The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-10-27
FATHER TOM BURKE'S EULOGY OF THE
JESUITS


laid siege to Spanish town, to the city of
Pampeluna. The siege had continued for
some time many fierce encounters had
taken place; blood was shed thIckly /;
| feariessiy did men defend the points where
| the attack was ferces.; inch by inch the
| ground was fought; the Bastion yielded,
and at length but one point remained un-
! conquered. The garrison, seeing no hope
remaining, were inclined to lay down their
arms and surrender to the foe, but there
| was one who stood by the walls-a mighty
| figure, brave and danntless, whose voice
resou unded over the shouts of the battle
| like the clear notes of trumpet, hs sword
| flashed like meteor amid the dull clouds
of the battle. and his word was to daunt-
| lessly resist to the death. Thus did he
| encourage his followers and boldly face
| the advancing foe until be was stricken
down by cruel wound. Then, and then
only did PampeluDa yield. That man was
| Ignatius Loyola. He was that brave, in
trepid soldier. God intended him to be
| saint, but God did not IN 30 intending
| mean that he should cease to be O soldier.
He is the soldier saint of the church of God,
| the colder saint whose heart never knew
| fear, whose hand was never nnready,
whoee heart never was unwilling to draw
the swoFd, whose blood was hot aud quick,
and Re as q Saint assembled around him
men imbued with his own spirit, and he
communicated his mind and heart into
luShI 0uo loi uSu Ou tuc utiBuIS VI D1OHC-
martre, outside Paris, the first foundation
of the Society of Jesus. Three hundred
years are passed, and every Catholic or
non Catholic student of the worlds histo-
ry must acknowledge the wonderful part
that these sons of ST. Iguatius have played
in the worlds history. Wherever the
danger was greRteet there were they found;
wherever persecution was heaviest there
were they found, wherever the word that
contradcted the Church eeemed most
threatening and dangerous with the au-
thority of talee and spurious learning there
the Jesuits came in with their deeper
learning and greater elcquence, and wider
power of intellect, shattered the false doc
trines, and proclaimed aloud the irreeist-
able words of the Church of Ged wherever
blood was to be shed the heart of Ignatius
was ready and willing to pour it out for
his God. This is the history of that Order
for three hundred years. In the armies of
old Imperial Rome-those arms that con-
quered tho world-there was one legion Of
III. oOO men the most distinguished of all
for fearless, reckless bravery, for intelli-
gence and frmness in the hour of danger,
and it was called that "Thmndering Le-
gion," for go soon as it's banners were un-
furled the stoutest hearts of the enemies
of Rome quailed with fear, and those enc
mics fled from the battlefield in confusion.
To belong to that Thunderipg Legion was
the highest mbition of the Roman soldier
to wear its ensignia the greatest boast of
those coLqnerors of the world. Now l cay
that in this militant army of God in His
Church, where all fl ght, where all receive
wounds, where all from time to time have
to suffer, where to day we zee her noble
CpiscopaGy Prosecuted almost in every
lAUd-l cay that il this army of God the
TlUIderipg Legion is the Society of Jesus.
Whoever strikes a blow at Jesus Christ
first rust strike. Ignatus. Even to-day
that great enemy Of the Church of God
who seems TO hold the immediate future
and destinics of France in his hand has
Published his programme and declared his
war against tie Catholic Church, aud,
characieristicsily carrying out and follow
ing the example of all her enemies, the
first item in his programme is, 1--WE must
first suppress aud punish the Jesuits; we
must crush the laundering Legion; we
must take their weapons out of their
hands" What is this but the greatest
honor, the greatest glory, that could be
conferred on these men-that every enemy
of the Church of God acknowledges that
he must fret deal with the Jesuits before
he can attempt to put the handc1tts on tae
wrists of the sons of the Church of Christ.
And, dearly beloved, even 10 day, whilst
they are preaching in strange tongue in
Cochin CANA, whilst they are preaching
in North America, in Central and Southern
Africa, preaching the Gospel III all Ian
guages and III all the remotese parts of the
globe, we have them hero in the midst of
us, you have the happiness of having the
genius and energy Of the sons of st. Igna-
thus in your ancient and honorable Catho
lie city. } ust as the enemies of the Church
hate them the lovers of the Church and
all true Catholics love them, aye, and they
bless the bands that have blessed their
coming here, they bless the noble and
generous heart and hand that led them to
this city and that to day puts forth that
cousecrated power to bless and consecrate
this altar. Let us, therefore, dearly be-
loved, rejoice and be thankful that God
has showered his favors in your midss by
permitting You to raise up such an altar in
His praise and to proclaim His glory.
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