The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-08-25
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take y man st his wopd, $50 m afaker se r
ages esWhss, 10 the Word Of est assf n I
speaking ii the sse speaks ~ spirit. 10 |
whiting il the sgs writes AZ AZ SSyh jrdsnens-,
And fret. what OF that, light literatqref
which reveals tho Emotiooat and appeals !
to tie Emotional IL man That ;literatur,e
which ranges from the fugitive pSeml OF the
daily paper up tbsoueh the Literary Week
lies. me.novels, twenty-fiv cents yellow.
bound Romances to the more ipretentious
| productions of those WHO are called nrss-
GLASS, though they are by no means, elias
steal writerss What Is the morale Of tpt that :
literature y It forms the light reading o.
beys and Rirls, and nice young mon ana
langnfd young ladies and grave na ugl rs s. Q,
\ unpicaertain age,-and, even mothers steal
time from necessary household duties 70
seau these saseiuatiug pages; land nota lev
fathers evfnce,, settled an steady az they
. are, . 1w"omanly weakness for such works.
, They TEEN from the tiEeless press. ihes
+ bring steady custom and Large profits IRON
q the bookstands,. They Gil the shelves %
citealatsDg libraries. tI'They npasss ffou
). hand TO hand from eye to. eye: The!
r meet you, ,,everywhess- They. are. doing
,. work. d They ara forming impressione
+ They are stamping their images on count
a lsas hearts They. not only preeen
<. thoughts = but they suggest Thoughts
"a They not only describe emotions, bnt the
;r arouse sentiments. What kindf Yo'
who read, know, Ia ,.5o.r ,.g..st.. =
" Do snoh works make you betters y
- they ennoble' your eusotionsf Do the
be purify your ssntimentsf Do they rein
be in the true, sense of the word, your sens
re- bilitiesa Do they lift your fancies
10 hfxher spheresf-Do they raise your min
=. one incl, above the earth 5-lNo land tn
Iaa who read such works, know it. And VI
act NOT Because in general the writer's
nat such works follow no fixed, high mo-
standard. They write for money. 1t
..d their trade. And they send to the liters
the market just such articles as will comma
:. quick sale and large profit. These writ
the may be better, morally, than their wor
40, but their readers will soon become wo
mo- than their books. Sensationalism is
- characteristic of their style. Everyth
x;th is sacrificed to that;-and that gradua
sacrifices all high moral tastes.
Does reading help to form character !
N:., doesAand very much. What sort OF eli
the ac'ers wiz 49,. - CO., ~. Ia
6rst -sen''Aaen'"S ~. -
.s- Such reading takes all strength out OF
soul. 1t enervates the heart. 1t awai
:. the passions. 1t renders the will irr
lutte in meeting interior temptations.
Ias il puts into very whirl Thousand. e
.ose tions5whieh. had better never have j
lady stirred. ,rlfAI ar. - aar-> ,'s-..'.:
i, T. Therefore, as a general rule, the Catf
Church condemns such reading-claiI
80 IA abe does absolute jurisdiction owe
"A ~ her children in this matter. That
-, literature has been the ruin of many q
f,Sn, and the shipwreck of much innocs
~. What Ia all such literature aboutf
-. What kind Of Lovef Human love.
kind of human loveq Human love
,.T; erned by divine lawf Human love
~, eled on love divinef By no me ans.
human love left TO itself without guit
80 Light, or restraint, beyond the ma
order. Human love that will marry
ret a. divorce and marry again. HI
'oonu love that claims the right to be its owl
a, Judge. Human love that lifts its fee
into a religion,-and kneels down to
, ~ ship itself. Such is our light liter'
~. Who can read it without. being tail
dered VINO o@u LOO" ~ -, =. a.,o..oo
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