VOL I.IX PITTSBURGH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1003. NO. •*! would seem an impassable barrier—matter being the nearest approach tu nothingness. f'»r a moment, then ,ooked eagerly in the CHRIST.M ASTIIXi. A lower scaie ui' exist once than malt-rial is un) vou sé ini: popi;? n titans ¡ace ¡or sonic si-n that lie had im-onoivahle; ami i ¡od lias taken 1 his tH'tic-d I hem. iof they had come so far to Christ.the Sovereign Model oi Humility- What is estr.'UH» crea ! lire of Hi* handiwork see him. Ills lace that was the most in- into ihe intimacy of personal union. This as \ NoibCdtholk lourist Answers the Question erct.tu part ot it all to watch. His pic- Humility ?- [he Rare Virtue Described sumption <i? lle.-h by divinity seems t<> put a ture. show ¡t merely smiling, with the fire A Vivid und l'i» turesque l)es< ription. 1 in Its f ullness. mark of abasement upou the Divine A et; V" ,"' it i" an ideal eih- tor, the Im-at nation unless motived by high, ' ''. I'^ng face itself, with holy ami justifying purposes, would cer • Wfmti you get as far as Rome you dis- Its deep furrows, its thin lips, its lomr. slim, PY REV. JOHN C. PRICK. iainly givi- reason to think that the Divine cover i here is no coupon on your long tour* !",SV; ,!s k,H'n flowed more Sixth Paper. Word forgot what was due to His honor ticket for ; in much to he-desired excur- V '1 1 ,h'T , 11,1 ,l"1 «'"-V loved his children Automi Christian virtues the one most ciiii , , ,, sion io see the 1 'ope. There seems. In fact, l ll! , ,I u m l!l, u s. ;,,„[ utmitie sovereignty. Lveii when we see ; ' ;! : ' i" ' «' l'e knew them Iu-ult to understand Ueeause the moie un 1, appreciat. e th, e love tha, t. liles behind l i he no royal road to ihe Papal presence, t,H',r weaknesses, saw through them, lieti 1L to practice is humility. It is true that us the eause of tlie hypostatic union we rec- and it was by the Dieresi chance am! on a . OVtl I have seen just one «•hastily, and especially virginity, are hard ognize the deep humiliation manifest in the day when 1 least expected it that I finally "ther head oi the ,;.me shape and poise, and to keep Intact, but yet I fee! that 1 mistake Word made flesh. >ame face to face with ihe wonderful old V'T "tlu'r !•'!'" iil<(' tlK> not in abso- lu e resemblance. |„.t in kind ami that was not when 1 aftirm that humility is the rarer Hut Ino!;, fi.o, the hodv he assumed! We man. 111 virtue, of a fact paganism saw execiieu wutl! ink he ought to ha ve chosen one Tin- good landlady who waited on me in so hi»* cemurics ago as a por- m emu had a confused idea ot t inut of Julius Caesar. 1 ilv and that woum 1pi a il the gifts proper to a my lodgings, always wi 1 h a charm and dig- ime . greatness of virginity, for it lett us sonu- ..impassibility. immortalitv. ;niv ot' a great hostess, liegau an apology ,'rh(l l'lH',,nn-" 1!' 11 i in tied as the Pope pass- conspicuous instances ot it. and even sing ,i!l!!l!jlv ^.¡upturn from" ua.ural slmrt- in ha'ian at forty miles an hour from which V, "{» Ul,e * ha pel aisle. Before the altsir ,ls praises at times, l ie bomans onei- („uliutis alhl n_,rit.s. in mm. ,he qualities I vorb d out words enough to gal her it was the twelve beareriters set hihit.mI slowlcm«l.y. down .a s ated their \es.als and laeltus extols the nf !,.Mi..itM,t,1 h(„lv of lh, just man. n„ a great "occasion." and had to do with the cart ¡.V as It they were astronomical e in hu- virgin oeeta; whilst hunpides, with a magic • , { mt[CTins* l'epe. Put an -occasion ll ai ian might siasts and he the ol.'.iective lens of the great pen. depicts the death ot the virgin Lob )f ^^ ^ M ^ ^ ^ meati anything from a reception on the Jack telescope. Hie red robe feil from Iiis yxene. Hut paganism was ignorant of hm , , ms il( ,,nr r bo(lu>s. «.»(urinale to a cica ra nee stile in the «'orso; shenlders as he aros,, from i,is chair and, 1 mility as we know it. tor the Latin won |;m ^ ^ su,.u lul(lv with and se\ i ral mi untes elapsed before it be- appearing then in white and gold, his km- humiliias does not signify a virtue, but ¡t ,,.lUl(,1. t]ll. perfectlv oon, came quito ear that my handsome host, slender body, bent very lowly with age rather a. state of abjection, baseness and de- exquisitely ¡M(ist,(1 .„„, h;„hjy Sl,„. her husban was one of 111.- pope's own "'limbed up the a liar steps, .assisted by two gradation. .... sitive mm lie selected left Him the more .-hair bearers. AmAmii thithis wawas ththe day on 'wires in sombre purple, and feebly set it- What is humility? Does it consist m cab {„ ;h„ IuNl.ri.,, lhat :issai; !uan in tll(. win-h tiie Pop«- was to uive audience .n the sell down in the intone with the Gotliie- ing ourseif poor, miserable, good for-noth- !lt.sh n,. WJ|S from I10lllilll; ,.x- Vaiiean to over a thousand people and de- steepled back. ing. contemptib.e. and in doing things that ; >ju ,|Uil lliS„nlt.rH lliai u,bul! froin an address. M ine host was to help I he Cheering stopped. A few moment» may lead others to judge that such are our ^ ^ ,h(M1 as ,lUlwanl „hl)W „v„Ilt -lim before the multitude ill Iiis.. .gilde . d, lene«, followed, and then a voice, deep, sentiments • No; for humility does not con- |u. hii, t,istilwuiHll,Hl r,l5„ Ull. ]owliest chair, and would wear a unitomi "\\ ait. I tuli and mellow, rising and falling in slow sist in words and actions. We do not jmige ¡u Israel uill Show you." exclaimed the wite m her cadence began to come from where' Not it tree's value by its leaves and dowers, but ;t fjj i,-as determined to b«> '•made mellow unlive letiuue. and returning m a possibly from the frail, shrunken bodv in by its fruits. A man may sav eve! things iit, :lit have taken a body like oment. she displayed a gorueoiis ros- pink white and gold, but yes. it was the Pope of himself and do things that will put ¿dams iH.j the fall a perfect one in salin livery the coat cut with huge cutis w ho was speaking, with animated lace ami him under contempt, may waik barefoot. ^(a'tlltv .„). uess and virility, without the • ud flaring skirts and ¡run abnormal lapels le gesiures. That was a wunder- clothe liiinself in rough garnn uts. bend the lung t : avail of an infancy and adolescence I., the pockets like the coat ot a seventeenth t„l v.me; lm\\ thin and microhms our will knee. heat the breast and kiss a beggtu .> which ail these imply ot' pa in and labor and century courtier, the knickel bockers. snug sound in comparison at th.- age of ninety- feet, and yet be proud. The 1 'harisees accidental misery. And here, mark you. luting and just below the knee. the silk two' masked pride under manifestations of hu- stockings and buckskins to match. Holding the gi ea ; d ifforoiice that exists between the i conici in«! understaml whal he said. hut mility. these against the stalwart six-foot person ¡¡fancy of Jesus Christ and that of other lus voice aloni' w.is fascimiling; timi the I toes humility consist in a recognition of of mine host as if he was a lay ligure, she ; common child from its concep- idei uro he nitide sittiug on hi-, t hroue, with our frailty, faults and wort hi ess u ess V ilu- . ". turned to me with a proud wifely smile ii ! la lumen t of the use of reason pi'iests standing on cadi siile in long robes mility requires this much, for without it it , Ves, mine host was certainly a beauty in )tl igh a great, period of sufferings of dark«'!- colors ivd. purple and black. so WOUlU Ut ¡¡os- i'oie. Put ree ignition al-me rose Pink satin. ». but 11 ley are robbed if their •is lo inttke him coni rasi almost radiant, does not constitute Christian humility; it i-- • * » , a i , Itief iHiignaucv in ¡hat tin* little one is un- Put. far ill0re to the point, he hoped to with Michael Angeio's s«.!.unti story of tilt» Um root, not the tree; it i- the tlower. not ,.utìs,.jims ,„• ,,'U,UL ,,ul w!lU .|,.SHS tLle ease he able what a time lie had making me un- jiidguieut day frescoed on the wtil'l beiliud th.- fruii ; it is light, not iteti i ; it is a means ]s jjnfiiviv (>, he.rwise. From the first nm- derstand how one hopes to be tibie in the him, timi M ¡eliaci A ngeio's siili more bea ut i- not the end. Where is the man knowing . ¡ . , „ j„. „ U( I I üf lu> ln( :inu tio h:U¡ rtlü us of lamtuage of Italy! he hoped to be able to t ul itile of the w orld's cre.-i t¡on on the vanit- his own life docs not fei'l sensible ot Uis ,vastm aUli , ull knowled-«- of all that hap- procure me an admission to the ceremony, 1 who is not i ,)., .