The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-11-07
= III I'm IN sat,SFed Tor this world ald the mex

win thc oufu faith.N
There WAS much in this In ;vr;t,+o. a, ~
religious ideas there was to His tl,;ri;n,~ ",
arrogance, profanity, and sometime Tn S', III,
i!isHAaaas reply, which came very near calfipa
was not that tried his patience; bat he
WIS NOT one, as xe~know, to quarrel with 4
hi;tn on MS own hearthstone on account of his
I Icll Sl1h but the crowning paradox of IL ali
,S;oy' ''in man had said :" Pm mono of your reli-
s!!oIls, In Caeholic;" according then, to his
| views, IL was an acknowledgement that he (the
; - .sts without religion, the Catholic reIi-
S ni o. lanth BENG in his opinion beyond the
pune Oh what he (the Elderl knew as Christi
anlty What had he then w hat Tras l,ssi,S,,
! u Iathoic Was that a relfgions fIc thou ghJ
aos' IIh"llcs being id9laters and whore there
" no itoIairH there could be Io religion then
me thonght came up before him with 4 dark
splendor like one of Salvador Rosa's dine pic,
' 5aaes OF one clothed in scarlet, who WIS
drunk with the blood of the saints. Bnt fifc.
Elder SAID nothing of all this to Pafricls Nc
cue, VINO, ignorant as he was of ali worIdI u
iofe, conid have enlightened him upon many
rT,IiS On winch he deemed him ignora at, and
liIiS NJ perhaps nave used his fists by way of
an emphasis, as is an Irislna1l's way when his.
iats9 l As lnsuited SO the Elder, IN his
s' q ia ana gentle voice, only said
ana pray that He maySopen your eyes 10 the.
truth e! MS 1T Is in Christ. mean no offence !.
atioId' put We are simple, God-fearing family
serving him in spirit aud taking no accoutt AZ
outward obserYances and Sims: and while Son
larry WITH us, which you are heartily welcome
i ~ 9 mil the Teads arc saf viii be doing
And is it the sign of the Cross fs.sTied Pat
rick McCue, staring with wide opsh eyes.
% Why, man alivet I always bIesses myself be-
fore and after meat, and I'd be an I'll Riannered
cur not TO, surely"
1t is an offence to us, such praetiees,p said
the Elder land do not think it too much to
ask yon to omit them while under my root, at
least at my tfsl5lt7n-
you think I'd be ashamed of the blessed cross
OF Christ, if the whole world stood foreRent
met 1, that was redeemed by it, baptized by
1T, and expects to make the sign of it with the
last life that's left in, my fingers Let the Jews
that crucihed him, and them that houldS with
them, be offended, but soTra q bit of a Jew or
Il black, bitter Protestant is Patrick McCue;
and, sir, with many thanks for your Kindness,
I'll be of, at the risk of my life i'll the snow,
sooner than stay where daren't make the sign
of the Cross"
And PatricI, McCue got up battoned up his
rough cont to the chin, and was about Putting
on ms FUR cap, when the Elder laid his hand
upon his shoulder aud began to Speak, " Sit
down, SIT down. No man ever left my house in
a passion or in storm. There must be sin
cerity in your error, You would not be SO
ready to die for it. Such doings are strange
to us, but you are my guest, and hospitality
was always something sacred with the Elem
miHgs. hrvg done my tf-rty-hr-fofe GSt,tl- 4tlf
my children In protesting against what con-
slider idOlatrous but while You remain here
the subject shall not be renewed" Then the
Elder could not, for the life of him, help won.
deHug 4 after all it was refY rank error,
ey"n i4olatFieal for n Christians TO m9ke upon
his body the sign of That cross upon Witch the
Son of Sod Paid such an infinite price for his
50 lEiEti;2E Z lant be 1ply said ~ lRil g0aHd
! The snow shOveIS9-and Sg9 S TIT EsETuh
your pack y while Patrick McCne thonght,
Wen, and surcfythis bates Bannagher! First
to find myself somewhere away at the North
Poln, aud kilt among the snow-drifts, then TO
be told that I'm little better than pagan, aud
mustn't bless thyself-and the man with such
straight, kind face on him all tire timet
Sorra a bit if know if he's poking fun at me
or not, it seems so out and4ont foolish and if
he's in airnest bedad, but he's the most be-
nighted man ever met this side the Aigerines.n
CTO be GoptnuedJ