The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-05-27
MoRsre STAR AND CATHOC MESsENGER SUNDAY 27 1877

within half an hour, as they passed beneath
an arch the horee reared and the rider q
head came into contact with the stone, and
the lord of the manor went to give an &C.
count of his stewardship. Heavy hearts !
heavy hearts!
The cure for heavy heart 10 exceedingly
simple. II our city philosopher on the top
of the omnibus could look through his
spectacles into mems hearts, or If he had
an angels eyes, he would care little for
dress and stature and nation ality. These
are accidentals.
.Avaiis IT vhoibsr bare or sbod
These feet the pa tbs Of duty trodi
Men aad women, as the angels see them
fall into only two categOriee. To her guar
dian aD,el St. Cecilia was not more dear
because che went to Jesus in cloth OF gold
and strings of pearls, and to her guardian
angels poor Irish girl who has kept her
faith and purity through all seductions,
dear because che lies on a wretcbed pallet
in garnet, dying unknown. For one only
thing the angels care-G DDS grace in the
soul.
The saints have not heavy hearts. Bid
these men that are hurryirg past in the
long crowded street with care in their faces
and discomfort in their hearts, seek sim
the worse than useless conflict. Let them
cease to wrestle with inexOrable fate, and
make up their minds to accept the law OF
their being, and bow to the will of an all
mercifnl God, and kiss the hand that in
mercy strikes, and turn their sufferiugs to
they who they may. Let them concern
themselves with that one thing for which
they came into the world, the preparation
for eternity. Let them fling open that door
SO tightly closed and 80 safely locked, and
boldly tell She dreaded spectre to come
forth and be feared no more. Lst them
confront the thought of death F.; it has no
terror for the confessors of Christ. When
the clock strikes, the servants of God re
joice to think that their days are number
ed. For the servants of G od there is no
cause Of sadness. They lose their money,
but for money they meyer cared. They loee
dear friends, but One is with them who is
worth ten Thousand friends. They lose
their health, their strengh fails, their mem
ory grows feeble. They know that heavec
ia nearer. They have to part with life
itself. 1t is blessed exchange. Even the
sight of ain in others and the memory of
their own past sins cannot make them de-
spond. The sins of other men do not cloud
the sunshine of Gods grace in their souls,
and their own ast sins repen ted OF are but
3 memorial of mercy and an incentive to
greater confidence in the love of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus. One little sin unre-
pented of would do more to make a man
unhappy than any loss or any pain endured
for conscience's sake. Sin has a suffering
all it's own. All other suffering wears itself
away and is changed into the joy of the
LORD, but the suffering of sin, unrepented
of, goes on deepening In the heart. The
death of a sinner is a ghastly thing though
he lie on bed of down; the death of q saint
even in torment and lgnominy, ls not
dismal tragedy but a glorious triumph.
Bot what have saints to do with the
crowds in the streets as the omnibus passes
BY Not a man of them all need be mis-
'rable not man of them all need be out |
If the favor of God. Sin IS not sin ifit can |
lot be avoided Men have free will. Every
crime, every wrong act, every little fault is
Eilful, or 1t is not a crime, not fault.
Every grief, every pain, every annoyance,
IAN be accepted without murmuring.
saints keep themselves even from lesser
aults and accept with joy even greater
ufferings, and they pass from death to
ife, from earth to heaven. Good Catholics
Zeep themselves from greater faults and
accept without murmuring lesser trials, and
perhaps after death have something still
niqUity like water, repudiate all suffering,
complain bitterly of Providence, suffer |
erribly here and far more terribly here
after. The saints are wise and happy. |
Good Catholics have much to be thankful |
or, and are cheerful and hopeful, and the |
more they try to serve God, and the more |
hey are willing to suffer for God, the more |
hey will pass into the unc!ouded Vision of
Peace Eternal. Sin and misery purity
md happiness! This is the eternal law of
Iod. Self seeking and heaviness of heart;
esiguation and joy in the Lord! This is
he theory of suffering.