The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-06-11

| beard amongst M the, cries thss resounded
| against tho servants Of Cad. tho native Chrss
jerome. "Out out from Walis with thi,
accnrsed race of mem p As for them, they re
maipsd silent well knowing that they would
one day answer these calumnies and these cries
| of hatred by Q miracle of Lowell
They have not, it 10 trne, seen the success oi
their prayers on earth but they have prepared
it and occurred 1t by their death:
The Church does not triumph like the pow
of earth. These can only corquer by killing
The Church possesses . secret which triumphs
over every Obstacle, apd even over the errors
of her children it is that OF knowing bow 10
die. You would have understood II In your
sons if yeu had seen. as have the effect pro-
duced upon their brethren. the African mis-
sion aries OF lRiers by the fret Intelligence of
their happy end; If you had heard, as did.
their voices vibrating with enfhusfasm and
faith, singing in chorus the hymn OF st. Au-
gustine and st. Ambrose, the same hymn that
your own sons sang as they went forth to mar
tyrdom!
And the TIE Dtum sung, they all swote to SEQ
rifice the mselves for that soil that bad drunk
the blood of their brothers, and all begged to
be allowed TO follow them in the combat. II
the door door was closed against them in one
place. they would seek another, aud they
wonid never rest nntii they had penetrated
into the very heart of that empire of death. Ii
is no longer merely the words of the great
Doctor of Carthage: a. The blood Of martyrs is
the seed of Christianity The blood of your
which the African aposto1ate win henceforth
fowl
Let these great thong ghts console and fortify
you; let faith, taking yen under it's wing,
raise you above the sentiments and weak esses
Of nature.
They, no doubt, suffered and they died, but
they have washed out with their blood what
ever slight stains might still have tarnished
their souls; aud they can now obtain mercy
for by their prayers. Aud what was the
life they lost worth Z Even had it been of un-
slloyed peace and happiness, it must have end
ed this is enough TO prove its vain appear
ance. Who could have guaranteed u single
days existence more to your soma if they bad
lost the honor of martyrdomf And if they
they would have livedf The insensate hatred
against truth and against God. the burning
conspiracies of the wicked, the blindness, the
univer sal decay of the good, the flood which is
rising and which will swallow every thing, the
abysses which open before US, are all these
things calculated to attach MS to and cause us
to regret this worldf And are we not sp-
preaching the times announced by the Master
when the living shall envy the deadf
But it ia on your own account that you
mourn, because you will never more behold
those sons who wete to be the support aud con-
ISOLATION of your declining years
1t is true that we shall never see them more
in this world; we will never again behold
their eyes 30 gentle and yet so firm, and their
pesceful smile: we will never hear their kind
words, we will pever hear the beating of those
hearts strong and pure. But one day, not
far off, we will meet them again triumphant,
shining with an eternal light and bearing in
their hands the palms of victory. Already, as
they we're falling uader the blows of their
cruel executioners, with the heavenly joy of
forgvng and dying for them, the glorious
army of martyrs, their forerunners and their
models, were preparing the crown which they
have received.
United with the angelic hosts, they sing
forth their happiness aronnd the throne of
their Supreme Ruler, for whom they gave up
everything, near Stephen, the proto martyr, AZ
they are themselves the protc-:nartyrs of this
new mission; near Paul, the apostle of the
infdels, of that great Paul, who repeats &c
them what they already fully realize: lone
short moment of suffering is rewarded by end
less glory and happiness"
1t is thus that we behold them even now
with the eyes of the heart, and in thought
and nothing can hereafter tear them from Is.
And you, o mothers, whose hearts the sword
has more cruelty pierced, because your love il
deeper and more tender, remember the mother
of the Machabees urging her children on tc
martyrdom and promising them victory. God
did not ask you to urge your sons to the com
bat; He did it for you. But your faith will
lead you to find for yourselves those touching
and su blime words which our Holy Books
have preserved for us. 1t will teach you tC
understand and to taste the happiness of youl
sons as well your own, o holy mothers o
these martyrs!
must conclude, and yet would like to say
more to you, because l feel that these lines
which will come to You from the land in whict
which loved them, will be consoling to You
But Cod will supply my inability, and in Hi
bounty will give you the only consultations tina
never end. CHARLES,
Archbishop of Algiers. Delegate Apostolic TO
the Mission of Sahara, etc.
Algiers, May 4th, 1875.
WHAT WIFE SHOULD BE.-Now, younI