New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-28
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY. NOVEMBER g. 1853

yrur wel 10 reted ulnn with The ,esraal ,ha
edwheton he nn,ne 'ene'a'cn, 30 The gr",of woke ."
,om h,eii,n ~ ihe faith ~ Whn,a undertakings w "n'
lhpd NNu hiN doll, niHmrd Wee, even ihu rrffapnlA
live oiihe iol rAhoh who hos uton Hifai upon lha
lon, wells aud hiena Tho imnense eslea 81 ~ rglefs
hnws well ihhi hua 10 difference between The slnrli
nle Witch viii ho bio. su Ia lls place. an Tho spanlnni
aud towering structure al which Ma'e 10 "name'el
ihuie ile iaa seun there Tho Father ~ hn fhiihin
upon earth oneap,H Ia on,,ng up lhp sacrifice If atone
aud aoiniie,sio Hin whuar Nlenf upon Hnfih no VI
aud lac elsu hae opohaud The holy sacrifice Within iho~el"
Thai wonderful buildings aud lei hls niefoa 10 lla
tn witnessing thai wherein you arc engaged. M
w What ho Witnessed thuu fac ihu fiih !. oon
,oined do nol hnag luo nom ,hono ionilkn Thai opn
'idot she w"fh in whhh you aio onsasod ~ hp'
noble enc inr | am Informed that Ito dlnenaioni
VIII be larger. ih"n tho usual sl,o OF Catholic
shuUhoa IN the city of Now York, nnd that u
viii he honor a. Tho whole Island whom u Is nishod
but mean that the oNo,tons Of man. Whatever They may
be- o acceptable 10 God ony wlon prompted by tho proper
sI whom offered with there sentiments and dispositions.
without which nothing however valuable In ITSELF " ae
coabc Ia the Lord Of Hosts Anything that begun on
this Island whether In civil fel gloas point OF Wow,
should not be called wonderful lie who would feel as.
constituent ihcoa docs not know this wonderful piece OF
ground, Manhattan. We can remember when, only few
N,nrr ago there woro bnt few Struggling houOs DO
tworn Harlem lights and Murray Hill down 10 what IL
nov the Of the City little further back In his
tory we find incidents in this portion of the Island which
would lead ~ 10 think of the work of which these incl
dents formed part You aware that during the Revo
utlonnry War; Washington headquarters were for time
at Fort Washington, which has thence taken his name
oad went from the old corner of Grand st. 10 Kings
bridge On the 18Th september, ITO W ashngtOn
Ion his quarters, came from New York, aud
marched TO Harlem flights, north east Of this place,
and there occupied Colonel Morrss house which Is well
known 10 you On the 18th of September the English
crossed the East River at Kpps Bay and first set foot on
this Island Afcr while the Americans were obliged to
abandon Fort Washington 10 the English and cross to
Fort Lee on the other side of the river Any one seeing
the Commander of the American army obliged to quit the
Island aud leave it TO the enemy, might say: what
Door cause this American h and how impossible il
us that IT should succeed. Little could he have
dreomt whit the result Of that Revolution would b..
Irslt land Ig-Ifh
two three exceptional to.any other in the world; and
which, if il continue has began, will 90 beyond those
which exist and surpass those great cities Of an
quy of whose sze and plendor whom We read, we can
hardly believe what read Catholics living in Manhat-
tanylle remember when there were only two or three
little brick churches the Island and few priests to at
tend to the spiritual wants of the faithful remember
having gone call the Rev Dr. Peters % at
tend sick call and minister TO dying person in MGnlai-
tanye As to the increase of the City and their pros
perv and especially of the numbers OF those belonging
10 their religion and of the churches in which they
woshp0s to all these things let them expect great re-
suits from the future, with almost certainty OF not being
disappointed. But while we are surrounded with tempo
raj blessings Increasing every day, LEI us not forget the
benofcent hand which scatters them around-et US not
forget to thank the gver Of all good gifts Especially lot
us Try TO show gratitude to Almighty God rich in
blessings toward us by endeavOrng to effect pro-
gress in spiritual matters in the culture OF the heart
in religious education, in all that is required and recon-
mendCd by the Church. so a. to insure continuation OF
temporal blessings and at the same time to be sure we do
nure souls while our bodies are being provided
for Especially show your gratitude to God by Offering
at his shrine portion of your substance from time to
time without which viii be impossible 10 complete the
building in which you engaged Stand by your PASTOR
do not desert him let your zeal be cooled nor dmn
shed till the building completed till you and your friends
shall be gathered together not to see the laying OF the
corner stone the raising OF The wall but to witness the
dedication of the structure to Almighty God to behold the
ceremonies by which the building is put in for the
sacred purpose for which it was erected.
After Mr. Cummings had concluded, the Nuncio be-
slowed bis benedcOn all present. when the people dis
persed The Rev Mr.. Donely then up to the
porters table and said that there would be rather
interesting performances at his house, in which he hoped
they would all participate In the ante we saw the
Nuncio again This time, however, nearly shorn OF his
robes and before him were company OF small
boys whom we learned belonged to the school
of 1.-The Infant Jesus Of the Christian Brothers,
some of whom had to present them to the Nunco.
A fine young boy named Alyar de Comeau, was
reading address welcoming him as the representative
of the Holy Father.
Mir Bedni responded in Italian, (which DIR. Cummings
translaed1 saving he sent mission OF charity
and love and that the world by poverty of the children of
the Church was not regarded by the Holy Father if ty
would be only rich in faith, and if they 1.-THE
boys) progressed in goodness, the temple which
their fathers building would in numbers the Church
aud themselves would have TO rejoice lie then
gave the boys q Pontifcal Benediccn when they de-
parted. e,n.,
The company were then invited to bountful collation.,
the examination Of which going on with great spirit
when our reporter left for home.