The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-08-21
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JUVENILE COLUMN.
THE CREATION

H. No auSol OF man cOulu make tree O
flower, leaf or grain of sand. At frs
there was no light. There was no round
bright sun to shine. There was no blu,
sky, nor wero there any bright clouds
Then God said, Let there be light, ani
, there was light"
After this God formed all the waters, ant
called them the sea. The dry land had the
name OF earth given to it. Then God put
green dress on the dry land. He said
Let grass grow, let herbs spring up, lei
there be trees to bear fruit, let the flowers
come from the EARTH. Soon they all came
up fresh ard lovely. On the next day God
made the sun, moon and stars. They shine
on the earth now just as they did at first.
No one but God could keep them shining
for so long time. How lovely it must
have been when the first golden rays of the
sun came upon the tops of the high hills,
and shone down into the deep wales below
Then, when the sun was gone, the moon
showed its bright face, and the bright stars
came out, like diamonds in the sky.n
Then God made the fsh-the great whale
and the little sprat. He made the birds of
the alr-the swift eagle and the tiny robin.
the feeble mouse. Last of all, God made
man. His name was Adam, and he was
made out of the dust of the earth.
Everything was created by God in six
days; the seventh day he made holy by
setting it apart as a day of rest for man
en.
six days shalt thou labor, and rest upon
the seventh" It is a holy day, and we
serving Him.
God placed Adam over all that had been
created on the earth, giving him dominion
things came to Adam to be named.
How great and good is God, who made
all things! We should fear and love Him.
and praise Him and serve Him. The little
birds praise Him in their way. You must
praise Him with your lips and hearts,
Guardian Angel.
SERVE GoD.-The catechism tells us.
dear children, that Almighty God created
us to love and serve him in this world and
be happy with Him forever in the next. |
All'that we do, then, in this world should |
be done for the honor and glory of God,
that we may thus fulfil the end for which
God made us, and afterwards we rewarded
in Heaven for all the good we may havo
done on earth. You would not have been
In this world if God had not created YOU
Since God, then, has been SO good to you
and loved you SO much as to bring you
into existence, and promises to make you
happy forever in Heaven if you are good,
what can be more just than that you should
likewise love and serve Him all the days of
your lives, by often thinking of all the
good He has done for you by often return
ing your thanks for it, and by avoiding
y
God?
It is not enough, dear children, to love !
and serve God for short time only, and
hen turn away to do as you please, and .
,carce1y ever think of God any more. No,
God wishes you to be good as long as you
llso when you grow up and become old !; f
or what would it profit you in the end to q
erve God for few years only, and then t
y doing wrong the rest of our lives lose -
our souls The older you become the =
aore reason you have for being good, be- !.
ngs you receive from God. You must,
hen, while you are very young, make up &c
our minds to be good as long as you live,
nd never to forget yur Creator, but serve
lost faithfully that kind, loving Father in
[eaven, by always avoiding everything A
lat might lead yon into SIN, and by at 4
ending faithfully to your holy religion %
herever you may be, and in whatever
rcumstances you may be placed. an
A great many people, you know, who of
ere good when they were young, are now
st because they neglected their holy reli- Y
on when they became older, and by lead
6 wicked lives became enemies of their
aker, and by dying without being recon-
led by repentance and good confession, raj
'cause their hearts were hardened, they sty
e now suffering the dreadful punishments !,
the wicked, and will never be permitted r
escape from the fiery prison in which
ey are cOnfined.-IJid.
Not long ago, as. two school boys were Ne
joying themselves in honse which was &C
Jog repaired, one of them threw upon -
9 other aquantity of lime and dust, which,
ling into his eyes, nearly deprived him
sight for some time. On the suffering
y going home, he was met by his father,
10, angry at what had been done, vowed
1T the next time lie caught the mischiev-
S boy that way he would throw him into
, canal, which was near by. The child
tened to the oaths of his father, and then
king up to him, though still suffering m
lat pain, said, Father, don't do that. d
t us pity him for not having more sense"
e expression was sincere. The father
it to be SO, and the threat was never
'cuted. Learn to forgive.
THIsTLEs IN THE HEART.-Bad habits
the thistles of the heart, and every in
gence of them is seed from which will
ing new crop of weeds. A few years
little boy told his first falsehood. 1t AL
little solitary thistle seed, and no sat-,
but Gods saw him as he planted it in and
mellow soil of his heart. But it sprung Or
oh, how quickly! And in little time
Their and another seed dropped from it A
he ground, leach in it's turn bearing mate
re seeds and more thistles. And now to gu
heart is overgrown with this bad habit. ,
8 as difficult for him to speak the truth IM
or the gardener to clear his land of the
ious thistle, after it has once gained q g.,
ing in the soil. "Lying lips are an Al
to the Lord, but they that Or
truly are his delight" with
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