The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-11-29
Protestant Foreign Missions.

After all it isn't such terrible thing to go
and be q missionary. An English lady, who
has passed most of her life as q missionary's
have paased the greatest part of our lives as
missionaries in China. We have never found
it post of self. denial, but rather luxurious.
society-learned Chinese scholars, intelligent
American and English merchants and travel
ers. don't find London any plesssnter. /
fear there is q great deal of h1mbug in the
popular notion of the hardships and sacrifices
of missionaries "-Boston Post.
The naive confession of this fair mission
airy reminds of what farce are all
Protestant Foreign Missions. The appeals
Of their advocates of the various scots, for
more money for conversions and more
only on the over credulous and uniformed !;
yet the Sums thus collected are very large.
Pity, that these missions are not merely
farccal, but are beside a scandal and
stumbling block to the unhappy heather.
The waste of 80 much money is the least
objection to Protestant Foreign Missions,
and if it could be sunk or burned at our
shores the conversion to Christianity of
heather peoples would he rendered practi-
cable and fastened by that process for
missionaries with families, establishments,
retinues of servants, sometimes keeping
shops or otherwise engaged in trade, while,
at their best, preaching babel of contra
dictions, lead the non Christian nations,
often cultured, wise and good, and cherish
ing already positive and coherent faith,
to despise the very word Christian. $50
home" say these puzzled and offended pa
gans, taking counsel of their Retrospect
and common sense, "Go home aud agree
among yourselves then come back, and
We will consider this Christia nity."
Protestant preaching never has converted
and never can convert any people. Its
composite motive of pride to persevere
after so much effort and 80 loud promises,
and of hatred of tho steady and thorough
progress in all pagan lands OF the Catholic
Church is evident enough, and its chief re-
suit is to make Christianity a bye-word of
scorn or anger to the heather, and impede
or render impossible their conversion by
Catholic missionaries. If unimpeded by
such opposition we believe the great en-
pire of China would be, within far less time
than hundred years, blessed by hnn-
dred Thousand affairs while million years
would yield to Protestant efforts no more
converts than could be bought, exterminat.
ed or enslaved and the same may tie said
of every other heather land the sun shines
upon. At the dreadful Reckoning Day,
while Professionalism will have enough To
answer for it's work 10 Christian lands, it's
most terrible reprnaches will be those of
the peoples of many races and climes who
sit on in spiritual darkness and die IN 1t,
who can plead that Christianity never
reached them, and was rumored to them
only as a preposterous and dreary anomaly.
The great work of DR.. Marshall of Lon
don, comparing Catholic and Protestant
formation. The learned and witty author,
graduate of Oxford. and formerly in or
ders in the English Establishment, told us
when last he was here that when composing
his work ne studied (1ot glanced over, bat
stwdiedl seveR thouaand works Of many