The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-08-07

Inc following Is the concluding PORTO,
VI lecture delivered by the late Rev. DR.
cummings, pastor of st. Stephens Churcb
new York, before the Young Mems Cbris.
tian Association of Boston:
| Several of Fenelon's friends died IN r.,;a
| succession, and bis loving spirit waa nepa-
srated with grief at their loss. His death
was hastened beyond doubt by the no;@-
nancy OF his regret at these repeated aff]ie.
uons; Why delay the sequelf His work
dnt s zone y. ms views of life, his principle Of
sell, had been faithfully chronicled by his
pen pen, and taught by the example of bis Sc.
rene and patient virtue. His hour was
~ IGne' ana In loving peace with all man
t n,nd, with words of faith on his lips, and
the bright smile of Christian hone on h;o
countenance, he breathed forth his nnr rs
spirit into the hands of his Maker. After
MS death no funds were discovered beIons,s
ing to him. They had been all distributed
among the poor. He was buried without
t pom y. IN nus church of Cambria. During
u Inc Reign of Terror the ancient tombs nf
Inat church were rifled, the leaden collins
were sent to the arsenal to be melted into /
ana their contents thrown into the
common burial ground. But when the in.
sauers came to the bier of Fenelon, it was
he o;. WIN decency and veneration into {
ne city, and placed in a monument erect
~ 10 MS memory at a time when the sepul- {
,nies OF emperors and kings were ruthless q
!! uismahtled, and their ashes scattered L
'iIuiiessiy TO the four winds of heaven. u
till ' i,Ss grehf men of the age of Fenelon
nan he, and none is so loved by men who, :,
pom other points, are far from apreeing y
ogether:: The wish expressed by one q e
~, 49, uls1ingulshed countrymen, that his ir
i sM iiSa might have the same advantage as
ei1gion, has been fulfilled. :"
sfa re wrote iearnedly and eloquently in e
eIence OF his faith, and in refutation OF the a,
,ews OF his opponents; and yet he avoided a.
al MS works the extremes both of fat al
'cognize in him friend, for ali were emu al al
laced In his world wide CHRISTIAN charity: "a
au yet they must bear with u.s. his felloW I'm
a'noncs, when we claim for our Church de
70 speciai honor of having made him the ~
e e, ana good man which all acknowl- fri
ms ne received came from the Inns of de- ~,
'ut catholic parents; and when his last To,
III was opened after his death. the first Al,
'rus read were the following empbatic He
presslons: declare that wish to die If
ms une arms OF the Catholic, Apostolic and sst
rus the heart, and will be nv iudoe. wo
oWs that there has not been an instant mn
my life in which 1 have not Cherished saw
!, ner the submission and doclity of a iori
|. 20 enid A noble tribute, this, and weI
N The -, s.sI uS 70 look not responding stal
h sonnd % ou 10 capable OF producing hall
ms transient reflection presents itself that
arally to the mind, and nothing is hav ,
enlist 1917 .mouSnts Inan an attempt fact
'ment in favor of the Roman Catholic Kent
rich. The claim which that Churcb RE-
, forth to your attention is based of of II
lily by her on her divine right to the ioin,
renee of mankind. She has never re- bean
to snbn';t uAh tne history OF her origin, simp
ny of her divine commission. She clans
Is 10 be the only institution establish that
u This earth to teach man what ia Penn
'sary that he may be- saved, and asks pettfi
ooePts no stinted or divided allegi-- by III
one aneges distinctly that human Quatl