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HALL, Editor. rotr.Tje o . i f vt it nit 35 J. F. MOORE, Publisher. TEItJiS 1 SO Ptr 1'car in .Sdi itnrr. nmaiti", fejvi, oct. asn, isco. ill . il Crtnspofliiflci for 11k 'wVcite. Lettc-i e lo L. v iUieiicst. NliMUt.ll i'K. SfK : Id iliu lus' isMie of the Ado rate appeared an article, signed by jou relating to t lie pruyr ol tin- Irishman lost in tho Woods, uii'l which was men tioned in the History l r..k County. It should always be h p'ensant task to (five information, win n in one's power, to those asking il. but the task becomes doubly so when the i. quest is couched in language so jn-i.t 'i n unl as your-, nod uo different Iroin that generally ns ruuied when the s.. me subject is men tier. ca. Add lo this y. i i r sincerity nnd earnestness, which is so evident in every line of your short nrtiele. and to supply the information desired becomes not on ly a pleasure hut a duty. Tefore proceeding lo consider whelh rr the lliessed Viruin Mary aud th wiuts in Heaven c:m hear the wjttests which we make tn them, it may he well to mention i lie manner in which they are regarded by the Catholic Church, which is the only church which pays to them peculiar and especial honor, utid which admits their powers of interces sion. You arc peifectly coircct when you say, "I suppose that those who ' pray to the Virgin Mary' and other saiuts, would say that they only intend by this to ask them to intcrceJo (or us just 88 we ask Christian frieuJs on earth to pray for us." You have exact ly stated the position held by Catholics upon the subject of the intercession ol saints. But the doctrine of the Catho lic Church on this point is almo.it uni versally misrepresented by those, who dissent from her, but it is so clear nnd -explicit that nothing short i f the gross est ignorance or prejudice can excuse thow who make use of the cam mot) ar guments against the devotion the Bleated Virgin Mary ami the other esiiuts. Tho Catholic Chureh gives t'' Miry the most exulted place next to God Himself, and pays to her great ho nor and devotion, and only follows in thin the example set by her Divine Son. who always honored her as Hi inothot. and paid to her the greatest respect and obedience. Surely we cannot fear to iollow the example which lie h rl vt u US, nnd1 we ecruinn cannot fail io please him when honor her whom lie so honored an J lured. Hot t';e Crm.-eh does not t insider .Vary tho (Vj'ul of Al rii;;hty Go'1 ; she does not believe, nor docs she tench that she has the power f f forgiving sins, and she would severe. )j rebuke any id tier children who v;n'd pray io that manner to her sr,d tbtif insult Alnrtil.iy God, who alone liua the power of f .g!venes. Hut tho Church Lot Ii believes and tes.ehos that Mary, ou nrr-iutit of her position (is ?-lot!ur 'A Go !, .iocs posses great pow. rs '.' :i:te!i -es.-ion with he f in vine Sor, and tiiut will Mu--e her nothing rhlh the a-kH id Dim. Again, th fiiVr.' rec between the adoration which J lie Church ; ays to Almighty God and tlic h ,r,ur which sh- i m i's to Mary, Can' 1 1! foeo iu all her pruyeis and devotions; ii the hold's prayer we say to (Jod " forgive us our Irossr si-es," hut no praytriati b- fun ad in which Ma-ay tk..d lor par J' wi and loi-oivenes-i. On I'iO contraiy. in the Angelica! salutation ;i " JIt.il Mary," tiie Church fays ' Tuiy for us Mm fr.-i, now and at the hour of osr death," thus asking Mary to pray to God fir us that . miy for yjva us cur tratificssim.H. It can also .be een in the folh win teachings of the tlhurch, " Is it luwlul to hoimr the Virgin Mary ?" " Yes J whereas Ood . I itiitcif so niueh honored her, and the Kcrip'.ure sas, All nation hn call hr l!t. rioike. 1 ch. 48 v) "What huiio r !u we civc our Ulcssed ady ? " Wc honor her m ire thun al! the other j-aiu.'s, because bhc is tho Mother of God hut we neve-i pive her divine or mi. j rcme h'.nor which is due. to God alone." Tb? following example- bhow how l.i-tly the euily wrifers of tnc church drew tho distinction whieh Catholics fiit do. Ht. Kj ijihatiio" thus writes of thu Ulcited Virgin, repraving the errors of the Collyiidiau hciilici, who adored lier aud offiiicd ta :i iliee to her : "Tho' therefore, the was a c'.iofcen Voste!, und tbderred With mine at canouty, still she was n woman, partaking of our common nature but do:emn; of the highest honor shown to the saints of Ood. She stands before them nil, on account of the heavenly mystery accomplished in her. I3ut we adore tin saint ; nnd as this worship is not piven to anucls, much less can it be allowed to the daugh terof Ann. Let Mary then be honor ed, but the Father, Son, and Holy Ghos' alone be adored ; let no one. adore Mary." The fori'froinc is merely intended as a brief exposition f the manner in which the church regard.1 tho position ol the i;icsed Virgin Mary. She neither a doies her nor asks her for forgiveness, but Mary being the Mother of Und, she believes that she can neither too much honor or piaise hor. She believes that our Lord .Jesus ''hrist. when dying up. 011 thq cross, gave her to us, through the person of fit. John, ts our Mother, and that she will be our most powerful intei cesser at the throne of Grace. In the G of pel according to St. John we read: " Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, II is Mother, and Ilia Mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, aud Mary M;t ielene. When Jesus, therefore, raw His mother nnd (bedefeiple standing, win in He loved, lie saith to His mother: wo man, behold thy son. AftT that lie saith lo the desciplo : Uphold thy mother. And from that hour the desciplo took her to his own-', In thus receiving from God Himself His mother to lie a mother to us, what i more natural than that wc should re gard her with the most tender nfieetion ; what more bentitiful than that, in nil our didieullii'S, we should fly to her in spirit and ask her assistance, her pray ers and her intercession. If it should be asked, why not appeal to God Him. sell' without employing any mediator, I would say that God although a God of mercy, is also n God of justice, and that His Divine jtii-tiee would often de mand the punishment, of the sinner rather than hi forgiveness ; but Mary is peen'i.irly the Queen of Mercy, n she is called by the church ; to her does not belong the attribute of justice, but of compassion and of sympathy ; her lov ing heart overflows with pity for the poor sinner for whose redemption the blood ol hnr 1 I i no Ron was shel, nnd rather than ti.nt divine sacrifice should be in vain, she begs of her Son his pardon and forgiveness How beautiful is, the idea of the sinner, laden down with ciitucs and transgressions, trembling wi'h dread before the maj'-sty and the Justice of (Jod, and not daringo appear before Him, or to address Ilim, iest the thundeiholts of His just wrath should be hurled upon him, carting himsell nt the feet of Mary and begging her to in let cede for him. lepgiog her, pure and undi 21ed, to a-k her son to suspend His justice and allow her to exercise her at tr.hule of mercy. When the sinner has recourse to Mary, she only reiiuires liim to have the intention to reform. She does uot regard the sins wiih whi :h ho is laden, when he implore his uicicy, but tily the intention with which he comes. 'J'lionah he have committed all the sins iu the world, she embrace him nnd intercedes for Lini, for the is not only called by us the Mother of Mercy, but he is such, and shows herself such by the love und tt iidernets with which tho succors xi. What has been said of the manner iu which the chuich regards the position of Mary, will also pply to the oiV.er saints in heaven. We honor Mary more than wo honor them, that is we pay to her a higher honor, because sho is tho Mother of God; wc honor them because, in this life, they were His faithful servants, beerus" they fulfilled His laws mid obeyed 1 1 is commandments, and aiv, io consequence, now enjoying with Him, the tloiy' of His kingdom. 1 hey arc now reaping tho reward which He has promised to all who faithfully serve Him, and tin they honored Ilim in life, S3 lie now honors theru iu eternity. Ae e ask Mary, 60 we only ak them, for their iutcieession and prayers. And, in this connection, if I may be allowed to digrets for a moment, I would speak of the eroneous ideaa entertained by those who ditler from us, regarding our use of cruoifixes, isuigca, pictures tc. It is veld that we adore the and that we bc'.ioTo they have power to help us. Nothihg h more unjust, nothing farther from the truth. How could we believe that inanimate wood or stone, carved or fashioned into figur-s or forms, coold have power to help us ? The assertion is too preposterous to reptile, were it not that it is so frequently made. We have cruci6xcs in our houses to remind us of the goodness of God ; we have pictures of the saints as examples, constantly be fore us, to imitate and to follow. They are books in which the most unlettered can read ; they are books whose pages teem with lessons the most suuestive Where is the man wiiosu heait does not overflow with aflectiou when looking up on the picture of u deceased mother or wife; where the woman who is uot fi 1 ed with the tendcrest rccolloct'ims when, with tearful eyes, she views the inani mate likeness of the father of her chil drcu.once her devoted protector aud bus. band, now, a lifeless form, returned to his mother Earth ? Aud who, when looking upon the symbol of his redemp tion, seeing the dying agonies of the I)ivine lace of Him who was fursskcn by nil even by His hoavnly Futber, an! almost hearing those agonized iic cents: "My God, my God, why hast, thou lorsaken me V cuo fail to feel re newed and tenfold love for Him who died to save him. This, then, is why we have images and pictures, not that they inani mate objects, may help us. but that they may inspire us, by the silent lessons they teach, to initiate those whom they rep resent. Let us now proceed to cot-fider the main part of our subject. You say : " Hut before I ask departed saints to pray for me, I wish to know whrtlfr th-y nut have my rtqiust. If they can not it would he absurd lo ask them-' You admit that the Hlessed Virgin Ma. ry mid the Saints would intercede will ingly for us were they aware that we wished them to do so, or in other words : " if they could tor our request." It the saints cannot hear the requests of the the faithful upon earth, it is most un doubtedly a work of absurdity to usk their assistance and prayers. That they ' hear us, I think can be established without difficulty both from the Bible and from other sources; undt hat they not only hear us. but grant us their inter cession and good offices is equally sus ceptible of ptoof. As God is the essence and the primal source of'all knowledge and of all truth, as the Ulossed iu heuveu see end under stand Him most intimately, and as tho happinass of heaven consists in lovitii; and knowing God, theiefore the blessed see in Him the knowledg which He possesses of us and and thus understand our wants and our desires. Thus in the first gospel of St. John, 8 chap. 2 verse, we read : " Iearly Delovod, wo are now the sons of God; audit hath not yet ap peared what we shall be. We know, that when He shall appear, we shvl In like to Him; because we shall see Ilim as he is." 41 But it hath uot yet iji)f " what we ahall be." that is, to what niy or happiness we rhall thereby fie exal ted hcrealtcr, ' for neither the eve bath seen, nor the ear heard, nor bath it en ti red into the heart of man, whit things God hath prepared for those who love Him" (1 Cor. 9 chap. 2 verse.) Wc only know this, that His elect shall he like to Him; because they shall .-re Ilim as He is, when they shall enjy Him in heaven, and beimr like to Him who knows all things, they xhnil It rotj izaiit uf all things concerning s. It is prom ised that the saints of God shall he. tike to Ilim, and sht.ll see Him an I undnr stand Hun at lie it. Then when the faith ful upou earth pray to God for lavors for mercy or tor pardon, the saints knowing and seeing Him at lie it will read in His couutenunee the prayer which is being made anJ will add their interces sion to it; or, in the same manner, when a prayer is made to a Saint aireetly .that Saint will read the prayer in the coun. tenauce of God, by virtue of the gift which God has given him of seeing and knowing Him as He is, and will imme diately add his prayers to it We must remember, when speaking of the saints hearing us. that they do not hear with mortal ears, ice with mortal eyes or (peak with nortal tongues, but that they hearour petitions through Almighty God who is cognisant of all things In the book ot Tobias which, what ever you think of its eanooicity, was never rejected by Christ who frequent referred the Jt wg to the scriptures 12 chap 11 and 12 verses, we read these words ol the Archangel Raphael: " I discover then the truth unto you and I will tint hide the secret from you When thou didst pray with tours, und didst thou bury tho dead, und didst leave thy dinner, and didst hide the dead by day in the houso, and bury them by night, I offere.a thy prayer to the Lonl." Here is direct proof of an aelic intercession. God undoubtedly heard the prayers of Tobias, nnd yet the Archangel tells him, that he offeted thm to the Lonl. If there be no need of mediators between the Creator and the creature, why did Haphuel interpose his intercession ? And if you object that this was th mediation of an Angel und not of a mint, I must tell you that we at e elsewhere taught that " the saints of God shall be like His angels." (Mat. 22 chap. "0 verse.) Hut is there any. thing io the New Testament which wou'd lead us to believe that our Savior rejected this doetrne? On the contra ry He speaks of it as a thing well under stood, aud on tcrrrs far removed from re proof." Evcu so," says He, ' there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that, doth pennance, more than upon ninety nine just that need not pennance." Luke 15 chap. 7 aud U' verses.) Vhatis here meant but that the repentance ot the sinner is known in heaven lo the saints and angel and that they rejoice over it. Christ also tells us: "Take heed that you despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, that their angels i hi aven always see the lace et my Fath er who is iu heaven." Here we have, not only uu instance of angelic protec tion, hut a direct implication, from our Lord Himself, that the angels will re sent uny injury (spiritual) dune to those under thfir charge. It is also a prool that the Hlessed in heaven do know what pulses on this earth aud that they know ii. iu the supernatural manner be fore mentioned, tor He does not say that their angels iu heaven know these things, but that " their angi Is in heaven always tee the Jacc of my Father who is in heuveu," that is. they read in the countenance of God what concerns us iu this life. Agaiu iu Luke, 10 chap. 9 verse, we read : " And I say to you : Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of in iquity ; that when you shall fail, they way receive you into everlasting dwell, ings." Here is a direct command lo make friends of the poor servants of God, be cause if wc relieve them in this life, by our alius, they may hereutter, by their inter ees.ion, brins: our souls to heaven. And what a beuutilul thought is thisl A' hat a consolation Jo the rich man, when the t'-m. ination of his mortal existence is approaching, to think that he will have ns many iutercesvirs befo'o the thtonu uf Gi.d. as he has relieved in thi-i lile. The rich give tu the poor temporal trea sioes. I he latter recompeuce I hem by ob taining for them infinite nnd eternal liuppiuesb- Agaiu in the parable of Dives and Iizarus, satuo chapter, 22 verse we lead : " And it cume to pass that the beg furdicd, and he was carried by the an gels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died; and ho was buried in hell. Aud liftintr up his eyes, when he was iu torment, he saw Abraham afar off und Lafarus in his bosom ; and he ctied and said : Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and scud Lazirus, that he may dip the tips ot his fingers in water, to cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame. And Abraham said to him r Son, remember thpt thnn didst receive good things in thy life time, mid like, wise Lazarus evil things ; but now he is comforted and thou ni t tormented. In the parable two point. are developed, botk njiroj-.ot to our subject. V.'e Cud the rich man, when in torment, legjifg the a iif of Abraham, and we find f Jl th er that his cries are heard by Abraham, who refuses Lin request, aud gives him tie reasons for his refusal. Turning now to the Apocalypse, 5 chap. 8 verse, we read: " And when he had opened the houk, the four living creatures, and the four and twenty an cients, fell down before the Lamb, hav ing every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odors, which are. the. prey ert of the taints." These harps arc the symbols of the praise which good men rcudcr (o God; und the rials full of odots represent tho ptayers of the saints. In conformity with this idea, St. John wishes to represent these four und twenty ancients as so many pcii.i tors who present to the Almighty the prayers and homages of good men ou earth. And if you say that "these prayers of the saints " are not those of faithful on earth, and arc not offered np for them, I would itsk you for whom are they oflered up? The saints do not pray for themselves or for each other, for having attained a state of perfect happiness they have nothing more to desire for themselves, consequently the prayers must he for others, and those others must be the faithful in this world. In Apocalypse, 2 chap, 2(5 verse, we read: "And he that shall overcome, and keep my wrirks unto the end, to him I will give puutr over the. nations." This shows that the saints, who are with Christ our Lord iu heaven, receive pow er from him to preside over nations and provinces as patrons. Webster do Guts a patron to be " a protector, a detcn lor. one (hut specially couutcuaticus aud sup ports, or lend.) aid to advance." It the saints, then, are appointed our protcc. tors und defenders, it must be for our spiiitual good, they miibt be able to hear our pctuions and relieve our watts, by reason of their interest with God, oih erwise then rppointed as our patrons would be fruitless, but to suppose this is in insult to Almigh.y God, who never does anything which is unnecessary or a fixed object. In 1 Corinthians, 13 chap 12 verse, St. Paul foreshadows the knowledge which the saints possess of tcrrestial things : ' We soc now through a class in an obscure manner; but then face to face. Mow I know iu part; but then I shall know even as I tun known," that is: Hereafter I shall know others even as am known vow by the saints in heaven. The liibKcul proof sustaining the invocation ol the saints and their intercession for as miht he c irried much further, ind I niii:ht multiply texts in proof of what I have asserted. If I have succeeded in convincing yo'i 'hat the Hlessed in heaven can hear our jo titions, as far as Bible proof is c incorn . ed, I shall feel that my time is WjII socnt ; but if you still remain unsatis fied, I must only say to you as you often suy to us "search the Scriptures," end I assure you you will find proof enough Next week I hope to be able to continue this subject from uuotlicr siati 1 po'ut. MEIUOITS It has been decided to locate a N li'iriul Military Asylum at .Milwaukee Tho buildings will be capable of uecoin. uiodatin from 10,00' to IjiKM in. iiiu'cs, and will co.-t i. early S 1 .0 JO. ()'.)!). Sixty. two pussonoei trains now arrive ut und depart Irom Chicago every i: y. except Sunday. The number ol daily Ireight trains is even larger. Gen. Grant has written a letter in wlueh he expresses his regret that army officers should take a prjmiuout part in political discussions. Lace eight hundred years old, and once woiu by Joseohiuu iou exh.biauu iu New Yoi k. The Postmaster General has lately made about SOU chuuo-i iu p istiuastcr aud rout agents. A, lady in San Francisco ha been fin cd and imprisoned for" wearing tho blooiu er costuuio. Mr. Hehon died recently nt JJoi fj'k, Va.. and lelt a Icjuey of S0,000 to a Catholio chuich- Ex-rebel Gen HcauregarJ arrived in New York the 27h iust , fioiu Europe. An Indiana paper lolls ot the recent killing ot a ratlesnuke with 111) rattles There are in Washington colored school, 6,555 pupils and 132 teachers. Rich lead mine have.b;oa opened in Northern Louisiam. The corn crop this year will reach one million of bushels. Bricklayers are paid S3 a day in Oms f JTYir ttnumfritms. When may a loaf of bioud be said lu be inhabited? Whcu it has a little In dian iu it. Why is Huckinghain Puluce the cheap est ever erected ? Heciuse it was built for one sovereign and finished lor an other. hat is the difference between a sum mer dress iu winter nnd an extracted tooth ? One is too thiu, and the othor is tooth. out. What is the differenca between a tun nel and a speaking trumpet ? One is hollowed out aud the other is hollowed in. Why is furling a ship's canvass liko a mock auction ? Uccauso it is taking iu sale (sail.) Why arc the arrows of Cupid like a man in an ague fit It liecause they are all in a quiver. What is the difference between the desert of Sahara and an nncient shoe ? One is all sand, nnd the other sand all. What kind of leather would a naked Moor remind you of? Undressed mo rocco. Why is a Hebrew in perfect health liko a diamond ? Eecuuse he is a Jew well. What celebrated convention would you be reminded of on heuriug a young lady giving advice to her uncle ? Coun cil of Ni(e)ce. What is that by losing un eye has nothing left but a uose ? A uoi.-e What thiug ia it that the more wa cut it tho longer it becomes ? A ditch. Why is the Froueh franc of no value compared with the American dt.'lar. L'ecausc it is worth less. What are the features of a cannon ? i'ueuou's mouth, cuunon izo und cauuoa ecr.i. What U lhat which is always iuviat. hie and never out of fight ? Tho letter I. What is the only puiu that we make light of? Winduw-pi.ne. What workman never turns to tha left ? A wheel right. What sort of a throat is l?st for a singer to reach the high notes ? A aoar thro.it. Why are. balloons iii the air like vag rants? because they hjvc no visible means of support. Wih-ki-.us a.;ii Kio.-ino The el ilress id the Lancaster Liter try (i i..'ic s-iys she "would as sooo i es n- In-: nose in u rit's ne.-t at .i-iogleton a- ..-an ivith whiskers to kiss iir " We lo it le.dieve a word ol it The oljee 'one whioh sumo ladies pretend to havrj tf whiskers all arise from e- ev They don't have nnv. Tlo-y w mi'. I if iheyr could ; but the fuel is. t! :. e-n'o-ual motion o'' the lower jaw is IV i! :.. : e;r irvowtli. The la-liesO i l be- om ! adopt one la-hions us Ian, th-v can. Look at tile depredations tlici' h iVh coin, 'iiitted on our iriiidrohes the last few 1 wars, 'i hey have appropriated our shirt bosoms, gold studs and all. They have encircled tlnvr soft b witching cheeks in our s'.an din c oil ir4 a 1 1 cra vats, tli ivintr us to Sanies uu 1 turn-d-iwus. Their innocent liitle hearts have been pnlpitatiujr iu tie- inside ot onr waisteo.its, ins'cud of the thumping ii'nsi the outside, as uitiirally n leed. I'hey thrust their pret'y iiile feet and inkles through our umu -uiio'i ibles un thinka'oouts, an 1 ihay are -l:i: o'ia. long the streets in our hi-!, hedodl boot3. Do you hear ! Wo s . v its. Nkw Utir: r ut ln.ts. - f i s mm of Poland have a wi'.'htu1 cm over their daughters, and mUeth.' ii waar little bells ou liieir persons 1 1 lonote where they are ami what ihe ar -about. A divine preached ou Sunday m 'rn iug from the text: " Y'e a-e o! il 'rem uf the devil," and in the a1'- o ; by a funny coiucidcuce, 'ChiMi,.., - ,00y your parents. All export priirer v ii no -.') eit 2o. 000 lottors daily, his hind Utvolini more than nine miles, aol in ti, work ing days of a veur ab' ut i. London eoutaios uioaiy th ju.-nd uii'sj of gas pips A