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

together an assembly 20 crowded and -
brilliant He says:
at ID from the desire to please their
master by. initiating his respect TOT Of me
tention rather than to implore the Divine
mercy The eyes Of all present in this place
are turned towards the prince the prayers
Of all are addressed to him and ms pro
found prOstration ct the foot OF. this altsI'
far from teaching us to respect the Lord,
before whom great king, who has, ss u
were, the cares Of the earth upon him, BOWS
down his head and forgets all the grandeur,
teaches us only to make use OF rehglon Ior
our personal interests, and OF the fav0rs
with which he hOnOrs virtue, or those VINO
assume it, and thus raise ourselves W no"
dignities and grandeur"
The following passage, suggested py re-
cent disasters abroad and SURPRISING mle
ery at home, strikes at the king himseif, MS
courtiers, and the whole nation, WIN d
boldness and majesty truly wonderful when
we reflect before whom it was spoken:
az have already said it. The anger OF
! God visits us for our crimes, and the enor
nifty of them ascends even to the throne Vi
His vengeance. He has looked Gown Iroili
his eternal abode, says the proPhet-gfos-
merit de ercelsO s0nctO su0; and He has seen
the denominations which are in the midst OF
us. He has looked down from Heaven, anu
He has seen these denominations honored ny
his people; rapine and injustice IewaTaeu
and the most frightful excuses authorlzed
by the highest examples; monstrous anu
insane luxury increasing with the Puolc
misery. P3osperit de ercetsO sancto sue. ne
has looked down from Heaven and beheid
} MONS sovereign encircled by dlssoiute
|, court this .ourtier now among us, ever
the servile imitator of his master, becoming
here his secret censor; plety on the throne
become more hateful crimes multiplied ny
restraint; the perils of debauchery the STU
,1Nsk
q mulus to its excesses; amoision unuei ~. .i,e
: mask of piety obtaining the largesses OF the
t sovereign; hypocrisy enriched with Dement'S
that should recompense virtue; and reiigion
7 more lishonored by the vices ana the aftl-
r fees of the false just than by the l!centloqs-
ness of the avowed sinners. And then NJ
has poured upon US the Walls OF Ills wrath
4 He has given up to the swords OF our enc
mics our children, our husbands, oul
7 brothers. and our friends. He has breathet
t upon our armies spirit of terror and panic
a and He has baffled all our projects"
o The king himself was not spared nor III
s vanity. his sorrows, nor his faults left un
n touched. Massillon did not, however, fai
h i'm respect to the sovereign, and the DELI
: cately turned compliment which he ad
o dressed to Louis XIV in his first sermon
r Versailles was followed by murmur OF ap
1t probation But he sacrificed nothing to tn
IF desire of. pleasing and to the very last u
% proclaimed the truth without fearing @
d caring for disgrace. He SO little feared Oils
he grace that, in the presence OF majesty, !
st his third sermon, he compared the KING I
he David. q the violator of the sanctity OF Il
at marriage tie" Without hesitation or en-
es barrassment he reminded Louis OF Ramih'
he and MalplaQuet:
as Battles lost, even when victory SCENE
to most certain towns believed to be lnpret
e. nable falling before our enemies; State
CHI and provinces wrested from us the mo
e. fiourishing kingdom in Europe visited
id. all the calamities God can pour out uPf
ed nations in His anger; the court clothed
ed mourning, and the whole OF the royal ia
els ali but eXtinct--such, sire, is what the Lo
in His mercy has reserved to try our piefy
i These sermons give us an idea OF the u
= erty and independence which, even uno
the the despotic rule of Louis, before whom
eir proudest humbled themselves, the pulpit
the the ROYAL Chapel of Versailles enjoyed.
Ids preachers proclaimed what they believed
em be the truth and the king listened to s
eat mons which were not mere hohday
uid courses, meant to procure him pieasl
'wn distraction, and were still less lhsil
in adulations to the courtiers.
his
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the Tribune recently contained an article VIII
t if it is hard to reconcile with any degree