The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-05-02

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co whose interests the bent OF his miad i'm
mediately leans, will receive his on;n,.. .
with consideration and res,,,ac+ n y.. .'sas
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uress W sne University VI Of. Andrew, to
the rectorship of which he was lately elecs.
ed, he bears testimony, aIthongf, ,o,as
.;c,,,ad 20 .I,a 8a'nas
~ 'ao W Jana preach
ing which Is to be heard In the Catholic
Church than among any of the numero..
protestant denominations. ous
nae aeplore, ne said In our PRES
enC ihgaer eu w As tne aevotion of 90
ti9 1: enofs anu 80 many precious years to
supJeCGs Whi I nave no Practlcal bearing
upon nle. W" ,. nau = tneosy az oxxiord that
our system, hoWeve. deiecbive IN many
ways, YET oeveiope1 m US some especially
precious quaiities; CIasslcs ana philosophy
are Called tnefe ateTg a"'aa ~. They
are supposed 10 nave an enect on charac-
ter, ana 70 De speclaiiy adapted for crea-
ting ministers OF reilgion. Inc training of
ciergymen IS, If anything, the special OBJ
Ject OF oxford teaching. All arrangements
are MADE WIN o view 10 iG. The heads Of
colleges, the resident fellows, tutors; and
professors are, with rare exceptions, eccle-
siastlcs themselves. Wen, then, if they
have hold OF the rigne idea, the effect ought
to have been considerable. We have had
thirty years OF une1ampied clerical activity
among us cnufches nave been doubled;
theological books, magazines, reviews,
newspapers, have been poured out by the
hundreds OF thousands; While by the side
OF 1T there has sprung up an equally aston
ishlng development OF moral dishonesty.
From the great houses IN the city of Lon
don 20 the vliiage grocer, the commercial
life of England has been saturated with
fraud. so deep mas IL gone mat q strictly
honest tradesman can hardly hold his
ground against competition You can no
longer trust that any article that you buy
Is the thing which 1t pretends tosbe. We
have false weights, false measures, cheat
ing and shoddy everywhere. Yet the cler-
gy have seen TINS grow up with positive in
difference; and the great question which at
this moment is agitatlng the Church of
England Is the color OF the ecclesiastical
petticoats Many hundred sermons have
heard in England, many dissertation on
the mysteries OF the faith, on the divine
mission OF the clergy, on apostolical success
sion, on bishops, and Justification, and the
theory OF good works, ana verbal lnspira-
ton, and the efhcacy OF the Sacramento
but never, during these thirty wonderful
years, never one that l can recollect on
common honesty, on those principal COM
mandments, Ihou shalt not lie, and Thou
shalt not steal. The late Bishop Bloom
field used to tell story of his having been
once, late In life, at the University Church
at Cam bridge, apd OF having seen verger
there whom he,temembered when he was
himself an Undergraduate. The bishop
said he was glad TO see him looking so wei!
at such great age. Oh yes, my lord
the fellow said, u have much to be thank
fnl for. have heard every sermon which
wears. and. thank God. I am 3 Christian
still! Classical philosophy classical histo
~ ana aser .h taxing, rs tney go: no
lions Of men in this modern sec, Leave their
working intelligence prey to wild innag-
nations, and make them incapable OF really
Tf tha "Iaro, oa1 n ,,. tS t no
tory of England and Scotland as, they know
about Greece and Rome-if they had ever,
oeen !augns 10 open sneir eyes anu see &c
aronino among hooks to find what men did
or thought at Alexandria or Constantinople
fifteen hundred years ago. they would
5esthiIence Which is noisoni m,sn ali the air
What insist upon is, generally. that in a
country like ours, where each child that is
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