Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-04-27
nea In St. patrick's Church, on Sun

day last, before reading the Epistle and
Gospel of the day, the Pastor, Father
Hennessy, gave some very important
instructions on the matter of health,
recommending particularly strict sobri-
ty, and great attention to cleanliness Of
person, clothing, houses and premises.
After the reading of the Sacred Scrip
lures, he took for his text the words of
our Lord addressed to the sinful wo-
man, go and now sin no MORE" and
preached for half an hour on the doc
trine inculcated by our Savior, namely,
that amendment of life is an essential
condition of true repentance. The man,
he said, who is addicted to the vile hab-
it of drinking, if he wishes to be forgiv-
en-, must not only have sorrow for, and
make sincere confession of his sins to
the minister of God, but he must firmly
resolve to give them up, and to shun
every place and company which might
lead him to fall back into them again.
The man who presents himself at the
holy tribunal of confession, pretending
that he has contrition for his sins,
while in his heart he has not seriously
determined to abandon them, deceives
himself, remains in his sins, nay adds
to them the shocking crime of sacrilege,
since he profanes one of Gods holy or
dinances, and 4ramples under foot the
blood of Jesus Christ He called upon
those working men who still retain the
liberty-or rather for them, the slavery
of drinking, not to turn aside on Sat
urday evening into the beer or rum
shops, those accursed resorts where the
demon of drunkenness awaits them,
but to come straight home, hand over
their hard earned weeks wages to their
wives, and prepare to celebrate worthi-
ly the holy Sabbath of the Lord. The
greatest attention was paid by the large
congregation to the discourse of the
Rev. gentlemen, which, we are assured
by the person who gives us this infor-
nation, made profound impression
upon their minds.
Though, says our informant, the
great bulk of the people Of st. Patrick's
Church are now addicted to habits of
sobriety, yet it cannot be denied, not
withstanding the efforts of Mr.. Hennesy,
in trying to make aNsober, that there are
still some who are continuing their
scandalous custom of drinking, refusing
to free themselves from the thraldom of
incompetence, and shake off the tyrant
yoke of the fend, of drunkenness. Our
informant also states that Father Hen
necy announced ON Sunday last that ON
next Sabbath evening at IL o'clock
three would be public Temperance
meeting in the School House, the pro-
gramme to consist of short discourse
from the Pastor on Temperance, recita-
ton of temperance speeches by the
school boys. Music on the Melodeon
and Piano by Prof. Bickel, the organist
of the church, by Mrs. Coleman, form
erly teacher in the girls school, and by
Father Morris the assistant pastor,
and the singing of temperance songs
by the boys and girls of the School, the
members of the choir, the temperance
men and the Rev. Clergy. A pleasant
time may be expected, and good inn
preston will doubtless be produced.
At the last meeting of this kind the
Hall-now double its former length
was completely packed, indeed many
were obliged to remain outside unable
to find entrance. The warm season be-
ing now at hand, and the temptation to
drink, ready to assail many, it behooves
the friends of temperance to redouble
their exertions, and do all in their pow
er to arrest the dreadful evils arising
from indulgence in Misunderstanding cup.
Father Hennessy, we are sure, has the
sympathy of all good citizens in the
great work which he is prosecuting in
our city.