The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20
MofnIng Star and Catholic Messenger.
NEW uRLKANs SUNDAY, AUGUST 90 1876.

NEW uRLKANS. SUNDAY, AUGUST 90 1876.
me Adornment Of Postulants on the Day OF theii
Reception.
Thus Sighting. he fell
On the red field Of InkormAn found, WHO can tell
E5y what miracle breathing. tho shattered. and borne
10 by his comrades pierced bleed nG and torn
here, for long days and nights with the wound in his
side,
e5e lay dark.
A pale woman enters,
As wan as amps waning light, which concentree
An dul glare upon her. With eyes dim and DINNER
,There all in a slumbrous and shadowy Glinmer,
yrae sufferer that still form floating on,
Ard feels family that he is no: alone.
eShe is htting before him. She pAuses. She stands
E3r his bedside. all silent. She lays her white hands
ON the brow OF tho boy. light finger is pressing
.5ofys oty tho wounds the hot, blood-stained
dressing
ships from them. A comforting quietude steals
'lbro rack d. weary frame and throughout it he
feels
-1yse slow sense of meIci nj. mild neiGhhorhood:
Something smoothes the tossd pillow Beneath gray
hood
OF rough serge intense tender eyes are bent oer
And thrill thro and thro' him The sweet
him,
IL is surely angel ifes last vigil keeping!
a soft voice says Sleep" and he sleeps he is sleep
ing.
he walked before dawn. Still the vlsion is therei
Still that pale woman moves not. rninist ring care
Mean while has been silently and cheering
The aspect of thngS around him towering
Some power known and bengnant, he bless'd
In silence the sense OF salvation. And rest
Having loosen the minds tangled meshcs, he family
gsiShd: Say wta. thou art bless d dream a sanity
And ministrnr spirit whisper serene
slid softer than s.lencei I he Sour Sarsphine,
u poor Sister of Chatity
French Nun, whose vocation
Il now by this teiside A Eun hath no nation
wherever man sUiers, or woman may Eoothe,
There her land ;!.ere her kindred!
Fr.nl IuciIte " ln Ovc, ucroei,h
"orr Lord Lynon.
Tho Christian ObScrrtr, critcising the attire
of postulaut recently received into tie novi-
tiate Mt Monte Maria, Richmond makes the
following observations:
cit was becoming in the postulant' to adorn
her dress with illusion,' as the peace she ex-
E5ects to find will prove delusion. The cos
tune ls q commentary on the words of the
Apostle whom RomanistS claim the first
Pope; whose adjoining, letit not be that out
ward adorning of plating the hair and of
wearing of gold, or of puttiag on Of apparel
but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in
that which is not corruptible, even tie orna
Enent of meek and quiet spirit, which is in
the sight of God of great price" Aud nun
neries and nonasteries are the invention of
human pride, it was appropriate that the
priestesses of worldly pride, tue ministers of
fashion and vanity should adoru the victim for
the altar"
We fear that if the oonventual life cannot
afford peace, = will be dit1icult for tho family
group of the Rev. Editors of the Observer to
find 1t i'll the whirigig of worldly life, which
is not, however, forbidden those who DO not
feel called, ike Mary, to the - better part"
And it is at least as becoming that those virgins
who offer their pure hearts and lives to an
Eternal Spouse. should be adorned upon their
espousal day, that Miss Smith or Jones
should wear - orarSe blossoms and white satin
slippers on the occasion that makes her the
Rev. Mrs. Unctuoso.
Peters admonitiou was addressed to wives
we suggest it back to our clerical brethren to
apply In their own households, where there is
sufficient need of it, from our personal observa-
tion. We have more than once heard Protest
ant ladies of deyout turn of mind grieve that
the dress and department of ministers wives
and daughters were 30 out of harmony with
the precepts Of their fathers in the pulpit
Not that We blame the poor men. II their
wives allow ;Aem to dress fkemSslres in accord
ance with their private Judgment" and taste
our reverend lends are doing remark ably we'll
AS matter of fact, We know of no scene
more touching than the transformation into
the humble resture of nun, of young girl
who the moment before has appeared before
III in all the array of natural beauty, height
ened by elegant and decorous orDamentation
1t is indeed eublematic of thorough reuuu-
ciatiaton of the world, this re entry in shorn
locks and serge. Ard to it has always
seemed an imme ediate and startling realiz alton
of the future VOWS OF poverty and obedience
1t Is sinEniA. tho hatred manifested by these
clerical SGrty Al SectaTan acknowledgement
gentle women whose whole life is devoted to
the service OF God and neighbor. Aud in ali
.earnestness We suggest that this nncalied for
znaliEnaucy pruvukGs uItaN NUInU'e comment
from Protestant American laymeu. Our reli-
sious orders, %orklug in the light of day, are
sufficiently uaderstood now; and it Will be
dificult to MAKE the American character, with
its innate ga!nutry, refuse the honest trlhnte
of respect due those ministerlng angels OF
mercy, " ho alone of their are found ever
ready to brave, in the sacred cause of humani-
~ hn ilG ,,f fhA ,yl,a Z
horrors of the Battlefield.
We recommend to tho Reverend Editors
Observer further reading of that chapter from
which they have quoted: For he that will
love life, and good days. let him refrain his
tongue from evil and his lips that they speak
no guile."-Northrestern Chronicle.