The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-08
SIT. paUL,s ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

ST. paUL's ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
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The Rest of Ueaven-Serui0u by the Rev.
Faticr Dwyer.
The large church OF the Paulist Fathers in Fifty
ninth street, Ninth avenue, was filled yesterday
morning with fashionable as well rs more substan-
tial worshippers. The Rev. Father Serrell, one OF
the recently ordained priests, the ceebrant and
the Rev. Father Dwyer, another newly ordained
clergyman, read the Gospel OF the day from st.
John, xvi, 5-i5 IN which the Saviour declares 1t
necessary that He should 90 away that the Holy
Ghost, the Comforter, might come and remain with
tile Church forevermore. The reverend gentleman
then preached from the text-Hebrews w.. o.
''rhere remalneth, therefore, rest to the
people Of Godn These words, he SAID, are
full OF consolation to every one OF u.s..
They lift our minds above this earth and
fix them on the happy land where no sickness, sor-
row death can ever enter. They take US with the
beloved disciple TO the New Jerusalem, to the
gold-paved streets and the pure river OF water OF
life ana the tree OF life, whose perennial fruit shall
be the food oil the people Of God continually. We
can almost
SEE IT'S PEARLY GATES
and hear the anthems of music which the cherubim
ana seraphm anu the blood washed choir raise. as
before the throne they sing, 'Holy, holy.
holy Lord God OF Sapbaoth." None OF us have seen
heaven nor have we any adequate idea Of what it
Is st. JOHN saw something Of Its glory, and de-
scribes it in all the 1uness OF material grandeur,
because our finite minds are not able TO grasp INC
true ldea. st. Paul describes IL as a rest Heaven
VIII he u place OF rest and day OF rest. Is there
anything more comforting to our minds than rest
lie TO me poor, the sorrowing, the sick and the
weary-rest from toll and trouble ana care. IL en-
courages those who would grow weary and faint In
tner souls 1t lifts up the poor an strengthens the
SICK. Tne Eody, racEed with pan, ana the brain
IA f.rr t.l.h M hmm n
hand can bring. The soul longs Tor the day when
1t snail .lave tue body OF death ana
EATER INTO UNENDING REeOsE.
In heaven we shall see Almighty God the blessed
Saviour and the virgin Mary and 81. Joseph anu ali
the molly apostles an prophets and saints and
all things face to face clear as the noon,iay sun.
Thexe all our wants shah pe supplied and all our
hopes realized. We shall enjoy eternal repose III
heaven, An men seek after r, pose ana rest aud
heaven. Every soul has a yearning Tor something
algher and better and more enduring than It can
=, -sess mere. The child loves ana admres Its toys
psi 'QenIDg newer and ireshcr Is provided; nut
even then It - not happy IL Is ever longing ior
Something be, a elhs nnt arc nona the happier
1A w. ~, = caught tAsm. ana ,,r.sr,r
MEN CHAsE WEALTH, r.- - in the end
with all the eagerness OF their souls, ano =
are not happy. THESE tnings do not bring napp,s,
ness The oul was created Tor COD ana csillos n',u
endowment or peace In any lower opJect. Tue tinss
or eartn are perisnabe ana can never bring nappi,
ness to the soul. st. Augustine says my soui -
II unrest until Il finds Thee, . God" ;.
Int did the things OF earth bring happiness It
would not be lasting, for they, with us are ,anns
ana passing away. Death comes III anu 'e nn,,d "nj
Separates the friends who found sweet irlenusnp u.
eacn otneris company. The heart may turn 20
others and srive TO cling rs lonay 10 tneni w. 'o
fact Still stareS us LII tue lace,
-1'' THERE IS NO LASTING HAPPINESS HERE,
everything Is subject 10 change. since, ,nss' map
nness cannot be found here. there must DC place
Where resi- ard peace can DE Obtained by the SOUL
that place IS heaven: Martyrs conlessors yirSns
nriesis laymen and iniants have their place III
heaven. Int the rest spoken OF IN the text IL not
for all 1t IL Tor the people OF God. VINO are ,ney
Iney are baptized persons, meoefs o. ono Inc
Church In baptism We are called 10 Ielounce tne
devil nd All his works, the vain pomp ana snow OF
this world and the sauctiied water Is poure upon
our heads anu we 60 our re III an only in name
;e7 are ASHAMED 81 fsi: ioi and are worse .s
the Jews of old, who refused TO believe In Jesus.
WALK III iIE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY,
in the way God hath set before u.s. But now many
we see who neglect those laws or Goa and truth
not be done in day, when we have been in sin all
our lives. It Is as dincult for US TO prepare Tor
be for a dry goods clerk suddenly transferred 10
professors CHAIR. to lecture on astronomy or any or
the Sciences Cur only course. ana best, IS to i've
good members Of the Catholic Church. She Is op.
posed to the maxims and ways of the world. IAN
eye for an eye ana tooth Tor tooth = eat, drink
and be merry;'' snake the most OF lie" say the
world. But the Church and religion Did US TO live
for the higher and better, ana
"IF OUR ENEMY HUNGER, FEED HIM."
OF he thirst give him drink IL Is not every one
that satin Lord Lord, who shall enter INTO the king
dom OF heaven" but he who doetii the VIII OF the
Father VINO Is IN heaven. IL Is easier Tor camel 10
90 through needless eye than for rich men, VINO
trust in their wealth. to get to heaven. But through
God there are many who look forward TO rest In
heaven. TO them heaven Is not meaningless
word, but an eternal reality. II induces the youth
to give his heart to God tnat he may inherit the
promises OF Cod and U the aged 1t gives fresh
vigor and life as they behold the dawn OF that
happy land. Here we grow tired OF our most costly
things. In heaven we shall never tire. There the
heart VIII be transdxed with Joy. Why, then, do we
give up TO trials and crosses and become down.
hearteds Because we forget the object for which
we were created and the promises OF the Saviour.
In the sacred mass the priest SAYS
LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS,
and the people answer, 1--WE hit Them up to the
Lord.n The reverend gentleman then uttered q
beautiful apostrophe to heaven aud closed by saying
the cltlzens Of heaven know no Night Let our lives,
tnen be OF heaven, and let earth be to us
the vestbulc Of heaven, and let us lay aside every
weight ana the sins which 80 easily beset US, and
let us run with patience the race that Is set before
US looking unto Jesus to whom let US hit our hearts
In the prayer Of the Holy Church, which to-day Is
offered up IN all the world.