The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-11-03
Va STAR ANN CATHvi NRkSRNG NOVEMBER I872

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dearest M Anime y inssrruptsd Fsroz, ior .yos
are the solo happiness left TO me IN tnie nIe.
h fs replied Anime III sSs rsas
gone ~ qaickly, as it has been exhslea, ana
soon lost In the innsnsity Of space: ihis iaie
whss y It. nc. SSss
s :si = Hi. Mi %hss ]: i. ss;s should it
| be In tho estimation of o Christian r.
a Christianr r said Feroz. SIS this Anime,
my own Anime, that is speaking 70 me II
| ut IL Amino, thine own Anime, VINO
ChristisnSsnd I have vowed to rsnounee the
world, and all its vanities, the devil and AL |
his pomps, the fesh and all its weaknssses,
! and have come to thee, my own tasher, 70 |
entreat Of thee to think Of thine fmmcrtAl
soai, and tomake compensation to Christianity
tSos sn1 ssss sivsn. On my knees beseesh Of
the1. As thou lowest me-as thou lowest thins
a owr 1puE which will never die-I entreat q
Eem6ssesd thoagh poverty, though sortsares
though Assth, await thee 8 81 9
$50 lases risss my child !" said Feros," andsdo
) not knesl to q base and wicked sinner, such as
! am. I, too, my, Anime, have seen the errors
of my ways, and l am resolved again to be-
come q Christian"
, THANK God for thatw said, Anime, still re-
naming on her knees, !" but before rise Iisten-
:, suestS How. long is it since you came to that
- blessed and holy resolution r r .... -
ga few daysi A few daysW observed Anime.
n ooh, those precious few days that have been
mercy Of an ail-loving God. Here is a man
t who has been wilfully SHINING for his whole
i tiife At length the grace of God touches his
o grace bestowed. and moving how he may at
n tain heaven, he yet wilfully fingers on the
brink Of hell, into which the slightest accident +
st NAV plunge him for ever. Oh, my father, II
q yon have resolved to become Christian, act
d mon your observation-disclosures one aOp. Lot
y not to-morrow's sun rise upon you an un-
re "Ah, my sweet, enthusiastic and angelic
10 Amine,' replied Feroz, "you speak with all the
girl. Most desiross am TO be received within
ID the bosom Of the Church again, but that which
you cannot discern are hsrsh realities that i'm:
o notbings are in point of fact impossibilities.'
3 responsibilities in the way of Gods grace
impossibilities in the path o. Code mercy
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ed il nothing inpossible to God"
SO f." But there arc to Observation-Disclosures and
n such arc those that now ,sneh.in me on evesj
ne aide Here am !, an Emir in Antioch-tht
l. Emir of the Round Towers. Hero is my charge
NJ aud Idare mot be absent from my post ever
er for an hour. How then am I, with hundred
ii. Of men under my command, to leave them, an
en- known to them; unobserved by them, unpnr
a. sued by them-abandon my post and ay TO tn
and there renouncs aMahommedsuism and be
come again Christian And yet all thes
We things, Anime, would do if it were possible
~ and because they cannot be DONE they are
Of HAb, my father" replied anime, ''the selfish
in. ness that made you renounes Christianity stii
re- ing In your way Representatives,, which you " il
ing fnd ali ,springing out of tho ssne sslfshnes
In becoming a Mahommedan, you thought onl
lad Of yourself; in renouncing Mahommsdanisr
d shsusss IS ss Of Of Has
ain noble generous, DISTINGUISHED thought neve
ned occurred to your mind, that when all Other
the are sacrificing rank, title, riches. home an
Tim family, in order that they may do honor to on
sacrifice on Your part, small as c'mprred
hns theirs, but still more Important to the caus
een they have at heart, by your position and tt
OF power'i it gives to you; has it never occurre
we'd to you that yon might aid the cause of Chri
o tendon and help the Christians on their "a
the to Jerusalem 2"
ing must speak your thoughts more plainly. {
ler not understand what yo9 are saying cam
re- Gu ess what it is You wish me to do"
You are Emir of the Round Towers"
INTO "Well !" said Feroz.
roe, You are Ennr OF the houna lowers, IePh
in o Anime; why NOT permit inc Chr,stians
xed ters Of"
our stop, stop, stop" exclaimed eroz; VIM
Won betray the cause / havo sworn to maintain
low abandon to the enemy. the post it is my du
as a soldier to defead to the last drop of Il
his life's blood"
t of "You forget; my father" replied Amir
Their " that to obtain that post you betrayed t
the cause of God, and you abandoned the pr
are which YOU were bound by yonr haptstnal vo
as a Christian to maintain. You have yield
said up without q struggle ysur own salvation
bhen the enemy of mankind; aud therefore it
ter that YOU speak of the followers of Christ
man the enemy for SO you have named the
Not Snpposiup YOU mover had been Christian,
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