriate in their application. Many charming stories a p1·opos tv the season fill its columns. These articles which are uniq.ue an9. well written turni::lh delightful reading for the Holidays. The sketch ofthe "Boy Bi.:;hop" is a good

·:uti'Ole well illustra.t.ive of t he simple yet pure and

childlike faith of the ancients. The story is well told and wi.l be nf'w nnct in·eresting to many re!J. ders Christmas in "Germany and Ireland" are pleasing and true accounts of the g reat Day in those countries. Many beautiful poem~> enhance the literary merit of this exeellent issue. T aken altogether it is a very elegant number.

St. J oh;n' s Uni'Cersity RecoTd, senils out a splenrtid number in a picturesque cover. "Christ.mas Carols,'' a poem, ancl the opening article is a r:ently ~ritten

piece, having a full and even measure which is kept up throughout. Its arrangement in type is no small show of typographical taste. With t.he ChristmaS number, the Rec01·d completes its first volume. The Editors deserve credit for their able management of the paper in the past year and it is to be hoped that they will be suc­cessful the com ing year. We . extend them our hearty congratulations.

The College MeE>sage put on a shining robe for Christ­mas anrl with its golden door:plate is r igg~d out fur the holidays. The Message has some solid arti cles of a philosophical nature, too much so, we fear, for Christ­mas reading, nevertheless they arc. dear and instnwtive and will prove very digestible when the turkey and plum-pudding are disposed of.

The Owl started out on Christmas with a good supply of matter pertaining to the season. The ~eflections on' Christmas are numerous both in prost;J and poetry. "Christmas with our .ExchangP.s" is a novelty in the Ex. Column, in the course of which the Ed. makes a pleasant call on his neighbors. About Dopple--, well not now, we will merely wish you a very Happy New Y .•ar.

Tlz e Boys' Protector, has a very beautiful and interesting holiday issue. Both in tbe matter which fills its pages and ihe splendid cover that binds them, _ it shows the taste and enterprising spirit of its found ers and editors. \Ve congratulate it, and to its managu-~

and to those for whom it speaks and labors we wish continued success and a most. prosperous and Happy New Year.

We must express our t.hanks to ·the Catholic Columbian, tin·!!. copy ofits suverb Christmas Number. rt is something well worthy of that champion of Catholic liberties and we are sure its patrons will apprecit.te tbe talent and expense of the Columbian in producing so beautiful a memorial of the time so dPar to every

. Christian heart: ''l\1 errie Christmas." The Penman's Art Journal which is now united with

the P enrnan's Gazette sends its greeting through the D ecember issue. The Joumal is a power in its fie ld and combined with tlle Gazette must be in~trumental in doing much good in the cause of education. You have our best wishes for a continuance of prosperity

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CATHOLIC NOTES. Cardinal Lavigerie recently delivered an eloquent address

in Naples on the anti-slavery question. He maintained that the only war worthy of Euro1)ean Powers was a war against traffic in slaves. The address made a deep impression upon the audience, which wa~:; very large.

The Pope issued an Enclycllcal, Monday, the closing day of his Sacerdotal Jubilee, in which he thanks God for the Catholic rejoicing of the year, and thanks the Catholic world for its tokens of affection and filial love. He deplores the tendency of the pre1ent age towards Materialism condemns the demoralization of the press, the arts and th~ drama and the atheistic teaching that obscures true notions of right. He says the socialism, communism and nihilism which seem to at-nict all countries at the present time are the outcomes of the addiction to materialis·m. The Pope was present at the services in St. Peter's to mark the close of the jubilee year.

Cardinal Newman, who lies ill at the Oratory, in Birmino-­ham, inhabits two rooms, one of which is his study the oth­er hls bedroom. No visitors are allowed to enter his de­partment, but tLe Fathers have free access at any time. The Cardinal goes to bed .at 10 and gets up at 5, winter and sum­mer alike. 'OJiice' till 7, breakfast at 9; then back to his room where he conducts his correspondence, his devotions and his studies. Dinner at 1.80. For the last two years the Cardinal has never gone out in the afternoon. At 5.30 he obeys the voice of the vesper bell. After vespers which last about fifteen minutes, there is a theological discussion and some general conversation. At seven he retires to his room. (Th3 Critic).

The Holy Father has sent to tho Directors of the Prop­agation of the Faith a beautiful acknowledgement of the "Album of Catholic Missions" which they presented to him as a Jubilee offering. He pays a high tribut-e to their \York, which he says, has deserved so well of the church. The letter was sent t hrough the Cardinal Prefect of the Propaganda, whose zeal in its cause of missions is so well known. Cardi­nal San Felice, the Archbishop of Naples, having· no money, and being proud of the fact, has sent to Cardinal Lavigerie the richly jeweled cross presented to him by the Neapolitans in remembrance of his devotion during the cholera epidemic, desiring it to be sold for the ben efit of the cruEade against slavery. The generous Neapolitans have started a subscription to buy it and give it back to him.

The 6th of November, 1889 will mark the close of the first century of the 'see of Baltimore. The rl io c:ese originallv embraced the country from the Penobscot in :.i'.faine to th~ Catholic Indians of Lake Superior, and f rom the 1\.tlantic to the b<mks of the Mississip]!i, almost to the shores of the Gulf. It has been di vided again and again nntil there are forty-seven Sees within the ancient limits.

The Pope, addressing the Sacred College, on December 24;th; gave thanks to God for the blessings which his Jubil?.e had brought him. He affirmed, with much feeling, his tem­poral power, and indignantly rejected the accusation that he' was an enemy of I taly. H e urg·ed Catholics everywhere to agitate, in a legal manner, for the restoration of 'the Papal ::iupremacy, in the States of the Church, and spokeindepre­ciation of the recent legislature enactments in Italy.

In 1858, tln htte Pius IX. re-estal>lishecl the Catholic Hi­erarehy in Holland. tiince that time four hundred and six­teen new churches luwe l>een erected and one hundred and thirty-four others have been enlarged or rE'novat.ed: 011"

hunc.lred and thirty-four chax:itable in~tituti~M ~baV'e~n found~d w_hich relieve 14,~ p~or ' i)ei-son!l, )~ll~ n:iini\5~~ of C~thol!cs m Holland is now about 1, 600; 000 -bebig- ·cme th1~d, or perhaps slightly over one third oil the . !Vhole popu: latwn. In the Catholic schools there are ab.out ·1& OOJ children. · · · ' · '

The national_convention of . colo,red Catbplicsr l?~JJ?-.P ·sed of the delegatwns from nearly all tbe ·colored Catliolic Clw_rehes and societies throughou~ the country, · began its sessrons New Year's morning in St. AugUstine's ~olored Catho~c Church in Washington, D. C. Rev. Eathe.r..Jl'mton, of Qumcy, Ills. the only colored priest in the Unit-ef!. ;cS~tes began the ?eremony by the celebration of Sol~mp . ~igh Mass. Cardinal Gibbons delivered an eloquent 8ermon in which he said that this convention will mark an era in the history of the colored 1)eople of the United States,: as it is t he first that has ever taken place in this country. He, al'so suggested that the convention discuss the education of children-the religious education neeessary to the .life ofthe l"{.epublic.

The Catholic Church in the lJnited States has lost one of _.... its greatest defenders by the death of Very Tie~. J . T Hecker, the venerable founder of the Missionary Scciety of the Congregation of i::lt. Paul. Father Hecker was bom in New York, in 18Hl. He received a mercantile edncation and for a time devoted hirmelf to busines~ pursuit~- But i~ these he did not fin<l the field be w:ts looking for, 80 ltc began to study for the .Ei.Jiscopal ministry. In. 184~ aft.l!r 1o·1g deliberation he dctt' rmined to join the Catholic Cl.lllrch and to become a missicuary. Being received into the tru; Church he at once H'·ti le.cl for Belgium w!;ere he s:uaied to become a mis~ionary pr:e.s~ of the order of the .Most Holy Redeemer. After hts n ovJtmt.e, which lasted two yea·l'S, he r~tur.ned t~ Eugla,nd wh')re h ::l w:n orJc~iud pr~t!::lt IJ:; Cardma.l \ V1seman. ~l:H:r:<l years afber he. fu~u.led a 1ww order similar to that cf t1:e Hedemtorists, but. comp0sed of Ameri ;:;an _ins_tead of foreign priests. Father Hecker gave mueh of Ius tune to l:ter:ttme. · He. cst:1.blish~"d the (}ithoib Worlcl, a periodical that has m:·li::t j ned a high standard 0 J.

excellence. On Christmas Day P0pe Leo g;;.ve e,:!,·.l:OO b tb~ U <:\m:ta

poor and $600 each to poor pries t:.:~. · The people of the Gnited i::lta.tes are Wt.'dded to tho ide-:1 of

national unity. Ye! how few of them perceiYl' and hO\V

feebly those of them who do ~erceive, a.ppreciate the in­Jinence of the Catholic Church in preserving and promotino­this unity. It knows no North or South or East or West o~ black or white, or ri ch or poor, or Greek or Barbarian, but all are one i11 Christ our Divine Lord and in the commun-ion of th·e Holy Catholic Church ·

(Catholic Standard.) . . At the present crisis, when Catholic countries seem

l::estirring themselves in defence of the temporal power of the Pope-and when, again :France may not improbably take an active part in its restoration, we may call to mind that it wa.s in the time of Pope Stephen III, .A. D., -752-67 that a French king, Pepin, freed the Roman :wowe and confirmed the Church in her possession, ceding ~o tb.~_Popes Exarcha.te of Revenna. The temporal power of the:Pope­dom thus arose tmder French protection . .According; to the concordant of Napoleon the I , still in fotce, there should be three cardinal~ in }'ranee-there are actually seven-and after the next consistory there will be ten.

(The Qatho~ic . .:News.)

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