The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-03-03

;. view, the utter and final destruction of fin
? CHURCH, which Christ has purchased viii
LIS nood, and, at the same time, the rui,
OF all that is true and divine. ppre an,
holy, the aHnihilation of Christian Socist n.
oesotten and fostered by the Church. an,
70 oury, IN one common rnin, all publi,
anu private virtue, all the lights of faitI
anu the consultations of hope, all peace and
Ioerty to break asnnder the sacred ties
OF country and family: to blot ont frnr,
the brow and the soul of man. tho ina .a
ana likeness Of God, to wrap the world in
veil OF darkness a hundred fold more in
tense IMAM that of paganisn1, and to trans.
iofm the human race into a wild herd Of
aawEss orutes under the sway of beastly
apPetltes and uncontrolled passions. Snci,
Is revolution indeed such the promised
progress OF the age; such is practical
athelsEl, the rehabilitation of the flesh. and
| Ine prevalence of matter over the snirit
Our ears have heard the sounds and onr
Eyes nave seen the evidences of preparation
for the fray. The conspiracy no Longer
turks in places of concealmeut: it 6es
spread over the whole world: tits no
longer plot maturing in the dens and
io1ges OF clubs and sects. 1t shows itself
ooidly in broad day light, and sends off to
Mans rIe s"ra run points its carefully matured
the immediate and imminent danger is
'oi.y or blindness, ifnot already treason.
And .witiis. the a-.yenly Queen, orr
nsothefS Is thud assaiiea, psrsecnaed and !
c"ntemned by Her enehies. who are owr
l1es aiso;-wiiilst she is basely betrayed or
and the rn,s abandoned 40 by the powerful
Eleeregent of the Son of God, our true
amer and King, is imprisoned in the
vatican, surrounded by demons utterino
snreats or death: whilst new tangled here
sizes siae with the older ones to dash
a aSaihss Tue rock, upon which the imperish-
aoie eoihce OF Christ stands; whilst from
sae abundance of Iniquity the charity Of
aahy mas grown cold, and truths are de- ID
cayeo amongst the children of men," does
lt become ms, say, simply to shut our
Ives up III closets and extend our
,i:, 10 COD for assistance against the I
,n'"ilAites advancing to attach His people ? 1
or, even MS the Israelites of old, to veil +
'ar heads and silently weep on the banks
u the Euphrates Or, like Jeremias. to H. t
Hehc over the ruins of Gods Holy CITY t
no IL does not. Now is tho time for ac
g ~ no :, is the time to put on the armor h
take up the gauntlet. We are offered
attie IN the name of God, let us face the
'leinai iegions. In the framing of the
oHsutution of the "Catholic Militant
mon OF the Cross" two thoughts more
ID inspired by the e A AS oing truly GathOe
C s|engM and durability Of tie same de- =,
yea from the sole centre of unity. the a.
lair OF Peter. AS Catholics, we already M M
we, and we always have had Union. II,
mon, should say oneness, is the very es- "a
nee and exclusive privilege of the CEnrch "a ~,
God, which was founded and built on W. W.
alty. One Lord and one faith ia onr cI
aracter and motto: Our enemies know il vol
81, and from the time of tho Apostles Gn
wn to the Dolinger party of the present I'll,
:, inc cnief efforts of Satan have been to m,
ut, rend and divide, in order that he ;nt
ght reign. ~
5ut, against the proud revolts of human sto
son, against the self-conceit of the wis for
n ana science of this world, as well as 80
INST INST the wilese and violence, even, of inn
lrded and kept in the holy bond of univ Is :
the same word of the Lord, Who, in the in
'!nnlng,, =" created the heavens and fnli
earth, by Him whom the "Father al ma
rs heareth," and Who, before being nail SEES s
w 80. tne Sross ana shedding His blood to feel
Inse her, prayed that she should ALWAYS hoo
one, even as the Father and He are to
, Ia order that men, seeing that unity. fro,
lld know that the Father has sent t tro,
be Tina for d;r;s;or, mus
,ossaI -. oSe anu serious schlsms Gla
RE- of r oI,;o:r';o anu She last and dying Hou
,Uhioh +hno"ta, "nu GaGhoilc Liberal PROF
,o, l.ir ~. holy unity, have the
the adamantine phalanx of the episco- rani
body serried around our great Poptiff sbai
IN, at the Vatican Council, the mai,
solemn manifestation ever Witnessed and
,,;o 10y Vi Cue onu[ch OF Christ. Our ton
nses 51e HoS contenI win attempting shou
4i, ensIaEe OF olVlde the Church, thro
S"eS nave sworn 10 oring about Her cons
determination. Nearly two years deal
9, in December 1869, at the second SEES more
of the Masonic Anti Council held at cane
'es W aoouV seven hundred delegates upon
Tue Vranu Lodges OF Europe and Cath
Iica, MANIFESTO was read with the with
obation and bearing the signature of sion
ardi, the President, This manifestn honn