The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-06-05

in the Absolute.
The Laying Of the Corner Stone of til
ShHrcn Of the Holy Name of Mary,
q The ceremony of blessing and laying til
corner stone of a new church is not a nov,
= sight to the Catholics of New Orleap,
u "here, thanks to the enterprising zeal an
" ACTIVITY OF the clergy, backed by the gen
Is erous cooperation of the people, sue
edihces spring up as rapidly as if to pro
duce them the ground needed only to b
g toached with the magic wand of Faith
owing to this happy concert of action. New
orleans, long pre-eminent as the citv q
charities, will soon outstrip BROOKLYN a.
the city OF churches. Here we look upo,
the erection of new church, a school
mouse or convent as an ordinary occur
:. renee scarcely important enough to BIZ
notlced as an interruption to the smooth
current of our peoples monotonous bene6.
cence; but in Algiers matters ara some.
"hat d'nerent. In that suburban village.
I'VE forget whether it is the Fifth or Sixtb
Distrlct,) wealth is not at the command of
zeai' nor does fashion, as far as we were
aoie to observe last Sunday, drift church
wards to display its finery. Yet the WORTHY
pastors of the place have more than a sub-
st'tute for both together, and we feel "a.
sured that neither their zeal will be unre.
Quilted nor their expectations left unreal.
lzed, by the good, pious people to whose
| wei1are they devote their lives, with the
learning and virtues which adorn them
The ceremonies of laying a cornerstone it
Is neither our business nor our intention IN
describe. We are no reporter, and conse.
quently will not infringe ON the preropa-
tlves of that vindictive tribe. We give
SIMPLY the impression such. ceremonies |
make on our own mind and ON this occa-
sion the impression left the stamp of nm.
accustomary consolation. For the first
tune in his episcopal life, the Coadiutor
bishop of the Diocese, of whom it is hard
TO say whether he is learned or loved the
more, presided with authority undelegated:
beside him stood a respectable array of
priests, and before him waved a multi
tude OF happy, cohgratulating faces.
which it would have cheered ieven the icv
heart of a-Puritan to take one look Mt.
''rons, muscular frames, sinewy arms and {
stern nerves, whose ,bronzed features. as /
me Bishop, in the pithy, pregnant SEN t
'ences he spoke before the ceremony was L
brought to close, remarked were the e
'urest guarantee that the work then so @
begun would speedily reach a t
uccessful and triumphant termination.
ma the Bishop was right. While the hardy v
ons OF toll are the real muse Gle of a nat;on,s Il
trength, they are also the architects of its Il
enulne nobility. On one of them the 7
hurch was built, and all of them are the a
"Jects of the Church's prediction. The i,
copies faith survives even long after O
rnamental and titled devotion has faded b
ITO lndlherence, or gone to seed in politics. cl
Inc ceremony, as is usual, opened with s.
discourse, of which we are forbidden to W
i've even meagre outline. The GENTLE OF
an who delivered it has a constitutional
version to publicity, and, horresco refereus.
ID as soon see his name registered in the
30 Oh passengers on board the Black Maria, m
see 1T coupled with the notoriety a mere m
'Wspaper can give. We tried to inter- an
eW him, but bootless effort! In the en- is
latic growl, which put the interviewing 1t
ocess to an untimely death, it strikes us, tn
wever, that we heard him grumble that no
nlle his sermon pretended not to be apy me-
tier, it could not possibly be any worse. M,
an the generality of sermons printed in pr
daily papers. Hereafter we shall leave wo
fierce solitary alone. the
The good, hard-working people of Alsiers an
II, we have not the least doubt. sustain am
Marist Fathers in their pious under ma
ing. 1t we were permitted to utter a !
sh OF our own, it is for their comnlete Ger
cess in all their benevolent efforts that fee
houldsbe uttered. In a season of noon bo,
: personal sadness we first formed their so
ualntance, and partook of their bosni- val
ty on the Confederate border. Their os
dness soon caused every selfish feeling the
brighten into gladness by its thoughtful rio,
5; and though in temporary exile VIC T.
at home among them, for though their of ,
was austere, there was a cheerfulness Tn.
is austerity which exhilarated while il still
dued. Meanwhile, however, the young ma,
ion was in its throes, and with a sink the;