The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-07-28
The JeSultS.


has been inaugurated anew in Europe.
Comnencing in Germany, 1t spreads
rapidly among the nations, and finds
Kindred atmosphere even in some Of tao
spanish American States. In view Of cha
phenemenon, IL becomes Of interest 70
know It's cause, OK caases. The enemies Of
CathOlicity say that it .is because tho
Jesuits ara dangerous intriguers. Csths-
lies say that 1t IL simply because they are
among the truest and most intrepid stand
ard bearers of the Church. >: :soia 80 ~
Whether this latter fact be properly as
sigaed as the cause Of the movement or
not, there can, at any rata, be NO doubt OF
it's existence as . fact. The whole world
is the battle. field OF the soldiers Of st. Tg-
natius. Their trst victory was the com-
plete check of Ptetestantism. Where they
mot its swelling tide there It stoppe
When they spoke, the spreading scourge
Of heresy stood still and the boundary was
Rxed, beyond which 1t should not advance.
Then, turuing to the East and West, they
went forth to conquer for the Church.
provinces equal to those which, like the
fallen angels, had revofted from the truth
and thrown away their glorious birthrtght.
Their standard was nothing but the oruci-
Ak, and their victorious route was traced
in blood. True, 1t was their own blood,
and Japan, India, Canada, the Mississippi
Valley, Mexico and South America soon re-
stored to the sway Of the Church those mil
lions of which lust and vice; in the guise Of
religious by pocrisy, had robbed her in more
favored lands.
Wherever the Jesuits were left to struggle
single-haLded With the power of the Devil
and Of the flesh, they were uniformly sue
cessful. But the world saw and grew
alarmed. The world is essentially the
enemy, of Code kingdom. The powers Of
the world, the princes and potentates can
not bear to see the homage given by their
subjects to tho Almighty. They desire all
power, all glory, all homage for them
selves. If they consent to the existence of
Church within their dominions, it is on
condition that they shall mould and fashion
it as they choose, that it shall be mere
instrument of worsLiping and deifying the
STATE. They cannot understand the dis
tinction set forth in the words, ''aive unto
Cesar the things that are Cesar's and to
God the things that are Gods"
SO the nations and the Kingdoms and the
powers of the world combined for the de-
struction Of the Jesuits-that is, those who
are like unto Jesus-aud for while they
appeared to triumph. The Order was
everywhere prosecuted and expelled, just
as is being done now in Germany. An
edict for it's suppression was even wrung
from the Pope, and, like its divine Master,
after it's crucifixion IL was doomed to a
temporary entombment. But though dead
it was not destroyed. 1t arose again to
life full of pristine strength and vigor.
Cesar's triumph was only delusion God
can never be cheated.
But history speaks in vain to fools. By
fools we mean those who "say in their
hearts there is no Cod" The chief of these
| at the present time ID, to all. appearances.
the Prince Bismarck. Pulled up as such
men are with self-conceit, blinded with
the baleful light of philosophy, deluded by
a success which the Almighty has given to
them as the wicked instrument of chastise-
ment upon those whom He loves, and at
tributing that snccess to their own ability
instead Of their own reprobate fitness for
evil, the warning voice of the past has nc
lessons for them. They are always will
ing to carry on the same old war against
God, let but favorable occasion present
itself
Now, Mr.. Bismarck thinks that ouch ar
occasion is offered to him at present. In.
deed, for many years he has been laborins
to bring about that very occasion, the mi.
fcation of Germany. As long a. independ
emit Catholic States existed, he dared MOI
attempt persecution: Prussia had to con
nive at the worship of God. Now tina
there is NO independence, the State alone
must be worshiped.
He consults neither gratitude nor justic'
in his decree. He forgets that Catholi'
.valor gained those victories which resulted
in thu triumph Of upffication. Ho doas NO