The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-05-20
rup uoa.xa s7R ANN CATHOLIC sESSEfaEK SUNDAY

hESBKfGER, SUNDAY, MAY
Through the shower Of hostile darts raining
aronnti the Vatican can be read the incid
words written on the tiara Of Plus lA -! am
the strength of God let no man tonch mel
In conclusion, let us repeat, in CONDENSED
terms the beautiful discourse addressed some
yeas ago, by
orrp Hot,Ys FAraRR TO THE CATHOLIC YOUTH
OF ITALY:
go my soae." said be, let us give battle,
and fear nothing. Remember that the ene-
mios of God are vanishing; ana tne raPtcS ,,nt ,0
In the night time, He was told 10 retnrn,Jor
they are dead sho soaght tho tte e INC oh.la.
How many prosecutors OF tne tLapsoys Se aso
cimating the faithful, they are dead, and the
Pauacy remains. Yes! ipsi peribunt, but thou,
beloved Peter, living in thy successors; thon,
remaipest, and thou shalt always remain; Z; ipsi
peri5unt, tn autem permanent
Suoh is in su bstauce the AlIocution made ny
the Pope, on the Feast OF the EPpnanyG; Gtbo[ tbnl
lie youth of Italy. His wonderful faciilty, IN
conveying the most useful truths, on the least
occasion, has become proverpiaI: NoG onty ny
most triffipg incident furnishes him with
rich mine of appropriate and importane ,H-
struotious. What q beautiful and valuable
collection will be left to poster,ty' to pasroas
delivered. almost daily, every successive year
of his long reign! The ublime words, 9 guosed
above. and uttered by our great Pontt, can
be accommodated, with perfect proprlety, TO
the Supreme office of the Vicariate OF Christi
with which Plus TX, is divinely invested, ana
which be sustains 30 gloriously, In the
presence of God. of angels, of meD, and OF tne
in nfernal revolution itseift
e. HOWARD Ao0ALEBs ADDRESS
Ar. MoCaleb, Chairman Of the Committee on
Resolutions, was then introduced snd said:
Mfr. President and Fsllo,s Catholics:-As chair.
man of your committee. it now becomes my
pleasing duty to submit for your adoption the
preamble and resolutions expressing your
opinions on this auspc,ous occasion. 4oer
committee are we'll aware how vain aud Tee pie
are human words to represent the 4ant'eIaDis :I1
emotions of Joy and affection which thrill
every Catholic heart to-day. In performing
the task allotted TO ME, shall not attempt
even cursory review of the lie, character
aud public services of our Sovereign PohtiH
Pope P,us the Ninth, whose name is associated
with all that is trniy noble, great and good
of the nineteenth century. This duty has
been creditably discharged by the learned
and eloquent orator of the day, to whom we
have inst listened with rapt attention. born
ct /. time when the French revolution was
about to startle the crowned heads of europe
from their dreams of fancied security, Pins TX
has pursued the even tenor OF his way amid Inc
storms Of passion and the crash OF thrones;
He has witnessed more civil commotlons ana
beheld the downfall of more human rulers
than any other living monarch. Whether we
regard his Holiness as o mere civil ruler, as o
phiiant thropist and benefactor Of the whole
human race, as patron of the arts and
sciences, as q statesman in whom there is no
guile, or as the head of the Holy Catholic
Church, we find in him elements OF true great
ness and excellence, which but few have
eou aled aud none have ever before surpassed.
Called by the unanimous voice OF the College
of Cardinals to fill the Papal chair at time
when rationalism and inhdeiity were sapping
the found alton of the faith, he has valiantly
| fought the battles of Christianity, and lived
to see many of his adversaries, allies of the
devil, consigned to the merited oblivion OF
the grave.
PRoTEsTANTIsM AND HEREsY
| which formerly threatened the existence of the
Church by their constant reitsration of many
thrice-told ard oft-refated historical lies, de-
sguedly iuven ted and circulated at the instance
ofwicked corrupt and perverse k1nga, have been
rapidly decreasing ever since PIus TX ascended
| the Papal throne. But their legitimate heir
| and successor, rationalism, has taken their
place among the opponents OF the taisn, ana
| the eminent doctors of the Chnroh, under the
| leadership and guidance OF the Pope, single
handed and alone, unaided by any Christian
sects, or so-cslled Christian soverelgns, are
| eyerywhers engaged in combating aud Fefas-
ing this new enemy of the human race. Nor
is this result surprising, when we remem Der
that the germ of self destruction is implanted
in the primary principles OF Protestantism.
Rejecting the traditions and authority of the
Church, relying solely upon the Bible and
private Interpretation for their guide, 1t ls
but natural that mans intelligence, limited,
fsilibie, imperfect and liable to err when reas-
oping from the little known to the great un-
, known, should, deprived of the lights of faith
and the immutsble dogmas of the Church.
lead him into the quagmires of unbeiief and
infdelity. The time, it appears, ls rapidly ap-
, proaohing when heresy and schism will pass
away when Professionalism shall be numbered
, among the things that were, and when the
| whole human race will be separated and mar
sballed into two grand divisions, the ous
r com posed of the mem bers of the Holy Catholic
Church, the other of the rationalists and ma
terialists. The German schools and nniversi
ties are striking illustration of this tendency
of the age. 1t 10 true that the civil authorities
, ! in monarchical governments will strive in the
, future, as they have in the past. to maintain
} their State religions, of which they are the
) ostensible heads, in order to shackle the minds
, and fetter the consciences of their subjects,
, but the divine right of kings is fast becoming
an exploded theory, whose advocates are the
lucky few, tmsde so more by interest than by
I conviction. Upon the great highway of life