The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-04-07
Fs NoRnNa STAR AND CATHOLIC aRssRNaRR SUNDAY

human arts and sciences, she, on the contrary
col1es to their aid, and ecco arages item. FOE hEe
does not ignore, ror does she despise the ad
vsutages to life that have accrued from them;
she confesses, on the contrary, that the
sciences, coming as they do from God, II they
arc properly treated. can, by means Of divine
grace, lead back to God"
The accusations brought forward are, then
utterly unfounded, worthless. and are, more
over, the expression of the hatred that ID
nourisbed against the Church and of the desire
entertained TO blsoken her fair name.
demned, IL favored by the Church; there is one
Tint is condemned with all Justice. 1t is the
science that engepders that Philosophy thai
with Satanic pride says: "Human reason is
without any regard to God, the only true ar
bitter of trne and false, Of good and evil it il
It's own law, it 80 fiices by its natural powers
to sfcure the happiness Of men and Of na
tions."
It 10 that science that dives into matter and
assigns 1t to eternity, that goes mp to the fir
mament and desoeBds into the bowels of the
earth to look in vain for an argument with
which to destroy Biblical cosmogony; it 10 that
science that debases man to the level Of the
shakes the very foundations Of moral, do.
mestio and OWL order, that the Church op-
poser. Now, every man knows that, far from
complaining. he ought to raise his hands &c
God In Thanksgiving for having sent into thi.
world that infallible Authority, which, while
it invokes every blessing for the present and
for the future, likewise preserves every bless
ing for rs, by resouing Gs from the impiou,
u9.
All dearly beloved, let none of you allow
yourselves to be led away by those who com,
to fAtter you with deceitfnl words, 80 as Il
make proselytes of you and to allure you t6
your own destruotionl If, as is the case among
great and generous souls, you love the honest
advancements and the development of ciVili
cation, depend upon it, that you can in no way
make better progress, nor contribute better tc
the development of civilization, than by re
naming faithful in heart and sopl to the prac.
tioes of the Catholic faith.
You have in part seen the evidences of this
truth and it would be most pleasing to us tc
throw the same light on the points that relate
to the
IMPROVEMENT OF MAN
in political aud neral point of view, If, in
stead of writing Pastoral Letter, we had in
tended to write long treatise, and if we did
not purpose, life is spared Us, to revert to this
subject another time.
The facts are there, however, to show tc
every one where this insensate warfare upon
the Cnnrch, in the name of civilization, has
brought us.
From the humblest artisan, up to those who
by birth and position, occupy the higher Wake
of society, there is no one who can say that he
has derived from this contest anything but
bitterness and discoursRements and, il cast.
ing his eyes still farther, he seeks to discover
what will be the final results of these impioue
attacks, il he has sense and heart, he will feel
overwhelmed by chill of horror.
On the one hand, we see multitudes robbed
OF every hope Of the future, of every consola.
tion that faith brings to the unfortunate; mul.
titudes who can find DO compensation in the
pleasures of this world, who, too poor for their
desires, and too full of miseries and contrasts ;
on the other, small number of men on whom
fortune smiles, who have not the smallest
spark OF Christian charity burning in their
souls, and bent only on boarding and enjoying.
We see, on the one hand, men trembling with
despair, and who seem to have gone back to
the savage state on the other, obscene pleas.
ures, dances and festivities, that excite the in
dignation of tbe poor man who is not sucoored,
and which provoke the chastisements of hea-
ven. These are the gains promised US this is
what this open warfare, in the name of ciVili-
zation, against the Church, promises as, andit
is destined to throw us back again into the
horrors of barbarian. Now, there is q way to
put an end to present evils and to prevent dan
gers in the future, and it can only be found in
your fidelity to the laws of God and of the
Church, observing them courageously and set
ting examples of Chritian life.
And what moro oPPortune time than the Sea-
son we are now going into for commencing this
truly reparatory work. Those who olalm to
of God and sgainst Him, and they will not get
it. For you, dearly beloved, you must say and
prove by your acts, that it is by the grace of
God, and by hardening to His voice, represent
o0 W Sb0 fOtGC "a oh0 NhUEo6S td60 tuo btroS-
ings bequeathe ed to us by our fathers can alone
be preserved and perpetuated.
1t is through the grace of God and through
the guidance of His Church, that the nations
will become truly and gloriously civilized. II,
ct any time, you feel your soul Weakening at
the sight CT this great uPrieing Of men, of gov
ernments and Of sciences against God and His
Church, forget not that you have an invincible
and all-powerfnl weapon of defence {: Prayer!
Arm yourselves with this weapon in public
and in your homes. Let your cries of supplica-
tion go up to God, who is a most faithful defen-
der and the buckler of W hoover puts his trust in
Him. Pray for our city, for yourselves, for
yoar families; pray for the Church.
In the meantime We give you our Pastoral
benediotion, and we pray that divine grace
may be abundantly poured out upon you in
every manner by the gifts and cancellations Of
heaven.
PERUGIA, from our Episcopal Residence
February 6, 1877.
G. Cardinal PEccr, Bishop.
WESTERN PRODUCE, LIQUORS, ETC.