, 1877-10-28
A Word in Behalf of the Jesuits
by One Who Knows .
Them.
The Rules Of the Order Framed for All
Time and all Conditions
Of Life.
Traditions of the Jewish Conception Of
the Mcssial1-.-His Person
and Nature.
Notes from the Church Abroad and at
Home-Personal Mention.
Wisdom for the worldlings---Church
Services To-Day.


Services To-Day.
THE JESUITS.
WORD N THEIR BEHALF By ONE WHO Know
THEM.
Tie R<r. Ge7nara 0Eeiugs ''Llft Of Plus II.'
The ordinance published in February, 1S44ss
applies nonlinallT to tho religious orders ii
Italy and the adjacent isles;'' but it was extend
ed to the whole Of Christcndom, and was mean
to modify very profoundly the rules Of all til
existing great orders, with the exception Of th
Society Of Jesus. Indeed it Is phenomena
Tcdounding not little to the glory of the con
stitutious Of st. Iguatius Loyola> and to til
fidelity OF his well-tried sons that they were no
considered to have Gcgeneratcd from the spir
Of their founder, and that his constitution,
were found so caicacious to maintain III tl1ci
pristine yigor both discipline aud feryor in pur
suit OF religious perfection, that on them wert
modelled the changes made in the other orders.
From Spain aud Portugal, aud several Of theil
former colonies beyond the seas, every ont ol
the ancient monastic establishments had beer
swept away. They could never live again III
1hesc countries save Is purified and renovated
by suffering. The Sovereign Pontiff and the
congregation created to assist him in this deli
cate labor, aimed at making the remnants OF
the suppressed orders SO vigorous and SO we'll
adapted to the necessities Of modern society,
that they should withstand The corrnptions OF
lrolc and prosperity, as well as the kecncst
trials OF persecution. 1t was also plain to the
iorcsccing eye of the HOLY Father. that the rev.
-.ol;;tion about to sweep over Italy would carry
away tile ints1lastc houses, throw-as i'll Spain
and Portucll-thcir inmates helpless OH worlu
wi:.lou: pity, and leave none Of the religious
orders in re 111est but such as we're devoted to
&ducation and charity.
The constitutions OF st. Isnatus seemed to
have been framed with 4 saeaeity So prcternat-
nrai, that Their provisions aud the rules subse-
cEcntl- added to complete thcnl were as much
fitted fo1 the needs OF modern life as for the
society OF tic sixteenth century; they train, and
mold, and preserve tho apostolic laboref amid
and and chins. ' and ini;a, rs among among
the Guara,is OF Paraguay, the llu
rons aud 1roauois OF North America, the say
ages oi Central -Irica, the Arab tribes ol Syria.
man tor the missionary work Of Paris or Bcr-
lin, Of London or New York: a,:d the more they
are studied hy the moralist- tho statesman, the
historian: IT the tsano2ist, the more it becomes
evident hat they were framed fur all time, and
Tor all phases OF Christian civilization and civil
}oiity. They are the mastcrpeceo Of human Wis
dom, If, indeed. it I've not well proven TINT their
aut..or drew his hight from superhu1nan
source.
So long as the Jesuit is true to Ills training,
OF every rule aud maxim il: the divine cole .!
Ills Institute, he must be St. Francis Xavier
orcr again-in al things seeking only to know
clearly the Divine will AMI pleasure, aud asking
Tor strength to accomplish II perfectly-H That
such men, wherever trcy are ehall Ire supreme
" odious to the modern nai rr:fist, reyolution
ist- aud MazzEan, is inevitable, it is their lot.
their glory. Thai, wherever ,l;ey are known to
iia,, mind. they should be loved i11stl1lrtiycly
sn} follower! as safe -1es in tue roaG OF Chris
tlar perfection, is equally inevitable.
St Ignat1us CHOSE among the constitutions
given by 1nonast:c founders to the religious
!amifics gathered arpuu,l them, all the features
that he detMe1 most admirable and most sulta-
bic to bis own nurpcsc4 aud Incorporated them
Hith those which Acwcs commanded by the Fopc
to draw up- There is mt 4 linz Or expression
in them, from first to last, that did not cost
him hours Of humble and fearful PRAYER, and
protracted supplication for light from on hi.h.
WHY wonder, then. If the true member Of tile
Society of Jesus rcproduccs in bis life the vir-
tues and qualities whicl ad0rn the religious Or
atrs preceding St l:snatiuse
The outcry raised against the Society OF jesus,
rs against the disturbcrs oi States, is wholly
unfounded, and. therefore, most ubiquitous.
TIE Jesuit Is not only forbidden, undo: tbs
kcverest penalties know, to the ca1:on Law, to
take any part, directly or indirectly, in the
management OF State afI1lrs, but the spirit OF
his Institute is SO adverse to political and eccle-
siasticai ambition OF every sort, ST. opposed to
Church government. that special vow binds
every one Of its pro.csscd members to prevent
sEcn n,eddaing Dy every means in Ills power.
This row-thc form being written out i'll dul,li-
rate and subscribed by the Drofcssed himself
obliges him never to aspire, in any manner
El,atcyer- to any dignity in Church or State or
within his own society and to denoupce to the
superiors thereof any one of his brethren whom
he r1ay know to be So aspiring or intriguing.
Thereby every door is closed to ambition or
to !ondncss tor mcddlinC in politics or i'll Church
matters beyond the sphere Of tho indlSidual's
appointed duties. If there be found among the
Jcsuits men who resemble in Aught tile dark
plottcrs or ambitious controllers Of statesmen
and churvhme1, painted as "Jcsrits'' by ror-
eiists Protestants. aud rcToutlonssts, such men
are as much i'll opposition to the spirit, the
scope, the constitution aud bylaws Of thci- So
rietv Us Judas and his lust for gan were iu up
position to the spirit and aims Vi his Master,
Christ.
Devoted to the Church, to the purity Of her
doctrine to extending her reien oycr the souls
OF all peoples. civilized and unclyilized devoted
in special manner to the defense Of tic Holy
See and its presogatives, the Jcsults are thus
foremost objects OF antipathy and at
tack to all who hate aud assaii the
Catholic Church and her PoptifTs They came
into being just when Luther was arractng one
1'alt OF Europe against the Paouy; thcy have,
In the esteem OF all not Catholics. been IRON,
their birth the most jealous and unct,,nnror,is
ing champions Of a losing cause; In their own
tnmost convictions, they are but the sworn AIR.
: wants OF Chf1s1 and His vicar on earth. 1t was
but natural. perhaps,-cettanly it was :ueyi,
ahic7-that they should he dccried by their ad-
vcfsar7es. that their motives, their PRINCIPLES
teaching and acts should be i,1sc,oucered ami
1nlsrcpEesenteu. The word s.Jesutt u has been
made hateful to honest and fair-rninded Prot
cstants as well By thu ira litonal olium attach
Ing 10 Old but unforgo1ten controversies and
blItcf religious struggles, as by the systematic
anu unblushlng ISLANDERS Of radicals and reyou-
ionists.
Hut it Is most natural, on the other hand that
sH true Catholics should love and revere tIletu
tor they have ever known them-wh: rcycr
lucy haSe been the genuine offspring Of
t Loso4a and Aayicz-to be '*men crucihed
~ lae world and to whom the world itself is
ucneo, even as their mode Of life demands it,,
~" tnen, VINO have put Oft I'LL caraal and world
t3.a aatec1,ons, and put on Christ Himself, being
TGr;e; W. 70 themselves that they might live to
Pis'Ian P,,1s !; honess- men WHO lin the words Of
.,,ar3;., IN II 1aoors n watchnes, In fas1inss. in
\ cnassns, IN knowledge, in long suiferine, i,
sweetness, IN the Holv Ghost il Charity m. ~
1etsned IN the word Of TRUTH snow Themselves
: 70 oe GODS ministers; and '.by the armor ~
Justice on the right hand and on Tia iaf. ~
os honor and dishonor. by evil rennr1,
ana good report" by good aud i'll fortuna
III me, strlfe themselves to attain the heayrn7v
country tiirough great journcyings, meauwh;ic
heipnE others in what way socyer they nav
reach the same goal, never losfiur sirh: in a.;
things Of Gods great est glory. " AAN
The term 'Jcsuit.'' as 4 byword OF r4nno,e,,,
and Z synonym OF duplicity, was affixed hr Fae.
cal aud the Porf-Rnya] ,1ausenistr ~ II -