The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-09-26

arc We inueoteo Ior tne Following good ro.
of '1ls4
FATHER NE1THART's ADDRESS.
Our help is In the name Of the Lord who
Beloved Brethren in Christ! What
imposing spectacle presents itself to mv
on this auspicious and ever memorabj &a
day of Septemb Der, 1875! 1 have the hono.
pleasure ofseeing and addressin thoussOsssa ~ +
every age and sex, of every tongue aud nass G
and of every condition in Ii fe--old and go w.
r.ch and poor, stalwart men, delicate ~
tender virgins and children. What a ~
sight What charming spectaclel WI.
bear tiful emblem of the heavenly upits
Catholicity of our holy Church Repr:..,
tives of all ages, sexes and nations un;as
and people, forming but one body ami a
soul, as it. was in the beginning of Christ;s.
is now, and always should be to the end ~ Il
world. No wonder that enthusiastic ior ~
flows in my heart and beams forth on ths a. tbss'
sands of radiant coontenances all around !, (
What can it be that has brought us ali ~
gether on this occasion and at this dist
from orr homes 'Tis not pleasure or csr;ssa
ty. This out ofthe way locality present.
attractions to sight.seers OF pleasure seeEs
'Tis not the prospect of profit You can mat
no oney here, though you are expeetsS n
spend some for Gods sake. What then \.
collected here thi, immense sea of up.tp,..5
faces, these men and women in the yiro, 3
youth and health, these aged people alns,;s
tottering on the verge ofthe grave, and f.
bright faced children scarcely toddlins 4.
wards the threshold of life aud hopef NJ
tell your 'Tis Religion and charity. YMss.
have come here for no other motive thSs
assist in promoting the glory of God, tbs ~
fare OF the Church and state, and the salysfz
of immortal souls. Such is our general oIi..3
but oCr specific intention is: To lay and SI.
the corner stone of much needed OmsS4
Asylum for st. Alphonsus Parish in hopsr r
Almighty God and in memory of our lste n
loved and lamented Father j. B Duffy, C. SST
In every age and country, in every comna
nifty and congregation, but especially in ~
cherished Metropolis of the South, 30 offs
visited by epidemics, there are NUMBER y.
poor, abandoned little ones without horss'
shelter them, without means to support thae
and without friend to instruct and ednesl
them. In fact. who is there to charge hima4.
with the humane and Christian duty of ra.s,
ing them from the inevitable danger of ain ~
ruin In time and eternity What class or ccI
dition of society will assume the responsibillE
of receiving and making these forlorn yiehs
honest and useful citizens of the State, edil,
ing members of the Church, and future hsf,s
of Heaven Their PGrenEsf They haya nor
One or both of them have been carried of sri
snatched from them by blind, cruel, remofss
less death, bequeathing them nothing bat 81
are, indeed, like abandoned waits cast adif
to perish physically, mentally, and morally1E'
the boundless surging sea of cold, heariisa
Worldwide ls there to save and harbor thos
The Statei The Stste-what . mockely!
The State, possessing and protesting no Rely
ion itself, how can it be expected to edurlss
Christians and Catholicsf The Stats-fhss
secular State! Who ever heard or read af
secular states, during upwards of 6, 600 yesrs
ever caring straw for the fate of poor Or.
no heart, no feeling. Il is like q lifsm
machine. 1t has an army and navy for strng
and able-bodied men. 1t has offices of tE
and profit for the influential, the ambitioaS
and the unscrupulous. 1t has work houses ass
station houses for the idle vagrant and drunk,
ard. 1t has prisons, penitentiaries and gallovS'
Tor crIminals-in fact, shelter and home for
all classes, save the poor friendless, homeless
helpless, pdrentless orphan. These alone aEd
ruthlessly turned off to seek shelter and SUP
port elsewhere. The picture is sad one. III
deed; but tits sadder still that it is so trusts
nature. Where then isl the lonely orphan g
look for helpf Ah, dear brethren, there !!
nope left. The orphan, though bereft q
father and mother here below, though forsak'
en- by the wicked world, has still q kind, pro
mother on earth. This Father is God-thH
Mother is the Holy Catholic Church.
Yes, the Catholic Church, which has ben
instituted and commissioned by Jesus Chrias
the Son of God, to instruct and save all nsl
tions and classes of mankind, has never yt
proved recreaut to her sacred calling, and reve
will, till time shall be no more. Ever faithfal
to her heavenly mission of mercy, she has neve
failed, during the long lapse of eighteen cent?
ries, TO prove otherwise than q tender, Lows
mo ther TO the oppressed of all nations and h
the abandoned of all classes. You may rea4 4
on every page of her glorious history that %
has always and everywhere taken under hc5
especial charge the poor, the widow, and W
orphan: Even in the Nineteenth Century Will.
ignored by the world, slandered by infdels sut
oppressed by states aud ststesme1
robbed and rendered penniless by scepteres
tyra1ts and sham republics, both in Eurcp
and South America, despite all obstacles sns
persecutions, she yet continues to collect aSs
console, to shelter and support, to educate ane
save the poor and the orphans. b
In this Fourth District, the Redemptorisl
Fathers, as You all are aware, have labored, 9
the duly appointed representatives of the c.
Cholic Church, for nearly twen5y-eight yeag
When first sent here and installed by the ssinsea
archbishop Blanc, there was but one poo
frame church, in which the little congregstos
consisting of Germans and Creolesr Irish asa
Americans, would attend divine worship. TheIS
was then no Thought of school, orphan asylumt
Or House of Mercy. Now we see around y
tour immense congregations worshippirg y y
Tour large, commodious and magnitcens
churches: st. Alphonsus', St. Mary's AsSunp.
lion, Notre Dame, and-last but not least ~ y
any means-St. Francis de Sales Church. AZ
these costly structures have been erected apo