The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-06

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archbishops. bishops and mitred abbOts, ex-
| tending down that vast transept OF st. Peters;
| when the Sovereign POntG himself arose anu
made the declaration of his faith, followed
by the aged cardinals and the long lines OF
archbishops and bishops as they came up ana
placed their hands on the Holy Gospels and
said, II so believe every one saying the
same words of faith, the same promise OF dlity
| to the church and the cause of God, and the
admission made In the various languages OF
the East, then. indeed, felt more ian ever
the unity, the calholcity of the church. From
Cape of Good Hope, from Hudsons Bay TO
Chilli, from every quarter, there was heard one
| faith. one baptism, one Church of Christ there
assembled in her majesty, and there about
to declare the faith of Christ to the world:
May Almighty God bless the work OF that
Council May the Holy Ghost remain with
them, and when they shall have spoken, may
their words sink deep into faithful hearts.
Nav they be fruitful unto every good, unto
| the glory Of God and the saving of souls.
| ST. PntricI<'s :Church-Close of the Mis-
| sion given by Father Gnresche.
The regular congregation. joined by Catho-
lies from other churches, and number of
nom Catholics, who were anxious to hear the
elooue mt Jesuit father, filed every nook OF st.
Patricks Church ut High Mass yesterday
morning.
Before beginning his discourse, Father Ga
resche urged the congregation to form a tenl-
perance society, reminding them that those
who were always temperate, and had the
honor ofthe church at heart might with adj
vantage join such society, in order to prove
their own faith and sincerity. as well as for the
enco uragement of others a few names had
already been inscribed, but he wanted to have
at least two hundred before he left Charleston.
The centre OF the society might be at st. Pat
rick's, but the members might be drawn from
all the Catholic congregations in the city.
The subject of the discourse was the parable
of the Prodga Son-that parable of doctrine
and love. Father Garesche began by showing
that the first false step In the path of sin was
the belief that time and riches were ours, to
bestow as we pleased. The Prodigal Son was
eager to take what belonged to him, and be
free from the rcmonstrances or the advice OF
his father. That father would not hold the SON
against his will. He might ask his son wheth-
er he had been harsh or unkind, and If he had
refused any proper gift, whatever Its price. He
might urge that experience had taught him
the danger and folly of what his son proposed
to do. But the son does not believe the Father,
thinking that the old begrudge the young their
pleasures, while, In truth. age finds Its greatest
pleasure in looking back through the vista upon
the joys and triumphs youth. The SON may be
touched by the pleading of the Father, but
pride will not allow him to give way. Hewlll
come back soon. he thinks, and 80 will have
proved his own independence: So 1t Is in the
world. The young find readily enough gay
friends who tell them not to be the slave OF q
for repentance, and bid them take their pleas
ure while they may. Their pleasures are flow
ers under which tile snake lies hid. No sinner
ever contemplates, in the beginning, the
depths to which he will fall. He intends to
repent in time, to come In later. For the
easier to say No the first time than the hun
tlredth tine-that the dirtlculty increases in
geometrcal progression.
The Prodigal wastes his substance in rioting
and feasting. Gay companions show him life,
and that Life is Death. And so he sinks at
last into the lowest abyss of debauchery and
shame. In like manner the sinner grows
weaker and weaker, makes less and less resls-
tance, wasting the riches OF his life and the
treasures of his SOUL Around him are dark
spirits, not yet devils, but doing the work OF
devils. Even among The young girls whom he
knows he may find those who will teach him
to neglect his duty, and vii! help him down
the long line of misery and sin.
But great famine came In the land, and
the Prodigal~is tempted to. so back to his
Father. There Is famine In the sinners
heart, and going back to the joys of Childhood
he sees thai they were illumed by The light OF
Heaven, not the light OF He'll. Looking around
him the Prodigal appeals to his boon compan-
ions for help They tell him that he ought not
to have left his home, and that he HIS gained
experience, although lie paid q heavy price.
He will not give up, and the son OF Il prince
becomes keeper fswine. And so the sinner
goes down to the lowest depth OF deSrauatlon
;c loc ,,,itl tl,oto hnef "
the shecnicst jewel in that diadem OF Heaven
But the sinner, thinking in all his misery OF
the Father whom he abandoned, resolves at
last to arise and 90 home. So, too, has it been
on this mission. Sinners who have Geen scpa-
rated from the church twenty-five and thirty
and forty and nearly fifty years, have come
back from afar, and are numbered In the told
of Christ.
Father Garcsche. after describing the long
years OF waiting Of the Father, the return OF
the Prodigal, and his pardon, exhorted ms
congregation, now that they had repented OF
their sins, to stand steadily in the path OF right
Better Is It, he said, to die on the day OF your
forgiveness, than to ask new riches OF grace
from the Father, only to abandon Him and
plunge again into the sloughs Of shame and
unbelict
Last night, at st. Patrick's Church, Rev.
Father Garcsche closed his mission In this
CITY. lHe CuulCu NdS nob oiis oSuoSfs
thronged, but there was almost as large
number outside witnessing, as far as possible,
the exercises through the windows and doors.
Father Garesche, after recilins the rosary,
delivered an eloquent and touching discourse.
He spoke of the interest in religion, which all
seemed to feel, and eXhorted the congrega-
ton to persevere in the good resolutions
formed, and called upon the mothers and Sis
tiers, sons and daughters, to exert themselves
to keep those dear to them In the ways of re-
ligion.
At the conclusion of this discourse, Bishop
Lynch paid an eloquent tribute to the late
Father Smarius, who had been expected to
conduct the mission in Charleston, but had
been prevented by his death. The Bishop
then spoke of the difficulties he had expert
enced in securing missionary, and congratu-
lated the congregation upon having at last OBJ
tanned one (Father Garesche) who was so
worthy representative of his Order; and in
the name of the clergy and the entire Catholic
community, he thanked the Rev. Father for
his zeal and success in the mission he had
undertaken.
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