The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-03-07
Morolng Star and Catholic MESSENGER
nuW ORLEANS, SUNDAY. MARCH, is'o.
a s~,,ond,d Tribute to tho Catholic Church.


puw ORLEANS. SUNDAY. MARCH Is.o
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snlend,d Tribute to tho Cathohc enuieA' |
The Oakland Nears OF Can 40.
tho following as a portion OF ser
EHarea in the independent PTfspy tti i"'
Chnrch Of that place by the Rev. MT. nam
;Jton .uRnt we are compelled 10 own .""'
this oil Mother Church shows an as."n ,11,n,
inc vitality. More than hall Cbtl stehuon'
atiIl bows at her affairs. The commo pi
81 ci;ng 10 her robes. Through pit'Iess
ip.orma HAT leave the seats in oar frntes-
tapt sancturies nearly vacant, we seq 'n. :"
orowdinp to her worship morning, h1ou'
ond NIGHT. Wherever few OF her ou'.
dren make their homes, cross,sui
ed church will soon be seen. Quo ou h
wisely to meet convenience among .no
poorer communities, to WIN asthe.lo ~ Ia
vhereyer wealth creates such tas.e W oo
nleased. And her people pay Tor her
Churches. Her missionaries are also crowd
inc 10 every heather country, and among
the nopulations of India and CHINA mum
her their converts by scores for every one
that Protestants can count as the ifaits %
their labors. No degree OF possi1le sell.
them back. No danger appals them.
wherever she gains foothold she specify
erects the university, the college anu .he
semipary, as we'll as the church, anu "'us
Thousands OF the sons and daughters VI
other religions, aud even OF fFotestanse,
by the superior appliances with whicn sac
fnrnishes them. And close by the side OF
~ school and church you will soon see
her asylum for indulgence and misfortune
epripg up. She is also gentle ana tire-
Less nurse of human pain. Where the pes
thence mows lite deadliest swath or human :
lives. there you will see her Sisters OF
Mercy and Father Confessors never shrlhh-
lug from the touch Of the plague ana never
leaving the field or RENTING thelr MINIS
tries Of care till the scourge departs or or
death discharges them. And many gooo
priest has evinced his sincerity as we'll as
His courage by going into the battle neid
where death fell the thickest, that he might
give the comforts and hopes OF his religion !,
to the dying. We sometimes hear IL ea'o
that the whole System of Romanism Is
shell, without heart, substance, or epl!i-
tnei life. that the Masses are duped by its
false pretences, that its leaders know 1t IL
hollow. We shall never deal wisely with
the evils in any great power which miillon;
of human hearts love and trust, ana nno
comfort in, until we learn to do It )ustice
We know that men do not endure halt
century Of voluntary pain and sacrlhce toi
what is in their own eyes transparent
sham. Millions of thirsty souls, generation
after generation, do not rush to fountain
which has long ago run dry. When hu
man hearts are seeking eternal lie, theS
do not hold it so cheap as to take up viii
patent counterfeit. Catholics lind SOM
deepest want Of soul met in their Church
or they would turn away from her as
false mother. The Judgment of charity Il
beginning to supercede the Judgment o
prejudice upon her. The tone of Protes
taut utterances respecting her value ls ra
pidly changing. The atlantic Monthly no
long ago sent forth an appreclatiye artici
that fully conceded her merits. The Key
Thomas X. Beecher followed with WORD
of high commendation. The Kew. MI
Ijams, in his sermon lately ut the lnstaiia
ton of Dr. Rexford in San Francisco, no
.ced the place she fills among the religion
organizations of Christendom in the sam
tone. And 10! within tho week past come
to us the Christian Union, one OF the mos
widely circulated and powerful papers
Professionalism, bearing this sentence, wv 1t
all respect for the earnestly religion
among the Old Catholics and the Cont
mental Protcstants, we Judge that u
Church OF Rome contains by far the create
part of the living spiritual faith that exis
on the Continent (of Europe). Testimot
could hardly say more. The power OF Il
Catholic Church and her use OF that pow
for good within a certain sphere are not
be questioned. Wherein lies the secret
this great strength Z One short senten
give the answer. That Church has con
TO 6xed conclusions. In doctrine ana pra
tice her mind ia made up. 1t is not doub
she has the stability and force of the sing
mind. Her ritual 10 one for all the worl
for the Pope at Rome, and for the Dige
Indian in California. The very sound a
accent of its words are the same.
thought of innovation is tolerated for
moment. There ia no debate over metho
The prelimiuaries of work are all settle
All hesitation is cut off. There is MOTH
To be done but the work. And what tt
is was decided ages ago-to extend d
preserve the Church as she is. Each me
Der soon learns his part. Age after age
command goes forth from the triple CROW
ed Head at Rome. The whole mighty
ganism, from the scarlet Cardinal to
rag picker in the street, moves respons
to that command"
The nrwspaper opinion of Dr. NJ