The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-11-15
AN ADDRESS NY TIE POPE.
Afflicted efety.-The Persecution OF
the Church --DevotiOMt o The Blessed Viz.
: Touching Words.

lin-Touching Words.
On a late occasion, on being presen-
ted with an address and the conprat-
ulations of over two thousand persons,
His Holiness replied in the following
beautiful words: That is a beautiful
and consoling argument which this good
youth has just read. 1t speaks of your
desire to perseve,c in prayer in order to
obtain the cessation Of 50 many evils,
and the liberation of justice and truth
and the principles of conscience and of
duty from oppression. But God per-
mits it all; aud we must console our
seleyes by saying with resignation, the
holy will Of God be done. Sill You
must
PERSEvERE PRAYER,
and God will at last hear your prayer;
anu you should persevere, because pray
err can be offered up in all places and
on all occasions 1t is true that pray
er is best made in solitude and silence:
but the blind man prayed in the streets
and squares of Jerusalem; Joshua
prayed seated on the field of battle,
and his prayer obtained the victory:
tie Canaanean woman prayed in the
midst of the contradictions Of those
around her, AMI her prayers meritcd to
be heard for their constancy; the man
sick of the dropsy prayed in the midst
of the mirth of a banquet. And
JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF
wrought his cure. The Pharisees said
it was not lawful to cure sick man on
the Sabbath, as though it were wrong
to work miracle on the day of rest.
Therefore, Jesus Christ justly said o.
race Of vipers that you are, who Of you
had an ass or an OK fall into a pit Oh
the Sabbath would not draw him out!'
And why? Because your interest would
prompt You to do 50. And you wish
that | should work no miracle and not
cure sick man in order to satisfy
your hypocrisy and double dealing
All, no: and SO the man was cured. O
how many are sick Of the dropsy! Tue
dropsy of vanity and pride! the dropsy
of avarice and theft! Yes, pride and
avaricc, the root and the trunk, these
are
THE EVILS WHICH AFFECT SOCIETY.
And as in former days they would
not have allowed Jesus Christ to cure
case Of dropsy On the Sabbath day,
50 now they are unwilling that a cor
rection should be applied to the very
sumo disease. The usurpation Of to-
day is dropsy; the Selling possession
of the goods of the Church is dropsy:
those thefts and robberics of which the
newspapers are full are a drorsy. Men
cannot bear i'll these material days to
listen to correction; all idea of the soul
is lost. They are governed by their
present interest; but if they continue
SO, and do not return to the law IF God.
and listen to correction, it is believed
that they will be written in the book
of condemnation and anathema. Mean
while society is casting about for know
not what Areopagite; butthis is human
most human. Ifthe Areopsgitc, which
is turned against the Church might by
miracle, such as was worked on Bala-
ans ass, be forced to speak the truth.
We SHOULD BLEss aop,
because the time Of oppression would
then end. 1 would gladly continue on
this theme; but the heat is so great l
am unable to do s.. But l will end
with worl upon the Feast Of to day
q, the day Of Mays birth, "gauium
aaauntiauit III uniyelso mundo." Mar
was born as ali aurora which speaks Q.
peace and brings forth the King Of
Heaven.-Let us pray to this holy
maiden; let us turn to her and say
"saivc Regina. - salute thee with this
people. Thou art the mother of
mercy;
PROTECT TIE ROME OF THINE;
guard thy people; look, and turn thy
maternal eyes upon this city, "illios
tuos misericorres oculos ad nos convertc
See the horrors, see the evils which
desolate us; they are worthy Of being
destroyed by thee. Mother Of Mercy,
thou art mure powerful than armies;
Queen of Heaven and earth; all is SUBJ
ject to thee; give back to us peace,
free Us from so many evils, save thy
people from 50 many dangers and we
will return to praises and Thanksgiving.
Come, 0 Mary, come and help US in
the moment Of orr death when we will