The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1837-01-10

On Sunday morning tt>st the ceisooseu -1'''f --e
land Of Ireland and South Carolina, but al present
fresh frsm he Eternal City, preached at Pnnck
Cathedral before congregation Of intelligence, bean-
~, and pcty, perfectly without parallel N the an
nails of the Csholc Church OF this country Besides
The usual families, principally Insh people ofrespest-
ability and condition. that filled the pews, every va
cant seat was nearly filled with Protestant strangers
and other heretics who went there out of mere cum
osity and love of eoqucncc not for soul saving pur
poses) 70 hear the greatest Catholic orator. perhaps
Of this or any other country. The passages were fill
led with Irish saints of both sexes from the Five
Points, who, Though poor, frequently notous, and
somewhat in want of soap and water outwardly, are
yet INNOCENT peaceabe, clean, tidy and clean as In
en- ITSELF hroughoM Spe regionof the SOUL on the SAB
bath day.
We do not know whom there was seen such a gene
raj turn out of Catholic and Protcstant-Christlan
and Infdel-believcr and heretic-saiat snd sinner
AZ there was on this interesting ,casion The ladies
were all beautifully and elegantly dressed, and until
we all get to heaven our several ways no man can
desire to associate with sweeter SAINTS ana angels
than they appeared to be-
About haf-past ten, the ceremonies OF the churcn
besan-ceremoni that for spendor gooa Vas'e anu
magnificence, put to flight all the various MODES
that ever yet have been invented by the genus o.
man. or devised by the brilliant imagnauons OF sanity
woman. The Protestant service Is BARE naked, p'ain
philosophical-the Catholic grand poetical magma
tive theatrical and full of taste and the tne arts. In
the Catholic church there is more polteness OF man.
ner and greater variety of form, than in any other
Christian scotland can good manners inJre piety
When we enter, we put our fingers in the holy BASIN
sprinkle the clear liquid oa our breasts as an en-
blem of purity Of purpose,-cress ourselves IN
rsrnine PATHS ct Evli ct sPiritxs Sancf utterng
Nous ejaculation to heaven-sometlmes to our pa
iron saint--ssmetmes to the holy apostles Peter
and Paul. generally do so TO the Holy VTgin-out
remember once was fascinated with the charac
Ter of ST. Margaret, who died at nineteen, full Of
youth, beauty, piety, and the hope OF immortality
that never failed to pray to her in preference to all
the other saints.
The splendid ceremonies of the Mass began at the
usual hour" Introibo al aitarc Del, &c. &c. This
part of our religious service resembles the responses
Of Grace Church, but the sonorous Latin language
| the language in which Virgil sung-and Cicero
spoke is far more beautiful to the than the harsh
putteral Anglo Saxon dialect which sprung from the
barbarous hordes Of the North. AT the usual period
during these holy ceremonies Bishop England ar
raycd in his episcopal garments, mounted the pulpit
and began most eloquent and powerful discourse.
| The great mass of people were profoundly quiet
upon his appearance-unversal attention was arrest
ed-eyery eye was turned towards the preacher, and
even the coughs with which large proportion of the
congregation were afflicted were put under some
consuaint.
| The Bishops sermon was intended to shew how
every circumstance connected with the Founder Of
Christianity proved to the most assured conviction,
the reality of the Saviours appearance upon earth
according TO Holy writ.
His object was to engender faith, that most essen.
tia requisite Of Christanity-faith spsn conviction
and conviction only. He said if we heard any won.
dsrfa account Of any event from any person or friend
il would not be sufficient for to believe him. We
might feel assured that he would not wfully deceive
us, and that he incapable of falsehosd, bat this
would not be sufficient for us to be assured of the We
racity of his statcment-he might be deceived, impo-
sed upon. We must look for other and corroborating
testimony, before we could surrender up our judg-
ments before we could have faith. So with Chris
tanity-there be true faith where there is moi
conviction. The Bishop then showed the perfect cor
roboratng testimony Of Christ's existence, from eve
nv circumstance narrated of him from his sc,ioni
and those of others He did nothing mortal would
have done, in his divine mission. His acts TN
| emanarions Of God-head, which human wisdom maj
adore, but could never have compassed. He did no
! do "a man would have done-hc did not write book
nor give any instructions for a book to be written
| nor select any book standard for the guidance
| of his children He was himself the divine embody
ment- himselfthe book-the fountain head which wa
20 distribute the waters of salvation ser sterile earth
the sun which was to shine thenccforth and forever
upon the before benghted world.
Il is impossible TO follow the eloquent BishoI
through the whole of his clear and original discourse
Half of his Protestant hearers were astonished-sI
this Poperyf' ais this Catholictyl" els this tn
old lady IF Babylon7" IL was no appeal TO the pas
sons-no attempt to win into heaven as children ar
into good behavior, by glowing picture of aniicpa
ted felicy-nor to fnghten us from hell by painiin,
dark terrors with darker denunciatons
1t was an appeal to the reason-it showed the ex
pert dalectican-the ingenious controversalist-th,
powerful thinker II entirely in the style Of IN,
ancient Fathers or the schosmen OF the middle ages
During the sermon the Church was hes by hun
drcds of both sexes, who were unable to gain admis
sion, and whilst mass was performing, numbers wsr.
on their knees before the door.
Bishop England is the Dan OConne Of Catholi
city, He is a man of powerful energetic ergina
mind One of the most curious sights and singular
traits in his high Intellectual character is TO see his