The Irish standard., 1888-02-18
CATHOLIC NEWS.
RELIGIOUS NOTES

feature or HrOCtSLanL reuglOuS nIeIa-
ture, is yielding. under the more mod
ern aesthetic movement, TO mlldef
treatment of this Catholic practice.
The sentiment, as they deem it, uttered
itself at least in fctions and forms OF
beauty. But the Instinct Of heresy vet
knows and breads the heel Of the
Woman destined to crush its head.
Pro1estantisrl feels that if it accept
Mary. it will have to accept the Church.
No unworthy subterfuge, no stealthy
change Of front will avail when She
enters into its calculations.--Ave
Maria.
1.-The majority Of Protestant mis-
sionaries are not merely uneducated
men they are almost totally ignorant .
Such is the verdict OF staunch Luthe-'
ran and explorer who has travelled Oh
foot over nearly half Central Africa
Baron Won Schwerin. For the Catho. ic.
missionaries. he goes on to say, he eI-
periences the most lively admiration
Strange as it may seem, there ls no lack
Of Protestant testimony to the lncapf-
city uf their own missionaries, and tbs
noble work which Catholics are doing
in the same field. Another noted Afri-
can traveller. Mr.. Fiegel, sRortly before
his death wrote that, in his estimation,
Catholic missionaries did much more
to promote civilization shan the Pro
testants; while u recent issue OF we'll
known Protestant journal, the lnde-
pendeat, contains the following con-
fession: "The picture Of a Roman
Catholic priest going alone to a distant
island Of the Pacific Ocean, the inhabi-
tants Of Which are all lepers. and giving
up his life for the conversion OF the
loathsome wretches, ought to electrify
the Christian world =. .. The work
OF this lone nan has by accident become
known to the world -. La the long
future, when the science of missions"
comes to be WrltE II, we shall lind that
our enemies have a thing or two to
teach u.s. We would remind our e5~
teemed contemporary tba: the science
of MISSIONS has already been written.
ana is to he fouud in the two volumes
OF Marsball's Christian MissipnS.'
A few weeks ago al Engl5h clergy
MAN brought to a priest OF our acQualnt~
ance q very interesting Old ve!ium, and
asked aid IN dpciphering a signature or
memorandum traced Oh its outside. 1t
was a Brief o. Pope Alexander Nv.
\l254) dispensing a certain Englisti Alb
bey from payment Of tithes. The
parchment was al excel ent preservit.
tion, and tho inner penmanship ele-
giant. Attached to 1t Was large lead
en- seal, With the ,l:smo ct the Pope on
one slde, and the busts Of IS. Peter aud
Pau! on the reverse. Tue parson Was
in state Of exultation over the relic;
but When the priest alluded to it as an
evidence of supreme Papal jurisdiction
in that a.:l every land, his couD tenancs
became utterly blank. 1t Was al in5sr-
esting old parchment, that Was all.
The writing WAS very ornate;' the
seal, "quita a curiosity" I'VE don't
produce such things nowadays etc.
Tnis Was positively all he saw, Or pre-
tended to see, III tho venerable pur
lOiuea document Ave Maria.
al hree ports OK Corea, the *'uermit
Nation are now 'upen'-i. e., places
of trade and residence, with foreign
houses aud people aud ships and teie-
graphs. Hitherto Catholic missionaries
there have been under the ban, an1
heuce have lived in disguise secretly,
huJ at reception given by Consul Gen
eral Walters in Seonee, some months
ago, Che Bishop Of Corea, Mgr. Blanc;
appeared in public for The first time.
las inm oulale predecessor died in ex
lie, after enduring a frightful inprls-
oumenr, aud being thrice ordered TO
execution. M:5r. B,rnsux, tue first
Bishop OF Corea Was a martyr. The
new treaty. lessYes thousands or native
Christians unmuesteu.
1t is ouly within the last few days
that particulars have been published i'll
the SWISS papers Of d brave rescue ef-
fected on Mount st. Bernard on the
last Suaiay ia November. While 1t
violent suo~ stot III was in progress.
Grand, the m ana ger Of the hospice, no
tlcsd Ghat his oWu special dog, which
was alone with him III his room, became
very restless. and made .sighs to him To
&c out. He took the lantern and fog
horn and went out on the mountain,
the dog leading him. In a short time
he heard a Call and groaning, and.
helped by the dog, dug out Of the snow
an Italian, whom he carried OH his back
into the hospice. The rescued man
stated that his father, two brothers,
and another Italian, all journeying
home with him over the pass, lay bur-
led in the SNOW. He had pushed On TO
oisain help, but had been overpOwered
by the storm. Grand made ready and
went out again. THIS second search