The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-03-07

sso,1 eaisfl aot create man for man. Nor
sonlds he found governments for only hnman
sses;aa cf worlds. God could propose other
End fhan His own glory Reas0n nsserts this
s snosamantai truth, and we hear 10 echoed by
David resehoed BY soioaasn 4. era rsssuIaaeo
= God has made MI for His own giorys That ~
for Jesus Christi f0r the glory Of the Father =
ms divine Son, tho Z Brightness Or fsis eternal
IiQht--the mirror of His majesty the stbstan-
tai image of His gpodptss1 # y in favor of
ts.s= a:Ssae Son, says the PROPHECY that when
the Father begot Him in tie-day ct eternity,
He Disposed TO him the nations for an inherit
slree--for tie limits of his possessions ae nc
corded him the boundaries Of earth ~
An creatures are forfned for Ills service, The
son,iur. What q Sublime planl How nagnifi-
cent q whole s--nntnre created l0r hnmanlGy-.-
.sisa Humanity for the Son of Gods and Through
Him all finds rs WY back again. l.kc rivers
Bessre, Is ven Is after the Re0enlp ton, God
ordained all Thugs with view to Christ His
tor-y In Z. <4rnnsa, Of which Jesus Christ II the
hero, The npparxtion of the Word hibernate is
the crIfiainafing point of human annais. IL
the christian philosepher stand on the noun
tain Of and cast nus syssf 9seF me ans
ish as he gaxes he sees Through the eievation
and overthrow OF peoples, he comprehends the
vioissitudes Of esTthe saesess,o1 Of empires ].
vays for the passage c the Man-God, and of
the hera1ds commissioned by him to announce
good tiSiDgs to tho nations Even now, when
fhe saviour has already c0ane--now that he has
lived. and loved, and died In the flesh for the
Children Of His heArt--egen now, 1 see al ttstng
accomplished, with view to the Church Of
fnrus To her advantage. Alike in persecution
as in glory she triumphs. The elevation OF
f3fA1es their crises and their fall; In her view,
all concur alike "a the aceosnpi ishment o. Gods
Son IN hnmaaisy. In tho ehain of human
ereslts, she sees not continued line OF pro-
gress She sees on earth no eyer-growing per
fecSibiiity. Increasing or decreasing atctua-
ton she attributes to one unique end--tbe sal
Walton of Humanity Through the Messiah. Her
philosophy Of history il ID her faithf For her,
Christ to come, or Christ already come, is the
ifalnrlenrai idea of the world For her Christ
Eas redeemed the world. For her He eomnu-
Ilicsttes To the xvoEfd Gospel.trath and Gospel
life; atsd when He shall come TO Judgment, He
win examine men on their submission to that
Church which He constituted to conduct the
world to yigtue; He will weigh every iota of
their lives in relation to that Church, whom He
commissioned. to lead tho children OF men to
10 execute the Harmony of History, a
.diFfne priaeipls rules the world and this
principle IS revealed in Christ, and developed
IN His Church. This is the divine idea in
which OIaniscience planned, and omnipotente
executed the universe. In that idea Christ 9n;t
the Church are insegsrable They form one,inz,
Invisible whole. he is the 53fidegroem-5 sfie
tie Spouse. Through her humanity entefs his
mystic body, and Is Incorporated as ipembeEs of
flaA divine head He ed reseas 70 h4s the ss.yys
teISpus words iirst heard in Eden This Is bone
qT ~ BcMes, AID Gesh g[ ny fesK. He is head Of
tho body. and that body is4as the APOSTLE tes-
t5fies1 the Church *
Aud WHEN this Apostle enumerates the Won
ders wrought in Christ; when he signaiizes
Him "a above al principality, and power, and
xfFtue, ard dominnfign, -~ab8xs every name
ts,at d tsgncds net only I'M this world, hut IN
4lsis,wa aa 4prt nader &ha Sayiaurs feet. alter
prafinr that tho q Father Of glory the God
of Our Lord might enlighten the faithful To
inheritanca he sans up the Sublime enamera-
tion by declaring that this Church "is His body,
and she feEness 81 Him ~ lglsofa sce have beck
ckQses bsfoys he foundation Of ths spoxla z,
aH1ae harden Of events assemblies ON the broad
ssreun Of history--a magnificent array OF nonu-
zienfs Attestiig the empire of the Christ, and
testifyng that this nniyersnl empire is exercised
f ss ps5pssSly sls an sgsey g sle
itself into asplsndfd anrecia-.a Eight ey4hiing
through the ages the fornl of = Sien--the
Church the cry q oss soasssnaty, as says
that cannot be removed, --ne THAI asiiA1 the
nails thereof be taken away fore ,-zneither.
skaiE any of the cords thereof be broken r..
Only there Is heard flae harinonY Of History J!
Only there, says the sublime Asaiah, Only
there is the Lord magnificent III ~ ~ ~
The Christian Church can occupy in history
no lever positson than that occupied by the
Son Of Goa himself. As He sonaEnantls the en-
tire scope of hs1manity--as He is the divine
idea tEiat il felt in the G0spel--as He is the
Canticie of orr soul, and the light of orr intel
IiQeilce so Is she the mountain of the Lord
HufU Fhtuh uHtiUHs TfvEE:-e EiIe pro-
phesied Jefusazefa@ ilpoit which tho glory of
tho Lerd is risen Fin her light walk the
nations ia svlles.-tlae- prophet
portrays the majesty of that Chnrch, as she
numbers the days Of all earthly existence, he
feels that earth has not days enough to witness
her RagnifieeAee; AID fss:si tito illustEious
promises made 10 her for tiino, le transports
with him cur minds iisto eternity, to tho con-
femplatinn of those splenaors Ml4ish shall Hlu-
inine Der, when she shall no more intve the sun
for her light, syhen the moon slFillAno morn
shine npon her, when the Lord himself shall
be her everlasting light--when tiic days of her
mourning shall isa stiiteIl. Sea Isiiials CO.,
fTo be contihuei.t
Frnrn an s1,lartera we see ratnrna made.