The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-10-24
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Delivered sunday Evening in the NJ. T.,
Church.
The sermon in the NJ g. church, ON Sum
day evening. was from the teyt Surely. the
wrath OF man shall praise thee. the re-
maiuder of wrath shalt thou restrain"
Ps 7G-lO
The most signal example of this truth with
which we are familiar is the discovery OF
America We see it in the character Of the
man through whom this continent was
opened up to Europe. 1t is customary to
speak no harm of the dead. But the truth
of history requires that it should be under
stood that Columbus was not the Saint that
many of his admirers affect to believe, and
most certainly have taught during this
celebration He was a man of like passions
with ourselves Howbeit he yielded to
them more than is now considered allowable
by men of very easy virtue.
do not envy the honor of the church that
claims him as her own While we honor him
for his courage and its achievements, we
rejoice in the moral sense of his church and
its illustrious Pontfis who have refused him
the honor of cauonization because of his
abandonment of the wife of his youth and
his adulterous union with another. 1t
would hardly do to cauonize the father Of
! illegitimate children. 1t rebounds To the
glory of God that he can make such a
character the means of such lilo table
/ blessings to the world.
We also see it in the time when it pleased
God to discover the new world to the old.
| Every school boy knows that Columbus was
not the original discoverer of America. If
you go to Iceland to-day and mention
| America in the hearing OF the children they
will say, 80, yes, Lief Erickson discovered
that country the year 1901" The voyages Of
! Heriulfsou and his contemporaries are as
truly historic as those of Columbus Almost
our entire Atlantic coast was explored more
or less thoroughly nearly five hundred years
/ before Columbus set foot upon these shores.
| Successive voyages were made down to
within $50 years OF Columbus. And all
though the evidence may be scant l, for one
think it very probable that Columbus gained
more than a hint Of the existence of this
continent before his memorable voyage.
Cool calculation win respond, BE it SO; an
event is to be measured by its consequences.
| From the discoveries of the Norsemen
nothing whatever resulted"
But christian philosophy demands why
But one answer can be given. The world
was not yet ripe for it. Christian thought
had not yet liberated itself God reserved
America until that miners son, Martin
/ Luther whose mother was carrying
wood on her shoulders for his support while
God was directing the course Of Columbus
across the deep, should GENE to years and
strike the blow that was destined to emanc.-
/ pate the thought and heart from the tyranny
I Of priestcraft, and sound the signal for the
lighting Of the fires Of persecution. Surely
ID was more than coincidence; it was the
hand of God making the wrath of man to
praise him. when he raised up from a perse-
cutting church one of her own sons to point
out the refuge for his prosecuted saints.
He who fails to grasp religious significance
of the event we celebrate and its bearings
upon the success Of the reformation utterly
fails to interpret its meaning. Our Catholic
brethren have enjoyed in many places al
most a monopoly of the celebration, but who
should rejoice in it more than those who
dissent from their teaching? We see it again
in the results which have foIlowed-inteuec-
tual moral and commercial.
The progress Of the world really dates from
the discovery Of America. But one of the
most important facts in this connection is
that only that portion of the American
continent which Columbus did not discover,
saVtI I..vra hs.I. Ia
absolute dominion, have sha red in that pro
gress If a church or a system Of religion
may be known by its fruits, the contrast in
point of intelligence, morals enterprise.
prosperity, between those countries where
Catholicism holds undisputed sway and those
where it is tolerated upon an equal footing
with the other isms, are overwhelmingly
against the wisdom of allowing Rome to
share more largely in our governmental
affairs
The final thought is that there is an over
ruling Providence operating through all
second causes and that the honor Of God
himself is bound up with the protection Of
his people from everything that can ultimately
harm. When He can no longer render the
designs of men subseryient TO His plans He
will restrain them. Nevertheless, Eternal
vigilance is the price of safety"
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