Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-12
ATEMrERANCE sE4MON.

Nv. j. o." sends US the following re-
port of remarkable discourse which
was preached during a mission given in
ireland by the late lev. Father Petche-
rine, a Russian conver: to the Catholic
faith:
Good People: There was All assembly
held during the present century, and
where do you think II was held3 by
whom was it summoned to meet, and for
what purposey will tell you. The
Congress was called together by Lucifer;
it was composed of devils; 1t met in hell,
and its object was to concert means and
adopt methods to pervert the Irish peo-
pie, to win them away from their an
cient and holy religion. Lucifer presid-
cd and laid before the Internal assembly
the object for which he had called them
together.
"Our work." ho said, lis everywhere
making progress, aud our cause is gain
ing recruits in every country, except on
ly in Ireland. We have succeeded in
making the English good Professionals,
the Scotch rank Presbyterians, the Ger
mans Philosophers, the French Intidels;
we are, in fact, doing finely in all quar-
tiers. except with the obstinate and in
tractable Irish. We must do something
TO uproot their religious faith; we must
wean them away from our greatest enc
my and most inveterate foe, the ancient
church. Who is there here among my
crafty counselors to suggest the plans
and methods to pervert the Irish and
draw them over to my Standard"
In response to this appeal up rose
malignant old devil Ia FALLEN archan-
Rel), who addressed his chief in these
words:
"Most sovereign, dread master. have
given much thought to this question,
and know the means that viii surely
pervett the Irish. Send among them
the plaques of famine and fever; then
will follow starvation and sickness.
Then put plenty OF money in the pock-
cts of the parsons; they will do tho work
for US; they will tempt the Irish while
suffering from starvation aud sickness;
then, surely, they will give way"
The proposal was received with gem
eral applause and adopted by tho assem-
bly mem. con.
Lucifer accordingly sent over o swarm
of devils to ireland. Some shook their
heads oyer the potato fields, and the
crops rotted and were destroyed, others
clapped their wings ever tho pastures,
And corn fields, and everything withered
away and were blighted. Famine stalked
through the land, and in its train sick.
ness and death. 1t Was then the parsons
went about to ply their methods, Offering
food and money as the price for renoun-
ding the Catholic faith. But It was no
use. In their uttermost woe and hunger
the Irish rejected the bride and spurned
the tempter; they died in their misery
and wretchednes8 rather than abandon
tho faith Of 81. Patrick. Al this point
Father Pstcherine's audience could NO
restrain their emotions and burst out in
q storm Of applause and clapping Of
hands.l
Lucifsr. undismayed by tho failure,
summoned another assembly, having
first given orders TO bring forward the
old devil who had given the unlucky
counsel. Tho old fellow had taken ref-
uRe in remote corner Of he'll, and tried
to hide himself, hut il was Of no use be
fore such an assembly.
he WAS dragged before Lucifef, who
condemned him 10 endure three thous-
and etripes, and 10 be chained in the
lowest ana darkest pit Of tho Internal
abyss.
Lucifer appealed now again TO the a.
Sembl6d council. Was there no one to
suggest the certain means TO pervert the
Irish. which was the subject Of his CON-
slant and wArmeat solicttudo7
After 4 long and painful silence, An
oily. sleek-faoed old devil held mp his
hind.
II have t." he said; II know the sure
means TO overcome tho lvish. Lu Their
and his Bible have done great deal for
% In England and Germany. Tyy the
Bible. Send plenty of preachers and
heaps of Bibles along, With q many
devils ~ can b spared TO help the par.
sOns. and then surely the Irssh viii b.
gained over"
This counsel was promptly acted upon.
Ireland swarmed with enisaaries OF La.
thsf and tho devils mysmidons; bat all
their efforts were fruitlssa. The parvon Z
we're hoceod out Of the country, and the
devils, - . matter Of course, had to f0>.
low them.
Enra9cd ct this nov discom6surs LIN.
offer again caiisd the great council To-
| Rothef.
The unfortunate devil Who had given
the last advice vNs ordered six Thousand
laahss and sent down ~ keep company
With Luther.
Lncifss, biz voice nissd q The hirhea,
Pitch and reeoandinR through The rsmo.
- vaults - his 1aey dn1inion, th1n-
dered:
l0eoDoteuosyeae ~ le1kf Qns0e6 8.