The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-30

IC MESSING EE.. SUNDAY, JUN
1EA.FsY Words About controysrsyy !,
Although thu grand old Christianity Of
the New 1mtssent ID, sikea Chsist, One
and 'isdfyl w. sAe Ingenuity IL modern
ref9rmsfs las divided Il Into more frag-
nsnts shasEs easeto .eaaat.s These. tfrsg-
ments are the ,ssfntise ptspsrtiesaof dis
tines as91l 'E :.a ds 'ses situation
whole ga REistisRity, At least the vary;
best GlVl0k II. Eacls dienouiinatiou has
minister's whose duty 1t is to preach up its
fragment and to preach down every other
fragment. Some Of those ministers are
journalists whose task 1t is to write mp
their form Of religion and their fragments
of truth and to write down ell who contra
dict them. Hence among these various
teachers there 10 ceaseless discussion.
These discussions too frequently degen-
crate into wrangling. This wrangling too
often produces moro Of abuse than of
argument. This abuse sometimes sacri-
fees truth to falsehood. BY some sad mis-
Christ, His Church, few centuries ago,
came topping down over the head of the
Pope and fell to pieces. By some good
luck the Pope escaped the dreadful crash
and still Ives. Out of the rubbish Of
Christ's ruined church, many men built up
many churches of smaller dimensions aud
less pretensions, but Of moro modern taste
har kho old fol oh NJ
modern reconstructed churches, owing to
some defect in their foundations and q
sli2ht shakiness 10 their walls soon came
down. Other men came, and,
cot of these materials, put up other churches
which. in lieu Of ancient grandeur and
sohdity, we're furnished with all modern
Improvements. Still tho frail structures
edifiees were undertaken by religions
architects and mechanics. So that, instead
of the one church of the Christ of the New
Testament which seems to have been
planned aud built for all men without
any regard to their several tastes,-there
are, now, hundreds and hundreds of
churches of every conceivable human
handiwork, most e1quisitely adapted to
suit all varieties of tastes and tempers.
No one, now, can with any reason, com
plain that no church suits him. For there
are churches enough to suit every body,
and besides they can be easily changed to
suit anybody; and besides, as the right to
reform an old church OF to build new one
has not been patented, there is nothing to
kh1-~
the people may desire. According to the
old theory, in the one church was taught
the one way to heaven. In the modern
Improvements on that very awkward plan,
each church teaches way of. its own for
reaching heaven. So there are hundreds
Of ways now to heaven,-some, long,
roundabout ways, - some, very short
cuts and the most of the ways, long or
short, much more comfortable for travellers
than the old traditional way of thorns.
According to the old theory, there was but
one faith now there are thousand,-
and if faith does not suit,-you can follow
your own nose and notions. According to
the old theory there was quite a burden of
good works to be carried; but the gen.
the burden, and prefers, for comfortable,
light weights; or bids you run right
ahead without carrying any thing at all.
According to the old theory tbose who
took up their abode in the Church were
obliged to submit to it's rules.
But the later, improved theory, does
away with all such tyranny. In the old
church there was one head for all; but
modern theory scouts the idea and does
without head at all or puts the emptiest
head on an equality with the wisest.
Yet, whilst all these modern religious
improvements are to be found in nearly all,
if not in all, modern churches, they are not
on that account, identical. They each modify
these improvements to suit themselves;-
and they are constantly improving on the
i'm provements. When they find fragment