The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-05-10

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ments of bygone ages; the moralist may expose
the most delicate folds of the human heart, and
probe It to its very core; the philosopher may,
.n ME cI,'osl aseo,sy observe and denne the
and Catholicity is not alarmed! Catholicity
invokes, encourages solicits your boldest ef-
forts for Ct the al your earnest
1abors confirm her teachinrs, and that your
genuine discoveries add new gems to the crown
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How interesting to observe the noble heart
endowing with it's own hobleness whatever it
loves! How resistless the influence of this
large and fres America which transfigures all
things and persons into likeness to itself!
The question. now recurs: Will tho Paulist
Fathers succeed in their darling object of bring
States to the ancient faith, + can state some
of the grounds Of their own unbounded conf
dence In the coming supremacy of their Church.
First First, It's past prog1 e has been startlingly
States one Roman Catholic bishop, ffty-three,
priests, and about ninety Thousand members.
There are now seven archbishops, forty bishops,
three mitred abbots, about three thousand
one hundred priests, sixty five Catholic col
leges, ffty-six converts of men, one hundred
eighty-nine converts of women, and (according
dred thousand Catholic population. In other
words, in 1860 the Catholics were something
like one SEVENTEEN of the whole population Of
the United States; they are now about one
sixth! They have also increased faster than
the general population of the country. Thus,
between 1910 and 1850 the general increase was
thirty-six per cent the Catholic increase, one
hundred and twenty-five per cent. Judging
from the past, our Roman Catholic brethren
conclude that in the year 1900 they will form
one third of the population of the country, and
and States of ft.,fhe property of the Church
increases at rate still more rapid; since, in
addition to the new purchases, the Church
shares largely in the constant increase of the
value of real estate. The only class of laborers
in the country who always earn much more
money than they need are domestic female
servants and they spend most Of their surplus
either in direct contributions 70 the Church On
in bringing scross tho OCEAN new members. Al
2 T1ie, female servant can appropriate ono
How many Of them choose to do % is inown
to housekeepers, and, still better, to bankers
who sell small drafts ON Ireland and Germany
Then, again (as Father Heeker fails not to
notice in his recent contribution to tho Rowe
Generate of Brussels, upon La Situation ReIisessc
des Etsts Unis, our Roman Catholic brethren
claim claim 70 ne better Propagators than we can
Catholic families are more numerous than
Protestant. This august and holy mystery of
generation the ancient Church invests with
tie indissoluble. Father Hecker is wrong In
| attaching Importance to the hateful thing
called free-love; and to the kindred ADJOINING
isn Nothing ever excited deeper or more
general loathing among Professionals than these
things did. They had but few adherents, and
were of account. MOrmonism also which
he mentions in this connection is an excep-
tional and transient triumph of one vigorous
Saxon who was resolved to have a harem with
out taking the trouble of turning Turk. But
the great number of divorces, the very frequent
revolt of parents against the sublime duties of
their lot, the murder of unborn offspring the
dying out of the old New England families,
their ancient farms occupied by healthier Euro
Peans, mostly Catholics-these things, Father
Heeker thinks, prove the complete impotence
of Professionalism to impose and make respected
the rein which public morality Demands and
announce the coming supremacy of Church
powerful enough to guard the issues of life
Now, the best man is he who can rear the best
child the best woman is she who can rear the
best child The whole virtue of the race
physical, moral, mental-comes into play in
this most sweet, most arduous, most pleasing,
in this world. If, therefore, it is true that
Catholics do this work 80 much better than
Professionals, the case is closed we must all
ths ra Ha.aomes, or make up our minds to see
too vast and awful a subject to be treated here
L will venture merely to express the conviction,
that the first people to discover and success
July practise the art of rearing children in the
new conditions of modern life will be persons
who will seek for the requisite knowledge
where alone it is to be found-in science.
These will communicate it to others, and then
perhaps, the various churches will adopt, hal
low, and impart it.
Our Roman Catholic brethren dwell much
"I'H VIC ohoi mous eApeise OF Une IrOUeStant
system, as well as upon its signal ineficiency
Upon this point we may proftably consider what
they say. Take the case of any of our vigorous
country town in the Northern States, and what
do we find there! Generally, sir churches
struggling to maintain themselves; sir clergy
men, all in the false position of having to In
struct people upon whom their children's bread
dependsi sic clsrgymen's families, in the
equally false position of being nominally at the
head of society upon thousand dollars n year
and donation party; sir organizations at |
tempting, with anxious feebleness, to do the
work of one. And no Catholic can discern any
great difference between them. He cannot see
for example, why the Methodists and the Epis,
copalians would not both gain enormously by
re-uniting. One would gain the power and Vi |
tally of numbers, the other would gain in de- |
corum and dignity. The Episcopal Church
would no longer rest under the blighting stigma |
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