Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-11-25
rHE MISSION AND JUBILEE.

II Closes i'm Presence of n Dense
Crowd of WOrshiPpcrs-Esequ
Mass TO-day-Intercsting Lecture
by Father Henning Tonight.
The Mission terminated last night. Du-
ring the entire eleven days an immense
number of people visited the Cathedral
each day, the church being open from bs-
fore 3 O'Clock in the morning until after
10 at night
In former number of the UNION AND
AMERICAN we explsined the meaning of
Jubilee, and we VIII now try to explain
what a mission Is, rather thSn qnhat ii
means There are several orders in tne
Catholic ChTch whose members devote
themselves exclusively TO the service of
God; among these orders are the Redemp-
florists, the Lazarists, the Paulists, etc.,
each Of whose members devote much
of their time to travelling from
place to place and preaching on
the doctrines and practices of
the church These missionaries. being
educated for this express purpose, seem to
possess q supernatural power over the
minds of the people whom they visit; for,
no matter where they go, thousands flock
to hear them, and once heard. no kind of
weather ever deters q sufficient number
| from attending their preaching, to prevent
| the pews and aisles from being filed.
Men and women who have grown gray in
the service Of the devil become
humble as little children, and re-
solve to lead new lives for the future Many
who have not entered a Catholic Church
for ten, twenty, and even forty years, may
be seen listening to the Missionarys words
Of consolation with heart filed with JOY,
inspired by confidence in God of infinite
mercy.
Again, these missionaries attract num-
bers of non-Cathohcs, who are always
| pleased, and more or less edited in pro-
portion to the number of times they hear
them; those attending regularly having
the advantage of hearing the full course OF
the lectures, while others. less attentive.
lose the thread of the arguments. and
much of the practical instruction. In the vast
crowd Of worshippers daily, the stalwart La.
boring man may be seen kneeling by the side
Of the delicate and accomplished lady; the
servant by the side of her mistress, the
man whose hair has been whitened by the
frosts of three score and ten by the side Of
the little boy or girl of seven or eight. In
short, all ages and conditions or life are
represented in church during "a mission,
which ismarked by millions as the time o.
beginningto lead new life and trying to
save their souls.
The mission closed last night, and ar
immense crowd assembled to hear the con.
| Guiding lectures, and to receive the part
ing blessing of the good Fathers. We art
happy to say, however, that the public
will have another opportunity of seeing
and hearing them, for at o'clock thi.
morning they will celebrate Requiem
Mass for the dead of Nashville, and at Z!
o'clock this evening, the Rev. Joseph Hen
ming, Of St. Louis, will deliver lectur,
for the benefit of the poor of Nashville
ON the subject Of THE Infallibility of tn
Church. The good Fathers never forge
the poor, and we know the people of Nash
vile are too generous to allow this oppor
tunity to pass without contributing tn
small sum of fifty cents to so charitable a.
object, especially as by this means the
will have an opportunity of hearing one c
the most gifted and polished orators of tn
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