, 1874-05-11

'AILY TRIBUNE: MONDA
oxhaus!losa Indulgence and, to do this offoctu-
n1ly, Rdve1htion cdnio into our houaeholdB,
lations Of paront and child a'ltl thon HaI: "Gol
is your Father" Whom t became llccoasary to
giyb ts Botne ldca Of Gods ldvo, hhd tlo 6xcokl
OF ita tendernesa; 30, passing by all other forms
e ioys ~ ether modss o f1f;osp al other
ittio it idol bnbo and said, lit Is tIst eStf =" Vii Vii
comfort to.t, au otlo Whotn his mother comfort
etl.". Look nt Tho picture! tAb mother nnd
hor ohid-aod snd AZ t!io sInp9rl Mark, do not
ninoty-niho jtlat 6hos God lnt no BoIletutio.
, Let uH study tho Illustration further Since
dod himself llas giyon ia tho imngo. 1t woro well
to boulder 81 its teachings. het us, tlien, 90
inS tho fami he5e Wn; n5 tie i. SIlfoa gathered
attention Of tho father: suroly it Is al,saya tic M
wall built, quiok ok-witted boy. who II king Of Tic
playground and n1aetor IN the CLASSROOM; who
rocoiycs at tho pleuait1s and premiums Of
tS ty school end Of t., Tlotn ,es,etyono s.ye;
of man % |" On ~ lin the st fsthor %1Ssi SuIIsia
Lis hor6a to him Tho fortune s.1i,IL gocs,
But this is by no MENUS tho mother'a favorite.
She loves him, It iu truo, aud with all hor moth
spaco sre oy' tosa n sa1 t o OF lin IL a ho5
among tho childrou, wc shall Mt last llud Quo
who Iii its heploHB years reGoivoti nh {ntlty TINT
has crippled aud liBaHurod 1t for llFo. 1t In
woak and siokly, mud cannot onioy tho games
and ptcnnutes with tho toAt. It .sohld aoem
that fatality wns OH tito chill and some ncol-
deut, aome now fall mud injury, arc forever Imp
pohii,g. This one H. tho mothers "darlug."
This is the Child that IL mont in br arfs this Ii
tho one that ia nearest lor heart. Does he
cough through tho night, whom tho otlora arc
lu'ot III their slutnbor, tho wakofnf car Of tho
1nother ia listening, atld sho whispers prayer
for his rost. All her care, her whole life ia do
voted to that bno child Of NIL lilo ftBt; her whole
lovo BoomB centred upon 1t, just botattne It Ia d
cripple, and therefore Inns creator demands upon
nor T., Aeatt; :.
This iB the typo OF God and tho atnter. Of tho
great infinite mothers henri Of the Creator,
aud ita woak, crippled creature. II will COM
fort you as one whom Lib mother oomtortoth."
IA'a ID tho truo ahd only ldoh OF God nnd Tho
eihter; II iH tho only fdoa In Keeping with tho
Gospel. Upon It arc founded tho touching
story Of tho prodigal. Of ths shepherd and tho
fold md tho wandering ehoep, Of the joy i,l
Heaven wiioil tho ansolB hear TINT ono errlng
heart has turned to ropentanco. On this ideh ID
grace from salvation, wlloroby she tea ehes TINT
als sinners have sufficient grace to help thu,n
pent and be sayod. ANY other idea ia q contra
dtction Of tho Gospel, aud il only calculated to
mike n religion Of dcspnir. Tho idoA OF God as
wayward sinner, who Is rcady ovcry moment to
DO hurled at His feet, is only distaste Of human
savagcry, aud ht u1iwelcomo relic OF barbarous
age. The soft tondor band that WIS held ovor
hats h9 srlng ;,s o5o IN TUG Temp hold no thu no1
moro" Still wo must bonr patiently With many
even yet bring their hoarts to this aweoter ap-
prcciat'on Of religion, who will associate piotty
with n1ncn1 f1,d +;41. = f,,,,,
march, and
Wear long faces, aB Ii our ardker,
The God Of goodness was an undertaken.
There Is more OF this spirit aud teaching
ponce and good Of tho human heart can we'll IT.
ford to allow. Wo want more of love in religion,
und less Of wrath. It is tho sweot economy of
God that this hoart Of ours should bo surgol and
won to good, not by tho rod in the hand of tho
father, but ly the aweet careseea of the motllor,
clouB love. AS fur bacli aB tho year 529, the
Catholic Church solsunly defined in tho second
Council Of Orange, thai tho sinner, evon tho
hardonod and hnbituai, Ind always at hand, for
titne mud plan, ind especially at the tp,1r Of
dcath, sufficient grace to repant and 10 saycd.
Moro than a hundred yoara before TINT, st. Atl-
gustinc Ind Bad that "wlliHt tho sinner
nteataes ne hey ropens and DO saSoa." Ihs IL
truly tS ors1 sts to 81 br the aGsp9 a o h,for.
o ea H. e Rresz uonn your as
to enbn1it to follovinr: faw weckss ~, nrn nv
altor,n,, ,.ao roi,oI ~ ns toM Haoh1 aso. iiy
=. n'to.ioi ~ "ns caasu ~ @ssaso N ao-ea4ea
Gt1nolo journal. WHICH rends THUS ta-
mt1Atlty with sin makes men ut last
Indifferent to punialmont, and 80 they
70 on sianipe' .1lut1l mercy In exhaustei.
= The Almighty either wipes out tho Biu in
His mclcy, -. or wipea out tho sinner and
tho sin from before His face forever" Now, it
Is utterly impossible to reconcile sueh language
With tho spirit or teaching Of tho Church. 1t
contradlcts every page OF the Gospel and the ex-
press definitions of faith. What characteristic
picture 1t giveB t,s OF God with sufficient grace
III one hand and thundorbolts Of truth in tho
othor, aud annihllating with tho one. because
the. othor continues to be refused! We can
we'll undorntand how such . God could exist in
tho myths OF Pag9nien, but not In tho qoepel
Of Christianity. It is alarming to think how
largely such views have impressed themselves
on our literature. Into books they have crept
from certain tintahed-up school Of theology
which has ever met the condemnation Of tho
Church. In many cases, otherwise good and
woll-doserving tleologlaua have allowed tlem-
selves to receive this 1eaven under the garb Of
holiness.
In referring to such theologians, and such
Btnting Of Gods love, tie celebrnte1 Jcsuit