The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-04-01
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il this country il beginning to attract alton.
ton, and i is csFtaiHly deserving Of II. There
can be no doubt that every Mavement af man
kind, which has permanently affected the face
for good or evil, has had 1 religious hasis.
That part Of hs heiBg which takes hold
on eternity lends : portion Of it, psrpetuity
svea to the vanishing shadows Of his earthly
existence, aud redeemS the ipajapiapapcs q
earthly life BY linking it with questions touch
ling his eternal veal Ca
OF The theological queitions which marx
the diversity between ahmchss, sects and de
nominations, We have Rothing to say.
But a public journalist t Is our provinces
to deal with all the phenomena of social life
- affecting the we'll being Of the nation.
Why is it that the old antipathy to Gath,
Iolisisn, which the American peopls. iaAssi
ted from their English and gootoH ancestry
seems TO be passing away.
There are many reasons for this-we call
attention to only fsw-shose having amoss
direct relation to our National future.
And first-there is the accession to Cath.
olicism from emigration.
The Protestanism which culmiqated 10 the
inquisitorial intolerance Of The Pilgrim F.
theirs is being diluted BY the iafasiaa Of warm
and generous Celtic hlood The hard. dry,
fanatical, and unattFactiye Yankee Is having
his sharp Angularitiss and repulaive pecnliari-
ties toned down 80 Is to mako even / New
Highlander, who has undergone the diluting
process, being for whom the rest Of man
kind can feel affection and respect
Those with whom he is thrown in contact
cannot but feel grateful to the agency which
has brought about the reformation, and We
thank God that anything has made desccn-
dant Of Barebones endurable.
Irishmen and their offspring are said 70 be
rapidly gaining the ascendency, even in Mas
sachusetts, and when the full blooded Yankee
has ceased to exist there, it will be State
to emigrate to.
Agaia-PFntastaptism in America has be-
come less and less solicitous to inouloats in
the minds Of its youth those peculiar religi-
Gus tenents which usually give such bias to
ill our after thoughts and opinions.
Young America has been left to flourish
not by culture but neglect.
One consequence is that he has fallen ipto
habit Of using his own eyes, and not having
been able to discover under the robe Of the
Catholic Priest the old Evolutionary hoof, no
concludes that his forefathers must have been
mistaken, and that Priest, after all, j. not
to be Stunned or dreaded.
Should his thoughts even turn seriotslY to
the CREST religious problems Of the age, it is
even probable that among the many voices
which distract his ear, be may incline to that
of the Old Church, which comes to him
thropgh the ages, speaking as one having au-
thori.y,
Again--the Catholic Church has beon the
grand conservator Of the Past.
Whatever Of culture came to us atnwart
the dark ages of barbarian conquest and feu-
dal misrule-came to US through her. Though
her hand may have sometimes lain heavily
upon those individual intellects which strYg-
gled towards the light Of scientific truth, and
though she may have hampered with dogma
the FIRST steps Of such sciences az Astranomy
and Geology-yet tAia mistake at theologi.
ans in making dogma the authoritative voice
in domain where it has properly no voice
is 8 mistake not confined to Catholicism.
It is inherent in human nature and per-
yadss all sscts It is the struggle Of the old
against the new.
The Catholic, Ike all other churches, is
beginning to discover that science is the hand
maid and rot the toe Of religious truth. And
true scholar cannot but feel grateful to her
that through her he has access to AL the learn
ing Of the past.
All that is left Of the glary Of Athens and
Of Rome is borne to US in her hand:
Here then we find she polnmends AeFself
to that spirit Of CONS srvatism which always
accompanies culture, and that, always Ahrge
PREPARATION af mankind, who, weary Of eter-
nal agitatiou and change, long to pass their
lives in peace and quietness
Agaia-the course Of the Catholic Church
at the North during the war, as contracted
With tho protestant denominations, suggests
comparisons, which oanaot fail to elliott in
voluntary praise, even from those who are
most hostile to her spiritual pretenaious.
But there is one thing which Aaa had .
stronger tendency ia make Christians Of all
shades of opinion more tolerant among them
selves than any other cause. It is the rise of
an inidelity which threatens the existence ct
them all, the ipsiduous progress Of which, if
not checked, will end by leaving the nation
without God and without hope in the world
We think there are few parents, whatever
may be their faith, who would not rejoice to
see child safe in the bosom Of the Old
Mother Church rather than . disciple Of
Paine or Compts.
As to the theological truth Or erroE iuvolv-
ed in Catholicism, we express no opinion, for
We are NOT competent to do so.
Merely as a 'leoker-on and chronioler Of
passing events we have indicated few Of
The natural causes which are tending to make
the Catholic Church predominant in America.
Whether it is to be lameuted or rejoiced
at is question which our readers must de-
termine for themselves.
Being what is usually called an 'sout-sider,"
We practice the maxim of Leigh Hunt, 'to
like what is Hkeable, and love what IS love=
able" We lid every Christian eatsrpriso
God-speed.
Orr whale practical creed at present is
comprised in three words, "Qo,pn epttA Rad
calism. be it religious, social or political"
The GARDEN.-The garden, under the
charge Of the lady Of the household, should
be aapt Of model farm, sample Of high
farming, which might tempt the lord Of the
manor into better methods Of culture by the
force Of example on a small SCALE HQWeyer