The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-03
Winter and its Suiferinqs.

Winter and Its Sufferings.
To one who, in the midst of all those com.
forts and that abundance which money can
purchase, looks around upon his own in,medi-
ate family whose wants are bountifully sup
piled, the advent of the cold and chilling
weather of our southern winters, has no ter
rors. Beside his blazing hearth, beneath his
own roof, enclosed within the folds of soft and
warm garments his storehouse we'll filled and
every comfort at hand which can render life
pleasant, he feels that he and his will not suf-
fer. But let him, for one moment withdrawing
his gaze from the contemplation of the luxu-
ries his wealth has brought him, look upon
another and n far different picture, which.
even in this city, short walk to the novels of
the poor will reveal. How different the scene
The vision of the cheerful house he has Just
left, fading away before the spectacle of that
wretched poverty which now meets his gaze,
but serves to bring into more startling con-
trast the extremes of this life. In small
room, often without bedstead or chair, he
finds fatherless little ones, shivering in the
rags which only serve to render their naked
ness more conspicuous, and III hunger bewail-
ing the long absence of their mother, who has
price of their morrow's bread. This is no fan
cy sketch, it is q photograph, weak but o
true one from real life in this and every other
city.
Reader, our duty is plain. Some of us are
formed for action; of these we say nothing
they find their duty and perform it nobly !;
others, again, too much welded to the vapi-
ties of the world, too sensitive to look upon
IF
posed to contribute of their abundance to the
relief of the necessitous. To them we speak
You have in your midst a society organized for
the relief of the poor, a society whose rules
are stringent that not cent can possibly
be expended in a manner which you would
not fully approve. That Society is working
day after day, year in and year out but being
composed principally of poor men it is unable
to perform one 1.-THE of the good which it
could perform had it the means. Come, then,
to its relief. You can do this in two ways,
first, by assisting at and patronizng the Fair,
now being held at Odd Fellows Hall and
thereby furnishing the means necessary for
of the SO boys now under the
care of the Society, as whole, in this city.
You are already familiar with the history of
st. Nincents' Home; but would impress
upon your minds, before disnissing the sub
ject. one fact; that is, that if the present
Fair is not q financial success, it may be- neccs-
sary to turn these poor little boys out again
upon the cold Charity of the world.
The second way in which assistance can be
rendered is by attending the lecture at St.
Joseph's Church this evening, at o'clock, and
by contributing the largest amount your
will nprmit M a1r mi fac ;c
charged, for the express purpose of leaving tho
amount he should donate to be fixed by each
ones generous disposition and charity. Nor
are you called upon to give these charities
without an equivalent, aye, an equivalent, i'm
mediate and temporal, to say nothing of that
inestimable reward in the next world, which
should be your first and great incentive to good
works. At the Fair On hour may most pleas
antly be spent in looking at the many beauti-
full objects which cover the tables, in con-
versing with your friends, etc. The lecture,
by so distinguished prelate and graceful
speaker as the Bishop Of North Carolina, can
not fail to be instructive well as entertain
ing. His subject, "The Vatican, or Gcumini-
cal Council" is one of which, having been q
member of that grand assemblage, he pos
,esses the most intimate knowledge.
VoTING FOR THE GOLD CHAPEL will close to- |
night at IL o'clock by DR.. E. Doumeing's watch |
He will call time at 10f o'clock, and every five
minutes thereafter until time is up The votes
will be counted by DR.. E. bouncing, NJ. ].
kernaghan and Alfred Damerin, Esqs., in the |
presence of Messrs. r. A. Bourk John McCaf.
Trey, John Henderson, VIM. Hart, and such
,ther gentlemen as they may invite. The
chapel will be delivered to the winning parish
by DIR. E. bouncing.
Death is simply the souls change of resi-.
lence,