The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-05-16

Scion, the Pagan philosopher, who had
learned wisdom by experience once exclaimed
" Let no one be called happy until the hour OF
death 7" Death is the crown of life, and II that
be calm and beautiful then life, whether it has
been full of joy or full of sorrow, may indeed
be called happy.
Looking back upon the past of her whose
loss is so keeny felt by friends and relatives
bv the Church aud by the poor, we recall now
often we have been tempted to exclaim " Her
life is happy"
A favorite of fortune from the very hour Oh
her birth, Prosperity walked beside her
through all the paths of youth ana woman
hood and shed a golden halo around the way.
Affection crow ned her with it's brightest gar
lands, and breathed upon her, either as
daughter. wifi. or mother, its softest, sweetest
fraorance. Health and Energy ministered TO
her DESIRES aud brought around her all tne
Measures of social life and all the joys of the
domestic circle.
Faith the most active principle OF her
buoyant nature closed her heart to an lmmod-
crate love of worldly vanities, but held her
hands ALWAYS open to relieve the friendless
and the poor.
An ornament to the society in which she
moved she was ever the faithful child of the
Catholic Church. and though she yielded to
the first her influence and her smiles, she ever
gave to the last her assistance and her tears.
Though she walked among the lovers OF
fashion, and reasonably partook of worldly
pleasure, she was not forgetful of the orphan's
low appeal, nor needless of the moan that rose
from suffering, breaking hearts.
| But if no ono is to be called happy until
death, we have but to refer to this supreme
hour to acknowledge that she was entitled to
the crown of happiness.
For Ave long months sickness, that angelic
messenger that teaches patience, resignation,
aud detachment from earthly things, came
and stood beside her, making her poor in all
things except Faith.
Affection was as though it were not, for 1t
could not ease one single pain, and was
po1erless to add one hour to a life so precious
to many hearts, while influence, energy,
bouyant spirits, all fed away before the mex
orable frown of Death
But Faith the comforter, brought her sub
mission to Gods will, peace, patience, all that
makes life beautiful, aud all that makes death
hapry In the last terrible hours her daughters
PRAYERS, like the angel-wings that bore Saint
Catherine heavenward, uplilted and consoled
her dying soul; and when she was seemingly
unconscious to all the sounds Of earth, hel
sons solemn promise to live according to the
, Faith which she had taught him. frightened
, her longing eyes and fell like sweetest music
upon her failing senses.
o Religion, true wealth of Christian souls
o Faith, true fashion of a mothers heart! ho"
r happy was the death-bed where ye stood al
ministering Angels, to console the living ane
= to assist the dying.
Y At that solemn hour when Time yields al
l., it's treasures to Eternity, the only fashion sh
eloried in was the simple habit of the soapular
! the noble garment of Christian matron, ant
. the OILY riches her hands cared to clasp wer
Q the rosary of the sinless Mother and the cruel
3 fix of the saving Christ.
I When the last sad rites were to be performed
y 'how fitting it was that the inanimate body
l. once the shrine of q Christian soul, should b
d borne to the temple of the living God, and tba
Il there should be offered up the mystery O
t Faith, for one who had tasted of the mystery c
I" Death!
,, Bot if there is an eloquence in action loude
l. than any told in Words it was surely espresso
d by the long procession of little orphans VIII
II with hands full of flowers, walked mournfull
10 beside the bier.
Their mute voices proclaimed her sileI
Is charities, and those fragrant flowers symbolic
II the perfume of her many benefactions to God
10 beloved poor.
v. Alb, since Death, even according to Psga
h philosophy, has crowned her among the hapE
II here on earth, let us believe, with Christis
e. hope, that q newer life will crown her with
b. diadem of unfadipg happiness even among Il
ID Blessed of Heaven :
10 Some light has at last been thrown upon Il
30 origin of the recent troubles in Buenos Ayre
10 wherein several members of the Society of Jes
were severely wounded and their splendid &C
10 lege reduced to q heap of ruins. 1t would q
=" pear from the Pastoral of the Archbisho
which we publish in another column, that
10 simply proposed to transfer the Church of
no Ignatius from the charge of its old pastor, W
was to he stationed at the Cathedral, to til
"a of the Jesuit Fathers. 1t had been thu
do property, but was confscated years ago up
the suDDression of the Order. The civil 9