The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1878-01-13
NUMBER 40.

, ,s the osthotie Church. To disabuse them 8
voted and religious people, 10 their way. vs,.s
We believe, to remove these mjs M prehs sinrss
as i IL o, the lutte. before me Tonight Is
tore. pV IL s, 20 BE- effected In sneis lao
isst,ng 20 gteat number Of people. FirssSv.
onght TO DO interes ing ae q matter. iaSeasSSss
Sb1n psi,0e; 20 those who protest against tks
opinOns Of sao ssSs to pre.ss; .ssa
h es Known these opinions from the man W.
noios them, or from che organ Atom fha4 -.
S Ss'e ~b sss !. ras very apparsnt n paiiss
man " asaa.n ~ may be illustrated. sappoes .
p ns.ie Ok politics, has associated chleay wiz
nePooncans. Suppose he meets = Das,oarsSs
na protests against the doctrine Of chs Dan.
Won sv nue .ns Democrat asks him; "gir, have
s W9As the Democrats believer emo 81.
nsxe yon ever heard . speech Of 8 Dsr1,a-
IL 1 spsS osa,o or representative nanons wks
NO, 20 ss pca aat the Prinopls, e oss
exhaustive private converastion on 49, s.s.,s =.
!: % ShH Prinoiples Of the Dsmoorasia ns.ksSs
ha W enoa Gcns know that Lhave had" aWha&
neetiop, that what have beard 81 yon ~
n neah Hon Repu bliosna." swell, sis.D SAYS 49,
Htemocrat. "they are very bad asthosity. Yca
Az 70 know Democracy from Denccgaas.s
A Ana, on the Same principle, you have 10 Enow
cetholicity from Cath olics.
:, IL is impossible then TO know what man Ia.
t nevS unless they themselves, or some one az
Hencs IL is o matter Of juatics that thcsa ~.
protest against rs, should know what o. -.
lievo from ouYselyes
,.die another reason the subject is Of interest,"
i' SUES ann gentlemen. The tide of inEdeIEtT
~ sweeping onward. The membere OF relIss.
IONS org anizAtious ontside the pale Of the "a.
tuah Catnoiio Church, are Obliged nsceesarslv
tiSs t On principles to sndeavor to stem ths
n L. Il. -
Cnnroh, here are 2a0 900 600 banded together
nhoer ono bead, fighting n similKr 6aftja
ig JidS inhdeliiy Can they be ignored BY the
my, @ ana stu dividing societies outside tbs
% overcome infidelity, independently Of any
'lo indirectly given, IL you please By thfe
:seat organization Therefore those who are
nter' sSed In the truth Of the Christian ReliR.
on, ought to understand something of the doe.
rine Of the largest, tie most powerful and tha
nest united Organization that opposss the inf
elIry Of the day.
"bnt," some one may aay,
THE OLD CHURCH Is NOT WORTH ExANrsrun-
he cau be but of little aid In the battlo
ope, IL on her dying bed her oueroiea -
aral5 zsd she has lost her Rrssp uDon ~
ationS Of Europe, where che ruled snproUeig.
nd she cannot grasp the younger or more %.
ygressive to admit her doctrine, OF to hovr
nder her sway. Therefore, che IL only e. An
'stltntion Of the past, without tue Vitality
lat Is neSeaeary TO sustain her In the future.
1e can be but of little aid. She has stood
10 the statue 10 the vision Of the BAbyloHiaa
n.y.. She has stood like that mighty oolcs,
s Of gold, silver, brAss and iron, but Who's
ot were Of clay aud iron mizod, and yenBg
religious end ssientfas[
10 the fragment Of the rock, has strnek thf6
ood colossus. IL is Rsyipg to and frct jt
oil 1ali' and great shall BIO the fall thsssoE
nothing shall be left bot the puIverIEnX
gmeats Of the colossal institution," 10 a
~ think that believe the Church's dey q
er. Bnt not so the 30 who read the "siRne ef
times.n
book hos been recently pubifshed-s re-
rkAbte book ia it's wRy-by James Authors
'pde, the English aud anti Irish hIstorfan.
IAN who hates the Catholic Church with an
sh people. Mr.. Froude, in this work fwhIoh
reviewed In this months number Of khas
client publication, the Catholic Royldl.
aking of the present position Of the Catho.
Church, uses these remarkable words:
The tide of kroRledgs and she tide OF ont
ID events have set with equSl fS9ce In chs
'ction opposite TO Romsuism, Yet In Opito
{, perhaps by means OF 10, as kite rises
inst the wird. the Roman Church has oneS
. shot up into visible and practical conoo-
nee. While she loses ground In SPain and
y, which had been 60 long exolnsfvely Der
J, che is gaining in the modern energetic
Q which have been the stronghold Of Pro-
Antism. Her members increase, her or
ration gathers Vigor, her clergy are oaoE-
" WIN 1bu bkAT01otb05 eDEO long PFoatfNe0
cathedral rise, and churches
schools and colleges, and converts ara
aateEfes. She has taken into her soFVfo8
20 q enemy: the PseSa' and has sstsbiIsheda
ideDtly, tho position Of tho Church Il a
10 to Mr.. Froude; aud he eonferses tbst %
OF sele9ttae progress, and In spite 81
would DO called religious proRress, she
gains, Bnd gains In the energetic natiora
ct 10 the meaning he asks, "a Of 80
go . pbenomepon Is progreas, Of which
Ear 90 much, lees real than We thouRhss
knowledge grow more shallow q the
20 widenD Z is it that science IL OrsoptnR
mako upon tue ground, and eating dGaS
bringing forth :LnateEiaIlsm, that the
'llc CheEcbs in spite Of her arEoFs, ksspa
the consciousness oE cur sPiritnal bainsI
'Re naa sx7eetasicn rf in.TaoEtelisy!