The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-10

srEAprAsrNEss AND SIMPLICITY OF THE rYRoL-
EsE.

This land. so faithful in the midst Of the
general subversion, 10 q spectacle that en-
Sects and the corruption rampant on all
the great highways of Europe cannot ma
a spOt wherein to take root. Clergy and
people, gentle and peasantry, are OF put
one mind and have but one aim, ana u
there arises some rare exception 1t quickly
sky. Providence, who ever rewards good
and loyal people, has given to the Iyro,
the great blessing of an exemplary ana
courageous clergy, whose LEAD 10 giaoIy
followed by the people. Bad BOOKS pa9
newspapers, bad teachers, bad laws, PAD
here, but they do little or no harm. In
like manner as the granite OF their own
mountains resists the winds, so the minds
of the Tyrolese are unaffected oy these
things; Trieste confronts the bad news \
papers with its 1Iroler Votksolett' inns
Voralberg with its Voralberger Volksbtatt:
The Bishops Of Trieste, of Bressanone and
of Salzburg, wary and cOurageSus guardians
as they are, raise their voices as peril draws
near The clubs and Catholic societies
which are to be found in every district of
the country, animate the zeal of the laity
and render it fruitful the fathers and the
mothers of families faithfully aud assidu-
ously fulfil their duties, comforting AND
strengthening one another by reciprocal
examples of virtue, frmness and piety. 1t
is no wonder, therefore, that the inauspi-
Cious scholastic legislation recently estab-
iished in Austria, and by which 1t is at.
tempted to take from the clergy their au-
thority in the schools, should have met In
the Tyrol with an invincible opposition
which has resulted in triumph; or that
Dollingerism, the present incarnation of
German philosophical pride, should not be
able throughout the whole of the Tyrol to
number among Its ranks a single name OF
the least Importance, or that in the war
undertaken against the Church it cannot
| and of God can do nothing with people
1 who begin and end their day in the
churches who revereptly salute every priest
whom they meet on the highway with the
beautiful formula, "Jesus Christ be
praised !" who are strangers to pride and
the vices that spring from it. 1t is not
that evil-minded men do not travel these
Alpine roads Protestant preachers, male
and female, come hither also, with their
bundles OF tracts and their Bibles, and
with all those other blessings ~ which
they have bestowed in such large mea-
sure upon Italy but after making few
4 useless attempts they cease and disappear.
Bad newspapers and bad books obtain no
purchaser here, and the preacher soon hnds
out that it is better to be silent and take
his departure. The Tyrolese have never
touched hair of the head of these apos-
: Ties in white cravats, but they whisper in
!, their ears certain words which have often
had the effect of an exorcism. Hence We
meet with phenomenon which may DE
termed unique in SO vast an extent OF coun.
try, namely, that it may be traversed from
r one end to the other without anything being
heard or seen which can cause offence. III
: the schools everything that is requisite II
: taught, but above all is instilled into thu
= mind the knowledge of God and of Hi
: laws, whilst the Bishops and priests watcl
;, with Jealous and assiduous care over theil
: flocks, SO that nothing may sully the limo
: cence of their hearts and faint the purity
e of their faith. The Jesuits, singled out TO
: implacable hatred wherever the Church i
8 persecuted, have several fourishing col
), leges here, to which even Italian parent
: send their children in order to preserv
j. them from the pess which infest many
,, the schools in the Peninsula. Bressanon'
8, and Breguey receive youths belonging t.
- the first families of Italy and Germany
n together with pupils from France, Englan
it and America. The theological faculty G
d Innsbruck, entirely contided to the Jesnitt
1T numbers this year go clerical student
,r from many dioceses of Austria and Gel
!" many, and even from Munster and Erme
it land, who receive instruction in the mos
y abstruse theological doctrines.
~ 1t is but natural that in such a cOuntr
of the present persecution of the Pontl
" should excite a stronger aud more livel
~ veneration toward him than ever, an
% should increase immeasurably the affectio
which has ever been felt for him it is
truth most fervent and persevering, it dot
ne not break forth in declarations, but
g. shows itself in deeds which prove mue
be more than words can convey. When tt
e. news of the horrible Goth Of Septemb
r penetrated into these Alpine valleys, evel
i'd family felt as though the disaster had hal
e. pened to itself; the churches were crowde
he and the preacher who announced tt
Iii mournful event at Innsbruck was inte
I'd rupted by tears and sobs which prevente
he him from continuing his sad narration.
IS Whilst in Italy, not the Italians, but Il
CO Government gave orders sacrilegiously
H. ring the bells, here the people crowd'
IN around the affairs. made pilgrimages, al
r. offered public prayers, and the table of Il
le Lord was never more besieged than duril
wv those days. On the 16tE of June, 600 me
ad the heads of as many families, travers
"a at the approach of night all the streets
ly the CITY In solemn procession, with the G