Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-11-09
CATHOLICISM AT WASHINGTON CITY.

From the Pilot, a Roman Catholic paper
| printed in Boston, OF the 29th Oct, 1893, we
| take the following paragrahs, which explain
| themselves, and which, it is trusted, will be
carefully read and considered by every intel
| ligent citizen the country over:-
"The conservation of the new Jesuit church
at Washington, has been the chief topic of
Catholic interest. 1t is large. and, in Its in
terror structure and decorations, noble and
beautiful structure. One of the Jesuit Faith
ers was the architect. The Most Reverend
Archbishop (Hughes) of New 7 York, who neV-
er fails to rise with the grandeur of great
occasion, preached a noble sermon, said by
those who heard il to have been OF the best
he ever delivered. The Church is calculated
for twenty-five hundred persons, but on this
occasion it must have contained over three
thousand. The attendance of the President
of the United States, several members of the
Cabinet, Foreign Ministers, &c, will not be
pleasant 10 our Dark Lantern friends but they
must try to conquer their disgusts, for they
will have great many things OF this Kind to
annoy them before many years are over.
ssrhe National Capitol is surrounded with
Catholic Institutions. There are Catholic
colleges and converts in Washington, George
town, and Alexandria. Many OF the most re-
spectacle citizens of these places are Catho-
lies, and there are also many converts. Wash
ington has also been signalized by one of the
most remarkable and most perfectly attested
miracles ever worked in this country, of which
a very careful account, with the documentary
evidence, is given in the published writings of
the late ilustrious Bishop England. The Pres
ident Of the U. s., Mr.. Buchanan, was one of
the hundreds of witnesses of this miracle.
ssWashington is. and is yet more to be. one
of the chief centres Of Catht licity in this
country. God Almighty does not work mira
cleS without an object, beyond the temporary
and apparent. Last winter, when Congress in
vited the clergymen of all denominations at
the Capitol to open the sessions with prayers,
the country was little surprised to find that
there We're almost many of the Catholic
clergy there as OF all the various sects. |
have not the means of knowing what proper
tion of Catholics there may be in the various
departments of the Government at Washing
ton, but there should be larger number.
The venerable Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, a dignitary in some respects higher
than the President, is Il Catholic. Most of
the family of Lieut.. Gen. Scott are Catholics
The beautiful and excellent lady of Senator
Douglas is good Catholic, OF whom every
one who knows her speaks in terms of admi-
ration. Many of the officers of the Army and
Navy are born Catholics or converts"
Comment is unnecessary EVERY one can
draw his own conclusions. The miracle allu-
ded to. if we are not mistaken, was the alleged
instantaneous restoration to health of Mrs.
Ann Mattingly, in 1924, on swallowing the hO-
ly sacrament of the eucharist, after having
suffered intensely from an liberated back for
several years, and all hopes of a cnre having
been abandoned by the attendant physicians.