The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume], July 15, 1877, Morning, Page 4, Image 4

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A slepan from London, dated July 13th,
-omaees the death of William Emmanuel,
jrr Von Katteler, Bishbop of Mayenee.
mng the names ofl priests ordained in the
Seathdral at Buffalo, N. Y.,on the 24th of Jone,
we sotloe that of Rev. John Dillon of the Dio
sees of Natebe s.
The twenty-onod annual commencement of
IO. Stanialaue Commetoial College, Bay St.
arle, will take place Monday evening, July
1d, at 7i o'elock.
On the Feast of St. Vincent de Paul, Tbur
day aest, July 19th, there will be a 8olemn
High Mme and sermon in St. Stephen'e Church,
at 9 o'loek A. K.
Qoebee has fLfered $70,000 in ten anonual in
aallHmaets to the fret beet angar factory that
may be estabilehed $bere. In accordance with
published regulations,.
A sad commentary opon the intelligence of
the fkMends of Congreesmen is the fact that of
.g.senty-fAve nominees to West Point, thfrty
;eight failed to pass their examination.
On the 10th of June the Holy Father granted
audienee to the representatives of the press.
-: Aboat 500 Catholic journals were represented,
saseh of whioh sent an offering c f $20 in gold.
Died, at the Convent of the Holy Family,
id'l District, on Saturday, July 7th, at one
aloehk P. , Sister Mary Alphnoous (in the
iwetMed Mis Cecil Parker), aged sixteen years.
-. Q Travouellig Agont. John M. Toubey,Esq.,
ow IL Memphis, Ten. We bespeak for
the hlnd esltase of oneur friends in that
Si bhi efdfor to Increase the eirnlation of
admaue hrSa.
e ao Measigae Derboy, the Aroh
kild la the Oummaulat rising,
ag ·msbt .* th eapels d Notre
It us stsmM him leaing ageiset the
samebt hasn b forld*deo the
Is iti elmr dmesio e
eonmil, which
emoasr, of Ale
Sa the Usited
asn
10P dIb.ew.
Propular Desapo.i......
It is a singular stupidity, that which h
bolds that a government is free because_it i
is popular in form. A government is more
or less free according to the less or greater
amount of power which it wields. Nowhere
in the world probably can be found a more
degraded and abject set of whiteslaves than er
the Russian people. And it is precisely in aI
Russal that the most absolute power is mc
vested in the government; but it must be
remembered that this absolutism holds fat
good as well in its municipal popular gov- so
ernmets as in its general imperial govern- f
ment. It is not by any means the Czar of
only that sends people to Siberia; it is the
neighborbood vote as well. sao
There is throughout the country a separ- col
ation into villages. Each village is a mu-al
nicipality of which the government l. an'
called the " Mir." This assembly is rep- id
resentative on the Democratic principle,
and, jet, observe its power. No man can r
absent himself from the village bounds
without permission from this " Mir," and p0
upon its simple decree he may be sent to dro
Siberia. The Czar is not more absolute in
his universal sway than the village Com
mane in its limited sphere. It is a mere
vatter of taste whether one would prefer ]
t.:sting his distiny to the educae.. tespot
ism of a prince, or to the boorish caprice of lt
a besotted peasantry. Ca
The despotism consists in the crtent of of
the power, not in its mode of exercise, and of
the only advantage of a popular govern- e
ment is its acknowledged right to limit
the power of its rulers. If the people think
they have given too mach authority to the po
government, they can hold a convention,
change the Constitution and cut off powers I
which have been, or may be, abused. If
the Constitution of Louisiana, for instance, of
recognized that all the property within its
limits belonged to the State, that the Leg
islature could redistribute it every year,
that no man could travel beyond a mile ate
from his house without the consent of the let
police jury, that upon the secret order of Ch
that police jury and without trial, any
citizen could be sent to live at the Rigo
lets without a mosquito bar, would it not
be rightly considered an infamous despo
tism although every officer in the State
were elected by popular vote. The des- inj
potten in such a case would be as grinding
and asupportable as though the Governor's *
ofe" were hereditary. us
Designing men would obtain control of
thes vast powers, ringst of the moat potent
and influential Intriguers would surround
Ievery fantion of government, they would hi
us. the money of the State to corrupt its e
a.sag sead abuse for personal ends the
as y s. ibJlyiaesbd on them by a
be onlt real pinat of
q ituatiouas4*r a Ron
.*ia be that the people ,
and wfisbet' sebe) q
_ at *-a e law, and lop of ta
c In0Of 1
i~fIOP
the strongest government, and the freest be
people is that which Is the least goveroed. ob
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Pan-Presbyterianism.
we
The moat largely proportioned absurdity
of the present generation has recently been
enacted in staid old Scotland. Several years do
ago we bad a pen-Anglican synod, and pit
more recently an Evangelical Alliance, in
both of which was demonstrated the utter an.
futility of trying to make a rope out of dry He
sand. Now, as if the Old Boy were making *a
fun of his own victims, we have the dryest as
of all sand and the largest quantity of it, ta
the very Sahara desert of Presbyterian oh
sand, trying to blow itself together into for
cohesion. Why, Presbyterianism, or Cal
vanism is the very spirit of disunion for
and individuality According to it there all
is no authority in the Church to do- 8h
cide questions of faith; every man must, sti
as a rule of faith, interpret-the scriptures hu
for himself. He cannot delegate that mi
power to another or others. How, then, of
dream of authority in a body which has to
none inherently and can get none by dele- wi
gation t
The fact is that Preabyterianism feels its hie
spoitlon to be nctena`ev, i:s fundamentat
rfi'cipe is its fundamental error, and the at
natural working out of that error is abso
late individualism or disintegration. If
Calvinism holds on to its peculiar doctrine
of absolute individual independence in
scriptural interpretation, the public temper the
has becc.me such now that antdivisione of sis
sects will multiply in a kind of geometrical me
progression. A halt must be called-if wt
possible. But it is not possible. The trade me
winds do not obey the lawe of physical th
nature more irresistibly than the current th
of Protestant decline will follow the laws ch
of spiritual nature. all
Still, as we say, the pan-Presbytetian
coaucil has probably made an tffjrt to sic
stay the tide of ruin that is about to scat- he
ter its allied sects into chaos. Its effort of
will at least be a tribute to the cause of an
Christian unity, while its failure must show se
more conclusively than ever that all sem- e
blanoe of coherence in Protestantism will Or
soon be lost. Heresy is a great fire.
Keep the combustible material in one burn
ing mass, and it seems inextinguishable; re
scatter it in individual brands, and each e,
soon becomes cold, though charred and of
unsightly. 0o
SSE Vincent de Paul, July 19. o
All those whom the Church honors as Saints u
have been distinguished for the practice of
every Christian virtue; and yet each one has
displayed some obaracteristio trait, some pre
dominant heroism- which made him differ
from the rest, even as the stars of heaven dif
far from one anothqr ip glor., i'
; 8lat Viseeo t dh Pal hr ty.a a e.l -
Semisently the Apostle of ChObarity, sad this i
gqualiSstion bea made him venerable not only
toCaiboltes but to the worll at large.
Asd yet bhis lif was not of the wor, sad
his prsepws ieappossd to both-its-mam"as
, its :a:. Saint Vincent liade fre
I teashas every ma.to live
SOlae hisl diseiples do goed is
at, 000Oabarity whitsh
~bi~lwi l~~
better pCrt," the homeless orphan was the lost foe
obild of an imperial measion, the mind bereft Red
of reason was a Jewel waiting to be sot 'ithin
a monarch's crown, the elok and sorrowing
were the obesen spouses of a loving Bride
groom, the aged end isnrm were courtiers upon
the threshold of eternity, and the poor and 00
destitute were the precious legacy left by a s
pitying Christ to the souls who loved Him. hol
Thee it wasee Faith that moved his Charity ;
and these two virtuse, united with th eternal
Hope that made time for him seem but one
rorking day, produced that maroel of the ht
aeventeenth century and that glory of all con
turies, which we recognise as the life and hl
obaracter of St. Vincent de Paul.
Our readers no doubt know that St. Vincent's e
foresight and inspired zeal, while ministering To,
to the wants of his own times, provided also the
for the requirements of suffering humanity in mv
all times to come. His daughters, known as
Sisters of Charity, ansd whm the Freneh in- be
stinot calls nFoIes de Dies, are the dispensers of n-
homan help to every species of infirmity or
misfortune. Their white bonnets are symbols
of peace to a restless world, heralds of mercy phb
to suffering humanity, banners of joy to all we
who have tasted the chalioe of sal:ction. on
The priests of the mitsion-Lszarists-are ba
his sealous sons, spending themselves in the A
nervice of others, ransomi ,e capt ve, lb4r
ating the slave, preaching in foreign lands, Ma
building up missions of grace in infidel places,
educating priests for their holy calling, and selif
winning souls to God by one unchanging pur- el
pose and one unchanging course.
And to these two orders of religious life
the priest in the glory of the altar and the th
sisterhood beneath its protecting shadow-- w
most be added the Vincentian Conferences, th
which, spread over the Christian world, do we
more good than the world can ever know, for roc
the simple reason that the world is never in- l
formed by- them of what :hey do. They are
the outpouring of St. Vincent's universal Po
charity, the surplus beams, as it were, of his ea
all-pervading asal.
We might compare the Priests of the Mis
sion and the Sisters of Charity to two inex
haustible vases, in which the precious liquid
of divine and human love stands always fall
and clear; but the stream that feeds these re
servoirs overflows into the Vincentian Confer- A
ences, and the members of this admirable Li
organisation carry the revivifying waters into Vi
every hovel and haunt of misery throughout sr
the land. -
They visit the sick, comfort the sorrowing, tu
relieve the poor, instruct the ignorant and be
exhort the sinner. They are the right hand
of the priesthood, the attendant of the Sisters ti
of Charity, in a word, they are a part of the
world which is " not of the world"--a legacy
of St. Vincent whose value can only be known
upon the greeat accounting day. It is said that 0
seven hundred Calvinists returned to the faith
in France, converted by the sight of the won
des fal works of charity effected by St. Vincent ti
and his followers. N
Here in our midst, we have examples qf the
same heroic charity, so beautiful and so un
selfish, that heretics of all denominations
might also profit by them, if they would but
acknowledge that the secret of all snuh vir- o
tees, the inspiratieo of all such sacrifices, the
inooentive to all such noble deeds, is found now,
as it was in the days of St. Vineist, only in
r the tesehings aend practices of the Holy Cath
ole CIs hurch.
It. Vincent died in 1660, at the age of eighty- c
ive, weep out by age and work; but the le
Sso.s he lseasleated never grow old, and the
obesity he bequeathed to peotetty never 5Rws
J bIObie.
with the oms. that became toe ta Ueonwv
rond Im the Channel Isleauds ee the
teformatios. 3
ALDERNUY COVSMT.
Among the ieters. seat from Brighton to re
establish the Guernsey Convent, was a note, TI
in Irish lady, Slser M. epbasl Olinton; who
soon became so ill thab It was detormtaed to a
send her beck to Bnglapd. The Superiors a
boped that she eoold be indueed to returs to
ber.parets, as the state of her health reader- M
id ber totally unable for the duties of the In- 
stitute, but they were so deeply attaobhed to
ber that they could not And it in their heartse I
L tell her to go back to the world. On the V
royage to Englanl, Sister U. Raphael begged IN
br companion to watob for the Isle of Alder
mey, and let her know when it oame in sight. i
e boat was soon suffielently near to enable F
Ibe Sisters to take a grand survey." The poorn t
invalid gased on the wild seene as one trans- _
ixed: "Look, Sister," she exclaimed, clasping ._
ber hands, "there is Alderney I There will |
soon be a Convent of Mercy on that Island, as
no it is in that Convent that I shall dieI" m
The sweet Sister spoke in a spirit of pro- D
pheoy," says my informant, "for, at the time, «
we had not the least idea of founding a house al
n that desolate rook." She reoovered her B
.ealth, and was professed at Goernsey.
A Convent was soon founded on "the deo' o
-te rock" of Alderney. and there "'the sweo
Sister" died, according to her own prediction, ti
May 14, 1875; "having been, during her short O
life," says one of her companions, "a model of ti
self-sacrifice, and the perfection of patience ti
and generosity."
There is yet another Convent of Mercy in F
the English Channel Islands, at Delancey. The A
work of the Sisters at Delancey lies among E
the stone breakers and their children. It
woold appear that these poor children of the 7
rocks, so far from the great world, profit by R
the educational advantages effirded them.
Last year, the prizes awarded by the Catholic a
Poor Bohool Committee to the best schools in u
eaoh diocese were given to the convent schools i
of the Channel Ielands. which are in the a
diocese of Southwark, London. I
Louisiana Division Army Northern Virginis.
3ENEFIT OP THEIR TOMB FUND.
We understand that the Orleans Dramatic
Association has tendered a performance to the
Looisiana Division of the Aftny of Northern
Virginia for the benefit of their Tomb Fand,
and that the kind offer has been accepted. The
performance will be given on the 26th inst. at
the Varieties Theatre, but so far we have not
learned what plays have been selected.
In this connection the following communica
tions will be read with interest:
HADq'ns Co. A, CorINE~ru AL GUIs,)
ST. PATRICEa' HALL,
New Orleans, July 9, 1877.
Gen. Francis T. ieobolls, President As'n A. N. V.
Dear Sir-Remarks in the daily papers of the
8th inst. in relation to a performance to be
given on the 26th inst. at the Varieties' Thea.
tre, by the Louisiana Division of the Army of
Northern Virginie, for the benefit of their
Tomb Fend, ldaest- bis oommsnd (eeveral I
members of which are honorable members of 4
four noble and heroie organisation), to offer
s humble services in asisatance. Deeming it
a compliment and an honor to ourselves if our
wilingnes to endeavor to add to thme sueses
of your prqisewortby undertaking be favor
ably reived, we re mas, ever repeetfaufly
yourn, -Corsvmua,. 8 tua , Co. A.
Wa. Fr~anc, Cartain.
I anvozaN Aseograrizo, rLA. Dxvsh )
Anur ornoasraua Vnoalia
New Orlsees, July 10, 1877. )
Gap. We. 3isres, C Cmmmsas Cs. A, Coatiamtal
DBs dbi-Teon eemmsaietLion of the;9th
tnst to the Peshieat of this Asseoatles, be
"I .a re7 ae the esiteane of er
i ac lasts o tea theo
..lmp p i ,et er eos
ea asd iQav d * wehstll ha sst to
t ry' r,&I;=k;:.s k> 3-..'t -' #:
I~lr~~"·' ·~CII) f 119t-a
15i
SBnday, the rsgdagar et Jal, wilt
remembered by the pole of Chaubeag
This bluff Is altast W mile Imel 1d
the Mobile river, snd la ealed by
Slnes the advlet da the Jesals ti h
ease they have bees visited br tte to
by Father SeBrr, a smales amif It.
Madame Irene Chastang a gogal wtes
desiring to advanes the glory of God,
anted the gooa miatonay with a reil
oleat to warramt the bildiMa edf a
With the eietanae of rioede in Mowl,
beautifel edilee has been areted, , w
apaeity of 30 personas. By lnaitletis
Father 8arrs, the pioneer Jsuitof this
Fatheor Imeand offared up the Holy Beerlie.
this Church on Sunday, the meat of bhe
Preoolos Blood. At6A . onthatl 4
Berra said the frst Ma.s, at wblh i * -
40 Communions. At 7 A. . Father'
said Mase; and at :.30 A. x. Fathee
saner e Solemn Mass with D
Deacon. After Mass he preasehd to a
congregation; in the afternoon he
again, sn4 then gave Benediction of the
Blessed Sacramen. On Monday, the 91, q
a party availed themselves of the gun
offer of the owners of the steamboat Mary,
made a plo-nie to the Bluff, for tb benest
the Church. On arrival. ither Imand w
comed all, aftgr whlbi ample justice was do
to a grand barbecue got up by the residents'
the place for the same worthy object.
At 2:30 P. m. after a sermon on Charity,
Father Imsand, assisted by Fathers Berra an
Antonio, gave the Benediction of the Mest
Blessed Sacrament. Returning to the Mmy,
we started for Mobile, resehing the wharf at
7:30 r. a. We are under obligations to the
generous owners of the Mary, Captains John
Qaill.and Bannon, Messre. James and lea:i
master, to the Mobile fre department band nr
mnsic on the oooasion, to our worthy Mayer
far a bountiful suppllyof lee; and to those gesl
eroneus benefactors whoe gifts enabled the geoa
Father Serra to dress his Altar and Tabernaole.
The congregatlon of St. Peter will ever hold
their benefacsotors in grateful remembrance.
_Anme.
SIPOTTER B0 CUEIO, TEzAs.
Editor Morning star:
B Coero, Do Witt county,uow quite a flourish
ilog oity, dates its existeneoo from between foe
Sand fivre years back. Three years ago a
i vestig of a Catholie ohureh could be seen. We
t had Mas at a pious lady's (Mrs. OgBriEa'
house once or twioe in a month by a Miasd
r ary Priest.
Thanks to the energy of this devoted 1.4p
and other influential Catholics a ehads
sprang into existene soon sier. Mrs. O'
loved and respected by the entire
with a true, relf-eierfloing Christlsa
e did not shrink back from the humiliW ng
of colleoting but suoeeeded in latheris
Sneoeary fonds with bee ownls
a lion. To the eredd t of1
epeoally our dlevept ms
SStadler, and of our usepatedbredkeen,
r sold, that they eeontribated largely to the
a work. OnrBiabe, ighi DEv. A. D. '
Sprsetto ertesg by sending
tte-t who
truly a ftt o tiio0;0
Sworkeritnb. .-el-begard.
hi auntiring labe., 'pretiesl .
, seeieag didspeti, ai o eesa s
il jolaed to the ehareb, whare t i o of
SInearnate . Werd 'metaeet thi e :Ca
s ahildses.
et I lat saet ests thae isis neeme ofa
Swesthst t Gatheaiie, Mr. -M auaatte thea
Steesy of eelgsea* ain _ee , and
dvout. weib Mme 4slie's. tt eoni
Mr ra wi, a oon
nat oft
a ` te zo
a stra
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