New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-29

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+ ! thing said; and she did. She just grabbe
! ! him up in her mouth and put off, and
, | came home" The mother says that nOthip
} would give her greater comfort than I
know that her children we're all afraid
their ewn shadows. But not one of thel
/ has ever shown particle ct c0wardice
their lives, nor their father before them.
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i Religion and Free Masonry.
The beginning of this month was locke
forward to with anxiety by many person
in the religious world, for the first Of Jul
was the day appointed for an act. passe'
last year. coming into force and STYLED b.
MI Disraeii as designed to put down ritual
ism. A court was constituted for the trja
OF ecclesiastical eatses. Nothing has a
yet been done, though preparations ar
made for the p,o, ecutiOn Of the ritualisti
clergy, who call themselves Catholics, ant
Who Mr.. Disraeli said were addicted to cele
bratng the mass in masquerade. It is said
that ON the morning of the first zealous
Protestant appeared at the palace OF -the
Archbishop Of Canterbury and asked
whether the new court we're sitting; but this
Is the principal public intimations that haf
been given OF the desire to make use of tina,
court. For some time back the doings
OF the ritualists haYe. attracted less
notice than the services Of Messrs
Moody and SaDkey. Both of these gentle.
men have now left London. Oae result of
| their mission has beensto attract fellow
workers from the other aide Of the Atlantic.
A Msjor Cole and his wifs have come from
! Chicago to convert the London poor, and
Mr.: and Mrs. Pearsall Smith have come
from philadelphia on the Same. mission
Cynical persons MAINTAIN that there ia an
ample field for missit n ary effort in Chicago
itself, and that. some uncOnverted persons
are yet to be fond in other cities in the
United States. But just as Mr. Varley had
greater success as u preacher across thu
Atlantic than he has had here, go the gen.
tlemen and ladies who come hlther on mis-
siOns Of piety may have greater success
here than at home. On the whole. Moody
and Sankey have not produced quite as
great sensation in London as they did in
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Dublin anu Liver
pool. this being due to the fact. that London
is too large place to be easily moved. Yet,
the impression made was very striking.
and it is commonly admitted, now that thew
are gone, that some good bas been wrought.
The clergy have been even more affected
than the laity, having been stirred up to in
creased earnestness in prosecuting their
work. and shown how to render their mes
sage more attractive to their focks. It has
yet to be shown whether the good done will
prove lasting,
There is no more striking sign of the
times than the zsal of the Roman Catholic
clergy in prOsel. thing. Within the past
few years that body has entirely changed
its attitude, being contented formerly with
more liberation. and showing = O open desire
TO gain converts and supremacy. Nov, how
ever. che case IL changed, and the Roman
Catholics are asserting themselves in a va
rlety Ut ways. 1t is curious that one of the |
stumbling blocks tn y meet with is the ex-
lstence OF FreemasOnry. A peryort, who Is
also FreemasOn, has not only t. abjuve
Professionalism, but to- renOunce the craft.
At one time Roman Catholics might Join
lodge without incurring ecclesia steal cen
sure, but that time has gone by. proof
If the bitterness with which the Church OF |
Rome regards the order is furnished by
book j lst published By firm of Roman
Cath"iic publishers here. 1t is translation
rom the German, and is entitled The Sc
ret Warfare OF Freemasonry Against
church and State" The work as a whole
8 a farrago OF nonsense. A long introduce
ion, evidently written by devout Roman
catholic, Is hardly less ridiculous than the +
est, but is noteworthy as testimony TO
he class OF ideas current on the subject in |
he ranks Of the Roman Catholics. What
learly annOys the writ ,r il that the Prince |
i wales should have accept ID the office of
irand Mast sr in succession t, t1e Marquis
4 RlpOn, VINO had t, resign on Joining the /
'hurch Of Rome. 1t appears, %, that con.
ett., OF WHOM the Marquis Of Ripon is
ouotess one, shave conscient ously assert
d that there was nothing id the principles
t FreemasOnry rs made known to them.
7hich in their judgment milit tad against
ne system OF faith and morals imposed upon |
hem by virtue Of their new allegiance"
ne fair conclusion from this would be that |
reemasonry is not 90 evil hing ait II all.
conclusion go simple, sensible, and nat 1
raj is net that drawn by the writer, for he
lieges that these persons have been hood.
mixed, and taat the real principles and {
imposes OF the order have been carefully {
oncealed from them. As = the position of {
oman Catholics. he writes: No Catholic I
IN enroll himself in secret society with |
Ut mourning accommodation; and no G
reepasOn can be received int, the i
I'D of Christ unless he has previously :
ade u7. his mind to withdraw ait ,gether g
ON such an association" All Chris tians q
Q warned against a society which is {
legged to be the enemy OF Christianity. l
8 leaders are represented as saying, yet I
little. and the time will have arrived for q
e revelation and practical realization Of q
II great GnOstic secret; and we shall see I
ith our own eyes the erection of our altar I
the Unknown on the ruins of Christianl- : ..
: while from QUE the sepulchre of buried n
ngs. OF buried governments. of buried | Fl
shall arise Che phoenix OF one
ldlvldeq republic-One universal brother
cd, with the apron. mallet, triangle, and
o mystic piliars, established forever as !
} worlds sole regalia." All this would be | ci
~ dreadful were it not SO ludicrous. The K
reduction Of the phoenix alone suffices to | ;.
Ow that the writer must be Joking, for no IL
lsible person can refer seriously to chat C.
7thical fowl. Worse. things could occur
IN the establishment of q universal broth. n
1000. 1t may be, however, that the case is &c
SO bad as the writer suppOses; hence he / ri
rs: Even should it appear that Freema ii,
Try has been misrepresented and that the ia
'usations brought against it are full Of ca
aggeIations and perversions of truth in
hich. as we believe the brethren will ia
! it difficult to prOve), the fact remains. of
that the Masonic oath, a. wi
, nave ALREADY stated, ls IN itself serious Ju
lation of the natural Law. which forbids or
to abdicate the freedom. OF Cur will in tn
or OF an unknown and self-constituted TO
hOrlty. and to bind themselves irrevoca- oy
to the propagation of tenets or to the as
Id execution of orders about which we mn
IN utter ignorance at the time, and are. kn
refore, unable to determine whether otl
= are consistent or not with our mortal in,
cations to ourselves, our neighbor and ca
Cod" II It DO true that there are &c,
UO, 900 of MasOns in the world, chen ! on
number of persons over whom the Pope ow
exercise no control is considerable, tes
1t is easy to believe that he should an,
ad the antagonism of such a multitude. Iof
} certain that the papal denunciati6ns of for
emasonry have had direct effect in | a
ing to the number Of the craft in this | la1
ntry. Books such as this one will operate ex
he manner. Thus the Church of Rome ME
~ appeat 10 nave acted With less than its his
al aetuteness. Since the Prince of Wales tor
ed the order he haa ahown a oroot l;I,. -