The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-10-20
NUMBER 81.

only your soul, but your character. your health
and wealth, and your beloved family, and will
the practice of temperance, virtue and religion.
Msy God bless oil those self sacrificing men
who tonight utter this solemn VOW to God
The third crying evil Of the day 10 Human
Respect. 1t is strange that, with the exception
Of fashion In dress, woman seldom heeds or
| follows Human Respect. least OF fall In matters
of duty and religion. But Human Respect 10
the bugb bear of man. As inhdelity makes q
monster and intemperanoe brute of man, 90
Human Respect makes him @ coward. A man
who Is controlled by Human Respect 10 not
generally Of himself bad man /; he is merely
slave of others. This circumstance does not
excuse him, but increases his guilt and shame
| in the eyes of God and Of all honest men. He
sins often and grievously, not perhaps Of bis
scorn Of some or lose the favor of others. He
negleCts to defend and practise his religion,
he howls with the wolves, he joins the rabble
| of malefactors, he outrsges every principle and
law, simply because he lives In mortal terror
| OF the talk and taunts Of wicked companions
or of the fashionable world. Can anything be
imagined more contemptibef
holy writer ventures the assertion. and
experience proves il, that the words, "What
will men say of me-" have occasioned more
sine and apostasies than all the tyrants and
tortnres OF tie world. Yet We are assured by
the eternal truth that, he who is ashamed OF
God before men, Of him will God be ashamed,
on tie dread day of judgment and oondemna.
tion, before the Angels and Saints Of Heaven
under penalty of mortal sin and eternal dam.
nation: Fear not man he can only kill the
body, but cannot harm the soul ; fear rather
God, who can cast both body and soul ipt9
eternal hell fire."
hate no mSn, but despise some characters.
Next after the drunkard there is man whose
character Ioathe and soorn more heartily
than that of the moral and religious coward.
respect the Jew and the Gentle; the honest
hereto and the public sinner, though con-
denim their errors; even respect the religious
bigot, provided he eDcroRohes not on the rights
of others for tits likely that many of these err
ring souls know no better and believe beir pre-
judices. Bat abhOr and despise the unpripci-
pied Christian and Catholic who has the truth
and knows his duty, yet has not the manhood
to avow and follow the faith that 10 in him.
Such q man is q mean hypocritP, O craven
coward, q wilful slave, disgrace to humanity.
Catholic men and total abstaiuersf In con-
olusion have but one parting advice to give
you: Honor and respect your noble manhood
and holy religion hate and shun Infdelity,
InteDperance, and Holman Respect, ss the
greatest enemies Of your spiritual and tenn
poral welfare OF your soul and salvation be
lroe men, firm Christians, stsunch Catholics,
In name and character. in word and deed, for
time and eternity. Amen.
Benediction OF the Most Blessed Sacrament
was then given and the congregation dis
persed.
1t 10 to be hoped that s)me Of the fret fruits
Of bis ,trsat, Communion and Sermon will
be made man fest ut the special meeting which
St. Alphonsus Society will hold this Sunday
evening, at4 o'clock, in 81. AIphonsus SCHOOL,
hall, at which all Catholic gentlemen OF the
parish are invited to attend.