The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-27
GERMAN EPENTS,
tBerlln Correspondence liverpool Tinss.,

.
e out your readers may not have heard yet
that tProtestantc clergymen in Germany begin
TO suppress divine service on Sundays when
3 popular amusements happen to take place
during the hours of public worship. In
Weilburg, where I am inst staying, it was
l announced, last week, that divine service
wouid not be performed in the parish
church on Sunday. the 23rd of July, on ac-
count of the Singer Feast, which was held on
that day. Beginning 10 the morning with
solemn procession formed by more than
thousand people, including little school
girls dressed in white, and wearing bou-
quets of flowers and prizes for the hero
singers, the festivity ended with a grand
ball In the open air, and lasted till Monday
morning. Towards evening some dark
clouds rose over the heads Of the feasting
and singing crowd. Next day this circum
| stance was spoken of in the local paper as
d calamity that nearly put a stop to the
glorious feast "Hundreds of innocent
little maidens, said the. reporter, lifted up
their bands to hands to heaven, to implore
| the Deity not to mar the beautiful feast by
! shower of rain" Aud in another passage
| the writer mentioned how an old warrior
all soldiers are now called warriors in the
Faehe1land-was touched to tears at the
slght OF the procession of the little girls
dressed IN their robes of innocence" Bac. |
chus, Thalia, Melpomene, wine and song |
and dancing,-what else is wanted for q |
pagsn Sunday worship in Germapy7
The number of Rationalists in the land
OF BlldnEg" is amazing millions of them
would be found, if the law allowed people
to live without assuming the name of one
of the religions licensed by Government
National Liberals are determined that that
law shall be done away with in the next
Parliamentary session, aud think they are
quite right; it is monstrosity on the one
nand to compel psSaus to call themselves
Christians, and on the other to punish
Christian mlnisters il they refuse to tole
rate those heathens IN their fiocks. In
Wlesbaden, twenty seven such monde
scripts in religion, at the present moment,
boldly claim the right of having no reli
S!on, and as the Minisser of Public Wor- r
shp has already permitted the school au
thorltes OF the town to enter q child on the ]
register as g Of no religion" it is generally T
that the old law is DOOMED.
Honest Protestant papers acknowledge d
mat Germany has engaged on q rapid retro II
srade march IN religion, morality, science. 4
nduse1lal productlocs Sin fact everything, q
Except the art of killlng-not only killing I,
Il time of WEI, but also unlawfulIy in time n
4 peace. Noday passes without a nun Der s
'eing committed in Germany. Tsometimes al
cad of stree or four in one day. Aud q
Vhat makes these crimes look worse js the "
essence Of mitigating circumstances, that is
say that so many are perpetrated without q
ro7Ocat1on, In cool blood ana for trIfliog "a
hjects. Only few days ago youth of h
eventeen killed his feilo W. servant (female( 20 20
ecaase, ashe SAID, she was liked better by
ls master than ne. The murderer was r.
ondemned to Is years i'm prison0ent. Since 60
be present Emperor assembled tie throne, So
ot one criminal has been executed in Prus- F'
Ia. Suicides are still more nuInerous than Ia
lurdeCs. The city OF Berlin alone counted
.st year 254 suicides t2I3 male and II fe- TO
lalesls besides 3S eorpses foend in the -.
pree. For gambling, the PrDssian Gov IS
rn nlhent has the monopoly in the official \,
tate Lottery; but Prussian subjects gam e
lx~e&< NG
criminals. In E!berteld more than 1870 q
ersons were 8ned Skis week by one of the "
'wn nSagistTetes fog having bought tickets
ON the Brunswick lestery. l.,
1he whereabouts of the Archbishop Of
Oogoa is as much q my ystery to the Gov ls
nmeDt as to his fa;thful clergy and dio- !
sans, but wherever be may be, it is GER sid
in thnsin spite Of his " "depos;tiou," his pi
race administers his diocese, with OF s
lthout secret delegate. This week the ~
oInfs1tse po]&sSeiSaH9 has had the boldness Ke
publish letter from his Graoe to one i
his priests, and signed, " Melchors, Arch toS
shop of Cologne" III which, the Arch B
shop denies the Government sk.e right Of Me-
trod7ciDg new CateehIsm without his G
ncti6n, rs the Introduction of such Ia4
OK oy government authority, and with bbl
c especial approval would be nothing do,
1re nor lees than a conversion of the Ca ~ a.
olio religion into State religion, and of q
y Church into o State church. per
An Old Catholic priest has revoked The Cas- Cas-
". Mr.. Schopf, of Ssuldorf, "A Baden, de- !
lre9 in a public recantation that he is a, - ,
lTy iOr MS errors and the scandal he has bag
ven, and now hastens to return to she >,st 81
49, Roman, Catholic Church. A curious 81
SO will arise from his conversion, as he Y
Is duly (viz- by DR.. Reinkens and the '0I n
'Eernmsnt) appointed parish priest, en- Bre
,inD Rtjnepd onaraDtnad hv +ba Gee Risc
A e -h;k ss: y - SSnNo' But
" VI WHICH, ScSoE0ihS TO ohe OF the May Sc;
VS., he cannot be deprived. e
Gnco0caged by the decision of DR.. Falk, TO 'oTr, i
oreeing the handing over of the Holy pow
oss Church at Neisse to the Alt Catholics, 4oGS 4oG
800 sectaEAnS nave now also pet1tioned Rails
the Joint use of tba Church attached to Ctr
!, loyal Gymnasium of Gleiwitz, and 7o 7cc
il no doubt receive favorable answer. nuts
9 Alt Catholics of Cologne. Numbering doss das
in all, pursue the same object. Is o
q the diocese of I,imhnrg tLara ora NOM EC
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