Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-12-18
A LAY SERMON FROM A RELIGIOUS
TEXT.

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TEXT.
| TEXT" Very few men have originated SO
many striking phrases las MIR. Cleveland has)
which are likely 10 live. MOI even Abra-
the public mind. From the Catholic Mirror;
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MGR. FREE TRADE, SEc'Y. Mar Mirror Pont
TYPoGH. DEN, ADMISIsTRAT.
Our text is one out of the profound
est (de profundis) depths of the MIR
ror's learning. 1t proceeds from
luminous sources, 1.-THE Mirror being
a great political and religious lumi
nary). Not only luminous but polit-
ically infallible, there is no appeal
from this Court of Last Resort). We
may apply the words of st. Angus
tine to this new political article of
faith, SO eloquently defined in the
above text Mirror ioquata est,
causa .taita est. In discussing dog
matte theology the Mirror displays
vast erudltion, but taken on Cleve-
laniic theorem it surpasses even the
doctors of Hippo or Aquinas them
selves. There is SO much origin.
atty in its poltical-polemical eluci-
Misunderstanding and sticking orinal-
ity as is seen by the text.
The text is far beyond land above)
our Interpretation. Back numbers
of the Mirror are wanted to properly
comprehend its full significance. BY
such aid we may throw some light
(borrowed) upon this striking religio.
politico text.
LIST. The Mirror is an infallible
representative of free trade democ.
racy and democratic catholicity. 1t
is an official business organ grind
err, highly recommended, but neither
church nor prelate are bound by
what 1t says. Its religious doctrines
separate from politics are sound
enough, but politically the church
does not know (nor desire to learn)
one-tenth what the Mirror knows,
as our striking text stickingly indi-
Gates. In political originality the
Mirror has no equal. John Brown
and the Haymarket riots make the
North and West unsafe guardians of
the country's welfare, and the Mirror
suggests the South as q conservator
of peace and good government. Dye
Heavens. has any one ever before
thus boldly dared you to fall Har-
per's Ferry and Chicago may have
killed their thousands tens of thous-
ands line the way from Anderson
vile to Copiah-tens of thousands
more from Libby to Danville. No
section of country nor race of people
or sect OF creed can alone conserve
the peace and good government of
this country. We must all work to-
gether.
Besides being original and striking,
the Mirror has other unexcelled
qualities. AS religious journal 1t
has no contemporaries. 1t is so strik-
iaglyspreading that it covers the field
itself. AS translator of Papal en-
cyclicals, o the Pope himself is not
SO accurate. In questions of rite
or form the Sacred Congregation
holds no candle to its qualifications,
and in matters of morals and discip-
line it anticipates conclaves and
councils. But it is as a political ex-
ponent that the Mirror reflects the
brightest, and wells the administra-
ton organs with its political wings.
2. The reason we have selected
the above impressive text, is entire
ly on account of its striking original
ty; and we mean no disrespect to
person or irreverence for faith by
anything said in the discussion gifts
protundity. The text may be treat
ed in two lights, (both borrowed, y
ignorance and prejudice.
If prejudice, then Times relentless
husbandry alone can eradicate it;
and on it's distant shores the rattle
of John Browns weary bones is
destined to be heard.
If ignorance, then we search in
vain through all the ante and post
Nicene eloquence,-from the Mount
and the deserts to Constantinople
and Rome,-for such striking origin
atty the want of which our text de-
plores in Abraham Lincoln, Isle tran
Su.) Coming down to the ages of
Gregorian and Benedictine learning,
alas! nothing to equal the striking
originality our text sets forth, (eplur-
ibuS.) Passing on through the Eliz-
abethan period to Nineteenth centu-
~ progress we meet with some little
ability on both sides of the Atlantic,
some of which might charm even
the Wandering % myth of Mirror
editor; but the only comparison that
comes nearest sticking to the striking
originality lamented in our text as the
greatest desideratum in Lincoln's life,
is letter from Petroleum V. Nasty,
of Orleans X Roads fame, me plus
published on our first page. In our
search we found some grand and en-
during monuments, in history, in brass,
| in marble,-but no inscription indi-
Gated anything so striknagly eloquent
as is referred to in our text, (ne sutor.
We have found some great and good
men bidding slaves to rise, and a
statue to the same effect in the ancient
city of Magnificent Distances, (which
corresponds with the modern capital
of" striking phrases,") that might be
the cause of the Mirrors malice for
all and charity for none, except itself
and its prototype in egotism. If the