The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1869-05-30

AAoRnIHa STAR AHD cATH0LIc lLEssENGER.
EEw oRLRANs. SUNDAY. MAN 30. 1852.
LETTKR FROM BALT1MoRR. %
BXLrrMoRE, May II, 1869.
saitors saorning Star and Catholic Messenger.
We had Yesterday grand Pc1tifsai nd s;l,aa Mass; p
SeIehrated IN the Cstnedrsi oy p ahe b,rnop 20, 2,
the Meat Rev. Archbishcp Of Baltimore To-
day we have grand parade Of all tho citizen
side IN oaI @ dSesdfni conflict. Il is pleasant to
SEQ, now that the struggle is all over, these
vast bodies of men--cavalry and infantry-
united az brothers, and willing to bury the
You eee ] have plunged, az the poets sag, is
ssedsas res, bat wishing. to give ,you generai
s:sy s.s;=, e take : hsrried view of onr Church.
asr have seen u in coming from cipsesinn4h Hssn to
Having letters to tho good Archhishop,!I II re-
ported At his heuse., and vas receiyed with
that cordially which 2 warni-hearted Irish
Catholic alone can give. Onr nIss inselslew aD9 KS
some sisters-the Home OF the Good Shep-
scurh ss1sn.g s,a maH rss into ons
Sear and then into another. Away We went,
away, hs takes, asking me many Questions
apparent interest as though youfweTs all his
cbiIdren until we arrived at the spot-a fine
block of grounds purchased about thsFteen
wears ago. through the insIrumentality of Mrs.
Peter, asnoble convert from my old Episcopal
3. tsA sAsplendid new Gothic church on the corner,
IL Fiji sad ths good
Archbishop, ais the Offering Of Mrs: Boyle, a
wealthy lady and noble, Catholic, whosd sons 3
are now at VIM. Manning's College in London"
good eistsrs, eash With q -candis I'M IN her hand,
and g, chanting Lofty b % WHILE Lsss ssr
long years Of penance, are now to be admitted
among those scored and mysterious beings
Az, little did the first Magdalen dream that
her fame would ever reach the confines of the
Roman Empire; and yet behold, her sisters
soo a nsi shs sp,ss plomlse Amen, amen Whesensr.
this gospel shall be preached, this that thou
hast done shall be spoken Off Who else but
our God could thus elevate the most to be
The ceremonies being over. it was announced
that we would all go to sec dying sister, who
veil before she beheld the bridegroom. All! it
was 80 sad, bat so beautiful There she lay,
In . small room adjoining the chapel her cruci-
cheek. and her blue eyes looking mp, like
yiolets to heaven. The holy Bishop, in his
beautiful robes-the purple that mocked his
smiling, and said, Well, my child, we've
come to give you the veil before you 60" She
returned his saintation without the least emo
paint that surshine, and who could describe
4 she scene Mary Magdalen, who had washed
her sfLoId's feet with her tears, and wiped
them with the hairs of her head" J" now lay be-
fore mel Angelic hosts had gathered around
The silence was so deep, that their rustling
'wings could almost be heard. Tho solemn
chaast reaounded from tho chapel's roof The
: xeiI .ssas sixen and the bride was ready
~ y sarsh 3 Z exclaimsd abut the
heaven dcscended to earth What v ere earth
withoatits Home you'd lose its sanctity and
penitence its hopess Poesie would be robbed
Reason could no longer find an intellectual
basis for the doctrine of immortality, and the
serpeat would hiss in triumph over the fallen
more the a % Church @ Of Jesus TO I whom shall shall
we goP 'Thon hast the words of eternal life y"
We now descended to a large hail, in which
were about one hundred penitents reclaimed
: Massdalens, all chserful, and as work, sewing,
knitting ste. Oifsone saw, alasl the marks
of fosthsome disease, who had sought this
auge when no other on earth was left them!
Go thy way, sin no more" though uttered
two Thousand years ago, had lost none of its
power, and these poor souls could even rejoice
in the fearful misfortunes which had snatched
Ehem from the world, and Joined them to the
REinaeulate Son of Sod Oh will not some
man, whose follies the world forgets-whose
fortunes have increased, and whose friends
have multiplied, while some of his companions
have sunken down into the lowest depths-will
NOT such an one read these humble pictures
and found another refuge for those whom Jesus
s,itiec, loved, and died to savei
Others weFe yet young, some beautiful, and
several of SO tender an age that felt like kiss
ing the very feet of those holy sisters who,
freading the loathsome lanes of cities, had
found and snatcbed them away from pollution.
- q A1aA-. Z ...eia Ale. iced !. ha
been rescued before they had sinncti," and I
could well believe It, as gazetf ON the ehildiike
faces of several, busy mt work and radiant
with joy, while ,the good Shephera addressed
chem, and felt, / never had before. that
tho Catholic Church was Nring aud eternal
iSsirdclef
But here am the tenth page. and must
Eorbear. Perhaps when the printer cries
"copyp You may iiud even my vagaries con-
2EanSsnt. .--- Yours, -tEuly, y,-----I.-ax-- r.
In connection With the subject Of Church
NDolSation, Which, in these days, causes SO
much " tall talk" in England, there is