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...from the Romanesque to the Gothic period. The monuments which have been added to the group of similar status already in the Museum, are the figures of Abraham and Melchisedec from the Transept of the former Augustinian Church of Wechselburg in Saxony. Both of these figures, mediaeval symbols of secular and ecclesiastical authority, are remarkable examples of human characterization. Abraham is represented as wielding the sword against the hostile powers of the world, while Melchisedec is shown carrying a cup of libation for spiritual evils. Placed against the same wall before which the Wechselburg Pulpit and Crucifix are mounted...
While the crowds waited, pushed for better positions, hissed at one another gutturally, as is the moda of the displeased Roman, in the Ducal Hall of the Vatican Pius XI donned his ceremonial vestments; prepared to set out accompanied by his religious and secular court, by Princes Orsini, Boncompagni, Massimo, Aldobrandini. On the way to St. Peter's there joined this group the Noble Guard, the Knights of the Cape and Sword, all the Cardinals in Rome, Patriarchs from the East, white-mitred abbots, purple-clad canons of St. Peter's, Swiss Guards, Palatine Guards, members of religious orders...
...everyone knows that the Vatican is somewhat resigned to the confiscation of the Papal States by Italy; would be content if Italy would allot in fee simple, free from secular suzerainty, a narrow strip of land from Rome to the Tiber estuary, so that the Pope could have his own seaport, could travel abroad without touching Italian soil...
...prize will be awarded to the writer of the best composition in concerted vocal music. This composition must be for at least four voices, and may be either with or without accompaniment. Either secular or sacred music may be written, but if the sacred type of music is chosen, the type exemplified in Cherubin and Mozart is especially recommended in Mr. Boott's bequest to the University...
...having kept their doctrines up to date, it cannot be denied that they use all available modern devices for enticing unwary sinners to their souls' salvation. On Sundays, the atheist must have a radio of high selectivity to keep hymns and homilies from intruding on the more secular programs which he, in his darkness, prefers to hear. Church fronts are everywhere decorated with lame aphorisms which a well-meaning pastor has composed after the pattern of happier advertising slogans. Long before the Babbitts had dreamed of luncheon clubs, church suppers, preceded and followed by prayer, were a universal institution...