The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-01

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spise their poorer, humber companions And
how the more simply dressed figures swell
| with modification and envy at the dispisy
around them ! Alb, angels of young children
pity them, weep for them, as you turn your
gaze from their faces to that of their Father
In Heaveni
cy, is the system of Goddess education now
spreading throughout Christendom. A knowl-
edge Of God entsils honor of parents, respect
of old age, Difference to authority. reverence
for virtue, and humility towards oneself On
the other hand, an ignorance of the great
Law giver brings with it the reverse of all this.
Ingratitude to parents, irreverence towards
old age, rebellion against authority. contempt
of virtue, and selfish pride; these are the les
sons practically instilled into the young. Is
it of such that our divine Lord spoke when He
said: "Of such are the Kingdom Of Heaven ~
third power at work to destroy all that
constitutes true childhood is the press-not
only books Of immoral tendencies, where every.
thing entitled to respect, such as old age,
poverty, humility, is held mp to ridicule; bot
also the daily and weekly papers that food
the country and pour their poison into the
hearts Of children and youth, until innocence
and purity are shipwrecked, and 60 floating
away, never, never to return.
."Woe, woe unto the world because OF offsnees!
It is not the will of your Father which Ia in
Heaven that one Of these little once should
perish!" And yet the slaughter continues,
and the little ones are perishing before ouE
eyes. The world is robbipg us of our children,
giving MS only CHASTITY corpses of what was
once young and innocent, pure and trust
ing childhood. Fashion has turned to stone
those little loving hearts that once believed in
flowers and sunbeams, in angels and God. A
corrupt press has taught our youth to despise
virtue, to sneer ct religion, to scoff at the hu-
mility Of the Christian. A Goddess education
is slowly but surely extingRishing the last
Pickering of ohild-lifs that remains, by de-
priving them of all those beautiful character
istios which earned for them the Saviour's ben.
ediction.
Jeremiah the prophet says because thou
hast forgotten Me, saith the Lord, ,ciu be-
reare thee of children ;" Fearful warning, and
yet no man takes it to heart "None oonsid-
eripg that the righteous is taken awsy from
the eril to come"
Yes, the doves are flying aIoft They ore
spreading their innocent wings before they be
clipped by fashion or pride, they are soaring
away before the lessons of earth weigh heavily
upon them, they are piercing the skies, before
they forget the radiant road that leads to
Heaven, they are winging their fight to the
arms of that Saviour who blessed them in time
and wishes to bless them in eternity.
Let stricken parert, who have lost their
b;rdlings, think Of this in their grief and desc
lation. Lst them. recall how the world would
have killed their dear ones, and realize that
they truly enter lifs only by flying TO the fe-
gions of Gods enduring love.
eyes, the doves are flying aloft |" But it
should be q saIutsry warning to us who stand
and witness their flight. What is the storm
that approaohesi What is the evil from
which the doves have fed : Isaiah answers
for us Woe unto them that call evil good
and good evil that PIT darkness for light
and light for darkness that put bitter for
sweet and sweet for bitter Thy silver is be-
come dross, thy wine mixed with water. Thy
princes are rebellious and companions of
thieves, every one loveth gifts and followeth
after rewards they judge not the fstherless,
neither doth tie cause of the widow come un-
10 them. Woe unto the wicked. 1t shall be
III with him, for the reward of his hands shall
be gwen him |"
The retca.d of his hands! Fearful reward
dishonesty in high places, oppression of the
poor, forgetfulness of God, darkness for light, |
bitter for sweet, evil for good, drose for silver
and water for wineI
Nothing real, nothing true, nothing noble, !
nothing pure! This is the evil from which |
the doves have fed. Happy, happy dovesi
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