Their books they read, and their beads they told;
To human softness dead and cold,

And all life's vanity.

They dwelt like shadows on the earth,
Free from the penalties of birth,
Nor let one feeling venture forth,
But charity.

I envy them their cloister'd hearts
Knew not the bitter pang that parts
Beings, that all affections's arts
Had linked in unity.

The tomb to them was not a place
To drown the best loved of their race,
And blot out each sweet memory's trace
In dull obscurity.

To them it was the calmest bed
That rests the aching human head;
They look'd with envy on the dead,
And not with agony.

No bonds they felt, no ties they broke,
No music of the heart they woke,
When one brief moment it had spoke,
To lose it suddenly.

Peaceful they lived, peaceful they died:
And those that did their fate abide,
Saw brothers wither by their side,
In all tranquillity.

They loved not, dream'd not, for their sphere
Held not joy's visions; but the tear

Of broken hope, of anxious fear,
Was not their misery.

I envy them-those monks of old,
And, when their statues I behold,
Carved in the marble, calm, and cold,
How true an effigy.

I wish my heart as calm and still

To beams that fleet, and blasts that chill,
And pangs that pay joy's spendthrift thrill

With bitter usury.

G. P. R. JAMES.

SKETCH OF REV. DR. ANGLADE.

On Saturday the 12th of April, 1834, died at Maynooth, after a protracted and severe illness, in the 75th year of his age, the Rev. Francis Anglade, Fellow and Licentiate of Sorbonne, and successively Professor of Philosophy and of Moral Theology for

niany years in the R. C. College of Maynooth.

He was the last

of the eminent and venerable men who, after the revolution had broken up the universities of France, were conducted under the guidance of Divine Providence, to Maynooth, to assist in preparing and maturing for the national Catholic College, then recently founded, a course of ecclesiastical studies and discipline adapted to the circumstances of this country. Rare prudence and piety, combined with great knowledge and experience, and an inflexible adherence to rectitude of principle, happily blended with manners the most agreeable and conciliating, rendered Dr. Anglade in the highest degree qualified for the office he was called upon to assume, and ensured success in the discharge of its arduous and important duties. From the long period during which he filled the situation of Professor, and from the peculiar weight which his high character for learning and virtue always gave him in the College, he may be said to have had a principal share in the education of the greater portion of the present Catholic clergy of Ireland; and their efficiency in the ministry, and entire devotedness to their sacred duties, may not be less ascribed to the influence of the advice and example of this amiable and excellent man, than to the zeal and ability with which, in quality of Professor, he at all times explained, and inculcated the sound principles of Christian faith and morality. In his conduct and habits a perfect model of order and regularity, he was most exact in his attendance to all the observances of the community of which he was a member, and felt that he best conformed to the will of God in his regard by the care and punctuality with which he discharged each professional duty: but his desire to do good by every means in his power was not, in its effects, confined to the precincts of the College; it was evinced in uniform readiness to promote, according to his ability, every useful and charitable undertaking; in almsgiving, and unceasing acts of kindness to the surrounding poor, but more particularly by the sums (large for his circumstances) which he contributed, and the constant aid and co-operation which he gave to the excellent ladies of the Presentation Order, to enable them to provide effectual and permanent means for affording the best moral and religious education to the poor female Catholic children of the town of Maynooth and its vicinity. On account of long services and advanced years, he had for some time been relieved from the labours of teaching, and held in the college the rank of Emeritus professor. Until his last illness, however, he continued to make himself in many ways eminently serviceable to the establishment, and to exercise his accustomed acts of benevolence and charity. His death, like his life, was full of piety and edification: both will be long remembered in Maynooth, and his loss felt and deplored by the present members of the College, and by the bishops and clergy of Ireland, as

well as by many of the laity, both in this country and in England, to whom he was personally known. His eulogy, and that of the class of men to which he belonged, may be pronounced in the language of inspiration :-" Homines magni virtute, et prudentia sua præditi, probantes in prophetis dignitatem prophetarum. Divites in virtute, pulchritudinis studium habentes, pacificantes in domibus suis. Omnes isti in generationibus gentis suæ gloriar. adepti sunt, et in diebus suis habentur in laudibus. Viri misericordiæ sunt quorum pietates non defuerunt: cum semine eorum permanent bona. Semen eorum et gloria eorum non derelinquetur."

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THE PROTESTANT CATECHISM, AND THE POLEMICAL CATECHISM.

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We have made it our study to avoid controversy until forced to it. We now see, that in order to defend truth, it becomes our duty to refute error, silence calumny, and expose misrepresentation. A parson of the Church Established by Law, has published a Protestant catechism, in which bigotry and intolerance are predominant. We may find it necessary to notice this self-condemned tract. In the mean time we call not only on Catholics; but on Protestants, to read the Polemical Catechism of the great Scheffmacher, which we are rejoiced to see translated from the German by the Right Rev. Dr. Coppinger, and on sale at the Catholic Book Society, Essex-bridge. In a future number we will give a sketch of Scheffmacher.

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May 26 MONDAY. Mass of St. Philip Neri, C. commem. of St. Eleutherius, P. and M.- White.

May 27-TUESDAY. Mass of St. Mary Mag. de Pazzi, virgin commem. of St. John, P. and M. 3d a cunctis.—White.

May 28.-WEDNESDAY. Mass of St. Dympna, V. and M. (from the 15th). Red.

In the D. of Kildare. Mass of the Appartiion of St. Michael (from the 8th.) Creed.White.

May 29.-The Solemnity of CORPUS CHRISTI, (a holyday of obligation,) Creed. Pref. of the Nativity, which is said through the Octave.White. May 30.-FRIDAY. Mass of the Octave: commem. of St Felix, P. and M. 3d oration, Concede.-White.

May 31-SATURDAY. Mass of the Octave: commem. of St. Petronilla, V. 3d oration of B.V.M.--White.

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PUBLISHED WEEKLY,

UNDER THE INSPECTION OF CATHOLIC DIVINES.

No. 16.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1834.

VOL. 1.

ST. PETER'S CHURCH, AT ROME.

THE Vatican Church of St. Peter, at Rome, is justly ranked amongst the wonders of the world. Its origin may be said to have commenced with St. Anacletus, ordained priest by the prince of the apostles, to whose chair he was elevated after Pope Clement.

This pope built, near the Vatican Hill, an oratory in honor of St. Peter, whose body, with that of St. Paul, was kept therein deposited, until removed to the cemetery of Calixtus. (St. Gre gory lib. iii. Reg. Ep. 30.)

The Emperor Constantine, in thanksgiving for being miraculously cured of a leprosy by St. Sylvester, Pope, built, on the same spot, a church, which he dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul. This church was so much venerated that even the Goths spared the lives of those who took refuge in it. (St. Aug. Civ. Dei. lib. i. c. 7.) 1000 years after Constantine, this church having decayed, Pope Nicholas V. desired to rebuild it; and commissioned Bernardo Rossilini, in 1448, to draw out the plan. Paul II. his successor, followed up the enterprise. Pope Julius II. wishing, however, to leave a monument that might last to the end of time, consulted the most celebrated architects of Italy, adopted the plan of Bramante, and laid the first stone of the modern church, in 1506. After him it was advanced under the direction of the renowned architect and prince of painters, Raphael Urban, and in succession by Michael Angelo, Barozzi, James de la Porta, and Maderno, till it was dedicated by Pope Urban VIII. in 1626, and finished under Pope Paul V. Thus, 30 pontiffs had a hand in it; and the expense of it amounted to about 50,000,000 Ro

man crowns.

The space occupies nearly 20 acres, and its top may be seen 20 miles from Rome. In front of the church is a beautiful piazza, divided into two, one of which is oval, and the other of a rectangular form. The oval part is about 600 feet long, the smaller diameter is 550, and the entire length of the piazza, from the entrance to the extremity, of the church, including the walls, is 1690 feet. This piazza is adorned with a beautiful obelisk of red Egyptian granite, two beautiful fountains, and two semi-circular colouades. This obelisk is 124 feet high, from the pavement to the summit of the cross, with which it is surmounted.

The semi-circular colonades consist of 280 columns of travertin stone, forming on each side of the piazza, a triple portico, the middle one is about 12 feet wide, and the latteral ones about 8. The rectangular part of the piazza, commencing where the oval one terminates, has a covered gallery on each side, leading to the grand portico or vestibule of the church. This portico contains two equestrian statues, (one at each end,) of Constantine and Charlemagne, with the celebrated Navicella de S. Pietro in mosaic, by Giotto.

The external access to the portico and church, is by a grand flight of steps, of very easy accent, corresponding to the breadth or front of the building. Those stairs led to the front of the old church, and Baronius (Anno 774) tells us that when Charlemagne first ascended by them he kissed each step out of reverence.