The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-03-07

caqer cara fhc lIoctrircs Of these Hom whom
for the HrHt time they had heetd words ox sym ri
they Ind not besn faaglk ara foE ~ E2ch
that had not fulfilled IA mis- s13sx These Rsses
appear to have bec5r 1irEks1 Ri 1z1sir gersion
GUS IN their ai3ffansity ID b Church fhat oaEik
posed md better informed ok the laity still
clua& III the old faith a. large namseEs: and
~ 1nEef the pressure Of time and political
1Gkanee Thns ended tho goldan age of peelesi-
astfeal privilege and popular prosexati0at the
itrrolanes were the ministers Of tks Church,
served &c but i'll In the darkness, and ya1liahsd
from tie side at the approach Of dawn. mag
sn s sssy Eaa ssat ss
ed nc was an ssfte Of darkness, Ike that which
won't before, In which the light Of free discus-
sion was shut ont, and fhe Judgements Of incn
that at the end al the 18th century, tho CathO-
lics Ia England were reduced to = little discCm-
fited sect, bnddled together ous 81 the sight %
cxistence. For more than two centuries Pro
tessantism had had the gaase Of controversy 81
its own way. 1t had enlisted ON its side MI
she trcachexous allies Of the old Ehszels.-
the Catholics bound and gagged beneath them,
their confroversiaiisfs had proved 20 their own
sasisfaetion that Ropcry was rseksd iaSlsasy,
the belief of enlightcned men forever.
Now Gomez the glorious ags of iron; IN which
steel met steel in the serried Fanks fk dtscus-
It's seabbard, the sword On which the tears Of
si1cfced generafionshad been shed, and proved
to these fnsuiar gladiators, who so long had
been fighting with shadows, that the blade OF
the Church was an sharp az their own. Since
then the champions 81 tho faith have tonight
the good fight for moro than half century,
with loins gfrt and head Greet, with no weapon
but the award of the spirit, and mo vantage
ground but the light Of intellectual liberty.
The proudest championsof the Anglican schism
have lowered their colors. Newman, and Man
ming, and the Wifberforces, and Faber, and
Oakley, aud q host of others I could name,
have become the standard bearers of the faith,
and hundreds of others that the infrmities of
the flesh still keep separated from us are with
us in spirit, and Will yet die under the shadow
of the rock OF Peter. Even those who, wound
ed and weary, still wage the fight against us,
have been Taught discretion BY experience.
the wicked idoiatsiss of the awhore Of Baby.
lon.n One by one the outwcrks of Anglican
theology have been st0rned and carried, and
its defenders are now fighting in the breach.
versy to the practical results among the Conn
lnanity, church after church, models of the old
Catholic architecture, are rising rapidly in
every town and almost every hamlet in Eng
laud, in which the incense of Catholic worship
rises with the prayers of large congregations
thnt FREQ discussion has redeemed from the
ranks OF schisnl. These congregations are not
soul, but Of men and women, rich in allintel-
ectuai accomplishments and who have most
Of them nsade large personal sacrifices, sociai
and peeaniary, for no object or hope on earth
but conscience sake, On the other hand, we
may confidently challenge the champions of
British Christianity to name single individual,
high or1low, rich or poor, mallor woman, edu-
sated in the Catholic faith, Who has made any
lotable sacrifice of wealth, station or social
p0aition in,oSIer to enter INTO their communion.
Three hundred years ago tho English people.
sept in darkness and held in leading strings
y wealthy and powerful clergy. broke from
heir leaders, ahapdQued their laitlls became
z: e 7sssT TIC fsi 81 ~
ftsst fafhers, With q hatred that has been q
nling passion in their history. Now, ON the !
'ther hand the English people in great mum
hers, aud IN tho free ex6FriEs Of their own judg
i, wing faiTly tried and tested the flavor
i thai Peculiar compound called British Chris
ianitS, once SO dear to British tastes, are COM
ng gradually to tho conclusion that it is home
,Pewed, like British brandy, and has no smack |
st the vintage Of Palestine any more than that
II Rome. Tho moral ID obyious--the Church
Il the Prince of Peace needs no aid from tho |
'iolence of man. So much for England--now |
urn to the history OF France.
Whom the fever of suppressed opinion, which |
urst ont in the 10th century, first made its APP
earanee IN France, IL can hardly be alleged |
hat the measures adopted for it's cure were |
1anting ia activity or decision. As o first act |
wholesome rigoE, the massacre of st. Bar
hotenew might satisfy the most zealops adj
Vcebeo-pA UNIV mouS OF tfe8InenG, and al |
hough something like vaeeillation might be |
elected IN the acts of the temporal power
fterwards, the, revocation of the edict of +
santes by Louis XIV, and subsequent mIen-
ures by that exemplary SON of tlas Church in I
he cause of morality and virtue, were probably I
9 strong rs the temper of tho times permitted.
seyertheless, all these acts of pious. rigor, for
Which medals were struck and 9e Deunia sung,
I'D not suceoed in uPholding the faith IL /
eagle Of Eaaas<n= Esstsss-
ng his eagfets with the auivering members of
'rotestantfsHlf and JansenssTG, and Quietism,
urns OF rebetlon against authority, scarce less
angerous, were Matching in his own eyrie, and |
lhfie sPtftnaf pride, That darling child of Luz
ifer, was inipregnating the GaiIican Church
nth the spawn of the old serpent, the Btifled
res OF the human intellect the trampled en-
rgies of. the French people, breaking ont Into
rcnch philosophy and French Revolutionary
nry, were seething around them in ominous
louds, that wrapped the world ia darkness,
nd bee0kened the coming tempest. w nile the +
TORN ragged where was the mighty French
and the proud GailicaM liberties to
nbdRe revolE and opinioni The representa-
ives OF this great monarchy were q man and
woman asking mercy of God alone beneath
he axe in Paris. Ali that remained of this
aughty Church were the meek Sisters of
hafity, to whom the guards of the Reyolu-