The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1879-02-02

ont 70 them all, in the name of God, "Give ear
you that rule the people, and that please
yourselves in mnlttodes Of nations; for power
Is given TO you by the Lord and strength oy
the Most High, who WIZ e4amlne yout you. s.Uars
udgment shall be for them thst rule. tor Go1
will not except any mans person. neitner WIZ .n
He stand In awe of any mans greatness LOT
He b. hath made the little and tho great, and he
hath equally care of all. But greater pun
ishment is ready for the more mighty"
Nevertheless, il it happens that princes rasn.
ly proceed to excess In the exercise Oh tne.I
power the Catholic doctrine permits not the
people to rise up in foroe against them, LOT leas
hat the tranquility of established order snonio
be more aud more troubled, and that society
should thereby receive greater injury. Ano
when the excess Gomez to q point at whtoh no
hope of safety seems left, Ceristian pauenoe
learns to seek @ remedy in meritoIious conones
and in urgent prayer to COD. bu1 II @ t.e o'ai- ~.
nances of legislators OF princes sanction or
command something contrary to the divine OF
natural law, the dignity of the Cnristlan
name, and duty and apostolic preeeps, pro-
claim that we must obey God rather than
men. Thus domestic sooiety itself, which is
the Foundation OF every city ana OF every
State, feels and experiences this snintary power
Of the Church, which is exercised for tne CON
ser ation of civil society, and the maintenance
of order, For you know, venerable brethren,
that the rule of that society has, accora'n9 10
the natural law, lite foundation 10 the tnolsso, 10
luble union of man and wife, ana lts opleot III
the rights and duties Of parents and chlldren'
masters aud servants. one towards the otner'
You know also that the theories OF sooiaitsmm 10
almost totally dis olive 1t, for having iosI tae
strength which it receives through telg,ous
marriage, 1t naturally sees relaxing the poWer
| of parents over their children, and the eutyo oi
children towards their parents.
| On the contrary, the Church teaches toet
| marriage "honorable in all things" whion
God himself instituted at the commencement
| of the world for the propagation ana tue Pes
| petuity of the species, and Whioh lie nas maoe ma"
| indissolub BILE, has been made still more DinoIng
| and holy BIZ Jesus Christ, Who has conferred
on it the dignity of sacrament ana Wlsnso
| it to be type of His union with the CnutSh
Hence, according to the ihtimetlon o. vuo
| Apostle, as Jesus Christ ia Head II the y uuto",
| the husband is head of the wlto, ana as tnt
| Church is subi-ct to Jesus Christ Wno eW'
brace her with q onaste and .;orPefu uHI love
=. 40 wives ought to be subjsot to their Husbands
and ought in rotnrn oe loved oy 'he" wiz"
faithful and constant affection. x,
| The Church requisites alike the power OF tnt
father and of the mother, so that u KeePt
children and servants to their DUTY, wiz
exceeding bounds. For, according TO CataolS
teaching, the authority of parents and mas ter'
ia only an emanatiop from the authority OF tn'
Heavenly Father and Master, ana tnus 10
only does it derive from this It's origin auu M ~
power, bot it also necessarily borro"s RON
ita nature and it's character. wherefore tn
apostle exhorts children TO obey their parent
, iu the Lord and to honor their tatner An'
-
, with a promise. And to parents ne says
"And you, parentG, provoke not your cnlidre' Ire
to anger; but bring them up IN the oiscipin
: and correction of the Lord" 49,,
i, | The nreceDt which the same apostle RiVes Z
, seryants and masters is tb at those be oDeoleb
{ to these according to the hesh as 10 SpTis.
3 asrvipR them with all good Will a9 Goa nun
self, aud that masters should nov h
, ser wants remembering that God 10 the AHnte
of all in Heaven, and that there IS no resPeo
of persons with HIM. ,,l .
r If oil these things were observed Dy eAch
4 those whom they concern, according 70 IN
dispo,ition of tao Divine VIII. eaoA tsmll
. woi.la R1rd a picture of the Heavenly res
dence and the noble result when WouIu
the consequence would not be cuuhned ~ithi
8 the walls OF GOmiClies, DuS WOH'N pS no"1'"tS Q
G over states Themselves. .,,.-
As regards public and domestic tranfnl!'t!
r Catholic wisdom, supported oy the prec1p,e ,
1 the divine and patural law, very prnuenti
J, nroyidcs for it by the ideas whloh ~ adop'
a and teaches with reference To the rlRnt OF at
/! thority and the vision Of property, whlch
= acquired for the necessity and tne n.iiIIy IsyoS
l. life The socialists on the contrary, FepFeset
v the right of property as being human inVet
tion, fepugnsnt to the natural eqnAllty pt
o tween men. and, preaching in favor OF cou @
/; munity of property, they proclaim tns' L me
should not patiently bear poverty, and tna
% thew may with impunIty violate the possession
i and rights of the rich.
l. The Church recognizes, m1ch more usefoll
n and wisely, the existence Of inequality DetTee
e men, naturally dissimilar By the eHSpRsIi, :
n body and of mind. and that this ineqo Sns ~
10 exists even in the possession OF PLoPoLS .. %
% nrescrlbes, besides, that the right OF ProPert
is and authority originating in nature itss
l. mnst be maintained intact aud iGviotSto t !
% the hauds of those who possess II Ior eu
= | Lnov-a IN At robbery and rspine have been cor
{. demued in the naturaI law by God, the Autnt
n and the Guardian of all right, in such ma o.
d ner that 1t 10 not even pernittea " va 1oSbsr
1t goods Of another, and that thieves ana S
m ike al dultersrs and idolaters, arc excluded no
Id the Kingdom of Heaven.
3. Nevertheless, like good mother she mel
Is IactS not the care of the poor, and onitS not
r. iook 10 their necessities; for, EN- bTscipg the
a. | 10 her matsrn al breast, and knowing that th'
" represent Jesus Christ, Who considers . 90,
ri noor. sbe holds them in great honor she
es tists them with all her power; sae is earet