The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-07-11
fCemmantcsteaI
Hsros, the Murderer Of Inneesuts, Being peas +.
yet 6peaksth- As

that, 10 know when to believe a mar. i, =,
fance of evidences and appearances. ia ons =,
the privileges Of genius, and a facultv zhih
ran neither be acquired nor assumed
Il is something c0gnate to be capabJe of ID
ni.ting evidences in spite of the pre;nd;cas -
caste and creed, or no creed. Hspcs 80.
might be flled with praises bestowed h, .,
mos. gifted among oar separated .-..,
unon the reli yious and charitable inatitn.;an
which form one of the choicest gloriea OF M. y
;mnerishable Church of Christ.
Yea. more: even as the devil himself, as,
LAX and a murderer from the beginning" has
been, at times. constrained to speak the truth;
so one of the vlest non-Catholic men of geniua
no less parsonage than Voltaire himself, has
! left it on record that he stood abashed in
preseuce of the heroism of the Christian yir.
| gin. who, strong in the. love of An unseen and
Eternal Lover, spurns all that woman natur.
ally, and even lawfully, eovets to become the
slave Of the helpless, the vicious, the plague
stricken and the forsaken.
Ituould be easy to show that hundreds, nay,
.bonsapds. of the inmates of Catholic institu.
tions are not fitted to earn their bread in ser
vice. The clients of the Little Sisters of the
Poor. of whom the youngest has seen her
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a par with poor babes, now in the sad morning
of an orphaned life, which Religion strives to
brighten. The Ladies of the Good Shepherd
} cannot certainly recommend their dependents
for domestic service. But they will readily
bestow them on such philanthropic employers
: as will not hesitate to admit to the bosom Of
, their families reclaimed thieves, drunkards
t and adulteresses. Archbishop Whately re-
marks that the man who would choose his ser
t wants from that class, would soon have not q
q spoon left in his house bat himself-a wit
e ticism which, by the by, Catholic p:elste
= would never have perpetrated-
= Catholic institutions fully open to in.
y spection. They may let their light saH. before
d men, for they have nothing to conceal What
l. the city does for them would hardly keep
: their inmates in decent foot-gear. Some Of
them, although visited by a variegated Grand
IS Jory. have never had the slightest assistance
Is from State or city.
IT The writer of "The Business OF Charity
20 would never speculate at his own risk in SO IN
y profitable " Business" After the figures
quoted in last Sundays STAR, it is superfuoui
for us to lisp in numbers" One should be
able to repeat az will the miracle of the loavss
and fishes TO make good thing, commercially,
by supporting hearty boys and girls at the rat
of dollar and sixteen cents a month Pc
capita.
The same writer knows perfectly we'll tbs
the obscure sheet which his bigoted article
render unnecessarily odious, costs New Orlssn
more in one year than all its asylums hav
in four; with what advantage to the publ
we have not genius to see, " in defiance OF ap
oearauces and evidences"
"owad some power the eifsie E. Us
II vad irae mony blunder free Us,
And foolish notion.
The religious ladies who control our Cato
lie institutions are not myths, though 1t
true that, to devote themselves the more u'
reservedly to their sacred calling they nh
their individuality under a common name al
a common garb Every civilized country
earth, every State in the Union, every gra
historic name America boasts, is Represent
: in their ranks. According to holy scriP'u
they would not be useless to the commS
wealth were they but as the ten jlst souls
whose sake God promised to spare the SIN
cities of the plain. But their great amoi'
e is to become, like Job, ian eye to the OIL
a foot to the lame, parent to the poor"
till death, they will pursue this dreary task
Once, these gentlewomen would not
been insulted in Louisiana. THAT govS
ment is rotten" said Solon, Gin which
injury done to the weakest citizen is not
sented and punished by the Republic" y
narily, they never defend Themselves from
just accusations; they profess higher pm
ophy: Blessed are We ,chen men shall Terits ye,
speak all that is eril against ye, untruty, Joi
sake Be glad and rejoice, for your re'rdrd IS
1redt in kedren
But, as there is point at which patti
ceases to be a virtae,-suppose these gel
women we're to state their case somewha
follows:
"we are American citizens, by birth o.
adoption. We are among the best of cit!.
because neither we, nor those under our
ever break any of your laws; and the an
Greeks and Romans constantly incnlcsteo
the best citizens were those who kept the
most faithfully. An anonymous writer
noficial iournal' brands Ms bv implicatlc