The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-07-17
JUVENILE COLUMN.
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RELIGION. :. ( !.
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: ments who - most dangerously wOunds
ana who, 4 know, 10 exceedingly anxio,
70 eee priest you would do me q persol
Mycr, sar, ~ going to see him at ono
! learn that he has been carried to n
3 Afmory Square Hospital.n
1n1s conversation took place in one .
t the army hospitals of Washington. thre
days after the battle of Coal Harbor. Va
~ ~ We as ~, summer OF 1856, between Capital
=. OF the st New York Volunteers. an
the Rev. Father McC., chaplain Of ,severa
, hospitals in that city.
Inc good father hurried Immediately &
} me hospital named, and after while foun.
me wounded maD.y A bullet had passe,
Iiihrsect.y through his body, making q ter
must prove fatal. The kind father visited
MIN every day until he returned to CON.
seriousness, when he heard his confession
and properly prepared Him for death. But
ne dd not die. Contrary to the expecta-
lions OF MI who saw him, he was, BY the
providence of God, restored to health. and
ne Ie now jealous teacher in one Of onr
Sunday Schools.
Inns Is told not simply for its own sake.
but for the Lesson which it contains.
VOW, dear young reader, you know that,
unfortunately, there are bad men in the
t Mo.ld many Of them were bad boys, and
Iney had grown from bad to worse. Now
God Will not bless them; unless they try to
Oe good, and If he does not bless them thew
get 20 be worse aud worse, until thew he.
come 90 bad a. to even forget the good God
VINO made them, and try to bring into con-
.Smpc ms holy Church. and to ridicule
those who follow its teachings.
Captain T. was one of those men Who
oy long association with such men. had |
become addicted to saying many irreysr-
ene things against the ChuEoa, and during |
the time he had served with Adiutant M
wno was the only Catholic officer in the
- pHnn Ia . s,fr
marks about his religion. But the Iis;n-
amt, when boy, had loved his Sunday
school, and had learned his catechiem =,
veil that when he went ont into the worII
% could explain andsdefend his faith-and
his he did mildly bnt firmly whenever it
'ecame necessary-he therefore had many
discussions with Captain T. and his Other
omrades, and although they did not agree r
nth him, they found that Catholics We're .
OF 80 bad as they had supposed, ana thew +
espected him for his courage in uDhol1ing
is principles.
You see that this is true fro10 Captain
70 anxiety to have his friend attended nv
priest, it shows, too, that he respected a,
I'M great deal-more than if he had. like -.
good many unworthy Catholics, been
'hamed of his religion. VOL E
NOW dear young readers learn from this
DRY, which is q true one, the Importance N
loving your Sunday School in order
at you may learn your religion. Gre
sion," as o great bishop has said, ~that ST
ccor1ng power which sustains childhood
- consoles old age in the paths of life. si'
Iennmes 80 rough and rugged; which
tlcipates ourfalls or repairs them which
spires us the pious regrets, the holy re- Go
'rses, and the second innocence which
pentance gives us; which teaches as the
r OF God; that ilial fear which Bossuet -,
ls the hrmest support of virtue and the "
lndataon OF human life, and which is the
ut beautiful Of Fears" Attend the HOLY FL
'ss and hear the sermons and instructions con
the church regularly, the trace and =
owIedge derived from these, together i
ID good mothers prayers and q firm
pose to dare to do right, will make YOU
ornament to society and the Church,
make you respected by all, by friend
foe Guardian Angel.
very boy hopes he will be a great man. 'e'''
is ambitious and does not intend to re-
N ior ever as he is. 1t is well to de
re the honor and esteem of all who know
to be spoken of in words of respect, to
leld high in mems thoughts. So, boys; w
lyate greatness of soul, greatness Of this
racter, before all other kinds of great rang rang
}: be noble and above all meanness or and
mt. be brave and far removed from all SID
Is OF cowardice. Be honest, never In p On
king an untruth OF acting a lie. Be have
'clentious, be Trustworthy, keep your lates
misses as sacred things. Be eager to do
3 good work. Do not try to appear Ma,
you are not. NOM
Is sweet privilege, before we leave
rooms In the morning, to 60 to God Gen,
ask him to give us help and strength
III that shall happen to us during the NH
., ask pardon for our sins, and d go n' to
ut peace with God and protected by
angels. And tlAre are many times
! we may pray besides morning and
ing. Whenever we are tempted to do
3, give way to bad temper, OF any Loci
) fault, we can lift up our hearts to
and he will hear and help us. Letus,
resolve to be more prayerfdl, pray The
tor ourselves, our friends, and for aIGt
who have done us harm, if there are SEW
Mach
r, n For
&c r. a.. yOu ever nStice ting L
yVo uiu you Lave seen tnaG other
% not move as yours does, or as your
lovers does. You and he can turn
eye towards Many without
ng your head, but a fy's eve is fixed Q
q its head. Now what makes mn for
cling able to turn it 9 will tell Won.
scots eye is composed of a great MANY Gamer,
eyes. These little eyes are half balls. Aea,
re SO placed as to look many different
s,n F. s1 that can $55
to another. In fy's eye there are
such smaller eyes, eight TWI
and in both. In the two eyes Of a
n fly there are twenty-five thousand, A.,
sch one of these little eyes has nerves sew. 8
Ii the powers of seeing perfectly in the cas-
ne direction. go Lord, how mani s s9USf H. :
ro ThV yv0rka in wiadnu rTho,1 hoef car one