The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-26


; lie Messenger, the official organ 81
the Catholic Church for the diocese
Of Louisiana:
In our last issue we stated that
Rev. Father AcKiniry. s. J., deliver
cal sermon On inteAIperaHee, ON
Sunday, February 2Tth, to a large
congregation m the eiaurch of SIS.
Peter and Paul, Atlanta, tfa- The
following svuopsis OF TINS able dis
course rs taken from the Atlanta
Constitution, ,of March I'd
Father ucKmiry, IN approaching
his subject, said it Was arasvil that,
in one shape on other, had cursed the
world siHce the beginning. to the
destruction Of reason. tine shame of
wives, tire disgrace Of children, and
tire humiliation of nations II mas
debasesi man 20 the level Of the brute
creation: tti1as driven him into the
commission OF sins Of which other
Wise he Hslid never have been guilty,
and the worst Of It is that its effects
are not confined to lbs victim, bat
spread among tine people and reach
cut into generations vet tn c1me. In
tAse morning of history we find that
when TIE fi9od had subsidized. and our
second father, Noah, with his family
lzd been delivered safe from desiruG
ton. q terrible curse was had on
Ham. And Hhy was tins? Simply
because Noah had permitted himself
to become drunk with wine, and III
TINS condition had made himself the
occasion of CanaaUs smiIe In his /
drunkenness be cursed his own child, 1
aad the curse has descended from l
generation To generation; cnndemning
millions tO ssFvitHde-ahd ali be-
cause Noah WAS drunk, and for the
time had made himself unworthy of
iiiial reverence. 4
1t is an evil that has destroyed
nations. AnOtIbie Instance Ill Isra-
eliiish history was cited where the
king and his advisers became drunk
ards. and t:feir orgies were carried
far into tiie night. By his prophet
tiIe Lord warned tiaem, but they
needed not. The enemy came, butch
cred tire people, made many Of them
captive and RACED their cities 10 the
gruusd. The nation suffered for its
rniers' sins.
Beishazzar sat inlhis banquet hall, |
by his wives, his cOncu-
bines, his conrtiers, and they were all
drunk! The sacred vessels were
called for, that blasphemy might be
added To IntemperaHec. But 10! tie
finger on tiie wal traced cut the
dread sentence, and to defend them
selves, the Aedcs and hers:ans put
them to tbe sword and fianic Il
Holofentes led his hosts inTictory. !
Battle aftertbattle added rgnnwn to
the arms of his brave men, aud only
Jerusalem remained. His men,
bnoyed mp hy the prestige OF contin
0Ous victory, lay eamped against the
city, eager Tor tine iinnr wisen tl,e.y
should scale the walls Of tlae Jewish
capital The Jews bclield the eneny
with trembling and fear A weak
woman in the eisd was tlIe olIly hope.
Judith put the bottle TO the lips of !
HoloferRcs. He snored in his drunk
eHBess. The woman cut VI, his be-
sOtted head alid escaped. The Jews I
set upon the lcaderleSs and democrat
lied hosts; aEd 8s fine All army AS
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