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That the Faith in England Might Live Tyburn Where the Martyrs Died (By FATHER JOSEPH HOGAN.)
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There are people who know exactly the place called Marble Arch, Lut who are only vaguely conscious of the site called Tyburn Tree. It is a sign of the times (not a mark of the Faith) to hear that the great attrac tions in this area of the Metropolis are the many Cinemas. The next time you take a bus to Marble Arch, link the present to the past and think of Tyburn Tree. It would be rather refreshing to hear— "Two to Tyburn Tree, please." Con fusion of the conductor and constel nation of the passengers, for c:rtain, but this mental note of the new and the old would undoubtedly giA e a fillip to the Faithc of the Catholic fare! After all, Tyburn is something more to us than Marble Arch. The Cenotaph in Whitehall is net the only re membrance of the sacriCce made for Truth and of the fight waged for Freedom whioh demands and deserves the salute. The site of the Old Gallows. Of all the spots and spaces in this City or in the Country mention one which glows with more glorious memories than Tyburn. So the next time, and ever after. when you rush through the whirlpool of traffic which swirls around the monument, raise your hats, or bow your heads, for the ground which you t ravel is holy. T here are temples in the FEwt w hich worshippers and visitors Lre allowed to tread only in stockinged feet. Have you ever felt dispo..:ed to approach the tiny triangullr piece of wood block set in the road' ay at the entrance to Edgware Road on benaed knees? Have you ever beheld the scenes which arise before the pilgrim (not the excursi who views the site of the oldonists) Gallows and s ees the centuries roll away to the days when men were hanged and quarter ed on this golgotha of England to save the priceless inheritance which we possess to- day, and enjoy without the f ear of rack and gibbet? W henever you leave the bus you will have the modern danger - feat to perform and the latest death- trap to avoid. So make your way to the sign-post on the invites you to kerb which politely t raffic with the stem the torrent of least risk to life and limb. The Church rejoices over many a saint dragged to dle, but makes no Tyburn on a hur offer to commemorate many a sinner burn on a stretcher. carried from Ty . The entrance to Hyde Park at Mar ble Arch is called Cumberland- Gate, once up a time, Tyburn Gate. Tyburn casts its light and shade upon e very inch and object in the neigh bourhood. c annot be re The tragedy of Tyburn lled without the victory of Truth. Defeat is V Death is Life at Tyburn. ictory, and the sufferings of this comparedplace are not worthy to be with Come to pass. . the glory w-hch has Take a look at the famous Archwhy does it stand in strange isolation in the It was orignallymiddle of the road? to Buckingconstructed as an entrance ham Palace, but the disco\-e.rY Was made that the gateway was too small to allow the Royal carriage to pass through, and then the whole structure was tic entrance moved to give a majes land Gate. to the park at Cumberthe railings (if the park were Afterwa taken rds back to widen the road and the Arch was left un-
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touched, remaining where you see it now. filen take a look at the iron tablet affixecl to the railings 01 the park just opposite Logware Road, quite an in conspicuous sort of notice, and you
may find it hard to discover. To the crows which stand at the corner to board the bus there is no real thrill in the in/on-nation that the old gallows on which the blackguards of the past paid the penalties of their crimes was nnally removed from that site in 1i95. but to those of the household
of the Faith those crossbeams were remnants of relics to be revered; and lest the memory of that gateway to the Beatific Vision may dim and die you will see its replica in the convent down the road. The Blood Soaked Soil. Now step over one of the islands at the entrance to Edgware Road(there are two, but the one nearer the traffic entrance is the better of the Between that island and the two). kerbstone, looking slightly towards the opening of the entrance to the road, the small triangular indication of old Tyburn Tree will come into view. Some days visibility is bad' and the triangle is hard to find, when the road is wet and muddy after rain; nearly every vehicle running into the Edgware Road crosses the exact spot, the sacred centre of the scene. The modern world treats it with contempt, a hurricane of traffic is ever sweeping over this hallowed ground, and to-day it is only the Catholic pilgrim, know ing the history of the past, realising the significance of the drama which was enacted in that area, and imbibing the spirit of those glorious mar tyrs, who dares his life and stops to pause at this place. Cast your eyes around this arena of modern movement. The soil beneath is soaked with the blood of our glorious dead, one hundred and five victors of the Faith have given this place a tame and glory which grow brighter and wider as the years roll along. The
lustre of these noble souls increases and deepens in our own days- and it will be a sad reflection upcm our
inunity in charge of this first memorial of the Tyburn martyrs is dedicated to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, gratitude it our children are not and was founded at Montmartre, taught to lisp their names as houseParis. hold words. When dragged 15efore his judges on Pride and Gratitude. the 8th. of June, 158, Father Gregory As you view this scene and bring Gunne openly proclaimed that the the past to. life again, let pride and day would come when England would gratitude, not depression and fear, • honour her martyrs by the erection till your mind and heart. The sight of a religious house at Tyburn. The first step. has been taken, but the of that howling mob which hurls its gibes and casts its curses at the three completion of his prophecy is to come. Man) more visitors to Marble Arch, e:arthusians, who finished their dungeon life in agonies which no pen can seen in the sacred history of Tyburn tell, and who met their martyrdom Tree, are needed to awaken the peo with cheerful meekness and exalted ple of this country to the realisation of their debt and of that sacrifice it joy, makes the heart sick. Remementails. lier—they rejoiced. The Three Intentions. Neither need the iron of hatred those cultured men of Oxford, those In the tiny chapel of the convent devout priests of Douai, those fearless ( probably the tiniest in the world) apostles of Rome; who spent months the glessed Sacrament is exposed day and years in stench and squalor beand night. Private and public wor fore they were dragged along their ship never ceases in this humble - Via Crucis" of Oxford Street, reflect home of God. ----they thanked their torturers and Three candles- for three intentions— pardoned their murderers. Pope, King and t ngland, burn before the altar, also day and night. The appalling horror of the but ehery need not steel your spirit, and Stay as long as you can in the gross injustice of the judgments tory on the ground floor, andthe oraas need not fire your fury. Do not pass from relic to relic the daysyou of grieve though the fairest flowers of persecution and these martyr -heroes the flock were blighted and broken and heroines of the Faith will become on this place. For nearly one hun- real and vivid. Most of dred and fifty years the giants of ous gifts were gathered these P—recithose days were struck down, and the burn gallows by Fatherbeneath TyRobert de distraught and scattered remnants of Vanteler, a French Capuchin, and the faithful were left to fight their chaplain to Queen Henrietta Maria. own battles, but always taking fresh A fter many adventures they were recourage and finding new inspiration turned to Tyburn in 1921. from the Seminaries across the Seas. Even nearly four hundred years Meditation on the past is not an seems a short span or time before these sacred treasures. easy business in this pandemonium of As you deprogress. But it is good to be here, scend the steps of No. 6, Bayswater and these thoughts should strengthen Road praise God for Tyburn. and thank those who died in order the Faith that is in us, and make our that England might live. martyrs live again. In the convent a short way down Bayswater Road on the right (No. 6). the impressions gathered on the little island in Edgware Road will be deepened and confirmed. The Corn-
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Work on the Little Flower Shrine is going on apace. Already mosaics are being placed in position, while the Altar and Statuar the y are being prepared in Sydney. Above is a view of the Altar in course of preparation at the marble factories.
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CAUSE OF CRIME. The deplorable crime conditio ns throughout the world would not exist if rulers- of countries had better protected the institutions of marriag e and the family, Dr. Anna St. Beck, Vieroia criminologist, said in a lecture deli ' erect in Vienna a few weeks ago. Dr. St. Beck present ed statistics ,-howing that while the propen sity to commit crime is smaller in the case of won-ten than men, it increases among women as family ties This was clearly to be arc loosened. observed in the period of the World War, she noted. What is irreplaceable ily. she said, is that it in the famoffers to the growing child personal care and economic security. Experience shows that children in large families are less disposed to crime, since early in life they learn to pay rights of others, she attention to the pointed out. The chief effort of a clear policy. she asserted, must aim sighted at the formation of a sound family life, pay ing greatest attention to the traiiiitlg of youth.
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