The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-22


the other. And when, by. honest means, by
the effort of labor and of morality, the pros
perity of one shall ihcYeAse, there will no
longer be fear anywhere; there will be Joy
and pride everywhere. All little States will
say, we have one protector the more; and the
great States will open their ranks to welcome
there this new and puissant auxiliary. But
how much more strict and sacred becomes
that unity, if il is considered in the Christian
order i have recalled already the admirable
doctrine of ST. Paul-the nations have but
one heritage, and form but one body
y0RcorUorOIeS--ope of those new words
which Christianity has created to
express the new ideas which it
bore to the world; the idea of cosmopolitanism
and true humanity; the idea of the city and
of the people of God Nations have more
than solidarity, than concorporality, because
they are participants in the same promise and
in The same love of God by the Word, and in
Jesus Christ; co-heirs of the promise in Christ
Jesus by the gospel. Gentlemen and ladies,
| recall the first appearance Of the sign of the
cross on a gentle flag. A prince, whom l
only name with a reserve. because. although
he has been in certain relations a benefactor
of the Church he has, in my opinion, done it
much harm aso-Constantine the Great-at
that moment he was great, because he com
bated the blind and vehement resistance of
expiring paganism; in one of those prophetic
dreams, as great men on the eve of the
great events of their lives and of the
life of the world ever have Constantine saw
Christ holding in his hands-strange thing.-a
weird-like flag, and on this flag was drawn a
cross. The cross upon the hag--it is in the
first place transformation of war, since it is
it's destruction. Transformation by Justice
and charity destruction 10y peace. No more
war, since that the celestial beam has en-
graved the cross on the labarum, unless it be
a Just war, war made solely for defense.
against violent aggression and as a conse-
quence against war, and for peace. Every
other war is pagan, even when it is Christian:
for soldiers of the Cross of Jesus which it
profanes, will avenge itself in judging it, at
the last day. No more under the standard Of
outrage, hate: no more vengeances: no more
cruelties: but on these fields of horror aud of
moral beauty the same hands which will have
made the wounds will draw near. trembling
with emotion. and almost with remorse, to
bind and cure them; and i'll place
of the barbarian cry sof antiquity
woe to the conquered, one will no
longer hear, or longer see. anything but
love and respect for the conquered Some
day--late, after ages perhaps, but in the
thought and in the life of humanity aces are
days-the light Of the Cross will enlarge on
the prophetic labarum and the standard of
combats will no longer be anything but the
standard of the immortal triumph of peace
In the present age of humanity universal and
perpetual peace is only a chimera; in its
future age it will be q reality For me, have
always believed-and to-day shall let escape
my secret in the assembly of my brethren-I
have always believed that in future more or
less distant, humanity would arrive. not, in
deed, at complete perfection, which is not of
earth, but at that relative perfection which
precedes and prepares heaven. After the ruin
of Jerusalem and of Rome after the fate of
the Old World, which was predicted to them,
the first Christians, heirs of the promise
which was prophesied, did not expect imme-
diately the heavenly eternity; but temporal
reign of Jesus Christ and of his. saints, and a
regeneration and triumph of humanity on the
earth. l await, itI also--this mys-
terious millennium, the profoundest
truth of which errors of detail
cannot alter. / expect it; and | compel N.Y.
self to prepare for it, in the humble but faith
full measure Of my labors, of my heart, and of
my prayers. believe that the peoples like
individuals. shall one day taste the fruits of
the universal redemption of the Son of God
made man. L believe that You and / shall
behold from heaven humanity more humble
and more proud, more gentle and more
strong, more just and more loving. more
noble, in fine, than ours: then shall there be
peace. Over the cradle of our Lord Jesus
Christ the angels sang, in the soft majesty of
the Christmas Eve, glory to God in the
highest, and peace on earth to men of good
will. And over the tomb which he had left.
as over the cradle of his new life Christ has
himself said: II have overcome the world. ]
give you my peace The future will rear
the promise of the angels, and the gift OF
Christi the double hosanna Of his cradle and
Of his tomb. The future does not belong to
violence, but to meekness and that will be
the accomplishment of that other word, one
of those also which shall not pass away:-
BLESSED are the meek, for they shall inheri
the earth.
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