Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-10-03
Forever gracious is the Lord,
Forever faithful to his word



Forever faithful to his words
BY sweet experience now prove
His mercy, his unehanging love.
The lilies which Jesus loves TO gath
er in their early and delicate beauty,
do not always grow in the carefully
fenced and cultivated parts of his
garden here. Often like the little
wood blossom, it is from among the
thorns, and out of the tangled thick.
cts Of briery and desolate places, that
they are taken TO be transplanted to
his garden above.
Cody members Of goddess families
are hidden in dark cellars or bleak
garretts from the eye of man still
"the eye of the Lord is upon them
that fear him, upon them that hope in
his mercy to deliver their souls from
death, and to keep them alive in
famine"
The "incorrnptible seed of his own
word, scattered it may be by a Sab
bath school teacher, in what seems
very uneultured and uncared for soil,
springs in Gods good time; often in
season Of loneliness and pain, the lit
tie sufferer turns for solace to the
simple hymns and sweet Scripture
verses, which, with a power never
known before, speak peace to the pin
ing heart, and testify OF Jesus the ev-
or living-ever loving-ever present
Saviour 'fAnd he who is the same
yesterday, to-day and forever" now,
as in the days Of his flesh, takes up
young children into his arms and
blesses them; and it is manifest to all
who stand by how tenderly she gath
ers the lambs with his arm, and car.
ries them in his bosom" and sis very
gracious TO them at the sound of their
cry"
ARCHBISHOP PURCELL on THE Re-
CENT Council AT RoME.-Archbishop
Purcell, of Cincinnati, attended the
great Council in Rome a few weeks
since, where he occupied the scat of
honor at the right hand of the Pope.
He has returned home, and on Sun
day evening, the sth inst he gave
lecture in which he reviewed his ex-
perience. We quote few passages /:
"When we saw assembled so many
hundreds Of bishops-so many hun
dreds of learned teachers, doctors, gen
erals Of orders, worthy of comparing
almost with those of the primitive
Church, coming from the most distant
lands-we said to ourselves that moth
ing but truth could command or re-
ceive such homage. If any other de-
nomination--and speak not unkind
ly, | speak but for the truth-if any
other-the largest denomination oil
so-called Christians on the eartb-I
were to attempt such demonstration.
j ask you if they could so succeed.
Whence would they come, and how
many would there beY What history
what traditions could they bring along
with them, and trace their origin TO
Jesus Christ
As you know, some Of the prelates
lately assembled in Rome had to come
further than the wise men came un-
der the guidance of the star that led !
to the Saviour in the manger at Beth |
lehem. Further and further did they
come than any had ever como before |
TO worship at Rome or Jerusalem. |
And from the United States there
came bishops from sees, and tribes
and tongues and peoples never before
heard of-never before represented in
the Council of Nice, or in the general
council of the Catholic Church. From
all these distant places and from all
these distant nations they came with |
one glorious accord, with one sympa-
thy of belief in the eternal truth that |
has been preserved by Rome-the
mother and mistress ofall the church.
es. Many of these bishops had TO
travel on camels backs for eight.
nine, ten or twelve days before thew
could reach the point of shipping to
get TO Rome.
And when we met there we did
not meet like strangers. There are
no strangers 10 the Catholic Church.
We are not foreigners or aliens. We
are Of the household of faith; the
children of God; fellow citizens of
the same Church; and when we came
together we came as members of the
same family, children of the same
God, professors of the same faith |
There was then no stranger among
us. met with venerable oriental |
bishop by the name of Melchezidec
and we walked together in that grand
procession of Rome as if we had known
one another all our lives, and we
talked together in the language of the
Church. We prolessed the same faith,
and We united In the same ceremon-
les. We were one, as Christ wished |
all his apostles TO bo, and all who |
believed in Him, TO the end of time. |