The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-11-05

success, we often busy Ourselves wAsA slo
puzzles which this world IL constantly Pre-
senting. But Rezs is a puzzle which - 2
church Tor q church which IL puzSte,
(which is which y for it puzzles our keeness
vita to know whether and how puzzle can
be lifted into the dignity of church OF .
church lowered to the littleness OF puzzle.
But, there it 10, in black and wniee
before you, kind readers THAT curious
telegram; and does it not contain one OF
the most complete puzzles OF this matter
of.fact agef Aud what is still more puz-
cling is the fact that this puzzle is presented
to the world by grave council OF success
ors of the Apostles las many believeG ana
is presented as the clear answer and serious
solution of a puzzle about certain word,-
and plain, common scriptural word that
had been puzzling many consciences' 80
that the puzzle becomes more embarrassing
than ever for the reason that it is pnzzie
to unpuzzle certain puzzled consciences
For according to the telegram there is
given by certain learned men an answer to
a puzzle, about which they seemed to be
most sorely puzzled themselves;-and their
answer to the puzzle is more puzzling than
the puzzle itself; and yet they wish theiI
answer to be accepted as the clear solution
of their peoples puzzle. That is, they
answer hard question by harder one .
and puzzled themselves they doubly puz-
zle everyb body else; and then as nonchalan'
as you please, they expect every other puz'
zled body to. .ts>quieted by their puzzle =
and to sit down like good little children
and to hold their tongues-and to give ul
putting such puzzles any more!
That grave and dignifed Bishops, in
solemn council assembled to deliberate
upon most solemn subjects, could have
perpetrated such a puzzle is wonderful
illustration of the common proverb thai
"wonders will never cease" That theil
pulling answer to their peoples puzzline
question could quiet any puzzled conscience
or satisfy any puzzled mind is striking
proof Of the lamb-like confidence which
their flock has in them; while the fact OF
their flock having put to them tho puzzline
question is an equally striking proof of the
ings So the more we think Of it the pro
founder becomes the puzzle. IT'S puzzle
piled on puzzle. 'Tis Pyramid of Puzzles
casting its sublime shadow on fhe desert o
"opinioR
Well: - gentle readers - fancy is 4
strange guide. She has led us from tn
Episcopal Convention at Baltimore straigh
to the Pyramid, covering corpses and GOV
cred with hieroglyphics, in the dark Ian.
of Egypt where, as all know, there wa
built long ago House Of Bondage! Nov
what connection can there be, if there b
any, between the Hdpse of Bishops in Bal
timore and the House of Bondage in Egypt
! is another puzzle. But what looks like
freak of fancy is sometimes stroke c
logic.
But let US return from Egypt to Balti
more stopping awhile at Jerusalem on on
way.
1921 years ago,-in the year of our Lor
| SO, there was council at Jerusalem. Th
! Apostles and ancients had assembled t
| discuss certain matters that were disturb
ing Christian uniformity, and to declaI
not what were their nero opinions, BIT
what should be Christian practice and dus.
The council closed aud this was their Dc
claration: "The Apostles and ancient
brethren to the Brethren of the Gentiles
** Forasmuch as we have heard that some
who went out from us, have troubled 90
with words, subverting your souls, to whor
| we gave no commands: 1t hath SCENE
good to US assembled together to choos
out men and send them to you. = TO
| It hath seemed good to the HOLY Guos
and to IT'S to lay no further burden upon 20
than these necessary things: That you ali
stain from things sacrificed to idols, aE
from Blood, and from things strangled, an
from fornication, from which things KEEP
ing yourselves, you shall do WE'LL" Their
is clear, plain, authoritative declaratio
not of "their opinion" but of their pee
ple's duty. That declaration settled tn
question. There was no appeal from i
There was no puzzle about it. They spok