The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-11-20
NUN Der AZ.

airhid OF the German Protestants, because
they abound in pietism, If not in piety .
az II pietism was less opposed to true piety
than phii"sophism to true philosophy and
rntIonalism to the Legitimate use of reason.
what then7 Are we to despair of the tri-
hmph OF the Catholic Church if God AL
mighty continues to bless the arms of
Prussia and realizes all tho ambitious
wishes of Count Bismarck
Surely not God is all wise and au-
powerful. We know that he directs all the
events OF the world to His one ureat end
ana tnat TO attain it, obstacles themselves
serve MN MS means. But we possess nei-
ther HIS wisdom ncr HIS power. and while
we are absolutely certain that He win sup
ply our iinpotency, we are obliged TO make
an our efforts in order to avert the obsta-
cies ana To use the means which are within
the scope of our limited powers.
IL we admit that rule, the only one which
may safely direct the exercise of Christian
zeal, It seems quite evident that we mist
pray Tor the conversion and the restoration,
of Il people which, in spite of all it's fnil
inss, is still one of the most powerful in
strnments in the hands of Divine Prari
depce for the fuflment of his Ineteii,,2
designs.
Each ration has it's qualities and, by the
F.. right use of those qualities, is destined tn
give special help to the Church and to CO.
operate III certain man er To the establish
ment OF the Kingdom of God upou earth.
ihat the nations of Saxon blood are called
to take great and glorious share 10 that
Divine work l should be the last 10 DENY:
bnt the vocation of France seems to me
equally usteniable; and the success, with
which in spite of her social aoostasy. r,lapy
"f her children have not ceased to fnlaii
THAT vocation, shows that she is still eapa-
bic OF fulfilling IT still more completely
\ Vile y cured from her anti Christian errors.
Trio French mind hsis an immense foree
OF expansion, which renders IL as puurrfus
for the propagation of truth as Of error.
suppose that, according to the prophecy Of
ne Maistfe, France should again become
thoroughly Christian and England entirely
Catholic; suppose that the daring ana
steady spirit of enterprise which distin-
guishes the latter should be united with
the chivairous and sympathetic tendencies
of the farmer, how rapidly the whole
heather world would be conquered by
Christian civilization!
That is what 'nll loyal Catholics must
nrdently wish and INCREASINGLY solicit from
tile divine lnercy. And why should we tles-
pair of obtaining grace, which, however.
miraculous, seems evidently IN tho order Of
Providence? That the Latin race, imbib-
ing the venom of infidelity after having re-
sisted the infection of heresy, should have
been reduced by it's virnlence to a worse
state of corruption than tho Saxon race by
Professionalism, is neither great wonder
nor a decisive proof that the disease of the
former is more incurable than hat of tbs
latter. "God has made curabie all the ma
tons of the carth;' and she has left among
us too many seeGs Of life to render us like
to S"dom and Gomorrha."
Toulouse, 10 October. 1870.
II. RAMIERE, Sd