The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-10-06


he makes the orphan dependent those who support
him by the tie Of gratitude he makes the rich the fathers
OF the poor and the orphans they take Of and he
fulfls the commandment imposed him, and vindcaes
the providence OF God whereas il you neglect to
ply with this duty and violate this pecspt Of charity
ed in the Psalms, " Where is God p-the God Of the
poor man. of the helpless, of the poor orphan This is
and 10 Distress and those who able refusing to
fort him But as Christian If this precept were car
need Of theories of social systems-no need Of associa
tons founded upon principles not Catholic or Christian
But the Catholic Church has cerred to its fullest extent
religious orders, established for this purpose whose
members have devoted their lives in the redemption OF
captves and consigned themselves to slavery to
their brethren from the manacles Of barbarans
but above ALL in the establishment Of that sisterhood
port the orphan-an institution which has excited the
admiration Of the whole world and which has been re-
nidels as the greatest friend Of humanity and even
when the monuments of religion were thrown to the
1sag IN gw
erected to the memory of st. Vincent de Paul as friend
to humanity and the devoted ladies Of this society BY
as they can, Of fathers these orphans do the
ton of the universal wct!d. 1t becomes
duty to encourage them for what can they do without
ready devote themselves to this charitable pur
pose but without the means how can they effect it
That beautiful and comfortable edce has been erected
ton and sustenance of these orphans and shall it be
said that you will be hardhearted and recreant to
this glorious and Catholic institution But this duty
founded Likewise on the sovereignty OF God God is the
psapm nsss the
universe is his he has created it All that contains
is his he is the author OF all The sun he has placed
in the irmament-the moen'is his. The deeps he has
separated from the dry land peopled with inhabitants.
and marked out its destined limits the deep is his All
things In the heavens above or on the earth or
o O
ed by the Creator is his and whatever possesses
he possesses only for time not as rghtful owner but
merely constituted steward and the gold he has
boarded and the silver he chershes his life will
one day be demanded Of him and pass in due time into
lent to you7 and if it be than is necessary for
your own sutenance and that of your families portion
mands you to give to these poor children that you may
comfort sustain, and protect them. Now if you refuse
deny the Of and refuse
to it you defraud the poor, and in particular manner
you defraud the orphan Consequently you take from
the orphan that which belongs to him. and that will be
visited with the most awful chassement if not here, in
the world to come. But our Divine Savior referred to
almsgvng in particular instance. He styled 1t JUS
tice not charity justice which he demands of you in
virtue OF his sovereignty over you as well as the orphan
Justice before men, &c. and these words and this word
justice is interpreted by the wsest commentators aims
giving Take care, then, how you comply with justice in
giving aims for the support OF the orphan and let be
done in spirit Of true charity not in ostentaton vain
glory. Now, beloved brethren, if we believe in the
Y,
declaration of Jesus Christ its author mustfee and
be convinced that if not charitable,
cannot lay any claim whatsoever to the real title
Of Christians nor to that of members OF the
Catholic Church; for st. John says, He who has
the substance Of this world and his brother in want
and closes his bowels against him-how the charity
of Christ be with him p Consequently it is q necessary
condition Of your salvation for you cannot have the
necessary grace unless feel efficient active pity for
tho orphanuness you pity, aid, cherish educate, and
contribute towards supporting and protecting them
can have no claim whatever on the kingdom of God the
o in Ind fqpli
does the wise express the punishment and the
ward inflicted the hardhearted when he says in his
own beautiful language hard heart shall fear all
the last day. but tender shall be rewarded" And
if it be possibe-if there be any mark by which can
distinguish hard heart is it not that heart which be-
holds the wants Of the homeless atheress portones
orphan and closes itself against him. and refuses all
sign of tender and truly Christian heart than the fact
OF being liberal towards those helpless young members
of the church Therefore these laws Of Moses and OF
Grace are all founded upon the providence Of God,
founded on the supreme sovereignty of the AL
mighty, and if you fail to comply with this law.
you despise the ordinances of Providence, and
reject the supreme sovereignty of God himself
But few more remarks with regard to the pro-
serye this you y sna will ve
first in this life, and what is infinitely valua
BILE and desirable reward in the life to come. Paul
teaches that pity is above all thngshavng the promise
this life and the promise Of the future Now what does
the apostle mean by the word pity Pity may admit of
variety OF Specifications but am not rash in the
ton Qor find it in St Thomas the angel Of the schools
that Paul meant in this text charity towards the poor
Now It is no assertion OF mine rashly made that charity
iberality and ams-deeds must be remuneraed in this
life because find this declaration in the divine and in
fable oracle Of the scriptures themselves and conse
quently we believe in the divinity and authenticity Of
the holy scriptures, must believe that will be
warded for charity in this lfe and the
else it, the will be remunerated "Give," as
the Holy Ghost says, in Eccesastes, ''unto the Lord
his justice because the Lord will return to you
told" Give that which is merely lent and instead Of
missing it, you will be rewarded fold Again, in
Proverbs The Lord gveth back with interest to him
that has pity the And he does this unto those
terest will he repay the charity OF those who arebera
and charitable to the destitute orphan Again. in the
hungry You win be like the fountain whose waters
never cease" A source Everything, ever.abundant
and at the same me everfed supply from the fountain
and still repenished with streams that supply the place
that gush forth And there articles
ofthe christian faith which to call in question: is to dis
pute the authenticity and truth of the holy scriptures
themselves HE who gveh to the poor shall not want
says the Holy Ghost, in Proverbs Is this I ne
to give' because you have the solemn declare.
ton of God himself that you shall never want And,
my beloved friends on this suspicious day. you have
opportunity to prove whether or not you believe the
in supporting this institution. having the solemn pro-
mise that neither you your posterity shall ever
want. And | have never seen the good man wanting
his bread and surely, OF all good believe the cha
rable man is justly ranked among the best; thus we
find, that even in this life that the charitable man must
be rewarded and remuncrated and that NTH interest to
use the expression OF the Holy Ghost himself Hence
we may say that If you give small mite to the orpha
as far as you can afford to give it, it will he increased
and returned with interest; but if you refuse, by the
same authority you must be convinced that the mite,
instead being profitable increased and transmitted to
your children snail be taken from you perhaps,
go down naked to the tomb and your children left in
worse condition than the poor orphans now sting
sustenance But this Is not ALL there eternal
ward pronounced to tho charitable only in this life,
but in the eternal world First assured by the
Holy Spirit in the book of Proverbs that charity for
giveth sins" DO you understand howl 1t ia because
charity dsposes the heart and inuses into the soul
those sentiments which are absolutely necessary
10 OBTAIN the remission OF sins II soens the heart and
Impossible for the hard heart to obtain the remission
SINS but the heart that is soft proves itself SUCH
tributes to the support OF the poor, and especially the
phan Riches, as the Holy Ghost says in the book OF
Proverbs, ARE the redemption OF tie soul OF y
strong expression And yet these the words of the
Holy Ghost, and true truth itself Riches when pro-
perly made of when you prope. iy distribute por
ton OF them among the poor; when you charitable
with them, then God will so dispose it that you may
have every of the salvation your soul he
after TheIelure riches the rcdcmnfinn the