hful follies of his sire.

It is true we get wise, and--

"Departing leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time."

But the coming age will not take your wisdom--will not follow your
footmarks--will experiment for itself. Tell your passionate son that the
fair face he now dotes on, in ten years he will have forgotten, and he
cannot believe you. It is just as vain to believe that the section who
believe in Rome will cease to do so. Roman Catholicism has some
congeniality with man, and therefore Protestantism will always be in
danger from it--and the more honest this Protestantism is--the more it
takes its stand upon the truth and nothing but the truth--the more it
relinquishes the political ascendancy it has assumed, the greater that
danger will become. Cardinal Wiseman is an illustration of this. Queen
Elizabeth or Oliver Cromwell would have soon put a stop to Cardinal
Wiseman's career, but they would have done so in spite of the principles
of religious liberty. Now those principles are acknowledged, and England
trusts in Exeter Hall--and Dr. Cumming. Protestantism may well be in
danger.

One Sunday, hearing that the Cardinal was to preach at Brook Green,
Hammersmith, I made the best of my way thither. The church was crowded,
and I considered myself lucky in being shown by the woman who acted as
pew-opener into a good seat. Yet this good luck had to be paid for. 'A
shilling, sir, if you please,' said the woman curtseying. 'A what?' I
repeated. 'A shilling, sir, if you please,' was the reply. The woman
seemed to consider it so reasonable a charge that I of course complied
with her request. At the same time, recollecting that for half that sum
you are admitted into what I suppose is considered the dress circle in
St. George's Cathedral, I did think that sixpence would have been
sufficient. The service was conducted in the usual manner. It was
longer than that of the Church of England as practised at St. Barnabas,
and a good deal more attractive. After mass had been celebrated, there
was a hush, and immediately a procession from the side door; what the
procession consisted of I cannot say. My eyes, and those of every one
else, I suppose, were turned upon the Cardinal alone.

And first let me describe the Cardinal's gown;--it was composed of rich
red silk; besides he had a red cap, which he laid aside when preaching,
and, in addition, he had a very handsome robe round his neck, and a la