The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-02-05


grace Of God, and the favor OF the Holy
See, Archbishop OF Cincinnati. to The Clerg,
and Luily OF our Diocese' We msks The
'Ollowipg extract:
beloved brethren and children in God
We sysil ourselves Of the near approach O,
he holy season of Len,-Ash "Wednesday
islttg this year On the 10Th Of Fehrusry-
10 commune with you on the duiy and lhe
merit OF complying fsish!ully with the o5li.
gs'ions which God ord The Church i'm pose
on US at this peni,en,'a; time.
We live with people, our earthly lot /.
cast bmoDg them, sho do not believe in
jesus Christ, One class OF our fellow CHI
zehs, whose ancestors cried out, 'His blood
% upon us aud upon cur children, maintain
'ha, lie was not God, boia vile impos,or
and, therefore. justly slain by their iorefs,h.
ers, and this they teach on every Sabbath in
ther syGseogues. Another class revere
Him as the hottest and best of men. tu, dsnv
10 Him supreme deity. Among these, one the
week arrigns of narrow bigo,ry and devour-
ing tsna'icism,' as il he were not himself
what be thvs dsbounees a bigot and IA.
nsiic-ihe popular religion which conieses
HIM TO be the Son OF God, IS no one else
ever was or can be. Another class. whose
doctrine has been indorssd ss sound and or
'hodex in one of our leading journsls. blss.
phemously compares the union Of the divine
and human nstures in Jesus Christ to a mer
camille eopartuership or firm. We can moi,
proceed, fuii iher. Enough has been said TO
demonstrate that the air we breathe is rife
The society in which we live and move and
have our being is lesveped, If not with Uni
tarianlsm, at least with jnfdelily.
The regulations fer Ian, will teach OIL
how this holy season is to be observed BY
those who come under the law, and Whist are
the exemptions. ~he earliest hers OF The
church enumeraling the many instances OF
fasting recorded in the bible, and The sdyan.
tsges secured by fidelity 10 It's observance,
tell Us 10 The words Of St. Ambrose, iha, TO
omit The fact single day is q grieyous sin,
put 10 omit it all the Lent is sacrilege.-
We need not tear that the mi,ips;ed tsst or.
ds'ned by The Chufch Will injure the heath
or shorten The lie OF it's observer. Iniem.
perance has killed more than fasting. and
longevity with a sound mind iu sound bocy
is the reward OF abstinence.
Prayer and aims DEEDS rs The srch.sn.
gel Rhphael revealed TO Tobias, are good
with lasting To spend good Lent, we
must pray more and pray with greater fer.
vor, commune with Heaven BY the pious
practice Q. holy, aspirations; sssis, at the
daily Macs when possible; be assiduous a,
he evening devotio6s. reciie Rosary: send
rour children ,nd others 10 the ins,ructionsl
'or First Communion ard Confirmation; pray
hat they may receive those great sacra
nents wor.hily. caution sll'who respect your
'dvice who respect the eh urch, who respe G,
he great Penient in the wilderness. ,beirl
brethren who, throughout the Catholic world
re now Offering holy violence 10 Heaven
o stay away from balls, dances and vain
md sinful 'smusenieDts at this pc eni,en,s i
'me: in word to abstain from sin; for this
., above all, what God and the church re.
luires. Let US not have this year again the
norti6ca.ion Of seeing or knowing that per.
ons had been drunk on Ash W ednesdsy.
IN any Of the Lent; or. tha, they died Of
lelir'um iremens in Holy Week. Give
Inns give more abundaDtly; give the mos,
n need; give to the sick poor, to The Boys
'rotec,ory. TO the cared for by the Little
Sisters OF the Poor--as St. Gregory Of
Syssa recommends. What you withhold
rom sensuali'y. give 70 the hungry"
IL the spring put forth no blossoms, in
ne sumner there will be no beauty, and
. autumn no fruit. So, il youth be thrown
way without any improvement. ripper years
'ili be contemplate and old age miserable.
Ia
In matters OF great concern. and which {
'ust be done. there 10 no surer srgumen o, Of I
wesk mind than irresolution--to 70 oe usde. ,
ermined where the caee is 90 plain, and the 4
ecessiy so urgent; TO be always in,en ding /,
. lead new life, but never to find time 10