Year: 1871

Sermon by the Rev. Father vaisseur-The


Propagation Of the Faith-POpo Plus TX.


EuIo9ized.


1t is wonderful how delightful weather increases
the number OF good and faithful Christians in this
city. When the wind blows rather rudely, or the
clouds look threatening, or q little rain or snow
falls that may endanger the texture OF proadcIo!h
coat or rOughen the smooth surface Of velvet sack,
or put love OF bonnet into shape not originally
intended by the mtlliner


'LATE OF PARis,n


vacant pews and asles unvexed by worshppers stare
the bold weather cOntemner out OF countenance.
But when the sky is clear and the shines bright.
ly, and the air Is bamy and fresh, how the pious
ones come forth and crowd into the sacred ednces
ana forget the outside world with It's follies, its
latest fashions and Its ways that are dark and Its
tricks that are va;nl The weather was delightful
yesterday, and piely was at premium. ST. Francis
Xaver's church is no exception to the general
rule, and among the crowds that were
present at the nigh mass services there were
many of the fair-weather Christians The services
were as they always are at this church, imposing,
and Berge's choir performed the musical part OF the
mass in tneir accustomed style OF excellence.


The Rev. Father Vaisseur, s. j., who has Just re.
turned from China, preached the sermon. The
main subject OF the sermon was the propagation OF
the faith, ana the reverend gentleman, as sort OF
Introductory, called the attention OF his hearers
to what was at present going on In the





there was Tor every good Catholic to keep his faith
lntact. All, he SAID should fight in the armor Of
their king They had right on their side, but their
enemies were legion. Under the banner OF the
Church, upheld SO glorlously by The Pope, they
could be certain of victory; but to make that victory


COMBAT WITH THE WORLD
should be unceaSlng and unCOmprOmisng. They
tions Of the esi the inducements to !lcit pieasre
amassng Of great riches; but il they msnfny sa TOOK
up the shield OF faith they would triumph In all
things be me dancers what they might be. Yet
they lost sight OF their faiths Strong had gone
TO obstruction everlasting In their blind search after
women, by praying devourly and cllnging to the


TEACHINGS OF THEIR EARLY YOUTH,
worlds religious wrangIes and pay no heed to hu-
man opinions OF infinite things The chieI Catholics
TO ss s ss aa
brought S Christ before plate and the Jews cried
the catnoc world now as il points to Plus TX IX ~ be
hold the man who knows what Is justice. what is
nes to De IS due ena to ws oa
and what Is due to manp And the bad
men Of the world Ike the jews OF old, for the past
away He stands between US and our projects.


TEACHINGS ABOUT MORALITY


or justice or right. We want to do as we please
and II matters not what We do 80 long as we crafty
ourselves. This old man stands in our path, and he
u
solid pnalanx against US, and he must he aside.u
The question which side good Catholic ought to
be on, said the preacher, could be easily settled,
without even thought. There was wrong ana
implety on the one hand, right and justice and the
love OF God ON the other.


The reverend father then went on to tell how
vast was the field for the missionary In China, how
much had already been done and what was yet to
be accomplished. There were now only nalr
million OF Chstians Out OF the 400,o0oOOO popula-
ton OF the empire, and this certainly seemed at
first blush to be but very small result OF the years
upon years OF labor that had been expended by the
missionary for the conversion OF the people to
Christianity. The cause OF ii all was, in the first
place, that the mobiles knew they would lose their
positions and their nonors II they became Chris
tlans and the middle or trading classes would have
to make restitution OF the goods and riches they
obtained by


FRAUD AND wRONGDOING.


The most fruitful ted for missionary labor, there.
fore was among the poorer classes. The reverend
gentleman then explained how he and the fathers
associotei with HIM had established asyums, or
phan and others, III China, and needed assistance
from America. To secure this, In fact Ii was their
Intention soon to deliver lecture on China which
would give the Catholics an insight into the OBJ
sacles that lay In the way OF the missionary.