The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-29

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unse the nmiasssa Of ass It VISA God Who aid is
univssss had s1eune INTO sxistenoe Il vas 0od whs
tick that bread end blessed II end said, This my
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e be f yoa" but. he says. do this In commemoracn
o. me-" I (Jesus) institute you my priesss-hsrs
peat that aet which have perfos arc to take
that brad snd bless IL and Say these Words and ~ the
ees fhsi be operated "And q have given 10 you to
drink 20 you shall give 70 otnsrs" 1900 years
and more have rolled away and that sign nrst
senbed In Jerusalem has within the
susies upon the affairs Of the Catholic world 1890 years
ana more have rolled away and thnt commission then
That commando Do ys thus In smorstioa Of nsD
has been faithfully o6eyed and the pr.iass who will this
DAY oner that holy and adorable sacrse upon he altar
can ~ with tho truth st. Paul In his day and
generation, the chacs Of beneAetion which bless Ii
u not participation Of tho blood Of Christ; and the
body Of Lord!" Here then dear brothers. without
further words, will at once the magnificent and
the full accomplishment Of all figures Of iii promises Of
al types ana all shadows; you will here at
the great work Of mans sin being expated the Divinity
uniting itself with humanity and mans being established
Of hts heart most fully met Need tell you more,
Need tell you how 1t was that the hearts Of
Of the altar and Their frequent participation Of
that saving victim inspired with every age
with sentiment. Of religion, By which they performed
sacrifice and this of the altar that armed the
believer with that wonderful and indomtaole courage
that made him quail not before the face Of tyrans and
filed his heart with transport and delight ia the
very presence Of the gibbet and tho stake Need tell
that was this That breathed into the young and
the tender heart OF the helpless virgin that manly aud
heroic orude thar enabled her resist wnsd
yrant and that gave her that indomtable courage that
subdue Need tell ysu that IL u this that throngs
temple Of God "a 1t Is still thrcnged where there Is his
shippers both Of high low degree who equally rejoice
to come whether in JOY sorr0w-whether In poverty
opulenos in misery or In come to the foot OF
those affairs to pour forth the earnest tribute OF their
hsnkRiviDgs and lay down the burhen Of their giefs
There the widow came, and there tho orphan came,
TO address their prayers and their signs and their tears
to Him who 10 the WIDOWS friend and the orphans
father There the poor aud the down trodden, and tho
within the house of their Father knowing that
there ct least although the world had cat them Off
there home where they would ind remedy for all
all their weakness solsce in all their WOO And oh
it around those affairs that children could
tn a me people S0ula come as aaeea nos
1t Dattered not their condition cstate-it mat
tered not from how various or distant chimes they
ca0e-i mattered what dialects they spoke.
toms they hsld-they all united around that
table amidst all their dverstes Of rank and state and
cline, and country and manners, blended
gether in the besutifu harmony OF one glorious faith
and In that holy and minenty divine and
sublime sacrifice and sacrament Of the Christian altar
1t because loved that altar and that sacrifice
that they sought they still seek, that which
presented from the begin1ng it presented now
csnopisa with its oOmss Of PorphOry and silver They
poured upon their chests Of gold and nourshed 1t with
the jewels and precious stones Tho high born and the
opulent and the Ioor, We'd with each other In their
Municence and above 1t, and around 1t they reared
those glorious temples with their tall spires pointing to
the heavens with their vauleed arches and long aiss
tending to impress the mind and soul Of man with
solemn sense Of the soemnity and grandeur OF Gods
you still behold it. grand and glorious ceremonial
-mystic light and smoking censers acolytes In white
robes and priests in gorgeous vestments for nothing
ministers upon the chief priest OF the sacrifice Nothing
considered too itch too beautiful for her
preparing for her husband, and nothing could DO
considered too grand or too beautiful to adorn
that Tabernacle which God placed among men;
may give The momentary life of Inspiration that tenn
pie yet all dies out again and vanishes with the
very echoes Of that voice. the last echo Of the football
Of the vorsbpper that passes from without its doors
Oh, thanks be to God, Catholic people! Thanks
be to Goo that have that altar that saoroe and that
sment Let cling to 1t with fidelity andlove Let
mitste the faith and pety Of our forefahers Aud
you German people-you, is consong and gratifying
to have here given evidence that the love father
land is sti fresh and burnpg your hearts, and that
forefn hers In the land where he to
side and be forever Lord God and they were to be his
people This 1t is that explains all the Catholic doctrine
al tho Catholic ceremonies and all the Catholic rites.
This it is that is the lite and centre Of creed and at
the time the meaning Of all witress and psrci
pate in this glorious DAY Take away that altar and
take away that aud sacrifice from the Chris
tian snple you the heart from very
ard the polre Of spiritual life must Immediately
to beat within IT. the current Of the hfe blood
must cease to flow and all will become nanmate and
senseless In vain will you render /; erialiy grand
and bt autifu vain will you crowd Its aes with the
wealth intelligence, beauty and fashion Of the world in
vain will you make its vaults resound with accents
of the most thrilling human ecquence-au is without
end meaning the temple Itself Is void and empty ;
there is altar or II there Is altar IL nothing
for there is no sacrihcc-therc Is prestthere
Office for priest because there Is sacrifice The
deemng and atoDDg voice from Calvary rises
net from within its walls Tho cry for par
dom Of the Redetmer longer ascends to heaven
Of Jour birth raised you thoe glorious and majestic
piles In honor OF their faith and in attestation their
pety and their xc& here In this land where
God has placed youwhere he has blessed the frut Of
that within you there is the faith tnat the
generosity burns In your bosoms and that there 10 the
zeal in all your actions and in all your thoughts
OBJ then let rally around that altar and around that
sacrament Let encircle IL not only with msterial
bodies but with aouls full Of faith and full Of pety
and zeal. Let US love It. Let come to 1t in
wants in misery and in sim that there
may be strengthened that there may be purified,
that there may be whole, and that so at all
times may worship within It's temple here that in
another day may be made worthy to worship In that
other temple, wh,re brought into the light and bright
OF Gods own glorious and PROSTATE before
the altar Of God may join In chorus with cherubms
and sersphims. ana archaDgeis and angels Amen |!
Bentdictien, and honor and glory and praise and wis
dom and power and divinity, be to Him who stitch
up n the throne, and to the Lamb for ever
At the conclusion of the address, the immense congrc-
cation Of ten thousand PERSONS separated at half
past two O'Clock.
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