The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-06-21
The Church and the sects.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.

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sr'ian i;ttla 6r Moth.
;nn f. is well 70 law some emnbasis on the
fat that tho resnlt, in the foreign field for
the past ten years have Yielded more converts,
in proportion to the labor expended, than the
home field about 500. 900 souls have renounced
heathenism during that time. The largest
church in the world, numbering 800 mem
bers: IS IN mo, on the isIaha Oh ha"aii. nov
Sa my car & co. nn, I'm; 'ne me-, ,i ". 49,
iar,r fnr g. b,,,h worshin VIII" viii, scare
of wears feasted on human flesh.
In 1860 Madagascar had only a few hundred
scattered and prosecuted converts Now the
Queen and her Prime. Minister, with more
than 200 900 of her subjects, are adherents TO
Christianity. Inc lsianu IS Chfistian. fl1ty
Ego inG Ias nT Wn. .o 0oS ,at IN
iarIv for rorsb;n and Az 600 are rearIv cen.
tribnted to relicions objects On the western
coast of Africa are found over 100 organized
churches and some fifteen thousand converts
In Sierra Leone $4,000 civilized Africans wor.
ship God every Sabbath. In China 400 stations
Joinea the CHRISTIAN cnnrehes ana 4Vo native
Pas sot nn'e ue9n ,asea up. inese iacts' we
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10 inc EDITOR Oh tho MORNING STAB:
Inc above. which We cut from the I!ea :.
yhne, 10 fair specimen OF the kind of
!niof mation gwen from Tune 10 Time oy the
Protestant Missionary Societies to their
dupes, In order TO be able to continue to
extract funds from them for Missionary
purposes, that Ia, to pay large salaries to
iheir oihcers, ana to- maintain the Missiona-
RES and their famiiies In opuience.
we propose to examine these boasttul
statements and see what reliable Protest.
ant writers say aoont the number and
character OF the converts ana missionaries
ooth vi tue Chufcn anu OF the elgnteen OF
twenty rival and discordant sects, that
nave nad possession OF these portions o.
-
tract. we VIII see, lnueeu, that THIS
Portion OF the " ncid as well as all other
portions, has yielded great harvest OF
converts VINO resent pie the primitive dlsci-
pes oy the nrdor OF their faith, the lnstre
ot their Plety anu their consistency IN torture
ana ueath' that even the Chlnese Mander'nf
III presence OF 80 muct virtue anu heroism
whist condo mninS them, were forced to
confess Truly TINS Christian religion is
good religion" out these converts are
what the Mlssionar es OF the scots call In
1helr peculiar slang, = Popish ldolators,
aRd followers OF the beast" whilst
their own disciples whom they have iliumi-
Ah'eu with the ilSnt OF tue - pure gospel
are described sy thelr friends as " the most
age ana 'coffhttSS 81 thcf NATION, ana that
The sole effect OF their English Education is
10 quarry them Tor hypocrltes or sharpers.
10 Shihh, tfotestaht writers nave not
cease TO celenrate she courage, devotion
asn charity OF the Cath"iic missionaries,
nat they were molly ana devoted men,
say Mr.. Maicoltn' In spite OF rooted an.
tlPatihee, " ls proved by their lives and
serene martyIdom.' az cannot refrain,
exclaims MIR. R"bertson," from admirine
the heroism, the devotion, and the supe'
Iiority OF the Catholic Missionaries" On
the other hand, the same impartial wit
nesses speak only with sorrow and disgust
OF the Protestant Missionaries. They
snrr0und themselves with comforts says
MIR. Power; "sqnahble for the best houses,
maggie Tor warcs =, aud provoke contempt by
q iazy lite.' ihey will not encounter
risks or hazard dangers like the Catholics
says one Protestant writer. They adopt
= low toneof morality: aud bring humilia-
lion on their ORDER" writes second
Lhsy have no more devotion than boot
JACK, says third and the Pagan Chinese
greet them IN the streets with the title OF