Year: 1877

ns choice selections from other journals.
| agreeable home news, and pleasing original
contributions, with row and then o poem of
some merit.


From the London Tablet we have an able
article on "Evanescent Protestantism- and
| Nascent Atheism" which shows how the
spirit Of faith is dying away outside of the
Catholic Church, and how the spirit of infdel-
ity Is increasing. But the main object of the
essay is to demonstrate the necessity of other
weapons of defence in place of those once used
Scripture texts and historical accuracy,-these
having lost their force upon the Protestant
mind which DO longer believes in the Bible
and no longer credits history. Catholics
should be prepared to meet the new demands
upon human thought, and be we'll posted in all
the vagaries of so-called science. 1t is sug-
gestive paper and merits close attention.


From the Month we have ''The Native Tribes
| of North America and the Catholic Missions"
by the learned and Jealous Father Thebaud.
The object of his pages is to show the vast
amount of labor requisite to convert the Red
Man, who is not only pagan but q ssvsge'
and apparently incapable of settled life.
Before making perfect Christian, the Church
must form q man of steady habits, of en-
lightened mind, and of reasonable behavior.
As we all know what the Red Man was and is,
We can appreciate the tack, unfolded by Father
Thabaud, Of the early missionaries Of this
country.


The Crusaders Easter" is 8 noble story,
| and such Catholic periodicals. should
| always present to the minds of our intelligent
youth. Grandeur of soul is the lesson inculca-
ted, and it is q timely one amid these days of
| egotsm and littleness.


| Catbolcity in Eastern Pennsylvania" is
quite interesting and, as q part of Catholic
American history, is certainly valuable. It
treats of a time when the whole United Ststes
was the diocese of one man-Bishop Carroll
and the "reminiscences of those carly days are
fraugbt with an apostolic zeal truly admirable
and most consolipg.


There is marked improvement in the
Record, inasmuch as not single article can
be called "trashy ;" and although the list of
contents is limited, it is nevertheless select.
Better to have only few gems of real worth
in the crown of oar Catholic literature than to
find there gaudy display of worthless bau bles.
! The Catholic Uorld, d,-Au9ustI I1S77.-New- York ::


The Catholic Publication Society. New Or
| leans: Chas. D. Elder, Agent.
! The object of all Catholic literature is, or
ought to be, to lift the mind into broader
view of Gods designs here upon earth, aud TO
an3rd clearer insight of the duties which will
ensure to man the possession of heaven. This
The Catholic World" does truly and grandly,
and from page to page the mind is made to
asc< nd ss on glorious ladder, into that higher
atmosphere whence are seen the workings of
Providence, and to which may Le referred all
the eS eats of time and places.


| The Political Crisis in France and its Bear
ings," by Father Hecker, is one of those
thou2htfnl, scholarly articles, strong with
truth and thrilling with pro 2hetic instinct.


The grand future marked out for France by
this able hand is one worthy of the "eldest
daughter of the Church." and as believers in
the promises of God, we feel that the way to
their fuihllmeut must be even as Father Heck
er points out. He shows that the Church is
now presenting to the world, q new phase
one that will reveal more clearly and COM
p1etely her divine character" that all upright
souls will gradually be drawn nearer and
nearer to the only source earth of all Justice,
| truth and virtue.


How We recognize the earnest sonl that
CROPPED IT'S way into Gods full and perfect
light by these beautiful words:


80 sincere seeker after truth did you but
know it, the path lies open before you to per-
enpial fountain of truth, where You can slake
to the full that thirst which has so long tor
mAnted your soul. 0 sincere lover of your
follow men there is living body which You
may see and cooperate with, whose divine &C.
tion is realizing heavenly vision for the
whole human race, brighter and more beanti-
full than the ideal which so often haunts your
lonely dreams !"


That "living body" is the Church whose
mission is to establish the reign of God on
earth, and under that reign who can conceive
of aught but rest and peace and perfect hap
pinessf


That France is the guiding spirit in this
grand movement towards the recognition of,
and submission to, the Church and her divine
mission, is most eloquently shown in this
splendid article by Father Hecker.


We have said 80 much on this first article in
tie WOrld that we have little space for further
comments.


"Along the Foot of the Pyrenees," ia a
charming sketch, full of wit and information.


"The CONGREGATION of ChenvD il another in