Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1903 — Many Eulogize Leo. [ARTICLE]

Many Eulogize Leo.

Not only the Catholic but the entire world will mourn the death of Leo XIII. The loss is universal. —Rev. J. M. Seanlan, pastor of St. John's, Chicago. Leo’s place in history will be that of one of the greatest statesmen of the age, because of his endeavors to uplift humanity.—Bishop Foley, Detroit. The Pope was a man of excellent scholarly traditions and blameless record and his death will be universally deplored.— Bishop Spalding, Peoria. He was an ecclesiastic of the very highest order, and there was apparently nothing lacking in his composition.Bishop Harkins of Providence. The death of Pope Leo XIII. mean* an irreparable loss, not only to the Catholic world but to the whole of Christendom, and especially to America. The pontiff waa one of this country’s truest

friends.—Vicar General Mooney, New York. Pope Leo XIII. was one of the greatest leaders of the Roman Catholic Church. His policy, character and general disposition gained for him the friendship of monarchs, diplomats and the humblest of every laud.—Bishop Phelan, Pittsburg. ~ Never was supreme pontiff loved by his people, never did supreme pontiff merit that love and devotion. No pope ever did more for the adranvement of art, religion and science; no pope or king or emperor ever more deeply touched the great heart of the people and held them as his jdwn.—Bishop Rouxel, New Orleans. He WftS a great and good man, and hiatory will preserve his name among the most illustrious of the popes. Hia heart, lovo and hopes were strongly drawn toward America. He looked on the United States as the foster mother of a more Christian humanity, a more humane social system snd a more equitable civic order. —Vicar General Bryne, Boston. Undoubtedly his name deserves to stand in the same rank as those of Gregory the Great, Hildebrand, Innocent 111., Leo X. and Sextus V. But Leo XIIL was in a truer sense than any of these the Pope of the people.—Bishop Scannell, Omaha. Leo XIII. was one of the. greatest men of the age and one of the greatest pontiffs that ever ruled the church. His encyclical* were masterpieces and the creations of a truly great mind. His encyclical on tabor will remain a lasting monument to hhn—Judge John Chicago. _ - , . ,