The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-09-15

w. fsiIsn dead mon Tie earth before them II
Others they have tied neck and neck sogetnei' =
and then With one blow q sne R sMc wbas shall
say as to their nefarious treatment OF temaA 90 r
Alas must not speak of it, for there are 4
eome sins 40 atrociOus that it is wiser anu
safar to be silent respecting them that to dilase
As to the imperial kingdom Of the Greeks
it is SO 50
their base uses that there is no part OF 1T IN
which Christian can travel for two o"Ssi !"
"Upon whom, then, is it incumbent TO
avenge such wrongs done to Christians, and TO . :
rescue the sufferers from Affections sucn as
be undertaken, and by whom should such
labor be performed, but by yon-by you upon
whom the Lord has SSsn earth
like renown, greatness in courage, strength ana
agility of body, valor to win victories, ana tne
indomitablo determination to suGdoe, 70 ba aus
the a auda city to resist you.
"'Arouse you, then, warriors, anu De the
Indictment to yoIr valiant neasss 20 of Vour an
cestofs, the virtue and the magnanimity OF Inc
knightiy Charlemagne, of his pious son LOUIS,
snS Of stes the
Turks, and even in the midst Of them exsen9eo
the boundaries of our Holy Church. But oe, |
tSs t SsnsI Of oSs Holy
which IL at present in the hands OF foul Cen
tiles, and Of the Holy places which they nov
oh We mos most vsiorous Knights. the Of
invinoible warriors, think upon the glorious
! monstratfng to the world that you are degen-
| crate and unworthy of them. ~
0e 9s the
TRhish said
Gospel: "He who ioveth father ne ana am "sneI
aav to w. Won. there is no man that hath left
house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, OF Snii
70. the Of Go th;s me
and in the world to come, life everlasting"
as Let not, then, the thought Of earthly pro o.
| perty retard you! and let no anxiety as 20
Your domestic concerns be an impeachment to
You; for is not this the fact, as regards the
Condition of the country in which you I'VE
that bounded by the Sea on one side, ana snut
up by steep mountains on the other, You are
Embarrassed by the numbers Of your poPula-
ton and the deficiency in the means to sustain
be supplied to those who cultivate the earth'
and through whose labors 1T Is rendered Ter
- tile-and is not the constant result 1ollowlng
from such q state of things, that you annoy
and affiict one another, engage in strifes, and
not unfreauently come to blows.
"What, then, is it that l ask you TO - 90 O., ,
end, your wars against each other DC changes
to mutual charity, and every cause Tor dissen
sion removed from sm0DgsSs f go1 the HOLY sepul
chre; take the Holy Land from q nefarious
race, and make it subject to yourselves; The
Land i F the the
and it is, as the Scripture tells us, a ian =
lowing with milk and honey" Jerusalem i
others Ss fSus iferous, and it may be termed an
other paradise Of delights. 1t is the Lane
90, which the Redeemer OF the human race ba
o His
deemed by His death, and distinguished by Hi
burial. There, then, is the royal oity, place. aS
-, captive, and rendered subservient to those VIII
'1' know not, and will not know the ways OF God.
longs, it pines, it sighs IT. meyer ceases TO Psa
from the bondage it endures. From yo9-iroI
.et YOU beyond all others, it requires aid; 6ecaus
4. upon you, beyond All osnes nam Uta To on.
for warlike achievements. Hasten, them Q
vour march to Jerusalem do 80 for the
mission of your sins, and IN osaes sn LAY ~
may win for yourselves i"p''''n"''e s'0'S
. heaven -
"And now Pope Urban, in o gracious alloc
ton. having spoken these words, and Others
yer, the same effect, he did 90 deeply move the Ice
ines Of those present, that ell were affected
the came manner and all, as in one voice crit
ont: Deus vultt Deus rSn!-GoD WILLS IT, Gs
(which words. when they were heard heard !,
the ever-venerable Roman Pontih, ne raised !.
eyes to heaven, gave thanks 70 zoo, a mo- -
desired silence to be restored; ne then 60
"a tinued his address to them in the words II
lowing:
"sDearost brethren, this day has been NAL
tested in you, and by you, that which our Lo
says in the Gospel: :: Where two or three rec |,
Be in the midst of them" Unless the Lo
Ssd God Himself had inspired you with this thoug
eSic. the same words would not be simultaneo
expressed by you. Although your multitnd
the voices have sylablod the same bT wo ons
You gin and, therefore, say to you, that
God who has inspired into yoaI
soil then these self-same words your war-cry
they are %oFo
onr enemies drawn up in hostile array against y,
this signal and o you Ss thee
led of eyery warrior; let there ring from rank
ause rank, and from man to man, the same Vooii
,oon awe neither command nor encourage
felt old the imbecile, those unable to bear AT
to undertake this enterprise, much less VOL pl
and yvitbout their husbands, or brothers, or othe
ings their lawful protectors and guardians, beea