Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-01-30
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In our brief comments on the
matter proposed We would not for
the werld intimate aught against
the Protestant faith, it's purity Of
deetfins and the sincerity and seal
q IT, devotses. Nor 10 1t our de-
slgn to treat the topic theological
A wonderful weaver Of fiction
vas Eugene Sue, and he struggled
II his most laborsd and accom-
rllshsd literary effort to bring into
contempt and obloquy the religious
order founded by Ignatips Loyola.
The Inventive genius Of tho French
author may have established a
strange obliquity In morals in that
powerful scot, but he equally prov
cd . psrtinacity Of pursuit and an
extended power and influence that,
did his incideuts SAVIOR Of truth,
they would provoke the marvel of
the world through all time. The
Willy Jesuit Rodin, in guise men.
dicant, and In habits . lazar, ex-
ceiling In learning and practical
Information, engirted the entire
globe with his complications and
nsshes. This agency was felt
among the frightful stsppes Of 81
beris. The untutored red man
obsysd his behests amid the SHOWS
ard Borean blasts Of the northern
ueet portions Of the Western Con.
tinout; and ct his beck an Indian
Rzincs hurried to his presence from
~ h6ntlng ground and the jungles
ef his distant land. He was the
incarnation Of away that psrvad-
- each distance and every phase
efths human family. The newt
able moral Of the Juv Errant 10
~ boundlsss power Of one branch
efthe Catholic Church.
Whether its hierarchy can be di.
tectly traced In regular succession
70 the Great Founder OF all Chris.
tiAn ereeds, which tho Fathers as
sert with great vehemence as ver-
lied fact, aud which the Protester
declares . blind and truthless le-
gsnd, 1t 10 very certain that the
Church Of Rome 10 the eldest born
q all the theological dynasties who
gather their ethics from the teach
tngs Of the crucifed Naxarene.
However misty or unreliable may
b the specific date Of it, origin, It
must b. conceded that 1t has chung
With unwavering tsnacity. 10 the
form Of government and avowals of
peeuliar tenets and general char
acteristics Of Faith, from the very
earliest period ascrlbed to its exist-
ence by proians or even Protestant
history. II. Ut this late day, doubts
spring up ~ to some formula of
worship or construction Of Biblical
text, Or other matter Of moment In
thsir exercises Of religion, there is
IN appeal to q series of theological
writi Dgs that extend far hey ond
the dark and perilous times Of the
Middle Ages. It had then its nun
neries and monasteries. and its
manifold saints. and its gorgeous
edlncss Of worship. and the cell
basy Of its priesthood, and Its ap-
psllate Pontiff. 1t has them now.
The successor Of Peter may have
lest much Of the temporal power
he once exercised, when the most
potent principalities were at his
feet, but the thunders of tho Vati.
oAn still reverberate around the
earth and cause as much moral
trombling as ever. Thousands Of
cfesds extracted from the New Tes-
lament have sprung up. They
change and merge, and oscillate
and vanish; while unwavering con-
formity to its most ancient land.
marks, amid all human gloom and
progresslon, is q marked character.
lstic Of the Catholic Church. We
have often wondered at its uutir-
Ing energy and hazardous phone or.
ism. The Protestant missionary,
With labored preparation, and tear.
fol adieus, and earnest prayers to
the Great and Good God for protec.
lion In his projected emprise of
conversion In heather lands, ever
liseovers himself anticipated by
the more alert and adventurous
Catholic. In his religious fervor
be has essayed each island,
Aud cape. and promontory. He
has tracked each river to its source,
travsrsed each plain, and scaled
overy mountain top. Unretarded
BY danger or physical impeachment,
DO dIsrsgards alike the heat of the
Tropics and the cold Of the Arctics.
He 10 ~ ubiquitous as the atm os.
phese. For two centuries had the
Atlantic Slope of the Western Con.
tinent been swelling in white.
hinged population. The Pacific
Dtrand remained with them terra
iaoogniea until . very few years
past. Then did they leap here as
, troop Of hungry leopArds. They
band the whole coast flooded with
Missions and Aboriginal neo.
Dhytss. The zeal and tirelessn ess
nm1 nnERnala lava nf Tho MnAl,n.l