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

MOBILE, June 81, 1s7at

iudge,of the ''weather" aud our pretensionAto
in this useful cart" is by no means
to be sneezed at the pleasures of our trip were
our readers for our safe and speedy return.
After few days sail over q briny deep, in -
stately ship as ever Plowed the ocean with
snow-white wings, We found ourselves, on
upon the bay Of Spring Fiji, il the company
imbibed refreshing drink Of cold water from
sailors "canteeu." It was while here, not
knowing what else to do. and being one of
the world is sometimes please /. who glories in
. mishap and who rejoices when the world ia
turned upside down about him, that the happy
selves to the college, with . view to catch
"fsh IF possible, for our readers dinner.
. Happy thought 1t was! for we were not dis
n iieeIo"s ared ISL, wHieS We now serve up iad
our own epicurean sty le to assusge their sehth-
Biological desires. = : - ! ~
Having reached the college, and during our
happiness of listening to as intellectual . treat
as 1t has been our good fortune in long time
to hear, in an eloquent discourse on tho life Of
dite Father Minister. It was purely classical
treat of polished elegance of style, the Ian
guags being as chaste as the ideas were SUBJ |
framing the discourse was evident Throughout,
never lost sight of. 1t was q beautiful, touch
ing, tender appeal to youth, framed in pure |
virtues Of St. Aloysius, the patron Of youth.
1t is seldom we hear classical discourse, now.
a-days, and hence We congratulate ourselves
sense Of modesty for which Father Minister II
remarkable, and from which he could not
divest himself, even if he would for it Is his,
his or of s
made upon as. Suffice it to say, that the i'm
gres.ions were deeper than he can imagine;
that soon, (it would be . shame to hide his
light beneath o bushel.) if not at the college
ct least at the little church round the "eorner,"
which has toe honor to be his m, nsKt door neigh,
title of st. Mary's. After the panegyric OF st.
Aloysius, the patron saint Of tho day, SOLEMN
! given, during which the choir displayed it's
usual musical talent and ability R6ssfnis
grand Tantum Ergo" was rendered exooss-
lively sweet. 1t was without exception the
best rendition Of it we have ever heard, from
q choir composed exclusively Of male voices,
4 whilst Millard's "Ave Maria was above all
praise. Unless we are much mistaken. many Of
college win find ON their return homo next
vacation, . degree of musical taste and talent
developed in their boys that will agreeably
!. Being on the "Hin,n" we could not think of
the departed dead. We like TO roam among
lessons to be learned in their silent eloquenoe-
thero arc seruaons in stones IS we'll a. philos6-
ply In q fiddle. So we wend onr way IN the
Cornstte, S. J. It was our first visit since We
. paid our last sad funeral honors to his mortal
remsins- As the stranger enters the large and
spacious courtyard in the rear Of tho college,
he sees on his right, in the middle of the yard,
q eircuitous pathway, which leads in the direc-
: tion where the statue OF our Blessed Lady re-
YEA srsoon s 'sspi
= north about twenty yards from the staetfe q
a gate, which opens into d Large acid thickiy
studded with pines EnteIningn5y this gate
SiSssslf emerging from the sbisi Sss ssaadsa
pines upon the sacred sac spot Of the deadlths
" Jesut-tbe illustrious geofogist- the renowned
u geometrician-the famous natural phlosophe
g tho truly humble scholar and .fsit hfdl SET
"a want ofsGods GHerO, wi thin o circle, with,
radius of ten OF twelve feet, are resolvingint,
hallowed dust the bones of this sanity 1aan
> He sleeps, alone, not ? soul - distYgb III
il cross, formed By the hand q nature herseif 70
& biril who admired and loved her % much. III
= offering is o noble one, more precious thal
r Whereabouts ofswhose hailowed ashss N %
. beautifully indicates. A orucifx--doubtlsssli
Q the one be, bore thr0qgh ell his, iaissieusx
;. which his, chaste lips and tender eyes efte
{: soul is attaehed to IL by ! smafl psos &c cor
~ per WlE0 W0 cOutO NOV uolp klbDluS ~ y
g expressions Of eur love aud Of our sorrow, Will
!" We knelt and prayed upon the coid swara, tina
At it would preserve against all contaminatio
" the sacred ashes of him who bore it 80 pohl
y for many years, In many cline and amids
: typical of the hopes he cherished, 'stsad q
sentries on either side of chis grave, W hilL
I'd away of, by the fence that eneloses the littl
on spot of the dead, is the plant /" Indiaaashot,
or It stands below the grave and the 'foads an
a sacred deposit. My arrow Shall fly, If tho
darest to disturb the peaceful beers Of hi
y. who sleeps bensath"7 1t was a beautiful ide
og that suggested the planting of such shrub /
the place whore 1t Is. for it served not only
remind Us of the warning to the insrudor, 'bU
10, wildly to recall to mind his labors anon
mp the poor Indians whom he loved and esteeme
nd so much and among whom he labpEed f
all years: How in keeping with the spirit OF til
Ice dead is the rude rustic resting place Of his.
lea is e1quisitely grand in its simplicity. 1t
49, beautifully sublime in its loneliness, and it
magnifcently chaste and pure in its own rsst
ways The silent voice that spoke to us fro
ng his lonely grave, as We recalled to mind Il
70 "reminiscences of by-gone days, 80 sweet in the
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