The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-25


lshed NJ Berlin, on " the spontaneous decay OF OF
Chrstianity," SAWS That " the worry essence OF
the spirit OF modern cnltnre, leads oy i"R'cht
necessity to the complete destructLoh OF
| Chr'stiAuity, and finally to the deuial OF per-
son al God
He declares that "ths Catholic Church and
modern culture are deadly foes; that Inc pr"
sent
| BATTLE BE1wKRN CHURCH AND STATE
| really bears the character on both sdss of an
| ipternecus sfrifs and that the ultimate ana
deepest sense of this struggle IS the resoIu""n
Of the Gu stion, whether IN the conscience OF
mankind, aJ the present day. what is here or
what IL '-reaftcr, the heavenly or the eSrthly'
| tho eternal the temporal, IL superior
| whether the religious or the secular e'ein"h!,
| the Christian o the cultur" iuteIes', ptedomi,
Mates MANY people," says he, write and
| talk about the resent cnItnre -frnEsfe, but
| certainly only few Of them 500 clearly thst IL
,dea before it's KIT from tue stage OF history"
1t IL thus perceived there Is no concealment
of the issne between
BISMARCK AND THE POPE;
the veil is withdrawn, and the world is folly
az vised of the nature Of the contest. 10 1T not
strange, that any person believing in the Man
God. rhonld, in such p strugg'e. not only with
| hold hissympatbies from tho Pope but actu-
ally desire the s,ccess Of bis opponentsf
Bnt the glory OF the cnuse for W hIch Plus the
Ninth ia struggling receives additional !ustre
from the prCulIsr modes and conditions OF his
warfare. No leginns obey his command no
iron clad fleet floats his p"nnon from its mast
head he n az neither arms. nor soldiers, nor
cannon, nor other material of war; he il poor
in gold, and stripped OF his dominions; he has
no taxes t" pledge for loans at tho exchange ;
neither diplomacy nor journalism. nor the
telegraph, obey his orders. He is morally de-
prIved of going beyond the precincts of the
Vatican, whose outer gates are guarded hy the
soldiers" "f his enemy. Arms. money, diplomacy,
no~spapers ord the telegraph wires are in the
hands of his opponents who besiego him At the
tomb of ST. Peter.
The artI 6ces, conspiracies, cnlumnies and
| insul,s of the rcV0lu- ION succ"eu each hr'
| Iii..- on the t~mpes'nons sra, and to
| max" rhrm the more rT4uI~i'"ly afro Hl1u-, IA"
| grcst.r numbrr are directed against bin nndor
| the ah-nrh pTrtrxt that ms lnviplthlnty j.
| guaranteed hv the m"iHS $ OF the law.
| ihe liuiy Father has NJ "tnrr means Of de-
| fence tAau his C1nsiaUCy Hni his word; bat II
| Is "a
! CuSsrA>CT THAr MAKES THE EHhHY DESPAIR,
! aud "A word that oIuf .uuds him. Intt apostolic
| soul is lrnccrs-inlr to frsr, thuss august lIp-
| are incXEaustIOle Of truth. II, boldly drhucn
robbery 20 be robbery ri n-tIcr to b. inj ce,
| tyranny to he tyranny; ho neither chA"Ets
| with the times nor docs hs reg hTd psrspIs, or
use euphuistio phrases in coudrmnng crime
ard reprovinK vice; he Is not drlnded by the
| promises or dIsmay"d by the threats of those
who boast # armies and glory IN tcrmidab lie
| artillery. The heart of PiIs Is und8unttd by
| the fash Of ords and the thunder of cannon
the revolution, unable to shake his trmucss "I
ohan his tongue, regards him with a shudder'
|
Preheu sion his Hnperhuman power.
| What wonderful, what
AsUBIIME sCENEi
We see a victim and All assassin; the victim
| has ouly the moral strength Of dignity and
right the assassin is opuent III brute force
yet the victim does not trembe before the as
sRs4in, Int th a-Sassiu before tho victim. Pins
does not turn pale, he intimIdat"s the revolu
tlon, which covers under his rebnke.
| This fact alone Is a atTlkIng proof that the
| PaDaCy | OF divine origin, It's
it's life, its activity and Its Gnifeatatiou. Toe
mysterious poser it exercises on earth, proves
Lhat G. d speaks in il, and its word proceeds
frora tho word of I'd.
What other mortal could by his own
| power produce effects Hreati motto
| OF Napoleon the Great iutlinidated whole
| nations, beosnse rnlllon of armed sol.
dlsys stood ready to obey tho warrior who
| altered 1t; his power was founded on
iron ard III blood. but the Wear OF Christ ul-
! Prisoned a the Vatican has nO-srldIeTs to en-
| fnrce h4 word Are not compelled to
knowledge that the etrength of Plus is the
strength of Godf Ii 81, oaunot deny that
| tha Roman Poutilcats neve ahDue with greater
lu-tre than row, while Pops Pins. ia the name
of The kluE of Kings and the Lord Of Lord4
strikes with tho sword of the word and con.
quers tho enemy OF Curist.
1t IL not Lrue, As the enemies OF the Pap6Cy
! contend, that the Vatican has for ITS adj versa
Ii the enlightened, cultivated "nd vr'I:"u'
men of our day. ltis truo thn there are many
/ blind and drludcd persORS hostile TO tbs Pa
pay, WI" d" NOT peTceivc that the Pope is the
ccutIo of attack, because the
, CATHOLIC CuURCH Is THE CITADEL OF CHRIST
IAHITT,
and who cannot he made to understand that
when the positive hAS ceased to txlat, ii,
negative oanuCt survive ANY mlro than tht
shadow car suTNtvo the GrItrucI ion uf Ih- ub
I j'tt which IntcT""P'H tuo l'Ent e the san
/ with these tXceptUuS, the fp!io ~rIr Of th,, re-
.Nu!utlun COmc from thT moral Or, - of sucrCry
spue are great, occupy Alug hIEn ppsItIuus
/ Others SIN AL or Of low degree, bus wlrH Eut IL
"A moral test, they Gro n! equal, one good Us
another, uuless udeed the Grrat AIe worth lees
than tho small. Ia the thrnnK tHd desert
ers from every Gag; those who b,lray their
masters, aud bite the hands of their brnefac-
| tors We notice all the apostatcs fcom the
church and the priesthood; renegade Cnrist-
| ians, Silcnced priests, unlocked irrars; those
| who blaspheme against f4iEh and trlm0le on
the ten commandments there is no kind of
sectarisn, from the member Of an atheistlo
society to the most brutal communist, who does
not form part of this crowd OF enlightened and
ViTtuous mon of the present age.
But what contrast of opposite qualities in
those who are not hostile to the P.paoy! not
only among Catholic Christians but among
| Protea ants sCbiS iSmAticS, TurkS JsIH and the