The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-02-24

and make our salvatlOn certain 70
vould Franco around, too. and our
preachers would DO better paid than
they are now.
But this carnival or mnrdi gras has
descuerated iuto the extreme OF DIS
s,ration and Incorporate hilarlty.
having neither peniteuce nor absolute n
in if. The pageant in tho streets is o
very beautiful one. aud costs lots of
money. Magnificent chariots. drawn
nv fue horses. dressed with star
spangled harness, with drivers dressed
like the gods and carrying beautiful
women arraved like the goddesses, ard
little oupids waving flags md banners.
while 1sIiciou. music filed tho air. aud
gorgeous emblems stream< from every
window. All. the charm OF It. the
beauty OF it 1t makes one feel - did
tho old woman who for tho first time
went to q circus, and when tho grand
cavalcade of srangled hor +es and riders
came marching IN, Whispered to the
old man, ''J"hn-I say John-hit's
more like the kingdom Of heaven than
anything [ ever expected to SEQ on this
earth" Ard that in about as near
heaven ~ the jewellers will ever get,
for as tho night follows tue day, SO fol-
lows the extreme of hilarious dis
s,ration and Shameless indulgence OF
appetite and passion. Truly
''Ihere was a sound OF revelry by
night,
"And the Queen City had gathered
there
'Her beauty and her-what?"
What a desecration of the dav of pen.
itence and abSolution! But our Protes-
tant people do almost a. bad in the
way they observe Christmas, aud this
holy day has become q senseless holi-
dav.
But, my children. there are many
other notable church DAYS about this
time OF tue year. Easter will come at
the close Of Lent. aud you know what
that commentaries. In tho meantime
we will have st. Patrick's Day on the
18th OF March. He was another good
mar 70 Ireland during the
fifth century as n missionary and con.
verted the whole island to the Chris.
tlau faith, ana ga tue Irish believe, ex
terminated all the snakes and venom
Il Insects aud reptiles. Next cotne
Palm Sunday. when the priests bless
thousands Of .'alms and give them to
N"O tSotAO j" S'LAd AfIOu y ! WuAV
the converted Jews did for the Savior
when He entered into Jerusalem.
Then, there are the three emher DAYS.
which come Gu the 22d, 81 and 25th oil
this month. These are to be observed
with fasting aud prayer, because they
represent the opening of spring thu
vernal tluinox-"when the winter il
over and gone, and the time for the
singing of birds has come, aud the
voices of the twittled dove is heard ir
the land" The truth il, the Roman
Catholic church has left but few day.
In the year that are not set apart OF
dedicated to some saint or service
They would have canonlzed more
saints aud set apart days for them. bu
the days gave out, aud they had t,
stop. The priests have some kind @
service on every one Of these sacre,
days. and this keeps the good peopl,
alive to their duty as ~churchmen. an.
you will hud that there are no churct
people more devotedly attached to the
church than the Roman Catholics. aut
no Christian women 80 Jealous in goo,
works as the sisters of charity. | saw
them in Memphis during the scourac,
OF yellow fever. aud they we're work,m,
day and night to ne:p tile poor an,
stayed with them to the last. All othe
wc,neu left az soon as they could &c
away.-Hlll Arpin MISUNDERSTANDING
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The Beginning OF q Romance.