The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-10-12
The Decline Of Professionalism in the German Em.
pirs. ...- o..
lyrom the Baltimore Mirror.

| lFrom the Baltimore Mirfor.1
In last weeks edition OF the Catkolit
Mirror, I published, under the canton o1
| Remarkable Conversions" an Interesting
article ansiased tEon q German casbo)ic
Journal, giving an account Of numerdas
conversaons takiag place among the higher
grade OF Officers In the Prussian army. In
my comments On the article expressed nv
decided opinion that the conversions
mentioned therein as we'll as other con YER
stons we're only cha begin ming Of o esiong
movement iai favof. of the Church in Ger
many. and shat before long .'oar dissenting
brethren en- Germany riH ock7,o,olsGiqe that
the Catholic Church mast haze the projection
God that she Is Therefore the true
Church and they scits h.rsts1 to seen rest.
peace, and s0sDGtian sn her .Josd.w. -; s.,
Gu taxing up the .Kathuiische. YolksZei-
tungs after the appearance of my article In
last week issue of your esteemed paper,
WIS not little pleased 70 fiod that my views
Expressed in your valaabte Journal, as
already stated, are entersained by Protest.
ants them aeives. The GermaRia, "a OF aoneh
Catholic newspapsr,f edited by O CaShoi
priest and published at Berlin, has the fol-
loving ite In copied into the Kd.holische
pot8s zcsfuag, y''nr esteemed oily contem-
porary, under she heading Of .. Dying Pro-
testa6tlsm."sg Z here ap pend the transla-
tom Of the article. Let it be borne in mind
that its cuntents are y Protestant's admis-
sions. Here is the article:
In hundred years henqe-for the dead ride
apace, especially nowadsys--people will talk
day of Araaism, Wicklifis.n. Hussltisn, aud
Old Catholicism. Bat the Holy Catholic Apos-
tolic Church will continue TO exist t, the eud
OF days. And not only converts from p. est
autisid, or they who wish 60 become such,
speak in this manner. We are face to face
With the iuexorabla impossibity Of breathing
new life into the dying body for its limbs are
Tynr9G
arms are paralyzed by Rationst,srn. ii we had
the esiioaey (of the clergy) among us, we
would have to register every week tho con-
version of one of our preachers-(thSt is, if
Protestant ministers had no wives and chill
dreu to support, good many more would be-
come Catholics)-The end of Proteetanttsnt has
COMO ThRttbe MAierIaiistic and Ration aIistic
tendencies existing in our churches have afro.
gethsr ruined7 our rotten church fabrio can be
denied only with the fnll blaze of the light of
contrary Knowledge shining in the face. And
shis is Significant sign of the times, viz that
our entire orthodox party is, so far Hs dog attic
teaching is concerned, greatly approxiinating
10 that of the Catholic Church. 30 also Or.
Hager says p, 10. IL ~ g..
"Ail they among the Lutherans aud RI farm-
ed who yet have positive faith, ars drifting
toW ards the Catholic Church"
Which is the nDequivocal evo~al of
Protestant in reference to the decline of the
IS rcston fabric" Of Professionalism in Ger
many. You thus see, Messrs. EDITORS, that
my We've are fully sustained. DR.. Hager
referred to in the article is the diati uRuished
convert, concerning whom you published !
paraRFa In last weeks issue Of the Cath |
'tie Mirror taken from the L0ndon Latha.
10 QpistOBs who, after his eonversiOn, pub
tshed pamphlet Of eighty pages, which |
las made q very great sensation 10 all Ger |
many. Sincerely, yours, -,
~' Ss Viocents Church.
September 22d, 1873. "a g = . -. O