The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-06-12
NUMBER 10.


"Pspal ImpsrtarbsA1ity."
Aside from the lightness Of soss ruuning
through the following article, taken from
the New York World, it il well weethy Of
perusal. Well may it say: There b No
system of philosophy, no art, no science,
NO secular creed perhaps but would dissem-
BILE into annihilation before the combined
fire of old world scholarship; and yet that
learning would sooner bring fossil tribo-
lite to life than carry dismay to the triple
tiara":
Much has been said Of Papal infallibility,
but another long word in this connectios
has been strangely overlooked, the same
being the imperturbaoiiity q hls Holiness:
minds and folks with missions, recusant
fathers and recalcitrant sons, have in turn
poured forth their lay anathemas o.. tho
old mans head and in return the good
Plus, if one can conceive 1t without ire
verence, has placidly sung the cong 2.
afraid of him and his dogma, aud yet he
and his dogma seem not to be afraid Of any
BODY at ali. What time prime ministeCe
are hunting up shields against the schema
which, by the by, they, profess to think
mere ipse dirit, amounting to nothlng-aeo
plesiosauri to prove that Adam never lsveA,
the good man says his mass and "runs" h1s
council. and cares as little for protest or
plesiosauri as he does for the seven stars.
What to him are the round periods vi rae
mier this or Councillor thatf QaHss Jse-
nraerumt gemtes is the psalm he gives ONT Ter
the day, and the work goes on. What, too,
are tlpcse worldly wise men who Will prove
to you that O sea- crab 10 but the &o9eaeP-
ment of a tree leaf, and that man In his
first estate il the same as viviparous
And who cares for the men
Of mind who pirate Of the light OF tho pine.
teenth century, as if the blessed sun die
not shine as warm in the year one as 1t
does nowa- Also, who regardeth the 'tnis-
sion" folk, or hearkeneth the ear to them
that fashion the world over again better
Pore. If the man of sin, and therefore.
the old serpent, lie has at least the subtletE
IF that pleasant coluber, aud mercifuils
spares himself the agony OF listening &c
hose whose intelIects, like John Browne
soul, are marching on.
Years since there was q good man--eaoeE
Up Overmuch, perhaps, by zeal, QUO estAt
aithful sonI-who trudged away TO Rsme
% convert the Pope; i.e., to persuade che
Pope he must be saved or lost, not IN his,
he Pope's, but his, the pilgrim's way
Much of Europe is in the same way now
Pilgrims innumerabIe are seeklng 20 tnrs
ne Pope from the error of bis ways. ME-
lewdegate, of England, treats linn to q
,rimstOne blast about the Dun1,esies, ana
,ets up q committee to inquire int the
enure of monastery lands. Count Dafa,
# France, capers a polite little note OF pro
est into Cardinal Antoneiii's hands ana
hat rough Hyrcanian bear, Gen. De-
epsacken, the Russ, threatens to bundle,
,eck and crop, out of Poland every bishop
Who votes for, the Papaf plebiscite. Pre-
nier Beust, of Austria, Premier BIS
narck, of Prussia, and sub. Premier An
lrassy Of Hungary tx oe sbs seven as bills
md Premier Prim, of Spain, does worst OF
IN. since he cute Off the priests pay. And
n the midst of it all Pope Plus keeps peg
ring away in a style that were the lase
amented where he could see 1T, wouid
woke grin, and perhaps ntns story'
rom that uncanoDized eaint. FOr the.pro-
est of Enrope's premiere this Plus cares as
title as be- seems to do for the shin OF
and the question fs, w ac IN
he name of all things n0yaolo 10 10 %
lone with such an uDimPressible Pins 40
world but would quake or q crown tnaS
you'd not topple at o hostile rOnnd-Sopin
rom every European court; and veg eAo
Cinema gOes on pretty Tucb as y tnese
we're nothing outside OF SC. Peter M+n-
lowe mere serious than the cDirp M sou
nSr bll0. InSTo 10 NO 5Jo -
INV. un MT. NO science, no secular creed
,er1aps. but would dissemble into ., mild
alton before the combined fires ~ Old
World scholarship and yet tls.s1sanninG
you'd s.,oner briug a fOssiI trilobste ~ Lie
han carry disa,ay 70 the tsiPae. tiara.
II tile Pope has not lnfsiiiOtlieys he nae
IN imperturbability at which w, .tSvaz. As9
,i.ty We leave tp polenlics, but We mn0e
nsiSt ON his pluck being dogn,a thas @asas
,au dispute.