The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-11
CatholIcity In Galysseon.

catholIcity IN Galveston.
( We find, in little Methodist sheet
called the Ch,istian Advocate, published
in Galveston, q fierce onslaught upon the .
Sisters a Charity Of that place, The charge
IL . rather general one Of cunning and
Quoth the Advocats:
5, We are having repeated in Galveston tbo.a
cunning devices and shfewd maneuverinps for
Roman Catholic supremacy which mark its
try. No people in the world get as much
praise for good deeds as these pretended
friends of humanity. We can point to men
even live in open violation Of the plainest rules
of morality, who do as much for the relief of
the distressed, if not more, than these people
who aim at but one idea-the up-buildfug of
their party.
The proof of this terrible charge consists
in the fact that the Sisters Of Charity have
been put in control Of the City Hospital.
The Advocate admits that the {" fee for
accommodation is much reduced since
their taking possession, and that they are
constantly !" begging from door to door to
secure the necessary means" but finds all
this amelioration of terms and devotion of
energy nero proof of some cunning ulte-
rior scheme, and fully Offset by the fact-of
which it has been informed-that the "fare
is bad, and unfit for the sick"
No.Y, this seyy Christian advocate, In
stead of making the best of bad bargain
until it can be gotten rid of-instead of
coming to the relief Of the poor unfortunates
of the hospital, by urging the good Meth
odists to provide them with better and
fHaio Eavo actin Cd %I,o
policy of pinching them still more closely.
It says, distinctly:
We do not hesitate to advise our people to
withhold their contributions from the promo
ton of these base purposes. We may bring
down upon ourselves much indignation from
those Who are willing to be hoodwinked, or
who leud themselves TO purposes Of deception,
but we caunot, nor viii not, hesitate to de-
nounce such aggressions.
of the sick would soon give them a decisive
chance for better world.
But what shall we think of Christianity
(which judges SO harshly of labors appar-
emily goodi Yes, it says, you abandon
the world with all its pleasures and allure
ments, the ties of family, the charms Of
society, the fascination Of dress; you watch
| Will bASct'ACSS Cy 10 auA SCAeAC tOuCh OScA
the bed Of loathsome and repulsive dis
ease; you beg from door to door to supply
the necessities of others, whose nauaes you
do not even know, but IT'S all for no good
end, it is to build up your party.
One of the gentle Sisterhood might II
vain tell the Christian Advocate that he
sole aim in all this was to gain Heaven
that she desired no earthly reward. No
this stern Christian, who ia not only Ad
vocate, but Judge,-would say: Your OBJ
ject is bad.
Strange that these works of heavenl,
charity aud love go on from year to year
from generation to generation, their La
borers, one after another, borne to tn
grave, in silence and humility, with n
: temporal end attained by any one of them
and yet the world will still see motiv
like it's own in acts which it cannot compre
. bend,-wil never believe that any morta
| really prizes the eternal above the temporal
9 1t is not the first time that CANCELS hav
I been entertained unawares."