The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
THE WONDERFUL JEsUlTs.
Persecution Has Been Unable to De
stroy the society Of Jesus.

strOy the Society Of Jesus.
What secret charm has the name OF
Jesuit to awaken always. whenever or
wherever pronounced, the opposing affec-
tions or love or hatred. Symbol for some
Of virtue, or sacrifice and of learning
and of wisdom, it is for others the SYM
Dol of superstition. of hypocrisy and as
tuteness, Of avarice and Unsuitable ambi-
ton. He who bears this name knows
that he is subject to the espionage OF
the curious, to calumny. to- persecution
and to exile. And, nevertheless, the
Jesuit passes through the waves OF the
entire world. often hostile, yet with a
face serene and humble, but not dis
mayed; carrying wherever he Wisnes'
without shame, without ostentatlon-the
glorious insignia of his name. Is 1t nee
essary to scatter the seeds of the DIVINE
Word in the hearts of a people purleo
in the lethargy of sin and of unbeneI!
There goes the Jesuit, unarmed ana
alone, without considering or knowing
whether he meets death or Victory.
Solely animated by the great ano un-
wearied thirst for the conquest OF SOUS
for Jesus Christ, he even dares to ira
verse oceans and march through water
less deserts, and inhospitable regions IN
order to carry the light of the faith ana
of civilization to souls brutalized by 1g-
norance and superstition. There goes
also the Jesuit, dividing with the sons OF
other religious orders these ollncuie
tasks of the Apostolate, to meet sooner
or later certain death, now obstructeo
by the arrows Of the savage already
wounded by the rigors of the climate,
and the incessant labors of his heroic
mission. Is there a necessity for soldlers
who can fight bravely and faithfully De-
meath the banner of science, in order
tina they may extend and consolidate ats
conquests and increase the interests and
ruth and human intelligence? Wen,
noble an enterprise his strength. his life,
his health, without ever surrenderng or
wearied; not even then neglecting the
and of study. Whilst instead in vain
will you search for him in thep paths ire
quented by ambition, by riches, by. pleas
IRE, or the dissipation of public life. Ine
day in which, after solemn and decisive
proofs, he puts on the costume in which
he glories, he made formal remuneration
as his Divine Father, and as Him, hum
Bile. chaste and obedient, even unto
death. although it should be the death
Of the cross: He KNOWS S, very tbis W9 nrom MISE
could he remain incorporated with tne
holy order. that receives him into ITS
bosom as an affectionate mother; ana II
and infexible Judge in that moment IN
which he should be unfaitnful to the
vows with which he freely bound MIN
self.
Nevertheless, it is a rare case among
religious orders. None more execrateo.
none more villifed, among men, zone
When the winds of the Revolution had
not been able, to move the f~oundatlons OF
The temple. Of the monastery and OF tne
throne. when still their impetus vas uoe
sufficient to cut down the true CHRISTIAN
faith, whose roots We're buried IN tne
hearts of a true Christian people, az
their hatred. He walked wandering. ex-
Ied. prosecuted and marked out ss a
dangerous enemy of public tranqulllty,
OF public institutions ana OF the natl eran
hatred, pursued with the bitterest mai
ice by the Jansenistic generation, py inc
sons OF the regalismo and the pupils o.
the Encyclopedia, by, those monsters 81
'g3 and those criminals of AS, as well as
today. always enveloped in the, general
rerspcution. which the universal churcn
y:ctim of their hatred. But insopposition
10 this diabolicai hatred of the Masons,
re heretics, of the impious, OF the unpe-
lever and Of men zen d de ! 4aeir S 6efe snes the
,,n6eyiating 1--we of the supreme pom
4iffs. of the hierarchy of all RANKS, 81 tne
c~auneils, provincial and naflohai. o. non nom
+he is rrer nortinn of the most sound
9 aI fp Select aets Of CHRISTIAN society in the Old
and New world. But is It not strange,
nigh inexplieable at first sight: tins con L
nerfectly logical. The Jesuit is loved for
the same reason that he is mated. ne Is
lived for being an active instr1meat OF
fnrt defender and apostle of the faith, as
me avowed enemy of heresy, and OF an
classes of rebellion against TIE d faltn If
nc moral hatred with which the Revolu-
tion distinguishes and anathemlzes MN.
Don Juan. in Boston Pilot.