The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-08-29
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scsbbard. No danger no fatigue. no prlvation |
daunts or deters him 30 long as he beholds the |
emblem of his religion aud his race. He loves
and yenerates the silent symbol for the associ- |
ations 1t calls to mind.
Napoleon I. with his battalions traversed the
continent of Europe. debating terms to kings
torious forces around the pyramids of Egypt. .
Daring this triumphal march his most potent
auxiliaries were the eagles of France drsped
in their tri-colored plumage. At the bridge of
Lodi, when the French hosts shrank back ap-
palled from the carnage caused by the terrific
FIRE of the Austrian, Napoleon raised aloft the
stricken veterans. In an instant every heart
| was nervsd, and amidst storms of balls and the
| shrieks of the wounded aud dying, the bridge
was carried and tie day was won. The eagles
| of the 6rst Caesars seemed to have alighted
| upon the tri-colored flags of the modern Caesar
Whether in the midst of the deadly SHOWS of
Russia, or of the burning sands of Egypt, or
of the towering SUBMITS of the Alps, the great
| talisman which led the way and gave inspira-
tion to the soldier, was the national symbol.
1t spoke to them of home, of kindred, friends,
! and of the glory of France, and they were will
| ing to risk ali for the ideas thus inspired.
| How often has the tide of battle been turned
| in favor of England, both on land and sea, by
raising the symbol of England aud the war
cry of st. George aud the Dragon, in the thick
| est of the fight! How often, in the midst of
battle and daughter, has the dropping spirit
aud determination by sight of his loved ma
tional emblem, the shamrock
| We might cite instances ad minimum but we
have adduced a efficient number for llustra-
ton. What is the Specification and the utility
of these symbols At the birth of nations,
it has always ibeen the custom to devise
some common symbol around which the people
could rally as type of nationality On all
, important occasions both in peace and in war,
this common emblem is always in the midst of
, the people, to remind them of the past, to in
| in thAn raao and IN than
: | hopeful in the future. 1t is associated with
all their public events, their victories, their
defeats their joys, their sorrows, their glories,
| their progress, their pc wer and greatness Is
it, then, strange that it should be regarded
with love. respect and venerationf lsit strange
that sight of their mute talism an In the midst
y of battle should stir the soul of the soldier to
it's very depths, that the heart of the patriot
should swell with emotion and stern resolve
= when the homer or welfare of his country is in
i, danger, or that the citizen should have higher
Q appreciation of the dignity and destiny Of man
9 or that the individual should always associate
it with his love of country, his pride of the
| past his aspirations for the present, his hopes
of the future, in a word, with his nationality
}, The man who has no love of fstherland in his
l. soul, who does not love and respect the emblem
of his oountrys glory is 1T only for RS SsTGsags%s
9 Such q man can only be regarded as an enemy
It of his race, and will be frowned upon by the
Q wise, the good and the humane.
n The emblems we have thus far alluded to
ID refer to the worldly affairs of men, to matters
9 of state, of government, and national prosper
2 ty. We now propose to refer briefly 70 tne
2 to one which relates 80 the temporal and
70 eternal welfare of the entire human race. the
Holy Cross. What it's Specification aud utilt
tyf What associations does it Gail TO mind
It tells ne of the 1ncarnata God sent to earth &c
give mankind new law, to set them an ex
y ample Of perfect life, to teach them those
It happiness here and hereafter, and then to sut
o fer and to die an iguominIoua death to atone
j. for the sins of man. It calls mp all the dread
d circumstances connected with the last days OF
our blessed Saviour when on. earth. 1t brings
d to mind his betrayal by Judas, his arraign'
l. tnent before Pontius PLATE, his condemnation
q cross upon his blessed shoulders, amidst the in
!, SUITS the scofs, the scourgings, the orc ming
d with thorns, and other indiguities OF jewish
i ascent to the scaaold, his bloody TRANSACTION
/, between two thieves, his dreadful agony, his
g bloody sweat, his wounds, mis- slow and agoniz
8 ing death. For whom, and for what, has tht
q omnipotent Redeemer suffered these ignOm
., Mes these agonies, this cruel death For al
It mankind, rs an atonement Of their Gins. Witt
his almighty power he could have summoned
p around him legions Of destroying angels, whC
# could have crushed to powder his Persecutors
n OF with his mighty breath he could have CON
b signed them to instant annihilstiOn. But his
i love and tenderness for man was infinite and
l. he theoretically RETAINED from employing ths
b power which he possessed to their injury. How
+ vast this confederation, this love, this devo
!. tion to UnortaIs under such provocationsr
q Since the date of the erucifxiOn, the cross
/ with che image Of our blessed Lord attached
ID thereto has been universally recognized as thu
n chief symbol of Christianity. In the Days o
b the apostles and their immediate successors j
g. was their eveH-present memento, friend solace
IT badge, and emblem Of faith. Recent discoveries
r, in the catacombs OF Rome have brought z
light the rude alters of the hros Christians, nj
ways stamped with and designated by the eiET
g. Of the CROSS. When these early Christian
g were hunted down like wild beasts, and driver
n nv the sanguinary paRanB into the most eecTe
aa recesses of she earth 20 escape EaartyrdomI thu
Id holy cross ever accompanied them, even sym
Al bolised their faith, ever served as . beacon o
n. Nohk and n rallSing point for the pcrseoutei