The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-10-09

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v.,isS. The ofchessfa played Nosart's
Grand March ffom Titus, asthe pfocession
moved into the church, splendidly.
TIE SERMON.
AT the close Of the mass, the Right Rev.
Archbishop McCloskey, Of New York.
preached the sermon. He took his text
from the forty eighth psalm, 90 follows
Great 10 the Lord, and greatly 70 DC
praised In the city Of our God.
- Beautiful for situation, the Joy OF the
whole earth, the city ofthe Great King.
"God Il known in her palace for re-
1--WE have thought Of Thy loving kind
nes.. O | God, In the midst Of Thy temple.
Mark We we'll her bulwarks, consider
her palaces, that 70 may tell 1t to the gen.
GRAFTON following. !,
"For this God Is our God, forever and
ever" -
From this he proceeded to argue anon
tho infallibility Of the Church In her mis-
sion a. teacher. The beautiful city was no
other than the Church Of God. To-day
We were witnesses Of its glory in the Sacri-
ice, celebrated mid pomp and splendor.
We were witnesses Of some of It's glorious
attributes in the assembling from every
part Of the country of archbishops, bishops,
abbies, and priests, brought together by
the Apostolic See-by the voice Of the
illustrious Archbishop, metropolitan of an
old and honored see. OF these attributes
unity was more bright, and shone more
conspicuous for the reason that it had
passed through troublous and trying times,
and had been put more severely to the
test. Social unity had suffered, the bond
of charity, ever among us as citizens Of Q
common country, had been broken, but the
bond Of unity Of faith between the chill
dren of the Church was Is strong Is before.
Never did all meet before more truly as Q
band Of brothers-more with one heart and
one soul. Never before was q council
more marked with spirit Of goodwill and
solemnity than that Of to-day.
periods In the Church's history, when coun-
ellis Of bishops, while though not so large
in number, and Of different character, were
of the same model. When the Apostles
assembled in the first council at Jerusalem
they transmitted an example to all time.
The Bishop then took up the next attri.
butte, the Church's infallibility, and after
making and defining the distinction between
infallibility and impeccability, proceeded
to argue with ability that the Church was
infallible in it's teachings,
In conclusion, he addressed himself to
the dignitaries assembled thus:
"Reverend delegates and venerable
fathers, great responsibility rests upon
us. We arc here assembled as the legiti-
mate successors of those to whom the COM
mission and the power to teach the world
was given, not to examine or decide upon
any disputed doctrine or define any new
article Of faith, much less are we here to
discuss questions Of merely secular ma
ture, or to treat Of anything that bears the
slightest political tendency or complexion.
We are here assembled to deliberate and
consult together concerning those things
that appertain to US as bishops of the
Church in fulfilment of the Divine COM
mission entrusted to us.
"We are here to consult for the interests
Of souls, for the interests especially of daily
Increasing thousands of faithful people
now scattered over the vast expanse of sur.
face that is within our borders, and which
has already become, in great part, -four
fishing domain, to consult also for The
spiritual interests Of ourselves, our pastors,
and our focks, and to devise means to pro-
mote the greater specification of all and
in this important work we rely upon no
strength of our own, but on that of the
Almighty. In this work, in these deep
considerations, we beseech the Father Of
us all to show us what is best to bless the
beginning of our labors this day; to bless
them through their continuance to bless
the shepherds, and also the tlocks; to bless
the Church and its visible head on earth,
who deserves our sympathy now more than
ever; to bless our country and its union !;
to bless us all, and lead us safely through
the dangers and difficulties which beset the
soiourner in this valley of tears. Amen"
The sermon occupied few moments less
than an hoAr. The Archbishop is a sanity
looking gentleman, and delivered his ad-
dress with distinctiveness, grace, and ease,
notwithstanding the fact that but few
moments before he began to preach, he re-
ceived the sad intelligence that his beauti-
full Cathedral in New York was destroyed
last night.
THE CLOSING EXERCISES.
After the sermon of the Archbishop, the
Sixty-eighth Psalm, Saue me, 0 God, and
the Litany of the Saints were intoned
after which, the Council was formally
opened by an address, in Latin, from the
Archbishop of Baltimore, president of the
Council. After colloquy, in Latin, the
calling of the rolls of the Council, Bishop
Spalding pronounced arch-episcopal bless
ing after which, the procession moved in
the same order as before back 10 the Arch
bishops house. As it passed out of the
church the orchestra struck up most
beautiful march, composed for the occa-
sion by DR.. Henry Dielman, professor at
Mount St. Mary's College. 1t was wit
messed by the same dense crowd and with
the same intense interest.
Thus closed the interesting and splendid
ceremonies of the day, and lasting will be
the impressions left by its grandeur and
solemnity.
This evening the yespers were chanted,
and Bishop Lynch, Of South Carolina,
preached fine sermon on the Miracu-
lous Existence of the Church."
FUTURE PROCEEDINGS.