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

the MOkN
lament. he exclaimed with his usual sascetc,
6 The New Testament! Alb, yes some
vears ago read the New Testament, ana 1
/ can assure you it 10 . very gooG oooS
Attracted further, he DESCRIBED me a .a;nr s
that the doctrine of eternal painsnppeared !
to him inconsistent with the aHeged good- !
ness of the Creator. Challenger thAt
his own territory, the priest was ena1 .eu
to dissert with sanction nm ana noet's obec,
tions.. He then discreetly took his depa.S
ure. leaving Lillian alone with his friend,
to ascertain and report on the result "a Sno
conversation. The report was iavorao.e,
and the priest was encourage sost agstetive then
anxious, and finally eager: BY degrees !no
nriest Increased the number OF his visits,
| till he ended by attending regularly Twice
day. He afterwards declared 10 tuG Gun
he had never administered so dociie ana
truth-seeking q penitent. His great dlIn
Guilty had been to reconcile With tnS com
nIeteness of the Redeemer's atonement,
, the prescriptions of the dogma IN rega.u
to exterior notification. II 10 nov t tIo
, place here to inquire by what argument tlle
l priest hcceeded in establishing that DOC
) trine: it is certain the poet accepted IL, LOT
0 at his death, which occurred two years
f afterward, on undressing the corpse tor .ne
usual mOrtuary prcpaIaeion, ~
: to he covered with u halr shlrt.
The surrender of his heart also cost inc
n poet struggle, though he ultimately mace
d it unreservedly, and to the compleSee sa'is .,
d faction of his confessor. AS couuieiun "
n, the viaticum, the priest exacted an authen,
d, tic recautation of the Comics, with forma
e. exnressiop of his sorrow for having edlteo
m so immoral publication. The poet meek!
al urged that the writing of the COMES hat
ty not in any way stirred his own e .H rp pas
h. inr III them might not stir those OF others
ed such reasoning, however soon gave wa.
i'm before the earnest eloquence OF pefe 70"
r. let, and the paper was duly signeo I'LL
lat published in the form desired. ;e> .,;.
,ch Far harder was the internal strife WIZ
is respect to his darling comedy: the pee
nat was unpublished, and was his iasI anu 10. a.
to cording to his own Judgment, MS oesC sue.
re- trical production. The priest condemn :
ho- it no less than the Contes, as oelhg hos. l
the fee as an offering of expiation. The pc
ay- sighed. and thought the sentence e
ute severe, but the priest declared stormy
rch. mnst decide between Ged and NAMING
this The only concession possible was tnae =.
red to the admitted sincerity of the poets o'
can, on;nion of his work and to meet this,
TX, was agreed to submit the question, as o
nfui of simple casuistry, to committee Oh ~
With tors of the Sorbonne.
INIT The submission was made, Nuu Uho
loSn
de- Ia Fontaiue thereupon burnt 1t, Wine
,olic retaining sketch or copy; ana as tne
wal, of the manuscript remaiheu az on ,.',;t,
, be 6dence with the memb ers of the commie'
the the subject never transplred, ana 'he Nd
5 on itself is.unknOwn. ~; Nv
day LACED work of evangelizing the great
God Fontaine, he encountered II !oI '4 !,
nh. o versory in q somewhat lnslgnlncaht
esent sonage. This was no other .,ah .he n :,
Rites As did all serving interiors W."
con- 1,ronoht into immediate contact VAIN
noets she treated him as an infant lncap
IF self direction. She talked OF INN al
etri before his friends, rebuked him II ne 81
acred ont of season, and hattereu o' Pon p.
him at discretion. She usually TOOK
,tary. mart AGAINST the priest, whom she consi
"a too hard on his infrmities ana on
occasion she. suddenly interrupted Lne
cussion with an exclamation OF iupa'i.
,,n-ine UEh! ne le tourmentez done pas
~ .,,s Monsieur rAbbe; il est plus bette que
chantw c., ,rsa,s
he'd in ence Law in her constant counterac.l
ature: the abbe's teaching. she was ese.
hakes ing the ns.pEs a'sGns his truthful spirit
a man ;nnorant conclusions. In vain the
18th his nemfnnnded her perversity before I'll
cidedly conIounH i,e GO evenly rebuked his hare
ce hold tle5I : an the sayipg merits c
'erbs CT aho lne',L armless life. One morniu
+ ny the e,ori;ng the recumbent poet with co
quoted, ealuinS aIcloimed. as the pere Pouj'
lily at SION, SUI SUI Adventure. "Say what yor
BILE say SaklnH m' =, Ahhe. the Almighty will
,stance, Mo .,'i, anrac 90 to damn that man.
Shakes nave Ino ,to;na 3,ied 18th of March, i
ngreve's -: La oms~ .e;cbth wear, and was
side nv side with Moliere, in the
breast" 81 of ST. Joseph. His dea,
lcluding Mace at the residence of his frieno
Trics: yart. whose widow took pride III 81
the room the poet died In.
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nd early .ruo11cs1 IN ROME" A
La Fon- ihrsn :, has written a letter
h. A le- nc iii g. r,,;ch he exposes the cove
ave We'd itmeS, a. ~ Trish Catholics who still
we owe ie'ei a f tho Pone in his own
graphical the cause e, Ia II Tribuno lately p,
,duced as paper ca corstructed with ingenic
life and paias11ap Weed that two families
cen more ice. Do Syare g. CRYING out aga
nd incon- 10 VIC ~ 81 thinns 8" the one n
Chateau son auu Wv sHILn aanohter of the {