The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-10-19

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work, and. new elabs arc opening =Slaiiy In
the provinces of Lyons, Narcotics, Tou
Iouse, Bordeaux, Rouhaix - all :, strons
holds Of the Internationalists hitherto
Brest, Pau, Towmon, vannes, Auch and
Koanns, are among the latest towns to Join
energetic support to ii.
To sum 3up,n says the correspondents
"these Catholic Workmen's Clubs are
among the great facts, Of the age" ...,i
Captain de Mum was therefore able to
lead down to the oat-of-the-way town Of
Liesse no less than 1900 workmen," and
remarking on this and all the pilgrimagea
this keen-eyed Protestant writer says: T..
SIT has been often said, and win be .aid
again, for stupid things must be often said, OF
mankind would forget them, that the Roman
Catholics degrade pisty into pleasure. and
that these modern pilgrimages are, after all,
lovers. Il is certainly possible that some q
the pilgrims are not saints, and might feel in.
disposed, II suddenly required, to become mar
Object the y
the thought OF heaven, OF, say an archery
meeting, with some crooked sticks and half q
dozen yards of string for subject Of perpet-
This ancient Roman Catholic faith, though
1t haa 20 often been despised and Knocked, has
2 bright and wondrous light in 1t. ofcourse it
10 uOG 50 SeBpeCt6OlG as inc heIOrm0tt0n, which
arose from the desire Of onenau to break an oath
which he had Voluntarily taken, and the fixed
determination OF another man to have two
wives though he gave his soul for the second.
Priest Luther and king Henry, it is q lovable
faith, speaking softly and sweetly to the i'm
aginations even of the Ignorant. Whether it
Is the true faith or not is another question.
Of Liesse was so crowded that there was not
room for another stripping in it, looked
keenly at the congregation. and have seldom
tie Cd oa.1 ss
not one OF them would go away without leav-
ing part of what he loved best on earth, his
money, behind him. Iwonder why they did
1t. They were not holiday makers. They
THE ROUGH FARMERS OF CHAMPAGNE,
rough. They seem like people who are playing
at being rough. Cockney hermits wonld per-
haps be . just term to apply to them, and that
Is indeed what they really wish to appear. Il
which Is something in this world Of ours" .
Will our Protestant friends yet admit
that some Z" good can come out of Nazs-
reth z" Is IL all sham and humbug ana
political intrigue and religious rascality
If 1t be so, We can only rejoice in it's effects.
The religious rascality that can move q
nation to prayer, to incorporating faith
His saints, and His Holy Church, will al
ways be welcome to ms. The "cunning
priests y and the Catholic gentlemen who
can lead the workman out of the secret
societies, out of the estaminet, and mp to
God through ways that are not dark and
by tricks that are not vain, stand in our
eyes far above the brilliant intellects who
hold that the only cure for poverty is edu-
cation Of the goddess order, given, if need
be, at the ,bayonet's point. To-day Europe
shudders at Trades Unions. Trades Unions
are only bad because they are in bad hands.
Let religion take hold of them, as il is now
doing ia France, buiM them up az it did
the Guilda of old, and what is now curse
and terror to all governments will speed-
ily be converted into blessing incalcula
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