The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-11
roRN1No STAR AND CATHOLIC MESSENGER.
NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY. OCTOBER H. isos:
A CONTRAST WITH A MORAL.

CONTRAST WITH MORAL. n
That the Protestant pulpit in our coun- t.
+rv or. ut least. in large section of It, n
~. s,,,t r. /. level from whence it has long .
cocoa tn influence any largo number OF +
people, is fact too notorious 70 neeo COT
roborative proof. Some OF the most prom"
;nent Northern preachers have not hesitaoed
IN engage in pursuits which are quite IN /
COMPATIBLE with any degree OF respect LOT I
the calling in which they are ostenslbiy
amployed. We find high names blazoned
ma contributors to journals OF equlvocai
renutation, with all the trickery Of show
mans ingenuity, to give it q quasi ar OF
respectability, and thus seduce the unre-
Aecting into patrons. All this is openly
DONE and the guild pro quo no one attempts
to conceal. The " almighty dollar" which
washington Irving made famous, has SUI
,,erseaed every consideration Of sacredness
in high places; and prostituted pulpit
has brought, or surely will bring, forth
legitimate fruit.
In degree, something of this sort pre-
walls across the water, as we learn from the
eminent Protestant ecclesiastic who writes
over the signature of as. G. o." thev'
Lord Sidney Godolphin Osborne, who has
-ocentlv ventured on an explanation OF the
foot that the Protestant pulpit is fast losing
/onv mower it ever possessed. The substance
of his statement is as follows:
assert the pulpit has failed of much it
onpht to have done, and is becoming daily
more weak for good, because 1T has dehc
should be, as the rule, ever occupied.
Preachers, to avoid what they know they
ought to say, but dare not say, wanuer
away in their discOurses. from plainly
speaking plain truths to everything f anu
Sculpture, which may chance to attract,
Int is not likely to offend. Where we fail
ia from cowardice All ask for is just
consideration of our case. Say tha1
London West-End preacher determines 10
mint does SO, would the congregation
hear to be told, in plain words, Bible truth
as to gambling, utter devotion to money
seeking, the giving up of mind and oody 10
mere pleasure hunting in any field, however
polluted by open sin 2 Would not that
nreneher, be he even the most simple OF
bishops, know full well that if he were to
venture to talk to the well-clad and scented
crowd before him about their lives as ne
--xeuld talk to the class of young folks just
contirmed in n country parish, that ne
would be transgressing all rule as to wha
society calls good taste in the pulpitf Doe
net every bishop and preach .,.4 70 e 'n ~
before God, he did his duty from Sunday u
Sunday. he would have to tell his congre
CATION some truths as to their hves "hlci
they would not endured What is the re
suit Sermons are , tam ns ore animate
in delivering religious essay ca!culite
not to offend, when In MS hear1 he ieo'
what shame it Is.
Now. dare one clergyman in a hundred
IL han tn I =
nre.ch Bible truth sas plainly about I'll
dutv of employer and landowner to the
poor as they expect him to preach 10 "a
ppoor the virtues which Heaven demand
from them, and when VIII maxi JIG
better earthly servantsq If your gre
man or any Of the less great ones shou
live n profiigate life, shou he be know
drunkard, would it be Justihable, even
your bishops eye, if you preached at
vices as he expects you 10 attach ehoeo
the pOorT go,
will trouble you with no more for
present, only adding my conviction that
q Church which has failed of its purpos
should be disesta biished' l. THINK my t Inti
have made the wealthy and nooie mt
better and these tell us that our poor
very bad / cannot admit, however, III
all our fault. l should like to see one yes
honest pulpit campaign against hlgh- CT
vice. sh0uld then he less ashamed OF
order to which / belong-the profession
have not yet altogether quilted.
A Paris correspondent of the Lon'
Times, commenting on q recently pubiis
edition of "Nasaillon's Sermons" affe
us glimpse of 9 different race of men,
truly were not afr1id to preach boif
"Jesus Christ, and Him crucifed."
lis What is most worthy of notice is
boldness of the orator, preaching in prese
of the king and his gorgeous court,
denouncing their vices and crimes wi
courage which we even now read with
tonishment The first time that Massi
appeared in the pulpit of Versailles wa
- 1859; he was then a simple priest OF