The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1870-05-22

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i nss 1atelY night; his very disciRles ooul
fnce HAecE oass shots hour With Him oIl
2 sns wicked were; ~ they svsr are, abroai
~ one Of his Disciples be was betrayed
~ another Of them he was denied /: bv nj
= OF taem he was f0esaken: ON his gloom,
ascent TO Calvary he meets but one familia
iace-alas! too familiar not to a9orav.s,
ssste or dereliction already too oppress
I've. The Mothers sorrow only inten.
sihed the agonysof the Son. Great sorrow.
h.e anything else really grdGt, is always
soneary. He is accused by those he most
nad loved; by those to whom he had come
20 give new lesson in the virtues long
forgotten by their race. He is accused. as
MS followers along down through the lanse
OF centuries, have been accused but where
is the credible witness to maintain the ac-
cusationf
T. he was charged with sedition. while he
was peace itself. He was CHARGED With ro-
"e'non against constituted authority, yet
Nc PAID what would now be termed his
pon-'ax to even the gluttonous, Ibidinous
AlDerlus. He was represented as the ipciter |
~ .ufouiehce and riot among his demoral-
i1eo countrymen against the domination of
tne foreigner; yet the political representa-
1--WE OF that foreign domination proclaimed
him JUST.
.' was customary in those days to set a
'uipr't free, and the astute politician who
represented Caesar, hoped that by remind
~ 'ne popnlace of the national custom,
70 .ou1o enect compromise between popu- .
Ari'y ana his conscience but the spirit of n
e'oiu1ion had scared too high: there was
fesi criminal, and that criminal was set
hoerty. History does not, we are some- q,
mes told by those who know it oaly bv 4;
ame, repeat itself!
NO sooner is their victim surrendered to ~;
% obstinate decides, than thew set tn "
ork at their sacrilegious mockerv. For q -,
yai mantle they throw across his shoul-
~ pale reddish rag, for a crown thew
'e nim wreath of thorns instead of n -
pure they thrust reed between his of
gers. With very few exceptions, regal a.,
'norl1y has been usurped by force here ;do
Iorced on the person to whom it right -
" belongs uS
ne ragged Eabble spit in his hii face; thew s;a'
p him, they scourge him, thew slan b;s 4e'
the nrel;m;,,.,;oo ", "oweVer' cips
'nicn they are the prologue. Its plot. =.
'ts incidents, its circumstances and all
So1ai episodes, remains to be unfolded
sh nil was the scene a theatre, close a..s
IGN TO the earth, the publication of
IL was TO keep pace, IN iacerse ratio. sN,
the thlckening horrors crowdine on il Jugs
yet not too remo+o f.. on IL; it we
b the result uos IN w zens
aess One ess.n+;.,,s -. on'eo to be
on lis own shoulders the instrument f 1A
10 torture: an expedient of refined
" resorted to but once, and that once ~, =
hen. Yet that exhibition of crneltv 'Ao :"
lecessarv for ~. " oiueity crete
Ice. The sacr;e.o "a 'he dropt
was sacrificing himself for man. and 'e e',
f the sacr;eoo ' 'ne per1ec- sible
om;tted =. "o uieao oc- chanc
we refs, 70 - - the Our
we reIer to-crucifxion was reserved
YES: Tod submitted to the serv;le ,' '
ation, to make the boasting freeman
th free ;ndeoa AAoe"en our ne
Saviopr +b;r.t. provid
hi, l.
Ailn LIS ungrateful creatures mix A.
tef Ingredient of an additional in o'
ne rags he wore are torn from his - -,
g shoulders, and he is left naked ,ne
No, whose touch had restored siobt 40"
hnd' Is pierced through and throucb. ""' a"
'n at this distance of time and place .n'
ow overhear the dull knocks Of the Oh 'he
irving the nails between the muscles o"ner
feet. which +ro1o,soa pet quit
= of love n, - VI 'ne the rep,
skuA-paved hill, rises the instru- "S =. ~
his torture: humanity can behold lA u Il
ss, which to those who are not 'o'c VIZ
OF 1t, is the unerring finger-post oe uone
rection of heaven. On that Cross "nateve
led, with his arms stretched wide ".sne o'
embrace and bind together the IL is
rims of the primitive humanity. 'na' fea
lled by the very people lie loved .'n,.nal
from the beginning of the world: '''uispen
lie in whom he ov.rIoo,,o, .' others Ii
ings' forgave so many acts of in sAiros OF
j; for whose sol. bo ,souc, exposed
acies. He saw crime committed pro"lers.
its enormity, by the very people several W
nave been best pleased to see in piie'ors
himself. He dies as criminals use whatt
to death in those days, in order estaollshr
mankind that the purest virtue. OF taxing
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