The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1870-04-03
Re TIE FEET OF THEM THAT BRING GLAD TIDINGs OF


NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAl
did see, maam, such sweet face since you
were borp, ma'am, and such beau tiful eyes
and hair. Oh, maam, if you would only come
and look at her while she is asleep, ye'd think
she was made of wax"
81 do not understand you, Betty poor
little sufferer that is angel in my house,
it = i's;G -5e.s and where did it come from, ~
il ,,;nh ;nh he, :, mistress.
men hea is, and wh14. ;. rn',. from; mas am,
tier schoia creature don't k..& ..self; but
vaiue.- The porter, brought it to me in the
ngn1 q last night. cold, wet and half starved.
| psr maaln, if you, could have seen the tears
Szozen on its pale cheeks it would have broken
f.sour heart. 1 couldn't stand it, indeed 1
couldn't, maam; SO, as couldn't get to speak
to you, 1 washed the dear creature and put her
in my own bed, ma'am, and as could not ask
! your permission on account of the great folks,
I've come now to tell you, and ask you, if you
plase, ma'am come look at it ~
Attracted by the novelty of the account, as
well as by Betty's earnestness in giving the
| details, Pauline submitted to be conducted to
the room, where ineekly and without muir
mur, almost without sigh, innocence lay
Storm she must have perishcd that night. Aud
| though she had been warmed fed and clothed
with almost q mothers care, her fragile form
had suffered more than it could bear
| burning fever had come on it in the night and
there poor Marie lay in broken slumber, de-
| 1rious An unnatural glow was on each cheek,
OUT ner lace ana neck were WNlto ana clear
alabaster. At intervals she moved her thin
lips and seemed to speak. Pauline, deeply
| touched with the sight of the beautiful being
before her, spoke not, bat, kueeling beside her.
| forlorn sufferer. 1t was some time before she
spoke, but her lips move again, and
Pauline catches the low whispered words:
| "Holy Mary, Mother of God pray for us
sinners, now, aud at the hour of our death" I"
and after a pause, Holy Mary, pray for poor
| little Marie she has no hoane no sweet
l I, IL, lx~..
"Sweet babe ~ said Pauline, sE what hast
thou done. that you shouldst he made to suffer
| SO much :"
Suffer, maamR yes, only look at her poor
darling little feet,' said the tender he arted
Betty, as she gently raised the coverlet and
removed some cloths from the clIild's feet did
you ever see such gashes in any ones flesh
before ?"
"This child must be mmedateiy attended
to, Betty. Send for Dr.. Writ, and request his
Instant attendance at the hall And in the
meantime prepare the little chamber adjoining
mine, that she may be removed there soon
as she awakes. L will protect and nurse her
myself; at least until we can discover her
parentage."
God will send you some blessing, ann, for
such charity that; and you are not dis
pleased with me for what Pve done, nla'am I"
No, good Betty, unless it be that you did
not tell me sooner. l fear she will die"
CHAPTER III.
The following morning Miss Seward devoted
DcN HrSC leisure nOur TO Gn6 care or the lnnO-
cent being whose sufferings had made such an
irresistible impression upon her truly generous
heart. But she had now been for some no
ments seated in the library, in anxious ex-
pectation of the arrival of Miss Cra Word.
when she heard a carriage draw up before the
hall. The next moment the friends were
locked in each others arms.
"Wei, Pauline, )" exclaimed the light hearted
Isabel; Though l AIN not doctor in divinity,
L am at least punctual in my theological
engagement; and whatever my deficiency in
f.,1 Lzn
compensated by this array of authorities"
displaying as she spoke, several books, by
means of which she hoped to Danish the
unaccountable delnsion under which she sim
cerely believed her friend labored.
very attentive listener"
"1u the first place then, Pauline, with res
pect to the dark character of the followers of
the delusion you desire to study. Where il
a spot on the habtable globewhere their miser-
ahle priests, aud still more miserable nuns
not to be found building their churches
and their so-called religious houses stealing
the hearts of young children, corrupting young
women, and Wheedling off tho very flower of
"Dear Bel, You know 1 am perfectly igno-
rant yet of the Catholic Church"
Romanist Church, if you please, Pauline"
Just as you please, Bel but did it ever
occur to you that being everywhere, as you
say, throughout the habtable globe, may be a
reason on which they rest their pre-emnent
claims to the name of Catholicf Merely being
found throughout the world would not be
sufficient to condemn them. They must be
shown to be doing harm in it."
"That is precisely what am now going to
show. You remember said they rob God of
the worship due Him alone by transferring
their alterations to dead men aud women. Ii
l can now prove this to your satisfaction,
would you not think they were doing harm
enough in the world, dear Paulinef"
''I certainly should, dear Bel, and should
need no further evidence to satisfy me that
they are guilty of the most hateful impiety
and abominable idolatry."
"Well, listen to me patiently, Pauline, for
have much to say on this point" She then
went over the oft-refuted arguments about
alterations of the saints and added: " You
know the second Commandment says, 'Thon
shalt not make unto thee any craven image,
or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven
above, or that is In the earth beneath, or that
is in the water under the earth thou shalt not
bow down thysclf to them, nor serve them.'"
"Bnt<iid not God Himself command images
to he made 2" -
"Why, no-Parline,-that is,-yes, He may
have done i'll one or two instances"
In many instances, dear Bel. God com
mandch Moses To make cheEal,i,ms Of gala, and
to place them the meTcy-seat where He
Himself promised to meet and commune with
Ia 4 ba inns ,,f