The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-12-14

difference. So marked have been the
Roman proclivities OF the Anglo Catholics
that o new chapel, called the "New Eng
lish church, was set mp by those Protest.
order to afford an opportunity for English-
speaking visitors to Romo to celebrate
Protestant worship In o mode more con.
formable to the Puritan or Low Church
model. The establishment Of tho new or
rival congregation q cogrss gave umbrage
fraternal Intercourse between the two 90.
Establishments. The ministers Of the one
did not oficlate in the church Of The other,
and many hard things were dene and said
ON both sides. Into the inertia of this con-
troversy it is needless to enter. But at
last more friendly feeling seems to have
sprung mp between the hostile camps, and
on Sunday the 9th of November, q cere-
mony took place In the old British Chapel
which seems to have afforded common
basis for mutual felicitations. It was the
bsptism Of jew. In this rite the High
and Low Church ministers took part. The
chapiain and sssistant-chaplain of the old
British Chapel performed the usual evening
service OF the Protestant Church Of Eng
land. The clerical missionary, the Rev.
In the snew English Chapel" preached
the sermon and administered the baptismal
rite. The American Protestant chaplain,
Mr.. Nevin, read the lessons; and Mr..
Nevin, and the Rev. T. Hamilton, minister
sponsors. The Jew himself came from
Hungary, and as far as could be gathered
from the sermon Of Mr. Burtchaeii, the
missionary to the jews, he seems Co have
converted himself without the aid. of any
Protestant teachers, having been led BY
Jesus as the true Messiah, and in the Pro-
testant Church AZ the true Church. Why
he came all the way from Hungary to Mr.
Burtchaefl in Rome 10 not quite clear. 1T
would be credible that jew, who was led
by Holy Scripture to embrace Christianity,
should seek the Head of Christianity under
Christ in Rome, but that he should come to
Rome to seek Protestant teaching pssses
belief. However it was not teaching which
was required by this candidate for Pro-
testantism. He had ptenty Of teachers In
his own and adjacent countries who could
have taught him In language-the Ger
man-whlch he himself speaks. But he
had heard that an Association existed &c
Rome which specially interested itself In
the conversion Of the Jews. Consequently
end Mr.. Burtchaell, its officer, the candi-
date for Christianity betook himself, pass
ing over TO his long and expressive Journey
many Protestant ministers and many Pro-
testans so.calied churches. A man 10 no
prophet In his own country, and it is often
OtK11hk0IGs =
Mr.. Butchaell's sermon IL was not apparent
that any Pecuniary assistance had been
offered to OK accepted by the new convert.
It was atated, however, that he was with.
cut employmens or resousces, and aben-
d0nea bv his SeiAtives,s It was natural that
persecutioI should follow the etep Which
he had taken, and uost naturd that .
wealthy Britieh cOnRFsgntion should have
compassion upon the victim 60 pSrsseution.
or coarse the Intelligent Missionary to the
Jews In Rome made due enquiries fhto the
statements of the candidate for baptism,
and received from Hungary the necessary
vouchers. If anything which ought TO
have been done in the case was uninten.
tionalhy omitted, the reverend Missionary
had good excuse to offer. 1t WAS his
first case of convert. He had been three
years in Rome or its neighborhOod, and
was conversant with the Ghetto, and ac.
QuRi0tcd with the Rabbi himself His
studies in Hebrew were aided, perhaps, by
his acquaintance with the Rabbi, but he
failed during sll that time 20 gain a siuRle
JRdaism, and looked on the Missionary AZ
. pupil more than AZ n consroversialiAt. Il
iSy however, satisfactory to tboNisssoDary
aud the Associations which eaploys him g
1lnd one disciple under the circumstances.
The outlay of several hundreds of pOanJs
TOR so many yeATs 10 now repeia. Is might
have been expected that on an oeaasion of
such rej0Seiogap and in Saeh vcEg ritual
istic place Of weTehip, aay allnsion 60 en-
blems q Images or pictures or ernciaxss, |
ouch as are used By Catholics, would be |
delicately avoided. Bat the preaeheR in.
formed his auditory that che new Christian |
had pointedly alluded 60 che absanee Of |
thess thinRa from the PrOtestant wogahip. |
Perhaps his Bnrprise at such aosence may |
hereafter lead him to other considerations. |
But we trust he will not seek explanation |
of Catholic rites and ceremonies from |
Professions Missi0naries, who are selaom |
very accurate in their knowledge or honest |
in their remarks.
PRAYERS FOR FRANCE.
On Sunday, November 8, a solemn High I
Mass was celebrated in the Church of 81.
Luigi del Francesi, to implore divine help
md benediction for France on the occasion
If the opening of the National Assembly.
The ceremony was attended By. the wife