HOPE'S PRAYER FOR PEACE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 182, 9 April 1915, Page 8

HOPE'S PRAYER FOR PEACE.

REMARKABLE SCENES IN ROME, j The Pope's prayer for peace w-s of- j fered in all the Roman Catholic j r.'hiirciies hi.lvarGpo. Despite tho ciownpou ': it rain .it . three '"■ 'clock on the Sunday afternoon, all the bells of tl:c ebuvch'es of \ R me r?.ng out, calling the? faith;":.;! to : the universal expiatory servic.? t-; .in- , [ilore the cessation of wa" ae ! th- 1 "■'- ; .-:toratio'"-i of peace among the, i>;'..ionK , the work! over. Sixty thousand, r-euok' i attends! St. Peter's. iW r • the :iJt:*t- , <tood vho great fool stool, approach-".! I by five stepa, where the Pope prayed, j . The Pope entered St. Peter '&•£* -*AQ, j followed by 22 Cardinals. Ills Hoiinoss was received in the Chapel of rh ■ thtc- 1 ram cut by Cardinal del Val '. ;■. h-] [priest of tho ih'.-'.Vieo.. who a- coru.rr.ni- 1 |d him to the papal altar. Wh'>]o ikneeli:: ; T. the crowd, carried iwny bj emotion, cried, "Long live the Pope!" The climax was reached ttUon she white-clad figure of the Pontiff, s'-faad- j 1 :ngj.- : tigh between the four richly gilded j I spiral columns of Bernini's oai.opy, intoned players for peace, which, repeat- | ed by the multitude, echoed thro:igh'«ui j he domes of Michel Angelo'.s great j temple. '-'God of all King of j Peace.'' said the sonorous voice of the ' j Vicar of Christ, while the responsive ) voices of the vast ci'ow'd repealed hi-? invocation, assuming the character of thunder rising to Heaven. When the Pope imparled tho bocedic j tion, waves of ascetic fervour .'"1 i 1 compassion f"i - tiie si f.'o rings of the combat-ruts seemed .to pass ov.-r the | kneeling throng, mosi <!' whom beat | their breasts in ecstasy of prayer. The departure of he Pontiff wos the occasion or pii outburst of cnthus'asn. which even the efforts of the Pope were poWorless to refrain, the people crying: "i-oiig live tho Pope!" end | '■' Got! !'i\ e us peace! ■'■' -