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Make Home Beautiful. M your home beautiful—bring to it {lowers; ] iant them around you buil and to bloom; Let them give life to your loneliest- hours — Let them bring life to enliven your gloom, yfalu: your own world—one that never has sorrowed Os music, and sunshine, and gold summer air; A home-world, whose forehead care never has fur rowed, And whose cb<‘<;k of bright beauty will ever be fair. 1.0; v „jr home b autiful- weave round its portal Wreath.-- of the jasmine rani delicate sprays Os red fruited woodbine, with gay immortelle. Tin t bl< sses an 1 brightens wherever it strays, -tier the blossoms, too—one little flower, Varied verbena, or sweet mignonette, vii’l >my bring bloom to your d< solate bower. -till may be something to love and to pet. Mk' vnur he ;<• autifUl—gather the roses T’aat hoard up the sunshine with exquisite art; Perch’nice they may pour, as your darkness dose:-., That s-est summer sunshine down into your lu-art! TANARUS; .on can do so, O make it an I.den Os beauty and gladness! remember ’tis wise; Xv. j.l teach yon t long for that home you are needing, 'Phat heaven of be mty beyond the blue skies. '.Tain- vout home beautiful -sure 'tis a duty; Call up your little ones—teach them to walk Hand in hand with the wandering angel of beauty: icon rage their spirits with Nature to talk; (Cither them round you, and let them be learning be.-wons that drop from the delicate wings Os tiic bird and the butterfly—ever returning T , Him who has made ail these beautiful things. a; ;k< home a hive, where all beautiful feelings i luster like bees, ami their lxoney-dew bring; MV. -it a temple of holy revealings, And Love its bright angel with “shadowing wing. ! : e s all it be, when afar on Life’s billows, ,Vi in ver your tempest-tossed children are flung, c will long for the shade of the home-weeping willow, Ami sing the sweet song which their mother had sung. [For the Banner of the South,] MEMORY. As the sighing breeze o’er the parched ;ands of the desert, is memory to the heart Faces long gone to the far away laud, touched by memory’s wand, beam in living beauty, and bring back once again, the happy hours when those eyes beamed happiness and love; when those lips never opened but to chant the music of the soul; and we hear once again those fairy footsteps failing on the ear gently,dike autumn leaves. The heart that cherishes not memory is dead to all that ennobles man ; nothing touches it; but, closed to all grander emotions, its portals open to admit thoughts that bring not one kindly feeling. Memory is the picture gallery of the soul. Here, where the sunbeams arc brightest, hang the pictures of childhood. The mother’s gentle face, the loving father’s form, the clustering happy group of brothers and sisters, all, all arc there. In a darker corner you see that gentle mother’s face again, but, oh ! how changed. Sits the angel of death on that brow, and weeping friends are clustered around. And is that scene—though darker —less dear ? Ah, no ! it sheds a soft and gentle radiance o’er the soul, and i.n the ear is ringing the sad and sweet last good-bye uttered by that voice that never spoke but to caress. There hangs, in the mellow light, the first love. What tender thoughts hover about that image 1 Down, and >wn, through the deep vista of the down years, that face beams pre-eminent. Those eyes still charm, and that little hand is still felt, stealing softly, gently, into ours. As we advance farther up the hall, as year is added to year, it is true, the pic tures often darken. But still a ray of light darts in here and there. The man of business, with brow corrugated with care, is seen meeting at eve the cherub forms before whose gleeful welcome frowns are as nought, and smiles break over the sternest face. No! no! Give me memory, sweet spirit, dear comforter ; and though oft she presents stern scenes to the heart’s view, she has ever others which iiood the soul with light. If the memory of one day is sorrow, it is blotted out by the happiness of the next. It one hour is remembered with agony, the memory of another chases it away with joyous smiles. Then, let Memory’s shrine be ever bright. Let no profane lips sneer at her name, but whisper it ever tenderly, and when old age comes upon us apace, our chief solace will be to seek some sunny corner with Memory as a companion! and with her aid fly back o’er the gone years, till we are young again, and life’s pathway seems once more strewn with flowers. J. From “Dor Katkolik.” 1367—’68. NUMBER FOUR. In conclusion, we will now give the resolutions passed by the Catholic As sembly held at Mayence on the 2lst of November. These resolutions may be considered as a lasting document of the feelings and the wishes of the German Cad;olio people in regard to the so-called Homan question : “1. Divine Providence has constituted the successor of St . Pet l r the sovereign of the Homan States, in order that he might reguiate, with perfect independ ence, the religious affairs of all Christian nations, wi -.aunt being subject to any political powmr, or guided by any national interest. r lhis light of sovereignty, granted as it was by God, and consecrated as it has been by the history of the past one thousand years and over, can neither be surrendered by the Church, nor taken from it rightfully by diplomatic agree ments or revolutionary plebisciha of the masses. Hence the unwarranted arid chimerical demand that Rome shall be made the capital of Italy, can in no wise be granted, inasmuch as any such action would be in direct opposition to the rights and interests of all Christendom. “2. The assertion that the Pope, as Priest, cannot be also at the same time the head of a political Government, and take a proper care of the temporal inter ests of his subjects, is a falsehood which Las evidently been proven as such by the history of a thousand years. Therefore, the support and total re-establishment of the political authority of the Pope, in all its bearings, is the only means by which Italy may be guarded against that cor ruption with which secret societies, on the one hand, and the policy of King Victor Emmanuel on the other, are now threat ening it. To have the Pope throning in its principal city, is, to-day, as it has been during the whole Christian past, the highest honor, the true greatness, and the real blessing of Italy. “3. It is the duty of princes, and, in fact, of every sovereign power, to protect the independence of the spiritual head of their Catholic subjects, and Catholics of all nations have the right to demand a compliance with this duty of their rulers. A Government which aids or abets a violation of the rights of the Holy See, becomes by that very act a participant in the Italian revolution. Moreover, it is an undermining of the first principles of common law and justice, if the Govern ment of Victor Emmanuel is permitted to continue in aiding and abetting such un dertakings as art' directed against the security of the States of the Church. “4. The free, unanimous and indefatiga ble devotion of all Catholics, must en deavor to secure to the Holy Father, by private contributions, the necessary means for the government of the Church, at least so lon£ as vile deceit and brute force deprive the Church of those posses sions which were granted her in centuries past for the commonweal of Christendom. To effect this purpose a universal organi zation is necessary. Hence the introduc tion, without delay, of the already, in many places, quite flourishing Confrater nity of St. Michael, is most earnestly recommended to the various Dioceses. “5. In view of the present dangers, it is an imperative duty, binding upon all parts of the Catholic world alike, to keep up and support that army which is necessary to protect, not only the person of the Holy Father, but also those of his still remain ing subjects. It is an honor for any and every nation to be represented in this army—as for Germans, their lives could not be devoted to a nobler or holier cause. 57 Thus far the resolutions of the Catholic Convention at Mayence. Other Con ventions, in other places, and at other times, all over the fertile plains of Ger many, France, and Switzerland, have i spoken in a similar manner, each vicing with each to put on record the fact of ! their intense and unwavering devotion to him whom the world, by common consent’ 7 •/ calls Papa, Pope, Father. And now they are going to prove their words—they are going to act as never before. From East and West, from North and South, men and means are pouring in upon the Holy Father to aid him in his difficult struggle, while those who send these offerings never cease to lift up their hands in prayer to the Father of mercies for him who wears with such inimitable dig nity and meekness the triple crown of Pontiff, Priest, and King. Can such devotion of high and low, rich and poor, young and old, go unrewarded ? No, indeed ! Surely, God from on high is looking down with complacency upon these endeavors of His children, and He shall certainly bless, with a yet unheard of success, their strenuous efforts to estab lish and maintain firmly and forever, so far as in them lies. His everlasting' king dom of truth, justice and right all over the face ot the earth. [For the Banner of the South.] THE CHURCH IN AMERICA. BY ESPERANZA [CONCLUDED.] Nor are we behind-hand in regard to our institutions—whether literary, reli gious, or charitable. Already, no less than thirty ecclesiastical seminaries, sixty two incorporated universities and colleges, about two hundred and thirty-seven female academies, 134 orphan asylums, sixty hospitals, and a countless number of pa rochial schools, bless our land. And such is the renown already gained by some of our educational and literary institutions, that you may frequently behold scholars flocking to them, not only from adjacent counties and States, as for instance, from Cuba or Mexico, but even the trans equatorial Empires and Republics of South America vie with each other in being largely represented thereat by some of their most promising sons and daughters. Besides all this, who will undertake to enumerate the children who receive their instruction gratuitously from the various religious orders, all of which exert them selves to the very utmost to imbue the youthful hearts of our American children with everything that may be useful to ad vance their temporal or spiritual welfare ? And last—but not least of all —the people themselves ! How lively is their faith ; flow exemplary their adherence and sub mission to our holy mother, the Church —and that, too, in a country where inde pendence of all supernatural restraint is so often preached as the only true destin) of man ! Again : how active is their charity! Where is there another country which could boast that its inhabitants contribute such extensive means for the erection of churches, the instruction of youth, the maintenance of the orphan, and the care of the sick, as do our people '( And this, too, all of their own accord, im pulsed only by the gentle and persua sive force of religion. Where is another people, whose youth of both sexes, after a most careful preparation, are so frequently and edifyingly approach ing the sacraments of Penance and the Holy Eucharist ? "Where, among all classes, high and low, rich and poor, literate and illiterate, do we find a greater attachment of the people to their Pastors, ora greater desire to aid them in spreading a knowledge of the Church of God? Besides this, #what faith and charity, what vigor and activity, do not all those spiritual Betreats and holy Missions indicate, whose number everywhere is so largely on the increase, and whose object and tendency is calculated not only to augment the zeal of the Pas tors, but also, and principally, to renew in a wonderful manner, the piety of the faithful. Are not our papers, week after week, full of glowing accounts of the good that is constantly being done in this manner ? Nor are these accounts mere “puffs of the press," or “tricks of the trade,” as some might suppose. On the contrary, they are facts, known to thou sands, and easily verified on the spot, il necessary. At the same time, ol course, it is true, < that we have, as yet, quite a large number |of Catholics in this country who seem to possess no energy of faith, and give no | external signs of spiritual life; but this | apparently stagnant mass dwindles into '■ utter insignificance before the vast num bers of those who are really and thorough ly practical, while each succeeding day bears glad witness to the penitent return of one or more of their stray sheep, also, to the one fold of their Master. Hence, we may confidently hope and predict that their entire number will again eventually return and help to swell the onward tide of our ii resistible progress. Let not this seeming drawback, then, discourage us in our endeavors ! We are not instructed to lo:k for any complete earthly victory over heresy, schism, or indifference ; nor should we excite ourselves with undue expectations of impossible or unwarranta ble achievements, It must needs be that scandal will come, and oppositions bitter and trying will exist co-equal with the world ; for the life of the Church, like that of her founder and prototype, is des tined to be a warfare upon earth to the very end. In fact, it is far better that it should be thus, at least for The present Loot: back over the past ages of the C i lurch! When did it attract greater attention, spread more rapidly, or flourish more wonderfully than in the very midst ol some dreadful persecution i W hen were its members more fervent, or its converts more numerous, than in the dark and bloody days of Nero and Diocletian ? In stead of deploring, we ought to thank God, then, for the obstacles that we meet. They arc a special work of God’s favor. Indeed, they arc the very means which God is evidently employing, as id the days of old, to do still greater works, to insure still more wonderful progress, and to bring thousands of onr countrymen and countrywomen into the fold of His only-begotten Son. All that we must do is wait and work; work patiently, work pcrsevcrmgly. We must show the world not only who, but also what, we are. We must come out in our full strength, exert every muscle, avail ourselves of every means to remove the still lingering pre judices concerning our numbers, our in fluence, our standing in life, our faitly and our practices. Hitherto, either from ignorance, or malice, many have looked upon and represented us in the light of a beggarly, ignorant, and superstitious class, while our holy Church has been consid- ered and denounced as a drawback in the department of science, a check on the flights of genius, a stumbling block to the onward march of intellect, an enemy to liberty, and a hotbed of political and religious despotism. God knows how far this caricature is from awarding with the the truth ; but we must convince thenon- Calholic American mind of the fact that our Church and faith is not and cannot be liable to such imputations. What we want, therefore, is the means of showing forth and recording the actual progress of the Church upon that incredulous mind. What we need is, to herald, from time to time, the learned and eminent men and women, artists, inventors, statesmen, ju rists, scholars of every description, who have lived and died in communion with the Church during the past, or who are still practical and edifying members of it at the present. What wo require is, to publish and circulate the statistics of Catholicism in this country, and thereby show, in incontrovertible figures, that not only in numbers, but also in wealth and influence, we have already grown to be the Church of America. What we must do is to convince outsiders that the Church not only has been from her very begin, liing, but is still the chief patron, pro tector, and friend or learning, art, and liberty, iu every land under the sun, but nowhere more than iu our own America, where she is left, untrammelled by secular influence, to grow and expand as she | chooses. Now, it is evident that this can be ! effected only in one way, and by one | means, and that means is the press—we ! have not Priests enough to canvass the | country, nor can we get them. Besides, ! even if we had, they could not obtain ad : mittance into every household. Books and papers, on the contrary, w il be read everywhere, for our people are eminently a reading people, and never decline being instructed in that quiet andj unobtrusive way. Os this fact, the Catholics of this country are well aware: and hence, it lias always been an object of especial solicitude < ll! v< ‘’:eryb](» and illustrious Bishops, uudothm leading men of the community, to encourage such as ventured on a lite rary career by everv means Tin their p wei. Nay, many of these men, al though kept busy from morning to night with official duties, have, nevertheless, spent a portion of their time in writing books of a character tW does honor to the men by whom and the country in which they wore written. Hence it comes, that Catholicity in this country, though comparatively of recent date, has already it" native literature and its organs, whose power is felt throughout the laud felt so much, that outside writers and speakers are day by day growing more timorous'of breaking a lance with our noble and fdaring defend ers. We have, indeed, already men in Toe editorial and author’s chair whose power is universally acknowledged. Dr. Brown son, a philosopher of extraordinary ability, has fur years past, in his Quarterly Review, handled every question of pre sent interest with skillful learning and the depth of genius; Archbishops Ken liex, Hughes, and Spalding; Bishops England, McGill, O’Connor, and Lynch, amid 1 Heir laborious duties, have victori ously defended the Catholic cause, and given to Catholic doctrines and practices that lucid and forcible explanation, which leaves the maligner no ground for a pre text of ignorance ; while the Rev. Drs. White, Pise, Heckcr, Purcell, and Sestini, in various periodicals, and the talented con verts McMaster, Huntington, Major, Bur net, Chandler, and others, in the editorial chair, have each given us, or conducted for the time being, fearless and able organs of the Church, and contributed great ly to the dissemination of Catholic truths and Catholic principles. Indeed, a culmi nating point seems to have already arrived. For science, to-day, except with the shal low and superficial, is universally re cognized as the handmaid of the Church of Rome ; in politics, especially since the late war, Catholicism is acknowledged on all hands as eminently conservative; and, on the score of national prosperity, no one who has an eye to see and a mind to judge, can say that she is opposed to laudable and legitimate advancement. What then, we may ask, what is the prospect of the Catholic Church in Ameri ca ? Will she prove herself equal to the task of evangelizing and converting the land, or will she gradually wither and die away like some exotic plant that finds the soil and climate unfavorable to its growth ? What do the signs of the times indicate? What, judging from the past, are we permitted to conclude for the future? What do the statistics of the land say in response ? From one and all sides we hear this encouraging answer : the num ber of Catholics, even without foreign accessions, will continue to increase in the future as they have done in the past; their number will almost double itself every twenty-five years; month after month more numerous and more perfect institutions for the young will be founded; our extensive missions will incessantly he enlarged and better supplied with men and means; our magnificent cathedrals, and our more humble churches, will he almost daily multiplied, while the number of our pious, learned, and zealous Priests, will receive regular and strong reinforce ments of young, active and energetic men, whose zeal will be co-ex tensive with these superior advantages and the benefits of a still more and more thorough system of religious instruction and training in every town, village, and hamlet, of the land. With the presence of more Priests looking after the spiritual interests of the people and numerous bands of devoted Sisters and Brothers educating our youth, the prospect is that the coming generation will even far excel the present in a j er fect knowledge of their holy faith, and in the devout practices which that holy faith 5