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Loving Tribute To Leo XIII

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Parent Issue
Day
31
Month
July
Year
1903
Copyright
Public Domain
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Paid to his memory, at the M. E. Church. by Rev. E. S. Ninde Sunday Morning -- Brought the papacy up to the highest standard since Reformation 

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A loving tribute was paid to the memory of Pope Leo Sunday morning by Rev. E. S. Ninde, in the First M. E. Church. In a scholarly address Rev. Ninde dealt with the life of Pope Leo, not only as Pope, but as a man. He gave a short sketch of the origin and history of the papacy up to 1878 when Leo was made bishop of Rome. He pointed out the difficulties Pope Leo had before him following as he did the arbitrary Pius IX. The papacy at this period was at the lowest ebb it had been since the period of the Reformation and only a man with the broadmindness and strength of Pope Leo XIII could have made the papacy what it is today. 

 

In speaking of the Pope as a man Rev. Ninde said: "We shall always revere the memory of Pope Leo XIII as one of the kindest, purest, and holiest men that [God] has raised up for us in the nineteenth century." He then gave several instances where Leo had shown his great strength as a diplomat and a scholar. It was he who came forward about ten years ago and settled the question once for all of Catholic children attending the public schools of America. Never has a Catholic parent been excommunicated since for this because it was no longer an offense after Leo made his decision. He then pointed out that the scholar owes much to the broadmindness of Pope Leo for throwing open the Vatican with its hordes of ancient manuscripts to be used by Catholic and Protestant alike. The beautiful and touching prayer which Pope Leo uttered for America at the beginning of the twentieth century was read and in closing the hymn "Faith of Our Fathers," which was written years ago by a Catholic bishop and is sung by Catholics and Protestants alike was sung.