The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-11


this purpose. The altar is of pure Italian marble
beautifully scuptured, the base presenting the up
pearance Of an arched sarcophagus with . front Of
glass and an entombed Christ reclining upon o slab
Of marble within The church is located in one OF
the most denseiy populated portions OF the metrop0
Lis, and possessing very large congregation. the
need of the alterations and particularly the enlarge
ment OF the seaung capacity Of the edihce have long
The ceremony was inaugurated by his Grace the
Most Rev: ArcnDishop McCloskey, assisted by Rev.
of the Saints and recng prayers appropriate to the
occasion. The altar was then sprinkled with holy
The shrine was then Illuminated and high mass was
sung by Rev. Father McNierny secretary to the Arch
bishop as ceebTant assisted by Rev. Messrs. Farrell,
as deacon and subdeacon and c0rps OF well drilled
acoytes Generali's mass in was sung by the choir,
the average was the rendition OF the Gloria in En-
9ssts snd ks Eleison There is good material in
the choir, which however, needs much patient labor
and practice before can sing with that unity and
mutual support so indispensable to success
After the gospel his Grace delivered a most elo-
qnent and impressive address, appropriately select
ing the theme OF his discourse the eighth verse OF
the twentyaft Psalm:-"I have loved, O Lord, the
beauty Of Thy house and the habitation Of Thy
glory" The most reverend prelate commenced by
saying that the same divine spirit which animated
the holy prophet In uttering the sublime words Of
| and accomplishment Of the work of restoring and
Identifying the sacred edfce in which they were
assembled. 1udI ueVOut spirit had always animated
the adherents OF the Roman Catholic faith in every
age and cline to vie with each other in the erection
OF magnificent churches, for the habtaton of that
God, who, all great and all powerful, inhabiting
eternity, yet condescended to dwell in tabernacles
reared reared BY earthly earthly hands He deprecated the
and say "why this waste p, He He compared
them to those who murmured against Mary Mag:
dalen for her beautiful offering In amounting the head
of the blessed Saviour with the of precious ONT
ment Those who thus object, he said, are not
poor who willingly give their all This sentiment
sprung frum the hearts OF the rich and avariciOus
who, like Dives, abound in plenty. The church upon
earth, he continued, was typical of heaven; founded
by Christ himself it was immortal and everlasting.
He Himself had declared that He would
should teach It ali aS i and ta tSs
gates Of hell should never prevail against it..
twas created for oil people and all ages, for all
Chimes and tongues. Its unity and Catholicism had
always been the intrinsic badges OF its divinity.
That unity had been transmitted through the Ap0s-
tanned by them. Individuals might withdraw them
selves nom her ranks; communities might depart
from from the fold; whole nations might abandon her
Snd spirit q t Christ which had always been
once renewed by strong and nourishing members.
Her sacraments and her discipline were all holy and
she had walked IN the paths of truth and right
eousness, protected from ali error and evil by her
divine founder and instructor. The soul of every
human being was a church; it was the temple Of
In his peroration his Grace most forcibly set forth
the holiness Of the Church and the that should
be taken TO enter 1t with ''pure minds and clean
hearts.n At the close OF the sermon, which was
listened to with profound attention. the mass was
resumed, at the end OF which the benediction was
pronounced by the Archbishop, and the vast cOngre-
CATION dispersed, the services terminating at half
past one O'Clock.
Church Of New Jerusalem.
The Rev. Chauncey Giles (swedenborgian) lectured
last evening on the "Relations Of Spirit to Matter
and of Spirits to Man" to O crowded house. He
commenced by stating In general way the relations
OF all things to each other In order to show that the
higher and purer the substance the general and
powerful its action. But no material substance or
force however refined, could exist by itself. All
matter is created and sustained by spiritual force
within 1t. All force relative to matter is spiritual.
All changes in matter-even its bare existence
is due to spiritual causes. The real world,
then, Is the spiritual world. 1t Is the source of all
power and life. We are living in that world
now as to our souls. 1t Is from that world that we
receive all our life. If we destroy the eye the world
loses one means Of communicating with the material
world II we destroy all the senses, though the body
may retain life it would have conscious connec.
ton with anything by death we are freed from all
conjunction with material things and the man comes
into the spiritual world. Mr.. Giles then discussed
AND to " this n the 70
ual world we attract and repel those who are In
similar or dssmilar states with our own The will
| upon 1t with much power. They are repealed by
| the determined opposition OF q strong will. A
nuence OF evil spirits. If we yield to them they gain
greater power over usif We resist them they will
finally leave us altogether. Thus we open our hearts
to the influence of the angels Evil spirits take pos
session OF the material body in order to lead men 10
destruction. The demoniacs mentioned In the
gave their Victims supernafura Strength and
forced them to mutiate themselves with knives
sn@ s ro %pGn tine
they addressed our Lord and called him by name,
and modern spirualism bears testimony TO the same
phenomena. Swedenborg testides to the same facts
He says that only similar spirits approach man.
II man Is in the pride OF his own intelligence the
spirits favor his every thought and lead him on
a blind man leads blind man, until both fall INTO
the ditch The danger OF such Intercourse Is appa-
rent Spirits excite our natural affections, and our
natural affections are evil. They are not lead to
heaven. No man can follow his natural affections
and attain to heavenly life, and any influence that
leads him TO follow them must lead him In the wrong
direction. This will be better understood when we
understand the real power OF spirits over men. They
have an intense desire TO take possession of the ma
terial body, and do. II they can find man whose
affections are similar to their own many can take
possession of his body at one time Thus the Lord
seven out OF Mary Magdalenc and legion out Of
the Gadarene. This accounts for many phenomena
connected with modern splrltuaism such a. table
tipping and rapplng SPLITS also have the power and
have died. Thus they make Others think, and really
think Themselves that they are the person whom they
represent. in this way they have made SwedenbOrg
seem TO contradict himself But evil spirits fee at the
approach Of divine truth quotation from the Bible
will drive them away. II was this weapon our Lord
used when tempted by the devil. The lecturer then
entered upon q concise statement OF the general
principles In this subject TO he drawn from Sweden
borgs teachings. They assert that the spiritual
world is the real. substantial world; that It Ia
and are, to souls, in 1t all the tme that
the inhabitants are really, though not consciously,
associated and that the open intercourse Is not per-
United because It would destroy our freedom. The
Lord gives HIS Word to guide us, and leaves in
freedom to act for ourselves.
The Churches in Jersey City.