The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-10-17

list If it was not you, it was your brother
The charge of idolatry is so hackney6d, that
wonder you still persist in it against the Church
of Rome"
"Bnt at least explain to me the belief in the
Real Presence of Christ in the Sacrament"
again asked the general.
- Most willingly would do so if could OK
plain it to myself" replied the priest. "No
more can explain the termination of wheat.
But l again resort To the Holy Scriptures.
The Jews therefore strove among themselves,
saying, How can this Man give us His flesh to
eatF est, John, vi. 52.) This question, you
perceive, was asked even in the lifetime Of our
Lord Farther on it is said, Many therefore of
His disciples, when they had heard this, said,
This is n hard saying, who eau hear it r To
this day Professionals say, who can hear it =
Yet our Lord by one word could have explained
it to them in the simplest sense J; for Jesus
knew in Himself that His disciples maFHHured
at it: He said unto them, Doth this offend
your Farther on in the holy text we read,
From that time many of His disciples went
back, and walked no more with Him p Do You
think they were right to desert the Sayiour's
side on this accountf"
For moment the general unused ere reply
ing, then said, at seems to me to eircumscribe
the Deity in wafer"
Circumscrtbe the Deityw repeated the
priest, in astonishment /" Here, indeed, our
nfuEA4t understanding euds IL is you who
Hunt the power OF Ginsl, and say Christ eQlir
NJ cssssast Z . sns
irs ts5u tEe same
Church. in the different cbapels, the solemn
mystery of Tfansubstantiation Is proceeding
nay, upon myriads and nyriads of Catholic
affairs all over the universe the same dread
mystery dcscends Before it our reason reels
but our fgith bows us down lower than be-
fore any earthly power or potentate"
Would that could believe like you I" said
the general, impressed at the vehemence Of the
good old priest.
Would indeed that we were brothers in
faithw rGioined Father Paul. +" But it is as
Impossible for to doubt the awful mystery of
our affairs to explain it. can no longer
argue with You, but will pray that you may be
enlightened. -fet gan will-do- me the Justice
to acknowledge that did not entrap you into
this conversation, for You sought 1t yourself.
Though you shTank from the worlds dread
laugh, and spuFaed both the fallen mother
aud Innocent child that were ontcasts indeed
upon earth, yet, were You once convinced, i
cannot but think you would have moral cour-
age enough 30 boldly avow-your changed fGi TIL,
or at least not side with IFS Prosecutors"
In thus conversing the dreary hours of night
had passed away, and with the early morning
came the underwriters to finish their Rgst sad
work, and to nail down the coffin. Now, IN
deed, poor Father Paul broke down, and sobhcd
! 10 m, placed lovely wreath of white swectly-
smelling roses in teCiiias fttetcss hands. The
general bent over her, rs ii to take n last look
calm itatuEes.-Mhtcht alas. to HIN
were those OF stranger. ,s
How indiscrimnatcly falls our blame OF
pr3isc Even tho uudrrtakers were struck 10y
the look OF deep woe imprinted on the generals
| face, aud remarked the goodness of his heart
which made him thus grove over an accidental
Now the, sisttrs of Ga. Poor were seen adj
! yuncjnr slowly ito conSasef poor Cecilia to heI
! rIsT fgsUrU TtItu. tt'tt-e++4a began
! to stir, auksoon even Lady Maude made heI
/ appearance, saying she was going to friends
| house to be ont of all the fuss.
! She also remarked the change in her bus
| bands face, and said, 'Why, general, if she
had been your own child you could not sorrow
more
The general started as if serpent had Stang
I him. Ehs time his emotion 80 surprised lie
| wife that she turned upon him her deep scru-
rinizing gazet as if to read into his Utmost
| heart. Then passing near Father Paul, she said
in low voice, What was her motherr
| "a Catholic" responded the priest, in cold
and almost solemn reserve.
| His answer seemed TO have pleased the lady
for she passed ON with lightened step
! vague vision of poor Norma had passed before
! her, but the intimation that the mother of the
young nan had been Catholic completely cut
/ the ctTin of thought.
! Alas, alas how sad a masquerade is life
! Methiuks that IL will only be on the other side
! of the grave that shall literally SEQ each
other face to face. Then, and only then, will
! the dense web of falsehood 10 cunningly woye
| by our words he torn.
| The general followed his iong-forsaken child
| 20 ths grave. But such violent and varied
+emotions had been condensed in SO short a time
| that on his return he WIS seized with shyeripg
! fits, accompanied by fever. He sent for the
same young d4for who had attended Cecilia
after her accident, and would scarcely allow
Father Paul 60 leave his side.
. This was fresh grievance to Lady Maude,
who called the poor pricst an artful hypo,
critic" and scrupied not to treat him with dis
courtesy. But Father Paul needed her not, so
intentfy was he watching the first faint giim-
meTings of light breaking over the wild ocean
of TemoTse heayiHg in the generals breast
As If involuntary, Gen, st. Legsr, IN their
confidential conversations, laid open his inmost
heart to the priest, who day said to him,
smiling, WAY, sir, you have been confessing
unawareBW
The general was yet in the prime of life and
in the fun vigor Of maphoo so be easily shook
,,t1 t.,s attack OF illness but he arose from
! his bed OF suffering an altered man, Que day