, 1873-03-24
"CHRISTlANlTY IN RUINS"
with Some Remarks on the
Church Of tlo Future.
A Paper by Father Hyacinthe.
From tho Indtut7,s;tnt,

md 9,runf lat MN all MN
,,,at .,,".sa. a ',. a,as4 .os ~ %" ~
"nas nomons you "ould e'oos 10 porpesnaso eno
TO rone" our quarrels9 Is it That moment when,
amid revolution without parallel, social order
mar -, s,nI. hanant,, n,,r tao.a ~ "p
poa, " ut4lh u'1Ioatl' out toos'
christianity 10 IN fnlns' anu "hys 1ocaase
We have refused 1t the only demonstration which
could have established It firmly in mems belief
md IN mon's boorts-:t,,o G aomonstrotioo ~ nh, h,
,orna chriat,,nitv c,r,o ,,,te 49, nor1d ,,a;1
wotas. ~ onr1s''anltY calno INTO mo "o1la ~eu
nlgh a'ooo seaFa ago, NOT III the gn1so OF new
idca, to q be consigned to tho p"gcs Of books and
+oct wl,c,, n,rnartod ~ hnra no,ror - r,no,. .
~ "4, " na'o p9"oA ~ 4o.,o"
al things, oo8'nnm8 Will mans Bout anu enaina
with earth and Heaven. Indeed, 1t announced
nothing loas than new hoayona and 4 now Garth,
whoroin Righteousness should dwell. iii, Peter
Ill. t3.l hut alas wo have discovered tho
tncana Of making tho Divine promises fatso.
Have We not uphold. againat tho Gospel,
tho Old Man, and With him the ontiro
less loadon than ever? Is tho earth less barron
Or loea dcflled? Fnaliy, is 1t peoplod now
by tho saints, aud aro no, -porchaneo, that
recc which is born not Of blood, norof tho will
phariHnism OF the Jows, tho idolatry Of tho Gen.
tiles, nll tho errors and NIL tho HinB Of tho au-
ciont world hayo roapponrod In Chrtst'e Church.
under forms all tho moro hntotul inasnnch as
ku6y a4d kAG lHAAuRG1Sta "a HNDAHAo stHtA 0a0
morality. Tho Kingdom Of God has failed Of be,
ing established hore below; wo still worship at
Jerusalom md on dor'z1m.not IN simplicity anu
In ononosh Ok heart tno 1amny hah not IN rs
annctified affections copied ohrsts lovo for tho
Church or the Ch1rehs submission TO phriat
tho reconciliation ootweon rich and poor has not
been brought hbout by tho recognition Of Tint
equality Which tho apostle proachod ". gor.t
viii, IS, ~; prayer has not consecratod labor,
nor has gladness ralacd mons hoarIa. Attor
Ef1pDfSlQE TIC GlQO4 or THO fflDl0 C0uIH8 OF utB-
tory, the shre"d anu impartial observer puts
hims'f the question In what respect iB
inc civilization which 1s caHea Christian
snpenof 10 tnat mril.;, Thlen gGss ny anosnsf
"a 70 Do ilo. anu "o hnvo ~ naao II IN ao-
stractDn, setting over against mo aystems OF
orisei1n Wn1cn oesttoge OF ltnpalIs, 9uk cannos
rebuild, ether syasonls OF IN orthodoxy whleh
oftenitnes i. without ceasng to doant; m M ill.,
tion OF society arc iu our days st forth with a
precision and force as never before. riainly,
death. In vain will You try to put it down with
force orto avoid 1t by Rtratogom. It las to bo
solved. tnd for chrstians the solution OF al
diffioultlsa la Clrist-as ono OF ot'r ancient
est. Thit gonoration, which will hston only TO
facts, wemust meet with tue demonstratlons OF
Christian positiriam: "Do mon gather grapes OF
thorns or1sgs OF thiet'cs 2, says tho Master. "6y
their ir,i;s 70 shall know thom. MALI. ~, ~
But to this ond no must put Q stop to our inter-
nal dissorsions. No doubt it is important for
church that ta theology, discipline. aud liturgy
should bo ma.lo as perfect as possible. No man
recognizet this truth moro fully than myself: But
eailcos WHICH cost 50 much labor, havo after
nll, no yal1o, except in tho use TINT " mado Of
them. Tcoy are like tho lamp which ie oaro-
tnliy trimmed for tho sake OF tho light Which ie
Will foater aa' diaperso abroad. But where is
ttA
but never light it, or If We lock it up in our
echools and in our churchos-l had utmost said
N our ues4'iesg Let ug, then, 20 out into tho
open mir; !; lot US mingle with the crowd which
r!,cd upon their TOLLS and sullerings tho light Q!
tho pFoaeat aa well as Of tho future life, and
whereof jesus elld not hesitate to affirm that It
would perform the e:,7 sa1no works he performed,
and oven 3I greater ntill. (John, xiv, H. -.
viii 1n:i not oo'iolnae !1 a wlthont speaking OF
frnnce. This, 1t ts true, lB TO open the burden
OF NJ our woes; put 1t IS at the aame tlme 70
9nPea a 70 a our nopo TO o1 ay
TICS. iais ID not, as U,il won ano?w, tao hitting
place tar LEES is thlb tho hitting tlmo for; when
our TASK is 20 assooSeE tne cure oi our ltls, we
muss seeK inc causes OF thom ELSEWHERE 9esldos
IN defeats and In tue governments which have
TURNER 'han tno "arwiu.the! ,;1 .nan the Empire
Aad as 1or our pfosaas dlaoo5de-the Ruro
Rieaeos o. creator cetastfopno Still, II they Gon-
tlnaeN1Aolr coneofnmGht y WIN something
yory different t., from cithor TUG Kepubltc OF the
monarcny. Ihero is IN spanish america ro-
punio answering bottor to t1e aspirations OF
certain defendors OF throne and altar than any
monarchy IN Europe and, in like man
nor, OF al the objects pursued ~ mod
not not ono s1t which, might not be- SECURED undsr SM
tho rulo OF q liberal monarchy; No, the ropub-
10 and the monarchy aro insufficient to account
Tor so torriblo so profound an antagonlan What
divides us la not political nor evon social ques-
tions; tom We arc divided BY questions OF religion.
Ihere have rlson 2 amongst US TWO contradictory
concont1ons OF tlings. which are at tho bottom
dogmatlo conceptions; two religions. distinct
from ono another. which have, each an
equal tendency to engraft themselves
upon tho laws, on tho government,
on education, on the whole country,
ism or Of M Tance IS thus od roaoed
to p!tiabo straits, having Oh the one hand mo-
rality independent Of religion, and On tho other
religion independent Of morality; hero the noga-
ton Of the true God thero tho assertion Of q