The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-03-14


same kind ii asAasiasios Aas asae Tor tisis J
own land. The nlcsaea leul ef che f;Toss
founded the Passionists vi TIL the object Ct I
restoring tie faith to tile Ible of Saints.
They nasd 1fs lainl Id BIS own tlay, that he RI
was . mndman, and yet within q century Of ll
his death Che died in III Catholi ctssp has
Austria orin Portugal. Why should not
the benefits which prayer has Obtained for I.
England be received tor RuEsia also Y ~ y
only necessary to desire it firmly. This u +
| an issfere0sn suunioa of which tho efficacy
1 has been already proved, wifichT have the Z
honor "a recoasReHa TO You, and whiehl
| entreat you to approve and accept.--IfHs-
sian Correspondent Of Tablet. 49,.
9paiss ard The Protestant BiCtes--in the
lEhureh of ST. Thomas, Canterbury, on san
day last, the Rev. DIR. Stewart NJ, Cory DE-
fIiyered a lecture on this subject, being
prompted thereto by q notice which mad
tappeaEed In the Gitiday of u lecture ON spain,
Rev Mr. Marlin had delivered III the Free /
Ladyi0an Church. DR.. MsCorry gave AMI
foutiine or the ancient llistofy Of Spains and /
took come notice of aits recent srevrintiofis.
4 1t WINS, he remarked, spapnlagly believed
that the Bible was4an unkn0gn book IN the
] fSpanish peninsula, whereas taic fact STOOD
forth In the pages Of Fiechier aud Preseotts
that loug before the Reformation, aud
Tshogtly after the invention Of prinfing, u
: tlsibis, by BfotherSof So. Vincent 5P6fre-
rims. WINS published ID Naleaeia sf6ontstlse
year 147s. Every scholar, llsS arther re-
; marked, knew Of the iearnesf Cardlnai Asfn-
ones who fioufished in TIC ffteehtip centu-
! try, who was thesgreet patron of science and
= lettsrs, and who foande5 the ceae DRAFTED Y nj
xersity Of Alcssa HeI persenally snp perm
o tended the printing OF Ithe .Polyglot Bible,
9 one of tho noblest works that ever issued
!. fromsthe press of1any nation, and distrsbu-
y ted premiums TO the most skilled workmen.
sYFrom the Fropaganda press at Rome, Pr.
r M'Corry added sundFy editions of the
Scriptures, Id varions languages were PEE
!, ri0dically issued. In Great fBrssa1n IA, ana
9 Ireland the Catholic edition of the Bible
:. has been again and again printed, SO fBat
o leyery Catholic may have q copy in his posS
= session. The Rev. Doctor promised TO re-
. sumo his subject on Sunday evening next.
Q Abrodth Guide, january 3d.
d fl Solemn Wdrasaq TO Psotestaa,ts.-Onr
: Roman correspondent, In his letter, informs
.. Us that an Anglican clergyman OF home
. selemnly warned his h6ck against attend
) ing the course of sermons which the Arch
bishop of Westminster is about TO preach
r in that city. There is another help for the
" enemy for no doubt, as our correspondent
Q, remarks, the effect of the warning Will oe
Of to increase very greatly his traces audi
l. teuee.-- fFeeklI Re1fstet.. 1ss3 - - -
re The English gentleman named Biair
in whose conversion to the Catholic faith was
ID lately reported, is Col. Blair, of the Scots
he Fusilier Guards. A year ago, he says, M
SIS thought Catholics were idolators, and now
is he wonders how he ever could have been
w Protestant. 49, s4ssg
Id Our Lady Of "A JDfigaen, Belgiaia, --It vii
~. be consoling for the piety of Catholics t
" know, that the Abbey Church OF Our Lad,
of .Afiiighsp is one OF the most renownes
medieval sanctuaries of the Blessed Virgin
1t was the Crusaders favorite abbey, tn
beloved Church Of the Dukes OF Louvain, Q
d. Boulogne, and Of aBrabant, in the heroi
r. days Of Flemish chivalry. From the hand
gh of the Abbott of Afiighen the Dukes Q
n IBrabant were wont to receive the nationa
as banner, woven and embroidered by TIL
t., royal hands OF Adelaide, whose mortal ~
he mains repose within the abbey. Founde
81 in 1893 by Count Henry of Louyain, EN-
m riched by Godfrey of Flanders and his saint
ti- led mother Ida, its -ehdrtuldyia@ eontaint
il, Together with the names of the Duke Q
lly Louvain and the GeuutSof Flanders, tina
ily of Henry III. Of England. Even from tn
de Christian camp in Syria, Godfrey Nv. 9
m, LOuyain remembers with pioas affectiol
me Our Lady of Afiighep, and recomme ads tn
ass abbey to the piety of his children, on hi
i'd return from war; makes his offerings at ia
pa altar of SIS. Peter and Paul, in the Able
en- Church. The brave Theodoric dis ;Alsac'
ru- the friend of st. Bernard, the most popufa
ed. of the Flemish Crusaders, after Godfrey I
ed, IBouillion, riyalled the aforesaid princes
sin his generous donations But the crownin
ro-sf glory of Affiighen is the visit made to it
our the great st. Bernard. AS tie holy abb'
AT paSSea netoIS tne NehotADio StttS<o "a ~
Dir. Lady, and huInbly sainted 1T with Il
eat words q Ace Maria, 2 se heard his saints
9th ton answered HSatus BerBart7e.'' He b
pei oueatied to Affsighen his pastoral staff, an
mad fSffEs, win the CGaIfCB the used force
of ebrating the Holy Sacrifice, is still prcser'
) of ed ia the Benadictine Termoude. The POI
sat ulap devotion towards TIC miraculous stat
eff of A1fiighen increasetf teHfofd inter the Wis
cad of tbs illustrieps Abbot of ClairEau
mas THIRTY thousand pilgrims are said to ha'
ion visited it in one day, and the Abbot Robe
UGH was compelled to- build vast hospiee for q
Q so reception of the knights of the Crusad
hat, But the invasion of the GeienxsS and q
to Calyinistic wars of the Low ConntriC
lay. caused the venerable abbey to be repeate
this " burned aud. ptilaged. In 1850 the stat
ev- was thrown from its base aud broken
was ,,ieces, and out of these two statues we
} in formed ut Mecblin, in 1905, all the fra
) of ments and even the dust of the origin
ers. l,ein0 carefully preseryed.s The last PEi