The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-04


death. 1t is the central point of attractic
in all that great panorama of sacred plac'
known as the Holy Land, a land toward
which the heart of every Christian has o
ways turned more fondly than to his ow
natal place, land towards which durin
hundreds Of years all the chivalry of Chri,
tendon brought its banners and it's arm
and its blood that it might be redeeme
from dissertation. What is DIsraeli'
dream but an added episode on the Cru
sades grander rom ance in action than th
brain of man ever conceived in fiction.
And then the adjuncts. Palestine is t.
be made Papal State and its independence
perpetually guaranteed by all the grea
powers England is to renounce her sep
aration and come back to the unity; Russi,
too must acknowledge the primacy and
supremacy of the Pope, while the German
Empire will wipe off the sham of Luther.
anism left and say to the Pope "Thou ART
Peter and thou alone" Dizzy treats the
minor Protestant powers with utter con.
tempt in this arrangement, not as much
even as saying, by your leave, knowing full
well that they would follow suit precipit-
ately. And what about this country of
ours The architect of the plan knows
that American Protestants follow British
fashions in religion and philosophy as SER
vilely as they do French fashions in bon.
nets. If British prestige were Withdrawn
from Protestantism, it would be deserted
over here as spontaneously as sinking
ship with the small pox on board. Ameri-
cans would then feel themselves at liberty
to choose between the Pope and Voltaire,
and would act promptly, as becomes a great
people who do not like to be behind the
times.
And how does the sharp old party of He.
braic descent expect to work all this7 Why,
Just like the plot of story. The Anglican
Archbishop of Csnterbury is persuaded that
the present Pope is failing and that he
would come in next best himself, all the
Did prejudices in favor of Italians being
done away with by the removal of the see.
Russia is told that all her Patriarchs shall
Do made Cardinals and must naturally
'un the Church as it will have again be-
'ome an Eastern Church. Prussia ia told |
hat combination of all the forces of |
christianity under one compact organiza-
Ion Is absolutely necessary to check the |
'apid growth of Atheism and its consequent |
socialism among the German races.
Wild and visionary as all this may seem, !
here appears to be as much foundation for /
{, at least, as this, that Prussia is feeling
he force of the suggestion above made in
Ter regard. The progress of lawless pas
ion is opening her eyes to the necessity of
Encouraging, instead of destroying, all
'!lies in the cause of order and morality,
nd negotiations with Rome are evidently
N foot. And strange to say, Bismarck's
in this line has materially in
reased since Beaconsfield's advent to Ber-
in, and we know that the brains of great
'oets and authors originate many grand
md sublime combinations which, to ordi-
lary humanity, eeem at first wild and Wis
onary.
On the other hand, what possibility is
here of consent on the part of the Papal
jourt4 We must remember that although
Jerusalem was, and is y ct called, the Holy
jlty, 1t never was the See of Peter. The
irst Pope instead of fixing the Pontifical
See at Jerusalem fixed it at Antioch, when
he choice was before him. Then we must
consider that the head of the Christian
world has necessarily an immense amount
IT business to transact with it's many
members. Not only is this business mani
old but much of it is pressing and cannot
% delayed. Its seat of operations must,
therefore, be at a convenient point for this
work. When Jerusalem was the seat of
The true faith all empire lay in the East.
Babylon, Persia, Judea, Egypt, Greece
ormed the area of civilization and the
eastern shores of the Mediterranean, with
heir mighty cities, their Troy, their Tyre
md Sidon, their ports where men event
lown to the sea in ships," formed the
commercial centre of the world. Jerusalem
vas conveniently located for communica-
ion with all civilized countries.