, 1875-03-28

sionate entreaty Of the preacher. Notre Dame
has many tims been witness to the sighs and
tears and wringing Of hands Of the smltten
sinner. Many fashionable lady has sold
her iewelry for the benefit Of the poor, and
many hardened reprobate devoted his life
to works Of charity, under the alternately
persuasive and adnonitory eloquence Of the
SANITY IAcoRpAnE- The mission system OF
the Catholics has been far more effective
and fruitful Of results than the protracted
meetings Of the Protestants. IF the Prot-
estants reformed, the Catholics converted
the nation. The reformations were change
of creed bnt long before there was any creed
to reform the nation had to be transformed
from Pagan darkness into the light OF Chris
tianity. That was done by revivalists' who
had no newspapers to record their victories,
or extol their &c humble" eloquence.
It is curious to note, by the way, that, with
all the reputation OF the Catholics for prose-
lyting, We never, or seldom, hear OF thelf
making the conversion Of Protestants the
ostensible object of their revival movements
! They do not put that in their exhortatlon, OF
upon their aag. Their most consplcu-
Gus instances Of hsroisn and self~denlal
ere, as of old, in the strongholds Of heathen-
ism. They do, indeed, lay their nets for Fro
testants,- in London, for example, where
they have caught some fish worth catching
during the last quarter Of century. Still,
they do not plant any Protestant missions, so
called, after the example Of Protestant mis-
| sionaries in Ireland or Italy, who are boldly
set for the ts conversion of their fellow
| Christians Of St. AUaUsrNE's and Madame
| SwE1cHSE's faith. We do not suppose that
Brother MooDY would hesitate to attempt
the "conversion" OF JOHN HENRY NE%-
| MAN, but We fear that that eminent Father
would not be willing to go for out OF his way
to sconvert" even Brother MoonT "fom
| the error Of his ways" When the Protestant
becomes Catholic he is called "parvart !;
when the Catholic becomes Protestant he
is "conyert~" So the Protestant prose-
lyters say; the Catholic proselyters reverse
the designations. As Brother MoCoEaHoK
looks disdainfully upon Prof. swEo
as "heathen man and Republican,
50 Cardinal McC1osMx, with no less
commiseraion, regards Brother Mccon-
I NICK as castaway, although good
brother Democrat, unless, indeed, Ills
Eninence should apply, as would be
natural in this case, the dogma of 'invlncl,
BILE ignorance" Upon the same ground the
Pope may look out Of his window with hu'
morous pity upon the *'reyiival" !" which
Brother VAN METER has "gotten up" unde1
the walls Of the Vatican for his special bene
| it,-the Popes, we mean. Looking ron
the window Of his residence" Brother VA
METER tells rs, - the Pope can see the pres'
printing the Bibles which are overthrowlns
his sway!" And, what is still more dramatic
this printing is going On "la NERos gnr
den, where the early Christian martyrs wer'
burned to death in their shirts Of tar!" No
is this all of the revivalism which Brother Va
METER has to say or show for himself H'
has $50 advantageous1y placed his prayer
meeting that the singing may be heard
especially if the singers be instructed to rnls'
their voices ittle-in the very chambers
the Vatican u" We undertake to say tha
PETER the Hermit, and Brother MOODY, ant
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HAMMOND, with his "Covenant cards an
dramatic tears, is outdone by this typograph
ical zeal, according to Brother VAN NE1EB
What is tail-feathef Of the cock that GREY
when PETER denied, in the way of devc
tiona1 curiosity, compared to this cunnin
missionary's chronological raid upon th
private chambers Of the Sovereign Pontif
By all means let him give tht
order for the raising Of the voice
of his besieging cohorts, SO that he may Sc
the desire of his heart in the overthrow c
the Papacyl The fact that there is move
ment upon bis flank, IN the shape Of fnar
cial nvestigation, should only emboldcn hi
plans and int1ame his zeal. There Is no tim
to be lost A master-6troke like this will COT
found the enemy Of both front aud rear, IN
raise Brother VAN METER SO high rs gette'
I'D Of revivals as to make all his competito,
"pale their Intellectual fires" But, after al
the evils Of an ignorant zeal are less tha
those Of stagnant intelligence.