The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-06-30
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| the half-starved boy, 10 repeated by every
human being in some form or other, and will
continue to bo until the end Of time.
There is not one of this earth's inhsbitants Is
who does not ask for more. The clamor goes
mp night and day, and this widespread deh-
| cheney of mankind is, to the thoughtful mind,
| q most convincing proof that earth cannot
satisfy, and time cannot fulfil, all the cravings
of an immortal soul.
II We look around, we find one person askin e
for more health another, for more friends !;
another, for more money another, for more
honor, and so on, until it seems strange that
the human heart can hold 80 many wants and
the human hunger be 30 hard to satisfy.
But 1t is not man alone who calls for more J;
the inanimate creation also has it's wants.
The flowers ask for more refreshment, the soil
asks for more nutrition, the mighty rivers
which mans skill is binding within parro2er
limits call aloud for more liberty, and the
world at large is appealing ever for more
light. for more justice on the part of those who
rule it.
Even newspaper, too, has its wants, and
cries out pitifully for more-for more encour-
agement, for more assistance, for more appre.
citation. Appreoiation-this one word covers
all the ground of its omplaiht.
The MORNING STAR, even were it not q PAINS
taking, refined and scholarly sheet, has right
to cry for more
Our Holy Father, Plus TX, gave charge to
the Catholic press, q special mission to all
Catholic papers; and there is not one thai tries
to be more faith tul TO its trust than the MORN
ING STAR. From the first day of its establish
ment until the present, it hos ever presented
CathOlio trntha in THAR att
it has carried on discussions with it's opponents
without degrading it's pages by abuse, or low
eripg its dignity by fslsshood and injustice.
There has never been in it's columns one
word offensive to modesty or repulsive to good
taste. Its leading editorials are marked by
good sense. clear intelligence, scholarly lam
gusgs, refined thought and fsr-sighted know
ledge; they are copied by the press of other
cities. they re.appear in the papers of fsr-away
lands, they are read even by the people of New
Zealand, and yet-there are Catholics to-day
in this city who will say: "We never read
haps, the story y
A paper cannot live without appreciation.
1t is the sunshine of its existence the breath
of it's body, the life of it's soul. And why
should not the MORNING STAR be appreciated
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is our duty to support this exponent of truth,
this standard of morality, this model of Chris
tian courtesy and scholarshipi
Are we intelligent men, and fail to see that
by want of appreciation we are robbing our
selves, our children -cemmapity, of the
one Catholic messenger that can go into every
home and speak q message to every heart; the
one Catholic champion that can defend the
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falsehoodf
Are we Christians, and fail to understand
that we are darkening in our day the one
bright STAR whose light will not only illumine
our pathway, but may lead many wandering
footstep into the straight and narrow road
that leads to life eternall
More appreciation Even If the talent en-:
ployed upon its pages were not of the highest
order, due amount of appreciation would
soon command the best, or enable what there
is to become more bright and glittering.
Who does not know what effect an encour-
aging word, sympathising smile, has upon
modest worth and unassuming genius Like
the dew of heaven upon the plants of earth,
it develops growth, unfolds new heauties and
brings forth rich fruit.
If every Catholic family in this city-about
&c, 600 in number-msde it q point to subscribe
to the only Catholic paper published in the far
south, how it would thrive, and bud and
blossomi But instead of this, few families
take it condescendingly, q few persons buy it
for it's always excellent stories; but the great
body of Catholic readers throw away their
time aud money upon papers that are either
worthless or positively injurious to Catholic
faith and morsls.
Our grand Pope Leo XIII. has said; Now
that the land is deluged with wicked papers,
can We ever sufficiently encourage the religious
and sound press 7"
Can we ever sufficiently encourage paper
that, aiming at perfection, falls short only be-
cause of the fault of others-a paper OF which
the South should be proud, of which Catholics
should be appreciative, aud of which all Chris
tians should be friends and supporters, for it
alone teaches patriotism without party, reli-