The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-02-06
The Methodist Saint.

1t is natural for sect to claim for itself
the possession of holiness in manifest
form, that is, Of being always able to ex-
bibit fruit of perfection as it's actual and
necessary production. The Catholic Oh urcb,
for instance, has never, in any age, accord :
ing to it's own belief, been without numbers
of men whose great sanctity of life had won
the endorsement of Heaven in miraculous
manifestations. Not only is the holiness of
numbers of her sons being constantly ex-
hibited in their own acts-their mortifica-
ton, their love of poverty, their rejection
of honors, their self-contempt, their burn
ing desire to be despised by all men, their
lifelong devotion to works of zeal and
charity, their constant exposure to the
martyrs death-but by those supernatural
powers with which God is wont to accredit
his chosen ambassadors.
Now the Methodists-even the Northern
Methodists-are not above aspirations to
evidences of this kind, and they have recent
ly presented to the public man of God to
whose saintliness they point with pride
and complaisance. That man is-U. s..
Grant.
Lest our readers should consider this a
joke, we append some testimony of our
seriousness in the shape of extracts from an
article in the last number of Methodist
paper published in this city. The passages
are taken from a correspondence of some
Northern Methodist paper, but are fully
endorsed by our contemporary. The writer
says:
Bishop Haven's pronunciamento means q
was the loud Amen of his brethren that
great deal. 1t was nothing individually.
1t probably astonished himself
as much as it frightened the politicians
revelation of the silent love which the deeper
reli gious and humane sentiment of the country
has all along felt for General Grant, for his
| Christian treatment of the Indian and the
Negro policy more Christian than the most
religious of his predecessors ever dared &c
dream of, and without IA precedent in the
| history o. any great government in the world
u feeling of anxious insecurity II
view of the two minor wards of our ciyiliZ atiol
falling into other protection than that O
Grants tried and trusted arm.
Christian treatment of the two wards
the Negro and the Indian Oh tina
Christian Freedmen's Bank, with Christian
Grants Christian friends at the head of it
The Christianity of the concern is about tx
be more fully developed by a congressiona
committee, though enough is known al
ready to satisfy any one as to the kind o
brotberly love that hunted up the Negroe
and "took them in" They are dearly be
loved claes as faithful voters and fnancia
dupes.
Aud, then, that Christian treatment Q
the Indians. Here, as with the Darkies
Grants Christianity can be divided unde
two heads. 1t consisted, fret, of deprivin
the poor Indians of the religious teacher
of their choice, Catholic priests, and foI
cling them to accept in their stead lot {
circuit riders with large and hungr
families and secondly, of cheating ther
out of their eyes. The Indian ring, whic
so numerically pluudered the unfortunat
and unfriended Indians had it's headqual
ters in Washington, in the Governmer
Departments. The Indiana devoted
Christian friend, Ulysses, was notified {
the Systematic robbery, but his policy be
ing "more Christian than the most rel
, gious of his predecessors even dared
/ dream Of" he could not believe sue
9 villainy of any white man, and neglecte
9 to look into the matter. Indeed, he locke
h entirely over it.
= Now the Methodists are greatly exercise
!, about the danger which threatens Il
n 1.-TWO wards" if there should be no thil
l. term. Indeed, it would be awful for tt
it poor Negroes and Indians, theoretically
d, but practically speaking, if an hone
m policy towards them could be obtaine
ed perhaps they would in their perverse n
as lures fancy themselves better off tn,
" under the Christian of policy the third ter
p man.
tic Still, we do not oppose Grants canoniz
We ton. In old times people went so far as
n make a Iood of the en,Daror and AVIAN "a