The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-02-27

Oh Tue MOSL dlgu, tHaC IleiE Dlluu
ness might be cured and their souls
saved from perdition.
That king, who for reasons o
State policy, despoiled him of his ii
tie of temporal prince aud of tht
patrimony of St. Peter, yet remained
personally his steadfast friend
When that king, whose every act o
he had resisted will
Roman firmness, whose every profile
of reconciliation entailing the sacri
fee of q title of his sacerdotal al
thority he had met with the immu
table mon Possumus;" agains
whom be bad IN pain and sorro'
launched tie lesser anathema of tn
Church, lay upon his leathbed, he
forgetting the past, and with hear
filled with tenderness and affection
bestowed upon that king the apos
tolic benediction, and prayed to tn
Almighty to forgive him as he hope'
to be forgiven.
Endowed with an intellect a
bright as the MONDAY sun, and will
an innate love of sill that is pure, b
pursued every error and vice, en-
desvoring to uprodt them from tn
human heart as the bright orb Of d.,
dispsls darkness, destroying nothing
but substituting the efIulgence of it
rays for the shadows Of night
Overlooking with benevolence, b
cast the mantle Of charity over tn
faults of others; and whilst rightful
ly claiming infallibility as the hea'
Of Christ's church upon earth, b,
daily knelt before a fellow man il
humble confession of his sins as al
individual.
Firm as the rock of Peter, ye
gentle as the dove; spotless IS thu
snow upon mountain top, and guile
less as the new born babe, Pope Plus
TX stands forth monument of tn,
glory and dignity of human nature
and his name will ever live upon thu
page of history as "the great ano
good man of the nineteenth century,
Fortunately, the duty of eulogiz
ing the illustrious dead devolves up
on ADLER minds than my own, and
have perhaps already trespassed up
on their domain; but when / recall
to mind the angelic expression of hi.
countenance, and feel tinglins
through my frame that inexpressibl'
emotion which coursed through my
frame as, laying his hand upon m,
head, be invoked Gods blessing up
on me and mine, a recollection
which, in the dark hour when
shall pass from time into eternity
will illnmine the way with th.
bright star of hope, I could no
say less"
PREAMBLE:
"When in the course of divin,
it pleases the AL
to recall from this world on,
of those great men who have beer
the glory Of their respective coun
tries, who by their services either il
peace or in war, and by the NANTES
tations of any super excel ence either
in literature, in the sciences and ii
the arts, or by grand examples O.
self-sacrifices and extraordinary ex
hibiticns of virtue, charity and holi
ness, have endesred themselves Il
The people to whom they bad beer
vouchsafed by Providence; it hs.
been the usual custom among al
nations and in all ages, for those
to testify their grief and thu
sense Of their loss by public demon
STATIONS due to the memory of thu
illustrious dead, and soothing to the
hearts Of those who have been left
70 mourn over the departed object o.
their pride and love; therefore, we
the Catholics of Louisiana, United
States of America, with such other.
Of our brethren who may be tempo
rarily among US as guests or visitors
acting under spontaneous and self
originating impulse, respectfully
submitted, however, to the direction
sanction and appreciation Of our be-
owed pastor, his grace, Napoleon
Joseph Perche, Archbishop OF this
diocese, and in conformity with 6
usage consecrated by time, on thil
occasion of exceptional importance
and solemnity in the run of human
events, have deemed proper to NEE,
On this day, the Goth of February
in the year Of our Lord eighteen
hundred and seventy eight, and o,
independence Of the United States
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