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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Catholic World.Volume I.Issues 1-6.by E. Rameur.THE CATHOLIC WORLD.
VOL. I., NO. 1.-
The Catholic World.Volume I.Issues 1-6.by E. Rameur.THE CATHOLIC WORLD.
VOL. I., NO. 1.--APRIL, 1865.From Le Correspondant.THE PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES.BY E. RAMEUR.[The following article will no doubt be interesting to our readers, not
- 301 {289} THE CATHOLIC WORLD.VOL. III., NO. 15.--JUNE, 1866.[ORIGINAL]PROBLEMS OF THE AGE. III.THE BELIEF IN G.o.d IS THE FIRST ARTICLE OF A RELIGIOUS CREED.The first article of the Christian Creed is "Credo in Deum"--"I believe in G.o.d." The Christian c
- 302 In the second place, we may take this argument as a method of manifesting the way in which the action of the first cause is shown forth in the universe. The idea of G.o.d is first affirmed, and the due explication of the facts of the universe is then demo
- 303 Long ages gone, the angels Hailed thee with pure delight.The blooming of thy day-time.The radiance of thy night; And e'en thy Maker named thee As pleasant in his sight-- Soon lost that early joyance, Brief worn that birth-day crown!The very stars of heav
- 304 [Footnote 52: We translate "Le Chant des Catacombes" into prose, that the n.o.ble ideas may be given with literal accuracy. The author intended it to be sung to the air of "Le Fil de La Vierge" (Scudo).We give one verse of the original: "Hier j'ai v
- 305 Lady Greystock drove on briskly. They were out of the shadow of the trees and again on the broad, white gleaming gravelled road that led to the west lodge, and the turnpike road to Blagden. Not a word was spoken. On went the ponies, who knew the dark shad
- 306 "Your brother?" repeated Mr. Brewer to Jenifer, who stood stiff and upright by his side."My half-brother, James O'Keefe.""There is some one at the front door; will you open it?"Jenifer guessed at the personage to be found there. But she went steadi
- 307 "And because your unde, James O'Keefe, heard the report that got about concerning that man and Miss Lorimer, he ran his own soul into a guilt that may by this time have deepened into the crime of murder. Oh, Eleanor! when shall we remember that 'vengea
- 308 "But," said the other, "I have bad memories."The abbot answered: "They are but ghosts; fear not the dead, but the living."2. When Agatho was dying, his brethren would have asked him some matter of business. He said to them: "Do me this charity; spe
- 309 "Ay, quiver and quail in thy coat of mail, For hark to the eagle's shriek; See the red light burns for the coming bale!"And all knew as he lifted his aventayle The Knight of Pilate's Peak.From the heart of the ma.s.s rose a cry of wrath As they sprang
- 310 {343} Blinded they halt while the maiden hies, The murmuring Arc she can hear, And, lo! like a cloud on the s.h.i.+ning skies, Atop of yon perilous precipice, The castle of Miolan's Heir."Fail not, my steed!"--Round her Caliph's head The relic s.h.i.+
- 311 And the coal-black charger answers him From the s.p.a.ce beyond the gate, From the level s.p.a.ce, where dark and dim In the morning mists, like giant grim, The Fiend on his war-horse sate.Oh, the men at arms how they stared aghast When the Heir of Miolan
- 312 Wherever minstrel harp is strung, There too thy praise shall sound among The beauteous and the brave.And thou shalt slumber deep Beneath our chapel's cypress sheen; And there thy lord and his Christine Full oft shall watch at morn and e'en Around their
- 313 It was about this stage, also, that the master insisted on a special training in natural history and mathematics. In his youth Origen had been educated, as we have seen, by his father in the whole circle of the sciences of the day. Such an education was p
- 314 "I do not doubt it, my child; but you have promised me that you will go; go then, amuse yourself with your companions; dance, frolic, receive the homage which is your due. I am not a miser who hides his treasure, I wish that my diamond should s.h.i.+ne f
- 315 "He wished to a.s.sociate his efforts with mine to comfort my parents'old age! With what eagerness he a.s.sisted my mother!" thought Louise, trembling with emotion. "'Why can I not always replace you thus?' said he. 'My presence will permit you to
- 316 Then she regarded Louise and Gaston, seated by each other, wrapped in their happiness, oblivious of the world around them."How happy they are!" she thought The ball was very animated, Albertine, Valerie, and Lucienne had abandoned themselves to
- 317 Eve arose with difficulty."Forgive me," she said with a sweet smile, "I will not kneel again until I am cured."Then she sat by her grandfather's side. The marquis, frightened at her mortal pallor, contemplated her with anguish.&qu
- 318 A sword which had never been drawn except in a just and holy cause decorated the aged man's coffin, but that of the child cut down at the threshold of life was covered with the white flowers which she had so piously loved.To-day the mansion of the To
- 319 "Arrah, G.o.d give ye sinse, gentlemen! Go home, an' don't be making a show of our little place. I tell you there's not a pin's-worth upon the boy, and the tip he did get was all accidents.""I must see him nevertheless,
- 320 [Footnote 57: How this is possible in the case of those who have received the gift of infallible perseverance, it is difficult to see, unless the "elect" are chiefly found among the _elite_ of society.]"And when there is taken into the acco
- 321 The one great, palpable fact which confronts us on every side is, that the religious and moral education of nearly one-half our population is in the hands of the Catholic Church, and that the well-being of our commonwealth depends, therefore, to a great d
- 322 "Alas! why must we add that in entering this city all this prestige vanishes, and gives place to a bitter disappointment? We were obliged to cross the cemetery before reaching the inhabited quarters, and in spite of myself, this line of a Persian poe
- 323 I was ushered at once into Mr. Thorneley's study--a comfortably-furnished room, lined with well-stocked bookcases, and hung with neatly-framed engravings of first-rate excellence. He was sitting reading beside a cheery fire when I entered, and on a t
- 324 "Some time ago, sir; you slept so late that I ventured to come in.""All right. I shall be ready directly."Hardy still lingered, and I knew by his face there was some news coming."There's a fine to-do at Smith and Walker'
- 325 The reading has stopped and their talk turns upon private matters, something about Caroline, and hopes and fears for the future. We will leave them to their conversation, and pa.s.s out through yonder door, pausing for an instant to admire that picture of
- 326 MISCELLANY._The Old Church at Chelsea, England_,--Mr. H. H. Burnell read a paper before the British Archaeological Society lately, on the Old Church of Chelsea. The chancel, with the chauntries north and south of it, are the only portions of ancient work
- 327 Our friends must admit more or give up more. They are on a road now which will infallibly bring them face to face with the Catholic Church. We look with hope to see some of the boldest and most consistent thinkers of the Unitarians come through into the C
- 328 MAXWELL DREWITT.A Novel. By F. G. Trafford. Harper & Brothers.This is an Irish tale, exceedingly well written, and just and manly in its tone and sentiment.L. Kehoe announces the early publication of "CHRISTINE, AND OTHER POEMS," by George H. Mi
- 329 Abbreviatum igitur aeterni patris verb.u.m Hocce in angulo c.u.m angelis adora; Silet hic et loquaci silentio: Beatae quippe virginis matris sinus.Cathedra docentis est.Audi verb.u.m absconditum, et quid sibi velit attende.Venerare domum filii hominis, Sc
- 330 From the Lamp.UNCONVICTED; OR, OLD THORNELEY'S HEIRS.CHAPTER II.WHICH IS ELUCIDATORY AND RETROSPECTIVE.Before resuming the thread of my narrative I must needs go back a little, and see in what relation the different people who are to play the princ.i
- 331 "So so," thought I, "you wanted to fasten yourself upon me with the dodge of knowing my friends, did you? It won't do, my fine fellow;"and I determined to give my brother-in-law a hint that his wife's "last treasure-trov
- 332 "Inspector Jackson took him to Marylebone street, sir. He'll go before the magistrate at two o'clock. They won't get his committal, though, I expect until after the inquest; there is not sufficient evidence; but we're getting it a
- 333 It was just upon one o'clock when I arrived at my chambers, and at two Atherton was to be taken before the magistrate. There was no fresh news; so I decided upon going at once to Merrivale's office, and seeing him if possible before he went to t
- 334 Gilbert Thorneley had been a rich man--a notedly rich man--a millionaire; and we may not touch the rich with impunity. He had not been a good man nor a useful man, nor philanthropic; none had loved him, not a few had hated him, many had disliked and dread
- 335 "And now, my child, I must go. You know the inquest is to take place this afternoon, and I have to be there; but first I must return to Merrivale's, and settle many things with him.""You will come back to me afterward.""Surel
- 336 [ORIGINAL.]USE AND ABUSE OF READING. [Footnote 81][Footnote 81: "Appel aux Consciences Chretiennes contre les abus et les dangers de la lecture."' P. Toulemont. Etudes Religieuses, Historiques et Literaires. Tome 8, N. S.]We have been much
- 337 Oh! how I slept in the little pink bed beside Caroline! I wished to write to you, dear papa, before going to bed, but they would not let me, and they said too that the mail would not go out before this morning, so that you would get the letter no sooner.
- 338 M. de Frigeville is the most gracious, amiable, and obliging of men.At length I found out his address, and sent my parcel with a little note, which he answered at once, and followed in person the next day. The good man had taken infinite pains to find me
- 339 April 2d, in the evening.And here we must leave Eugenie. Eight days later she resumed the journal at Nevers and wrote that wonderful eighth book, so pathetically expressive of the pain of waiting--fit prelude of the coming tragedy.From Once a Week.DAY-DRE
- 340 {497} Translated from the Spanish.PERICO THE SAD; OR, THE FAMILY OF ALVAREDA.CHAPTER I.Following the curve formed by the ancient walls of Seville, encircling it as with a girdle of stone, leaving on the right the river and Las Delicias, we reach the gate
- 341 Be like them, and you will live happily and die in peace!"Anna, his widow, was a woman distinguished among her cla.s.s, and she would have been so in a more elevated one. Carefully brought up by her brother the priest, her understanding was cultivate
- 342 Saying these words, the n.o.ble woman rose and went into her room to hide from her son the tears that choked her voice.Perico, who regarded his mother with as much tenderness as veneration, made a movement as if to retain her. He would have spoken, but hi
- 343 "My goats.""That do not make up to you in milk, cheeses, and kids, what they cost you in fines, they are so vicious.""And my orchard," continued Pedro, without replying to the raillery with which Anna revenged herself for his
- 344 "Ah me!" exclaimed Aunt Maria, who after having drank her little gla.s.s of _anisette_ [Footnote 88] had seated herself upon some bags of wheat, "have mercy on us, for if Pedro lets loose his boneless member, we shall not get back to our pl
- 345 "What a hurry you are in, Aunt Maria!" said the muleteer. "Are you afraid you shall take root?""No, but these a.s.ses of ours do not go like yours, Jose.""That is so," said Pedro as he a.s.sisted Maria to mount; &qu
- 346 Perico having foreseen this event, had prepared a place of refuge for his family, in a solitary farm-house, far apart from any public way, and had horses standing in the stables ready against surprise.While the men rushed into the yard to prepare the anim
- 347 {518} [ ORIGINAL.]PROBLEMS OF THE AGE.IV.THE REVELATION OF G.o.d IN THE CREED DEMONSTRATED IN THE CONSt.i.tUTIVE IDEA OF REASON. As soon as we open the eye of reason we become spectators of the creation. The word creation in this proposition is to be unde
- 348 [Footnote 95: Because, if we conceive of any essence that it is not spiritual, we can conceive of one that is more perfect, namely, that which has these two attributes; and if we conceive of one that is finite in intelligence, we can conceive of one that
- 349 Translated from Le Correspondant THE YOUTH OF SAINT PAUL.By L'ABBE LOUIS BAUNARD.At the time when Jesus Christ came into this world, the Jews were scattered over the whole surface of the earth. From the narrow valley in which their religious law had
- 350 The sect of the Pharisees was, on the other hand, the great political as well as doctrinal power of the nation. The people venerated them, the inces [sic] treated them with regard, and Josephus informs us that Alexander Jannacus, being at the point of dea
- 351 {543} From Chambers's Journal THE CUCKOO AND THE NIGHTINGALE.Our oldest poet, and almost our best, unites in one sweet song the cuckoo and the nightingale--the former to be chidden, and spoken of despitefully; the latter to be made the theme of ferve
- 352 THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS OF OUR ANCESTORS.BY M. HAVERTY, ESQ.That the early inhabitants of Ireland possessed sundry kinds of manufacture is a point that can scarcely be disputed; for, besides frequent pa.s.sages in ancient and authentic historical doc.u.ments
- 353 The origin of this people is, we believe, unknown. Another arctic traveller has suggested that they are "the missing link between a Saxon and a seal." They are rapidly decreasing in numbers; yet, if measured by the territory which they inhabit,
- 354 _Native Borax_.--A lake about two miles in circ.u.mference, from which borax is obtained in extremely pure condition and in very large quant.i.ty, has recently been discovered in California. The borax hitherto in use has been procured by combining boracic
- 355 BOOKS RECEIVED.From D. Appleton & Co., New-York. The Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1865. 8vo, pp. 850.From Hurd & Houghton, New-York. Revolution and Reconstruction. Two Lectures delivered in the Law School of Harvard Coll
- 356 We have already said that "_Cognosco_" is included in "_Credo_." The creed begins by setting before the mind that which is self-evident and demonstrable concerning G.o.d, in which is included his veracity. It then discloses certain tru
- 357 Translated from the French "G.o.d BLESS YOU!"BY JEROME DUMOULIN."Thank you, master Jerome!" my reader replies; "yes, to be sure, may G.o.d bless me! But I have not sneezed, that I know of, for a quarter of an hour, at least; and _
- 358 When he sings the ma.s.s, he faces the east.Therein.On Sunday next he will face the west, When my Nannie and I go up abreast, Therein, And carry our wedding-ring.And when we die, as die we must; Therein, therein, The priest will pray o'er the breathl
- 359 Witness: "Well, no, sir. I can't say as we ever 'ave; and I've nothing to bring against her except as she was 'igh and close, which isn't agreeable, sir, when the position of parties is {605} ekally respectable, which mine is
- 360 "The woman I met in Vere street that night."Standing opposite to the witness, with the light full upon her, was a female figure, closely veiled."I never met you, Mr. Kavanagh!" it was the woman who spoke, loudly, vehemently.Coroner to
- 361 "I do, sir.""I have no more to ask this witness, Mr. Coroner."Thomas Davis, chemist, was then called. He deposed that on the evening of the 23d he perfectly well remembered a gentleman coming into his shop and buying a small bottle of
- 362 I did, and the effects were as Jones prognosticated. The cold, sick s.h.i.+vering left me, and I was able in a little while to take some food."Now, Jane," said the good man to his wife, when he saw I was getting on all right, "shut up your
- 363 "Not I, my G.o.d! not I," answered a deep hoa.r.s.e voice. "It's ten years since she and I met, and I'd go to my grave sooner than we should meet again. Mind you, the day when her cold cruel eyes rest on me will be a fatal day for
- 364 [Footnote 131: "Ecce h.o.m.o." A Survey of the Life and Work of Jesus Christ. Macmillan. 1866.][The London _Reader_ says the following article is from the pen of the Very Rev. Dr. Newman.--Ed. C.W.]The word "remarkable" has been so hac
- 365 Again, as to that other t.i.tle which the Baptist gave our Lord, "the Son of G.o.d," it admitted of half a dozen senses. Wisdom was "the only begotten;" the angels were the sons of G.o.d; Adam was a son of G.o.d; the descendants of Set
- 366 [Footnote 132: Parfum de Rome, p. 7][Footnote 133: Childe Harold, canto iv.]But the orphan who turns to her as Byron did, remains an orphan. Rome is no mother to him, and he finds no father in the patriarch who rules there. To the devout Catholic she is t
- 367 [Footnote 155: Tableau des Revolutions.][Footnote 156: Hist. Universelle.][Footnote 157: Bell on Feudalism.][Footnote 158: Sess. xxv. c. 19.]The pitiless character of human legislation was exhibited for ages in the practice of refusing those who were cond
- 368 The face of the lady-mother, Writhed as with sudden pain: "Oh! sing not, my son, so sadly, Choose thou a happier strain."Sang the youth, "When the summer suns.h.i.+ne Falls o'er the lake and lea, And the corn is springing upward, Then
- 369 "That is true, sister," answered the boy, giving, with all his little might, a blow to the a.s.s upon which his father had placed him, a blow of which, fortunately, the patient creature took not the least notice.Six years had pa.s.sed since the
- 370 "Yes," answered the boy, "and where were they going?""To the sea for water.""Is there so much water in the sea?""Yes indeed, and more than there is in Uncle Pedro's pond.""The voice of the wind s
- 371 "And why not," exclaimed Pedro, "for the best? for all except my kids and your fowls, which are going to give up the ghost within a month, the time it will take to publish the bans.""Don't be so hasty," answered Anna, sm
- 372 I had nothing left but Rita's s.h.i.+lling. The price of the set was a s.h.i.+lling. Go along, said I to myself, it is better that Rita should do without the bauble than my saint without his guard; and I bought them.I told Rita, and it was the truth,
- 373 For Satan's regions down below."CHAPTER XI.After a night of sleepless anguish, Anna rose, apparently more tranquil; drawing some slight hope from the determination she had taken to speak with Rita; show her the precipice toward which she was run
- 374 "Who staid with you?""Mother.""And where is she?""How do we know? We were in the parlor with her grace, dancing before the birth-place. Ventura came in, and mother told us to go somewhere else with the music, for it made
- 375 One of those present took the speaker by the arm, and said to him, as he drew him aside."Hush, man! don't you see that he is drunk? Who gave you a candle for this funeral? What is it to you if Perico, who is the one interested, consents?"&q
- 376 CHAPTER XIV.On the following day, when sleep had dispelled from Ventura's brain the remaining fumes that confused his reason, he rose as deeply ashamed as he was sincerely penitent. He, therefore, listened to the just and sensible charges which his f
- 377 {678} CHAPTER XV.The women were together in Anna's parlor, and although not one of them, except Rita, knew of the events of the night before, they sat in oppressive silence, for even Maria was wanting in her accustomed loquacity."I don't kn
- 378 'Oh I yes: kneel down, my son, and receive it with humility.' 'Nay,'said the other, 'I will not accept it, for were it worth a farthing you would not have offered it.'"We cannot, however, quit the school-books without me
- 379 Be that as it may, the reigning king of Ulster refusing his fair daughter to the prince of Connaught, was minded to bestow her on the terrible giant Fluerston, whose inhospitable abode was in the mountains of Carlingford. The father of the rejected prince
- 380 That--what?Wait a moment, I'll tell you. One day, as I happened to be out walking along a certain road, I noticed an a.s.s tied to a post, around which, within the full length of his rope, there was not a single blade of gra.s.s to crop. The poor fel
- 381 There lived at Cordova, many years ago, an old Jew who had three pa.s.sions: he loved science, he loved gold, he loved his only child, who bore the sweet name of Rachel. He loved science, not for its own sake, not because it was the means of the acquisiti
- 382 What makes this "a body" thought he. This "body" is brown, heavy, hard, square, or has many other properties which come under my notice.But it is evident that neither the color, weight, cohesion, nor form const.i.tute its _essence_. Th
- 383 Then an inspiration came to him which lighted with a pale ray of hope, the sorrowful face long unused to happiness. The idea occurred to him, that if he should go and study the sh.e.l.ls of the Persian gulf where pearls are formed, he might succeed in win
- 384 {705} It is not certain when they first appeared in Great Britain; but they were in Scotland at least as early as 1506 in which year they so far imposed upon King James IV., that his majesty addressed a letter of commendation to the King of Denmark, in fa
- 385 "In the State of Pennsylvania, there is a settlement of them, on the J---- river, a little way above H----, where they have sawmills.About the Alleghany mountains, there are many of the tribe, following somewhat the original ways of the race. In the
- 386 On every page of the church's history, and on none more clearly than that which records her life from the eleventh to the sixteenth century, is that promise written, "And the gates of h.e.l.l shall not prevail against it." We again add our
- 387 {722} How completely "banished and driven away" from some minds that last doubt was, events of a startling character soon made manifest."Certain clergymen of the diocese of New York adopted a course destined to change the settled practice o
- 388 The problem in ethics to be solved, is, simply, _how_ men and women may be most easily led to behave like very good boys and girls. We urge children to do their best by rewards of merit. Why should not the minds of adults be stimulated by similar persuasi
- 389 Within the walls, the ramparts ring As proudly they proclaim Great G.o.dfrey de Bouillon as king!A king in more than name.VIII.The ruby-budding crown to bind About his head, they stood: Another crown is in his mind; For rubies, blobs of blood.IX. "No
- 390 Involuntarily I glanced at Lister Wilmot. He was deadly pale; but he returned my gaze very steadily, and I noticed the same evil light in his eye as I had once before seen. Smith drew himself up and settled his thick bull-throat in his white choker, whils
- 391 Haag, _alias_ Bradley--Bradley, _alias_ O'Brian; her husband, escaped convict from New South Wales.' For Jones identified that man by a description in the hands of all of us in the force. To have taken him there and then would simply have been m
- 392 "Oh! she, I imagine, is safe ahead there at the Grange. At any rate, she has not returned up the line; every station has been watched, and they would have telegraphed to me."O the dreariness of that drive! Rain poured down from the leaden, lower
- 393 {754} "Can you remember the words in which he alluded to his wife and son?""Perfectly; I wrote them in the memorandum addressed to Mr. Atherton, and which Mr. Merrivale has communicated to you."The Chief-Justice: "Read the extract
- 394 The Chief-Justice: "You must be well aware, Mrs. Haag, that the mystery of this second will, and discovery of your late master's son, bear direct influence upon the charge of which the prisoner is accused. I think it highly necessary that you sh
- 395 The Solicitor-General: "This, my lord, closes the evidence for the prosecution."Sergeant Donaldson then rose to address the jury for the defence.TO BE CONTINUED.{758} [ORIGINAL.] PROBLEMS OF THE AGE.VI.THE TRINITY OF PERSONS INCLUDED IN THE ONE
- 396 From The Month.CAIRO AND THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONS ON THE NILE.On the 25th November, 186--, a small but crowded steamer was seen ploughing its way through the waves at the entrance to the port of Alexandria. Its living freight was of a motley description: t
- 397 Nothing to conquer now--no call for strength; Naught to contend with--only to wait and bear, And see my withering powers and blighted gifts-- No room to act--nothing to do or dare: Speak now, my soul, if thou hast aught to say If thou seest light or any h
- 398 Translated from the Spanish.PERICO THE SAD; OR, THE ALVAREDA FAMILY.CHAPTER XIII.A tempestuous night covered the sky with flying clouds, which were rus.h.i.+ng further on to discharge their torrents. Sometimes they separated in their flight, and the moon
- 399 They heard at this moment a peculiar whistle. The innkeeper, springing to his feet, caught up the light and ran toward the door, exclaiming, "The captain!"As he presented himself on the threshold, the rays of the lamp fell upon a man on horseback, with
- 400 Perico evinced all his grat.i.tude to Martha in a manner more heartfelt than fluent."You must not thank me" said the good woman, "for truly, the face I put on when I saw you brought was not one of welcome; but I have taken a liking to you because I see