The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-03-19
JUVENILE COLUMN:
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AsTORf OF ~ LITTLE DOG.
st. Anhross tells - I sto oa;t sbodt ; listls
dog. This dog wa : bsaIetlal 0featurs.
Il loved IT. maaterJ sit would Hex his hard
Wherever he assI 3 80 ono dine carrying lis
cape, - anotAe HIS key. Il nc Was indeed q
faithful dog, and oGken ventured it, life to
save ~ NsAaApSy 1 Ia the night time, Il rob-
befs eaS1os0 the door, it would bark at
barkfng, they would say, We had better
80 Saway, for the dog il barking, and We
shall be discovered. jgS &
Z Ono day the master of the dog left the
house, and when he came back he covered
his face. 90 that the dog might not know
The dog did not know him, 60 it banked at
him, jumped on him, and slightly bit the
top OF his finger which began 70 bleed.
Then the master uncovered his face, and
the dog, looked up, say that he had been
biting his own master. GreaS was the sor-
row of the dog, when it had found out its
mistake. It lay down with its head on the
floor and began to howf most piteousfy.
Then the dogs master came to it, and pat
ting it on the head very kindly, said,
Newer mind, my poor little dog, you did
not mean to bite me; look up.at me-" But
the little dog did not look up, AID it never
looked up at its masters face again. The
gentleman did all he could to take away
the sorrow and distress Of the poor little
dog; he brought it meat to eat and water
to drink; but all in vain, for the little dog
would never more eat or drink. After q
steps which led to the cellar. When it got
into the cellar, IL threw itaeff down into a
deep pit. For. three days Nnd three nights
the dog remained in that place, neither eat
ing nor drinking, but moaning pitifully.
Towards the end of three days its means
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sorrOwfnl means were heard no more; the
poor creature was dead. This little dog,
as you see, died of a broken heart; broken
with sorrow, because it had accidently, and
without meaning it, done slight injury to
its master.
o, sinful little child! learn lesson from
that dumb creature. Look up at the cross.
On that cross hangs Jesus Christ, your
Master. Come near, then; come near to
the cross, o, little sinner, and look up at
the face of Jesus. See the sharp thorns
which pierce his dying head! See the sharp,
long nails which fasten His sacred hands
and feet to the cross See that precious
blood that runs down, not drop by drop,
but in streams, from the cross See, Jesus
bows down his head, and breathes his last
breath-he is dead! Who was it that did
all these cruel things to Jesus, your Mas
teri 0, sinner, it was you, who did all
these injuries to Jesus! Your mortal sin
bruised his sacred body and made it bleed.
Your MORTAL sin was the banner which
nailed him to the cross. O;sinful child,
look up once more at the face of Jesus
Perhaps you are afraid. You think that
Jesus is angry at you, because you were so
cruel to hun. o, child, you know not how
are you not very sorry now for having
committed mortal sin Z for having wound
ed and caused the death of your divine
Masterf Would You not even wish to die
of sorrow, of a broken heart, for having 80
often offended him by your sins, and caused
His sacred heart such bitter anguish p
Farniss' Iracts. ...~-.
THE ATTEMPT TO BE GooD.-"Try to be
good,n said Emily, "but have 80 many
vexations, that find it difficult to do as I
wisb, for whenever feel smiling and hap
py, something will happen to give me
heavy and disturbed heart"
"Bnt, child" said her mother, "you
should rise above these trifes. A sincere-
ly virtuOus endeavOr, proceeding from
right principles, enables one to overcome
little discouragements. 1t was the confess
sions of a man who had severe struggles
with a bad temper. He said that when he
was o child he was noted for obstinacy, one
of the worst faults of man or child. He
had an indulgent mother, who kindly soft
ened his unhappy hours by devising vari-
GUS ways for his entertainment; but, said
he, Fif she did not succeed in the plan, I
was sure to wear sullen face. But to
teach him how unjust and insensible he
was to that kindness, she was taken i'll and
died. 1t was then he felt how much he
owed to her; and bitter was his grief that
he could not, by future acts of love, repair
the unhappiness he had caused her. But
now that her warning voice could not visit
him, he was left to go on more unrestrained;
and said he, until 1 began to see this
trait of obstinacy manifested in my own
children, never began iRearnest to cor
rect it in MYSELF Let this Emily, be your
warming" said the devoted mother. 1.-THE
little trials of life were designed to answer
to some purpose in children, that heavier
ones are to people of maturity, and just in
proportion as we bear them now, shall we
be fitted to endure life's future discipline.
It is not q small matter, if an evil temper is
permitted to be INDUCED under every dis
Do you remember, Emily,
that ugly shaped tree, that you desired the
gardner to remove the other day, because
It grew disproportionedq and you remem-
Der that he told you the reason of its being
so ill-shaped was because it was not pruned
as it grew pp."
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