The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-13
Historical Lecture

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The reverend gentleman on being introduced TO the
meeting received with applause. He commenced
by saying that he felt In his duty by the
fatterips reception they had given hin, though, whom
he assumed the subject that has been announced he
feared almost to make his appearance. The name Of
Jesuit sounds very large to the world but the living
specimens Of the order are not go. The sixteenth
century was one which would be forgot
ten It Q period In which great moral and
religious changes had taken place; It was an out,
burst he had almest ssd Of power certain 10 that
powers Exhibited The moral theatre OF the six
tssnth century; but the yesterday OF the nxtssnth
world ackno wedged authority under the guidance
Of Christ himself On the day after the morrow OF the
dong the oow Of the monk and bis sacsrdstai robes
forgsts the gospel which he had preached the day be-
fore Very soon othsIs rose up by bis side and
years the strife and struggle and the disunion
OF the Catholic family went on from day to day 1t wsss
fearful time fer the Catholic churchshe WAS assailed
by those who but yesterday announced her doctrines
this period arrived the dangers that succeed that d.
vine establishment fgnstius Loyola vowed that he
would serve no m aster but one ana then sought to
difuse abroad the spirit that animated him After tr
ais and struasles-after appearing among MS fellow
the tatered gsrb Of the pebeisn he sought the bless
pg Of Heaven on the work in which he was then en-
gagged He sought to collect together "A band OF intel
gent men Nine the mum Der that belonged to the
hand 10y ola-one of these has gained apos
tie, and IL known as Francis Xavier The Council OF
Trent the most extraordinary bodies of lesru
ed The speaker here spoke of the writings Of the
Council which breahed the spirit OF ssnctity aud have
since been translated in the English language and be
then gave outline of them bch he said might be
those who in the habit of reading the works
of Isaac Taylor and others rhe object OF these
spiritual exercises was show the individual man
what the spirit of Christianity IS exemplihei bJ
dsip to humble himself to the lowest, 1t is with the
Jesuits, in humble imitation These spiritual exercises
form ed the of the and have been
enl,. forV han An
years st Francis de Sales says that these spiritual
exercises have converted more people than their
lett in that whole work, and the Catholic church
has upivt rsally adopted them since. Taylor
Represented those constitutions Of councils as the
mind The Council of Trent pronounced this consti
tuition holy and this is testimony that Is uniqus
and Richelieu, who was certainly man OF great ca
| pacity-a great statesmsn-s great politician came
out with declaration that the constitutions we're tue
master. piece Of great mind These constitutions
then the laws TO guide both the internal aud ex-
ter nal an and he afraid to make the dsclara.
ton that the very spirit which msnfssted itself is
sill rassable to the spirit which guided those constu
lions The glory of God presented in those stu
TONS that whatever will tend to carry out the great
work Of God is the object to which the Jesuist de-
votes himself. The Jesuit Is not what he has been
by some represented TO bs-one who would go at the
command OF his superior to poison another man, or
rase the standard of insure tion st iguaius de-
clsres that the Jesuit shall have no particular
home he is to be n cosmopolite; he Is to live where
the interests Of religion aid humanity shsu demand
which occurred to himself when travelling Ia dili-
g.nce In France where he sat opposite French OH
Ger, with whom he commenced conversing about
the Sandman soldisrs. when the officer re-
marked that they were not now bfAve-tney
had been brave in the time OF Napoleon; but now.
said the French officer. they all in tn. hands of
the Jesuits. (Laughtsr) They twist the neeks on
than ali. saia he, they are eyery~ ners, and yoa
cannot zee them (Lspgster) He tDr believed
full Of Je,aits willis: tn. tact IL there
than 5000, all told. the Jssul are spsoulisr BODY
fha In hri.f nj nd els will Ina
world though they have been represented the great
inieu.rs for the subjugston OF hipgdoms and tbs
perpstuStion aud extension OF the pspsl iominions
They have divested themselves of their WILL and
have ever sacrificed Themselves TO authority. The
Jesuit dasfle and trsettbe TO legitimate authority
| and IL not the passive Instrument TO usurped
authority 0oediense TO authority obedience 20 od
to the omnsnd OF Ood. does not dsserve ob-d
This band OF religious h-rovs -Loyris and his
! sssocates-knew no home and we're prepared 60 meet
the sneDiss OF TIE church ON every grouad The 90
jet the Catholic church IA to obtain rational obed
and the 10 grossly misrepres.nt-d wh.u she Is
sccu.sd keeping he people ia ignorance rhe triple
| object Of the Catholic church embrases all the
views for the Instruction OF the mind and heart.
The speaker here referred to the favorable OPT
/ MON OF the Jesuits as expressed BY Lord Bacon
/ lie also alluded TO the writings Of Carlyle, r-y-
| lor, Mscauley, and Quiet, and again alluded to
| the classical PRODUCTIONS OF the Council oi Trent
Still Il 10 aid the Jesoits nothing but Intriguing
| men, seeking thin own sdisem.ut Wheu the
tact IL, they have made the vow OF poverty, aud no
Jesuit can own Que dollar Why say that they are la
triguingi Perhaps IL will be said that the love OF
honor and power makes them so but 90 far from do
inion they have by their VOWS deprived the m.vves
| CT either ecclesiastical civil honors. tn. rev
speaker hore entered into defence Of the general
| character OF the Jesuits whom II vas q matter
Of interest be said to represent ormitsbls body
but Who Il known have no more pO~rr 10 tn fence
the people In their feslty than any Catholic Bishop
lie may be o ussiul individual but ne be q
DANGEROUS one. Aud ster all tsoee mighty, formula
bic J,suifs are republicans. (Appsuse and hisses
And as elucidstion OF that fact, he stood upon
I American soil which will cry cut to the World yes
! the Jesuits are republicans (uisses TIE speaker
/ then went ON to describe the benefits OF ths mis-
sion OF the J.suts amongst the red rsce, Of
whom more than zoo OU had been converted &c
Chiisspity, and In iorcible terms he ryufated thu
that the Jesuits the friends Of des
/ poihm who care use the language when they re-
mbsred the history OF their sois sut the his
tory Of Nary where they the fret 20 land
that virgin soil for that liberty which hey could not
GOO a. bomr lie also repud sted the chafgs OF immo
rslty that had been made against that body by Ma
| esuley and Pascal, from ~bom Macsuisy quoted The
reverend speaker cansluded very eloquent address
In defence Of his order the members of whch he
Sertsd did not seek their own sggrsndiyement, but
gloiied in rendering themselves the instruments Of the
glsry OF God.