Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-06-17


priest sixty years, and have forgiven 6O0OOO venai
and $4,000 mortal sins. ! have housekeeper
very worthy young woman Of Is or thereaDou.s' anu
assure you she regular and vIrtuous ror 'ns
purity of her life and carriage, as well as my own
can safely refer you to her confessor FROM my years
if any order should be taken, trust ! may be per-
n mted to retain her in my family rs csmfort FOL
an old man. be he Of the clergy or The lay to look
: on young female face II always puts me IN MIND
of the Blessed Virgin, whom we all know never lock
ed older than 25 blooed in perennial youth as long
as she lived and blessed be her name [crossing him
self is now shining in beauty youth, and loneliness
for eyermore in the kingdom of heaven. am in "a
vor of young women for housekeepers, neat, pretty
and modest much as in favor of purity, virtue
and piety. We cannot get along without young wo-
men,"
After this burst genuine piely to God pety to the
ever Blessed Virgin piety to lovely woman the coun-
Gil were satisfied to leave matters as they were.
Now contrast the hard featured Presbyterian and
the SOFT civilized Catholic. One of the most beautiful
features of Cathocty is its veneraton and love for
woman. 1t humanizes the hearts of saints, and
gives hue of heaven to the feelings of rogues even
The Presbyterian religion hardly recognises the en-
chanting existence ofbeauteous woman. They waste
their absrs in the differences between tweedle-
dunn" and "tweede-dee" On the contrary, the Ca
tholcs are more wisely employed, either in Europe in
embroidcrng petticoats for the Virgin or in America
in settling the ages Of beautiful female housekeepers
for the clergy.
Both the great divisions of Christianity are, howe
YER much improved since the era of the Reformation.
We do not kill each other-we only SANDER We DO
not burn each other-we only abuse. We do not
hang each other-we only calumniate. This IS de-
cided improvement. Yet the Catholics are in the ad
vance, and the worship addressed to the Holy Vr-
gin they indebted for their superior civilization
their finer taste in musc-and the general accom-
plshments of higher order. myself am a Catho-
lie l adore daily the Virgin Mary, and do not
who knows it. My heart warns towards her-be-
cause l know she is beautiful, lovely, enchanting
woman just such another in heaven as the beautiful
women of New York or Long Island are on this fair
and lovely earth. Call me idolater-I don't
burn me at the stake don't care, will adore the
Virgin still-and l will love every handsome wo-
man, purely and vru ously, that my eyes fall upon,
in spite of all the indictments and libel suits that the
OHaggertys can bring.
This pure and honest love for the female sex, in its
refined state the original element Of Christianity.
Our Saviour clambered over the mountains of Judah
threaded her gorgeous vales-and wandered ever
her desolate widernesses, with woman in his heart
woman on his tongue, and woman his train. He
despsed mamie trampled upon mamie ruled man
so do but women and little children his de-
light and his passion-hs love, and his alteration
SO they are mine. The elevation Of the rank Of wo
man is one Of the sublimest principles of Christianity
Every other religion degrades the beauteous Ma
homet, Confucius, Zoroaster, Brahma, Buddha, place
this first principle Of nature and of love in state Of
degradation and disgrace The ancient priests of
Egypt in the worship of beautiful Isis Ind glimpse
of the light butJesus Christ alone knew human nature
and in spite of all the wickcdness of the Romish
Church, her worship for the Virgin and her elevation
ofthe rank of woman, enough to redeem thou
sand sins, and ten thousand atrocities.
The Protestant religion, far il depreciates or
neglects the veneraton due to woman, is wrong-bar-
barous, vulgar, uncvilized, unchrislianised What
produces the folly and fanaticism among the rigid
Presbyterians? Their want Of respect and love for
the Blessed Virgin and for her bcauteous sisters and
descendants Of the present day. We Catholic, are
right and will succeed. We must Danish two thirds
of our absurdites- half Of our foolish mysteries
and large slice Of our folly-bui we shall never
abandon the worship of the Blessed Virgin love for
woman, and vcnerahon for the female character With
woman on our side we are safe in this world or that
which is to come.
cannot help thinking sometimes, that four ffhs
ofthe Christian clergy of the present dayboth Catho-
I lie and Proesant-are set of the greatest block
heads, charlatans, and unadulteraed jackasses, to
.peak in classical language that the world ever saw
| have n great mind TO 20 TO work--,hrow of my
coat-and reform religion myself The world wants
another Luther to finish Luihcrs work-another Cal
win to finish Cavin's work The beautiful, classic,
engaging sentimental, poetical religion of Jesus of
Nazareth that spotless--that ssperor-that une.
quaed Being-has been buried and adulterated by
the wickedness of mantle bad passions of man
the pride OF mantle ambition of man. We must re-
store il to its primeva pmy-the love due TO woman
Now is the time to create sentiment tina, will civlize
the world beyond all past ages. | do not know a
single parson priest Catholic Protestant that UNI
derstands the Holy Bible in the proper spirit. They
are blind guides Politics FIRST destroyed the purity OF
Christianity. union Of the church with the Roman
empire, first produced the Romlsh church. The Pro
tes,ant reformation merely political revolution
For nearly sixteen centuries, the pure elements Of
Christianity, taught by Saviour, have been
aducred by politicians pedants, rogues and rascals
/ Now l. the time for some of sense and genius
some being with light from Heaven 10 rise up ane