The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-04-18

even of society, Freethinkers assn"n9
The task of laboiing for The prompt anu iS
of CatLolicity ana ior Tvs am. -
ion by any and every means iheiuu'os i'
violence
With these extracts, believed bretbren' the
;mnor,auce of which is apparent to all, VIC
NAV conclude. We have said enough upon
this sad theme. Let them that hear take neeu
The Sect, speaking through representatives
whose authority is unquestionable, upon an
occasion of the gravest solemnity, has exposed
itself in clearer light than was ever done ny
the farthest outposts of the Church when
warming Christian people against the shafee
which had been laid for them by THIS sals
Sect. 1t has shamelessly exposed the hypoc-
risy of the imposture, by means OF which II
usually seduces it's dupes, in protesting tna' II
bears no hostility to the Catholic religion
This order itself declares the end which 1t ha'
in view, viz to obliterste if possible, from tn
heart of man the very idea of God, and to &C
complish this, labors most assiduously TO 90
stroy aud annihilate that Holy Chn:ch' IN
sole depository of the truths by which Goo Ia
dispelled the darkness caused by sin, and ID
only guardian of slor ality, to lay hold OF youth
INIT to corrupt il, and of woman simply to de
Grade her in declaring her free OF all restrain
Its religion is to have none it's creed is to deny
it's morality, libertinism; its weapons, biaspns
nv, falsehood and tyranny. With these weapon
and for the establishment of these principles
| it has declared and now wages war uneS
ampled in it's fury, against the Church
Jesus Christ.
Strong in it's unwavering faith in til
ipfallible word of Him who has said TO her
The gates of hell shall not prevail agains
thee. the Church has entered the strugsl
and confidently awaits the resAlt. She know
that if this Sect like the beast of the Apoci
lypse, which John saw rise from the abyss.
mouth filed with blasphemies, has been
lowed to wage war against Saints, to oppre
them, and even put them to death, this pow
shall last only for q tine, and that God b
mum bered the days of it's existence; that W b
the end comes, a breath will suffice to dri
Satan and his cohorts into the bottomiess
and TO calm the angry waters which bear I
bark of Peter and restore liberty to his Churt
In the meanwhile the holy Spouse of Chr
shall have her SORROWS; bitter tears shall 6
shed over the weaknesses of the cowardly, t
scandals of the impious, and the sutferir
often of her purest and most illustrous me
bers. The reign of the powers of darkness
a begun ; let us be firm. Our Lord has vanqui
= | ed the world and if We be true we shall
f umph with Him.
n Entering then into the spirit of our Pom
d and Father, Plus TX, aud in the face of
a persecution now raging against our IL
"a Church, once again we implore the eli
e Christian people under our charge to take
l. vantage of this great grace of the JUDI
a which will continue until the end of the y
;, 1879. We address ourselves particularly
q those sinners who have been SO long estran
ia from their God, aud held in the bondage
!, inqui,y. Under the old law, the figure of
q new during the year of Jubilee Of the Je
q estates which had been alienated were resto
% to their rigiuai owners, in whom the title
70 inahenable, and the Hebrew slaves were
a, stored to liberty. We are all, beloved bretE
TT the iralienable property of the Great God '
h. has created and redeemed US; separated f
~ Him, our minds doomed to darkness;
-. hearts, made to love Him with oil the mi
f of love, are miserable if they repose no;
of Him. Let restore to our Merciful Fat
~. those souls which have cost the blood OF
Son. Let us break tue chains of pride au
Ia vice which bind us in the shameful SLAYER
=, Satan, aud let return to the enjnymen
that liberty which, children of God, is u
,r Great aud many though our sins may be,
VA mercies of our Heavenly Father exceed &
~, In magnitude and in number.
wa 1t is with pleasure tat we take advant
ro of this OCCASION to bear witness to the ind,
ho igable zeal of our dear and honored co-labo
RI q zeal which has produced its fruit in
abundance of grace y, and which has, up to
present time, as it's recompense the trau
nation which has taken place 10 our die
leu during the twenty years and more that
80 have been laboripg, surrounded by difficu
and privations known to God alone. We
NV and beseech them, with this assurance OF
entire confidence. that they will redouble
Efforts and priestly zeal during this ye:
Jubilee in order that the flocks commit,
'"' their care may be brought to the fonnts
'' our Saviour Jesus Christ, there to be
~ with the graces necessary to salvation,
with a renewed vigor to safely prose Gu t