The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-01-15

d0ole, however, Imam tucH tS:Sm..kl
ness. They imagine that they are ptCau
cling something new while they hash up
the old theme of Voltaire, OF Caln, -
Luther, and of Arius: Have they ioT Y
ten the sayioprs words to o the ALL M'I nations.
consummation Of the world I" Have they
Forgotten the Saviour's words to the chieI
| of the Apostles, "Th0u art Peter, ana opvn
this rock will build my church, anu .a~
gates of hell shall not prevail againsther
What God has done can they nope W ~
/ able to destroyf The Catholic Church,
the See of Peter, and Catholic unity, are
all the work of God, which the malice ..
man, aided by the powers OF heN C ShnnJs
destroy. No, the triumph of the Churcn
over her enemies is certain, and tue grave
in which men imagine her buried ior ever
will be the first witness Of her glory. Inc
Church fears nothing; she knows tnas ne -.
, Divine Founder warrants her oufatlon y.
, the end of time, aud that she Will cohsien
Q her present adversaries to the TOMB more
surely and speedily than she has done my
Q Of their predecessors. Attacked with Tue
8 most unrelenting fury for ages by the COM
}, bined efforts of hell and earth, apparently
: on the brink of destruction, her bowman
;: has often been prophesied by her enemies,
% but never fulfilled. Many 9th Sovereign
@ Pontiffs fell victims to those persecutions'
10 The Majestic Rock of Peter remalneu
c, Peter was put to death. Pius II. Mas
l. banished and kept in close confinement
B. Pina tx. was in exile, and afterward'
IN robbed of his patrimOnial territories Dy
b. sacrilegious usurper, and is now Prlsone
no in his own capital. Thas it ls that tn.
a promises of Christ are clearly mani1esees
Is; and verified when he said 20 o. o. ~,
IL separately and individually, ana 70 W
n Apostles collectively, that He would u
70; with them all days, even to the consume .a.
by ton of the world. This irresistible powe
he1 Of the Church in trinmphing over ~. NC
ic, enemies in all ages has been admlIeL, NJ
he acknowledged even by several iea ,Hho fro.
ed torians outside her communion, VINO! ao !,
Or their hostile prejudice to her docelimG ;n'
to we'll IA their inimical feelings again,
her supreme visible head on sat.,
err the successor of St. Peter, couau -, ~
er- be suspected of partiality' "a, Am1 foiHiowiu
ern naracrapb the beautiful but remarkao
it's words OF Lord Maculay -. mere 90, a.
as. and there never was on earth Wofh eo ~ ~
MI, serving of examination as the isoiu@ ",i,r,
md thoIic Church. The history OF that ~.
a.s joins together the two greae age; w is /.
ana civilization No other institution 70
the standing which carries the mind paeh
han the time when the smoke of sacrif1ce alo
yet from the Pantheon, and when cameiopn :,
and tigers bounded in the flavlah alnp.
ong theatres. The proudest royal houses
IN but of Yesterday when compared Win ~,
nple H. nfsrnreme Sovereign Pontiffs. III
this line we trace in an unbroken series III
9 + OF the Pope who crowned Napoisp% nno IN
INC nineteenth century to the LopI
the crowned Pepin in the sixth. and tar oeye
nor ,1 the time of Pepin. The Catholic Gnu n
2o,- ia still sending forth to the furthest emu
wo- the world her missionaries, as Jealous
l the those who landed in Kent with August
ribie and still confronting hostile kings VIVA
ican same spirit with which che confronted
:sOo, tia The number of her children Is gr
mil en- than in any other former age. her
zee as uuisitions in the new world have more
Compensated for what she Lost IN the
8 iano spiritual assendency extends over
wing vast countries which lie between tne P,
eneed Of Missouri and Cape Horn-coun'
ut It's which century hence may not 'mPIoD
it, go contains population as large as that "
i-rate now inhabits Europe. Nor do we see
van sign which indicates that the term OF
fleets long dominion is approaching: sne
.iatic, tba COMMENCEMENT of all GoverEm
to an and of ali the ecclesiastical estaolisan
hting that now exist in the world, and we i .s
IT the assurance that she is not destined 10
mt by the end of them all."-Uniuerse
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