The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-08-15
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Isfe and I.sttszs Of Father Kassr

A life NJ this sweet Christian poeS anu
.,.;tar has Just been published,
,vritten by John Edward Bowden' TOW
- ,,r;ters have so strong a hoid On
~ Catholic mind as Father Faber, ana we
80 : sexv extracts from criticism OF uhe
work: r,, q
X. 49,, ~ whom these words are more
anni;cable than to him whose beantlI9i ana
tnuchinr life Ia NOW before US. nus III
Tnence extends far beyond his native iandi
hia works have been translated lnUo aih zoe,
ali Enropean languages; his words Sink
snta the heart, and have moulded the
nLaracter of Catholics wherever the faith
e peter ia held; his voice brings comfort
N the Inourner, courage to the IaHeFlpS,
Teace to the troubled, strength GO tue weah'
His intense and genuine humility Is
.ataniI;np reproach TO our own vanity ana
self conceit; his tenderness and forbearance
con+rasts painfully with our roughness and
impatience; lis heroic penaBces IA the
midst of life of continual pny sicai
snffering shame our cowardiy self-indni-
nance and shrinking from pain but, above
ali. his zeal for the glory of COO, ms thirst
for sonls. and his devoted charity, nave
left MS an example which is ABLY sunn iattl
mn in the words of his biographeF: "He
served Jesus out Of lore" 4, .ho
OF Huguenot origin, and porn IA the
yicarage of which his grandfather was tne
.,,os,u,Ssnt he beran his religious life in
rbat ;s now called the Evangelical or Low
Church school. This was likewise the case
at that time with many earnest ana t 20 Se
right. and pious by inclination, they could
And no vent for their feelings put IN that
revival of religious spirit Wnicn, aovtsS
forty wears ago, FIRST replaced bhc aPaeny
md f26iffero1ce which characterized the
Church Establishment at the beginning OF
This century. Whatever ne undertook, 7.
Faher did with his whole heart, and, by MS
~renial persuasive manner and grace OF
person and of mind, attracted others 10
follow his steps. Hecouid not Ve WCnouC
svmnat,v. and that especially in his highest
Thoughts and aspirations. And then, IN
Il cling of despair at the equal inconslstencies
between the doctrine and practice OF his
own High Church branch OF the Essaoiisn
Inent, he quotes the words OF Cafa ~ mn
Wisenan whom he still terms the
Romanistr) :-"I cannot but look upon her,
as + shonId upon one whom Gods hand
hath touched, in whom the light OF reason
ia iiarkened, though the feelings OF the heart
has not been scared; who presses 10 ner
which once contained the image OF oil she
loved on earth, and continues to rock tne
cradle of her departed child.
While still a Protestant he travels on the
Continent. His visits to the inconsistencies
dspel his prejndses ~ ne sser mao o as
the poorn of the English Protestant his
torians. Their improvementsiD agriculture,
their assiduous study OF literature and the
f,ne arts. and their care of the people de-
pendent upon them, are In strange cohtrast
to our preconceived notions.
Dresden disgusts him. He writes -
uDresden is the first Protestant capital we
have seen abroad, and l never in any
Roman Catholic capital saw the Sunday SO
EearFulIv nrofaned Yet, year
after year we are assured in England of the
connection between Popery and whatever
ia disagreeable in the foreign way OF keeping
SUNDAY. No person who has not been
abroad. and heard, and seen, and investi-
gated Tor himself, would credit the extensive
system of lying pursued by English traveI.
i<,sasas----A inc
Isuul;lr Church abroad and whether the
lies be those of wilfulness or prejudice,
ignorance or Incidence, i do not see much
20 distinguish in the guilt"
While in Rome he writes e.
.rUpon my word the interest of Rome
is something uncomfortable, even to one SO
little interested in art as arf. 1t is quite
different from any place have ever been
at bless God that there is such place
npon the surface of this sinful earth. What
pfety, humility, seh-sacriice, SANITY
Grandeur have not come across, with
aWfuI admonitions of history and monu-
ments of faith. / feel as / should like
to satisfy my feelings b5 walking barefoot
aud bareheaied in the shrubs, as one would
do around the Holy Sepulchre Mt Jerusalem;
so present docs God seem in this ny sterieas
city,
A few days afterwards he had an in
4eryiew with the Pope The Holy Father
said to him =
"Yon must not mislead yourself by
wishing for unity, yet waiting for your
Church to move. Think of the salvation
of your own soui.n +. Faber said ne feared
self-wiIl and iadiVi1na' judging. He re-
piled, ~ you ate all iaituidadlS in the
English Church. You have only external
communion and the accident of being all
under the Queen. You know this. You
know that all doctrines are taught amongst
you anyhow. You have good wishes. May
God strengthen theml You must think
for yourself and your own soul" The
Holy Father then laid his hand on F..
Faber's shoulder, who kneit, and then on
HIS head, and said, 'Afay the grace of God
correspond to your good wishes and deliver
vs,,, frota the nets (insitIiel of An@iicnniSm,