The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-09-07

| vocabIe fate, 10 something disquieting and
the ' otbst band, is the christisn faith IL the
| loving care Of an all.powerful Father, without
! whose permission hair Of our head cannot be
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consequences happen on earth, that 1 cannot
reconcile them with divine love-"
While Frank spoke, Angela's eyes rested on
him with the greatest attention and when he
concluded, she lowered her glance, and an
earnest, thoughtful expression passed ever her
There are accidents that apparently are
not the result of mans fault" said siegwart.
Torrents sweep over the land and destroy all
the fruit of mans industry. Perhaps these
tice Of God waves over o Iswless land. Bat
sdmit that among the victims there are many
good men: Storms wreck suips -ss-ss-SS
plunge from the Alps and bury. whole towns
in their resistless fall. 1t is such accidents as
these you have in view"
oonoie ali tIese with the fatherly goodness Of
God ~ cried Hamm triumphantly.
The proprietor smiled.
Permit n me to AK auction, Herr Asses
To preserve order.n
II anticipated this natural reply" continued
the pso5r th;.. III maleiacsors W h, not
practices being permitted, would have full
play. Then all order would vanish human
society would dissolve in chaos of disorder.
God also created laws which are necessary for
the preservat of the natural order. Storms
destroy ahips. If there were no storms, all
growth in the vegetable kingdom would cease.
living thing must miserably die. Avalanches
destroy villages. But if it did not snow, the
torrents would no longer run, the streams
and man and beast would die of thirst. You
| see, gentlemen, God cannot abolish that law
| of nature without endangering the whole crea-
tion."
"Tbat exDIu;ns some but not nil ~ repIied
Hamm. "God is aI-powerful; it would be
but trife for him to protect US by his al
mighty power from the destructive forces of
" The reason is clear" answered Angela's
| father. "God would have constantly to work
miracles. Miracles are exceptions to the
would constantly suppress the power, and
INCREASINGLY interrupt tho laws of nature, then
there would be no longer q law Of nature. The
The Almighty would have destroyed the pre-
"No matter" said the official. God might
man for all that exists is only of value be-
cause of its use to man."
| Then nothing whatever would remain.
All would be lost" said Siegwart. We
| speak and write much about earthly happi-
ness that soon passes away: We glorify the
beauty of creation; but we forget that Gods
| curse rests on this Garth and it does not re-
quire great penetration to see this curse in all
things"
| lyon believe, then, in the future destruc-
tion of the earth 7" asked Hamm.
| "Divine revelation teaches it," said Sieg-
wart. The Holy Scriptures expressly say
| there will be new earth and new heaven !;
and the Lord himself assures us that the foun-
dations Of the t earth fv will be and
THE stars fall from the heavens" cried
Hamm, laughing. elf you could only hear
what the astronomers say about that"
quence. They did not create the heavenly bo-
dies, and cannot give them boundaries; be-
sides, We need not take the falling of the stars
| literally. This expression may signify their
| disappearance from the earth, perhaps the
abolition of the laws by which they have
heretofore been moved, and the reconstruction
of those relations which existed between
| heaven and earth prior to the fall. God will
then do what you now demaud of him, Herr
Won -Aamn," concluded Siewgart, smiling.
He will destroy the inmical power of ma
ture, SO that the new earth will be free from
| thorns, tears, and lamentations"
Thus they continued to dispute, aud the de-
bate became SO animated that even Angela en-
tered the list in favor of providence.
~ believe" said she with charming bushes,
=" that the miseres of this earthly life can only
eternal deatiny. God spares the sinner
through forbearance and mercy; he sends
trials and misfortunes to the good for their
publication. God demanded of Abraham the
sacrifice of bis only son but when Abraham
sho we'd obedience to the command, and con-
sented to make that boundless sacrifice, he was
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to God.
"Fraulen Angela" exclaimed Hamm en-
Enthusiastically, You have solved the problem
Your comprehensive remark reconciles even
the innocent sufferers with repulsve DEGREES.
o Frauleiu v-and the assessor fell into tone
of reverie-"- were it permitted me to go
J through life by the side of partner who pos
. sesses your spirit and your conciliatory mild
nessw
Angela looked down bushing. She was en-
barrassed, and dared not raise her eyes. Her
first glance after few moments, was at Rich
ard.
Frank wrote in his diary:
"Even the preaching tone becomes her ad
{ mirably. Morality and religion flow from her
J lips as from pure fountain that WHITES her
soul"
AS yet he had not surrendered to Angela.
+ Frank sprung from obstinate Westpha
r liam stock and that the Westphalians have
7 not exchanged their stiff necks for those of
shepherds, is Sufficiently proved by their stub
r born fight with the powers who menaced their
3 liberties. Had Frank been good-natured
T South German or even Municher, he would
long since have bowed head and knees to tie
Angel of salingen." But he now maintained
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