The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-10-06

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dollar he receives in retarn Tor his labor uo..
s 70 t1s os9 people. Whsa I Aesr. Is |
S 5aae Ga Sas9n ; nsasd Of the sgaifseat hcasxe
done ~ irish children in America 70 the arSd
parents at hous. ah. then Indeed 40 predsCs
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thy mesher, that thy dsys may be ioae n itSs
,aad which the Lord, thy God. shall siye to
Nov: how do I reduce thi. question, shi. |
our history and Of our rsce-how do reiuce
10 to our religion II IL very simnie. TSe
lEt.h nssssaa and wife. the. Catholic hnssaad |
ana we re models NO Of aaeiity because they
es.nea theirpnre hands 1t siss altar az Cod,
chat " lwas no civil oontrsck; that it vaa NO |
an ,s enjoyment ~ they knew that in that
band 70 bless their upiea. thsy stooI there 70.
presenting the union Of Jesus Christ with h;s |
cnureh. and 10 the day when y shall be iawfni |
ter n1seend TO forsako his wife, az for wife |
od shall have fofssSen II. cSuseS b 81 f as
has declared thAt He viii never qeays Hin
Church. apds therefore. the bond skich syssbo,
Caureh. Then. moreover, che Catholic fatHsr
ara mesheE, the lrtsh parent knows we'll that
the most sacred gift that God can give to man ,
- Che gift Of human soul eteatSd Ia the I'm ]
light of 81 parent, tho gift Of child To- the
most sscreds tbet moss solemn, khs moat ysre-,
0endsss gift that God sean give. . He pat Into /
ySns .o lad rroSlen .hieh tie gassnt eloesf
grow tsto nsae Of God. destined 10 shine fer
ever ~ ffceven or into 81 maa Of aios deesiaedf
70 Pss With thss cu.ssSeft evil upen him iabe1
tholie parent kuo ~ that for thN edneatlon ef
that ehtad DO will be respoastbls heeeee 0od,.
and thai when h, has cleaned himself Of All
other sins he must then answer for the sont Of
IL 10 that ont Of that religion, out Of that
knowledge which the Catholic fslfgion gives,
comes TIE eager care chat the Irish fath or aud
mother have alvays manifested fer thsir chill
that next 10 God ia heaven next to that God
whom he sdotes, he 10 bonhd 70 venerats and
to do homage to hisparents.. He may grow
that grew iron . child in Eassrssh Jws= %
loving, was a. reverential, was - obedleat to
MARY, yhen He was thirty years Of ago, ns
when He was . child Of twelve, staaais9 ct
eholic son, NO matter under what circu1stan-
ces he nsy 10; no matter how many shoussnd
miles the intervening ocean may shut him ont
.hs% dsr5 Ne IN I'll ne sls
with theirs upon the green sell OF Irslasdi be
loves them as truly as If he still was under the
glance and tho smile of the pure hearted mo-
ther-$he greatest JOY and the greatest plea
I What is the next light Of our national
chsraotsfs 1t is, my friends, the magniHcenE
spirit Of charity. dotpos speak nov Of tho
charity that binds mar to his friends; that
the eAaxityef God and the inhssitance Of tho
children of God-it 10 the charity which q
man shows to those who inture him. TO those
Tho. Tho cypress him to these who Insult bin. 7.
uAagniacent charity, which teaches q man "a
forgive his enemy. The flrst Of sll that occurs
IN hiatory was whom the English invaded Ire.
was great number Of English slaves captured
in wac or bought by the fsish chaftains, aod
who were actually in slavery in Ireland. Fol
people were in the habit Of selling their own
children into slavery. Its; hard thing to
say OF them, and I would not say il If 1t were
not true historically. The city of BRISTOL, on
ancient times for it's trade-slavery. The peo-
pie brought in their little sons and little
daughters aud sold them rs slaves in the pub-
lie market. Many Irish chieftains were in the
habit of sailing there from Ireland, and in
spite of bishops, in spite of priests, in apite Of
their religion, they had the misfortune to in
dulge in this nnholy traffic SO that there
The English invaded the town Of Wexford i;
| the city of Waterford was destroyed; the
streets of Dublin flowed ankle deep with Irish
blood. What did the Irish people do They
actually assembled in council aud they passed
a law, and these were the words of tho law !:
The Almighty God has visited us in his an
ger aud he has sent invaders upon our soil to
punish us because we kept our English slaves.
Now in the name of God wo mako this law
which must be acted upon. Let every single
English slave ia Ireland be freed upon the
spot" They returned good for evil In the
first day of their national misfortune. Was
there ever moro magnificent instance Of the
national charity, of the Christian forgiveness
for injuries that returns good for evil, which
was enjoined and laid down by the Son Of God.
All never were such men. In tho very Day
that the national crown drops from OF their
brows, the Almighty GOD let down upon those
virgin brows the higher crown OF divine
! charity. Again We find tho IEishnaa, aste'
one hundred and Fifty years of the most terri
; BILE religious persecution, gaining the uppe,
} hand. about the year i6sS, nearly tvo hnadred
yeaFa ago. A man came to tho thrOus e
England who happened to be Catholic. Th.
, English people drove him out and deprivet
him Of hts Gown but sshiist he reigned Cd,
, Irish Catholics bad the upper hand for once IL
their lives. They came together, they sssem
J, bled In Parliament, and there after one han
! drsd and fifty years q blo0dshed aud perseeu
ton, they found at last that they had thsi
Irish Protestant feiio " -countrymen Ia thef
} hands. Now was the time TO show-what va
di vine or wiat was Aawan ia them. New
/ sons Of Ireland, let the wofld ace whether yo'
4 know how, es Christisps, to forgive. Let Cd
| world know what spirit aniinates you, Wha
aore ofiR Esligion Is ,goaFs. All Z they maae 4