Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-04-10
Archb shop AIemany on Kearney-
ism.

The following pastoral was read
in the Catholic Churches yester.
day:
REV. DEAR SIR: Tie time for
the usual annual collection for the
orphan is at hand; and therefore,
not to fail in our duty to the nu-
merous and ever increasing in
mates of the asylum, you will please
plead their cause before the faith
full under your charge, and, after
due notice, have such collection
made on convenient Sunday.
We much regret to be compelled
to trouble you again on another
subject, and to direct that, on next
Sunday, you lay before the faith.
full, from the altar, the following
observations, admonitions and in
functions:
There is in our day II strong ten
dency to RIGHTEOUSNESS, by which
many, installing the real spirit of
true liberty, organize societies, en-
couraging disregard for the rights
of Others, uttering wild threats, in.
citing mobs and gathering the COM
bustible elements which little
spark may, or must naturally, fire
into widespread sedition, with
its natural aitendants-the subver-
sion of peace and social order,
and The serious destruction of
property and life. Although we
do not know of any Catholics be-
longing to such associations or
countenancing their sentiments
land we know at the same time
that Catholics are, by principle
and practice, the most obedient to
authority aud law, yet, in the
presence Of the wild agitation,
caused mainly by sedltious de.
chalmers, We feel it our duty to
warn all Catholics in particular,
and, we will venture to add, ali
classes of society in general, to dis.
cOuntenance and frown down all
sedtious designs aud evil plotters.
st. Paul, the Apostle, speaking
by the authority of the Eternal
Judge, bids us to least off the
works of darkness and to walk
honestly. not in rioting, nor in
contention, for God is not the God
of dissension, but of peace" and
he plainly declares that the sedi-
tious man shall never enter heav.
ell; for he says that "enmity, con-
tentions, emulations, wraths, quar-
rels and disseneions, are manifestly
the works of the flesh, of which
the says II foretell you, as / have
ioretoid to you, that they who do
such things shall not obtain the
kingdom of God.' 1t is, besides,
much to be doubted whether
they shall obtain the king.
dom of this world, because,
as the murderer, sooner
or later, comes to light, and pays
with his life the penalty of his
crime, so the seditious man Is gem
orally overtaken by dishonor and
the avenging hand of socie v. The
mad dislurbers of the peace
of Paris, few years ago,
have mostly come to disgrace, to
prison, or to the scaffoId, and the
thoughtless people who, at first,
attended turbulent meetings
ehiouS II oui iooICJt uuu COutluut W
encourage such disorder by their
presence, are generally misled into
sedltion, and not seldom become
the first victims of strife and blood;
while the good Christian-the good
member of society-stays at home,
avoids the plotters of sedition,
stands by the legally constituted
authorities, and thus discharges his
duty to God and to society.
We, therefore, adnonish, and
even require, every one to stay
away from such seditious, anti-so.
cial and anli-Christian meetings.
Your humble and obedient servant
OF Christ.
+ JOSEPH SHADoC, o. P,
Archbishop of San Francisco.
San Francisco, April 5, rs.
Bulletin, AprN 18Th.