New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-14
m AFRICAN WOMAN IN PARIS. Nc. XVIII
THE VIRGIN.


d. ;,.,...,s, Of church walls in ches her msges fill
,h.s .. the corners OF street, and in the country she
.~.pds At cross roads is lodged Rsnbouiet
.,S.r the branches Of shady tree IL at least pretty
,axsnsp to mpore loving intercessor in such chapel
sud more love and poesy hid therein, than May
.splyrs ever inspired to the piping Tytsrus
1--we were dsyout Catholics should sppease our i'm
,siepce to return Paris by oommunions and devoions
,esr his little image under this great elm tree. rne
Svre has disappeared from the uodden paths around IL
.d ,our hsar and mine may offer only the stony ground
f urbsEef or the Of may have wthered the
.u,prpgne head Of sentimental faith-or dogmas may
have ded up the fountains Of spontaneous love Yet with
N honest chsy may dimy appreciate the ailments
Of these hamlet peasants for her whom all call Mary
che mother 81 Christ
Her familiar name il More Dancer Oar Lady-to the
State che s Our Lady Of ytoy TO the Church our Lady
If Protection 10 the people Our Lady Of Hope and Conso
,atop; for all the is cbristened Oars Eore Dame has
lar edrsl palaces in all Catholic Cbristendom Noire
Dame sanctfes the play house Of every peasant child
here in her shady retreat she receives the homage Of every
pssstrby Mothers and maidens 10 say their beads
a her feet or render humble salute waving the right hand
before the head aud heart in the mystic sign Of the
The month OF May is Msrys month IL is long iee-
time when she receives offerings OF roses vrgn lilies and
sD the frat fresh bloom Of spring Men wear voets in
their button holes GIrl love to take their first communion
10 the month Of May. Every evening at vespers her
ebspes are thronged with worsbpe and prayers and the
prvms OF flowers rse together sweet incense from her
shsrs
The mo,nDg ltsDy addresses ts seventy two suppics
lions 10 the Sacred Trinity and especially to Jesus the
sos Of Mary and by all his virtues all bis graces all his
nyses Of joy and he il prayed to gr4st pity and
deIveunce But at evening. when the world Is weary
and The wings Of faith weaker and the sOul longs for
human ympaihy the sweet name OF Mary invoked and
often repeated and varied light in crown Of jewels
She il called the Holy Mary, the Holy mother Of God,
-Boly Virgin Of Virgins, and Mother cbase amaba adj
-nrsbe prudent venerable powerful clement, faithful,
mirror Of Justice Temple OF Wisdom Cause JOY Spr
ituai vase Mysterious Rose, Tower Of Ivory Tower of
.Dsyd Ark OF the Covenant Gate Of Heaven Star Of the
Morning Heath Of the Sick Refuge Of Sinners S0ace Of
the Afflicted succor of Christians Queen Of Angels Pa
"srcbs Prophets Apostles Martyrs COnfessor, Queen OF
" all Saints
This Mary the ntercessor at evening prayer and at
eurev tme-od and yonDg, in passing this consecrated
tree knee before their loving mother say an Ave Marie
Sh is their embodiment of created perfection and seems to
occupy nearly the place in the Catholic mind that
Christ 10 Humanity doesin the Protestan-exoep thinz
Catholics practically associate with her of feminine
tenderness and human sympathy than VIC habtualy ascot
sse with her Divine Son God is their Father Mary their
Mother
Jewish women Rad long sspred TO the maternity of the
expected Redeemer The world awaited the virgin who
should bear the Son of Man Even the Druds Instituted
worship in honor of her When the funess Of time
come the power Of the Highest oytrshadowed Mary Her
foot brust d the serpents head All woman-a! human -
Ill thrilling with love, untouched by original actual sin
she lived deyoui constant and faithful to her Divine
spou,e She yielded TO death but like her Son. broke its
bonds and sscended the of the sacred Trinity
m Queen OF Heaven The early Christians did her homage
- vafsss and her assumption and coronation are still
celebrated the great fetes of the Catholic Church
The charms OF Rebecca the graces of Rachel the touch
ing figure Of Esther the proud step of Judith, were as
pigments Of female beauty Mary excoled them all She
u called the chef 0uvre Of Godthe great work of the
Trinity to prepare entrance for Redeemer to this fallen
world the garden Of which Christ the ogerthe temple
In which God was present the dawn which announced the
rkng Of the sun the mirror in which was reflected the
sacred Trinity Christ is the fountain Of hfeMsry the ter
resfsl Paradise wherein had its source Christ is the
true vine-Mary the blessed Earth which gave root
II one s md before Divine Justice and fears to invoke
hs mercy Mary is the star Of promise Christ was divine,
hcarnste-Mar was human, immaculate. Christ taught
TIE doctors in his youth honord the feast Of Cana aud
vept at Lazsrus tomb. Mary maiden, wife,
mother and chdeis. her soul pierced through with
human Christ fell seven times beneath his cross
Mays heart cruclfed with agonies at his cruel
fxon He bore the sins Of the world and ascended to his
glory Her mothers spirit sunk in torture at the cruel in
deDies offered 10 her beloved son No mystey OF human
love or sorrow was hid from her No shadow of human
experience escaped her She the mysterious link that
Joined Divine TO Human Nature She clesped the mantle
that vailed Divinity from mortal gaze Not angel butts
woman she is Queen Of that troop of mnisierng spirits
who are messengers from Heaven to Earth She is the
Eject Of angels Spouse Of the Father the Mother the
Redeemsr the Daughter Of humanity, its tender, afsble,
benehcent friend and lover Standing the threshold of
Earth and Heaven she waves the banner of her sacred
heart msrshalipg hosts Of guardian angels staonng
tines along the walks of life inspiring courage to fantng
souls hearing with delgh the glad tones ANS well or
weeping and promising aid when the sad note rises One
els fallen"
Who is she that looketh forth the morning fair the
moon clear as the sun MARY. Who is the woman clothed
with the sun and the under her feet and upon her
head crown of twelve stars Mary.
What woman may be on earth, Mary is in heaven Sit
ting without the portals Of the Celestial Counciher mis-
sion is to execute its benignant designs Mary has been
saved to the world ideal woman, second Eve re
stored in immaculate humanity 10 the Celestial Paradise.
All this and infinitely is Mary to the Catholic
Church One exaggerste the love and reverence
which abe inspires put into mathematical form her in
tut nee upon civilized society She has developed in half
. world Of human hearts phases of human sympathy
which the Protestant world can scarcely comprehend
However little we may be accustomed to reverence the
name Of Mary Il has a sacred significance to Catholic
minds which forbids the tidcue and almost the criticism
of tender Christian heart Parents oonfde their children
to the protection of the Holy Virgin Mothers who have
suffered affection beg the powers of her intercesson and
make her of charity and aims giving snd offerings
Of their daughters her These consecrated girls are
dressed in white till certain age according 10 the VOW and
Il no. uncommon 70 know girls of fourteen sixteen