The New York herald., 1871-07-31

The Fate Of JerusaIca-- The Fate Of Uabc.
nevers GeneraIly-Sermon by the Rev.
Father DAILY, =. j.
Considering the state Of the weather the attend
ance al the church OF ST. Francis Xavier yesterday
morning was remarkably good, as. In addition TO
the members OF the church. there were number Of
strangers present, evidently drawn thither by the
reputation Of the music and singing They were
certainly rewarded; for the mass was superby rem.
dered both by the choir and OrganIst and to those
unaccustomed to the Catholic ritual the service
must have been particularly Impressive. The mass
was celebrated ny the Rev. Father Hammond and
a short discourse delivered 10y the Rev. Father
DAILY, s. j., from Luke XIX, 4:-"And when
he came near he behcld the city and wept over It.,
saying, III thou hadst known, then, least In
this thy day, the things which belong unto thy
peace but now they are hid from thine eyes,"
Yesterday being st. Joseph's day, the reverend
father offered a few reflections suggested by the
Gospel Of the day, instead OF the usual sermon.
OUR sAvIoUR's MoURSFUL HEART
thrilled with tenderness when He thought Of the
state OF Jerusalem; for, though He had used every
endeavOr and given warning after warning, the
Inhabitants had shut their ears and the doom Of
the city could not DC avcrted. lie Kne that they
were ready to imbrue their hands IN his innocent
blood, yet was lie full OF compassion for them. He
saw the city spread out before HIM In all Its beauty
and knew that. as punishment for lis blindness
in short space OF time where now all was calm.
ness and security there would be desolation and
death; that enemies would arise and Cypress the
Jews who would be scattered to the four corners of
tho earth, and that not one stone would be left
standing upon another to bear testimony TO its
He beheid the city he Wepr over it. and gave utter
ance TO that wonderful prophecy.
the Jews OF tnas day lil.ie tnougn. tnat n tneir
pride and blindness they rejected our LORD and
Saviour. Had they at thar time acknowledged Il i'm
as the long-expected Messiah their dreadful doom
would have been averted How fearful must have
been the Savour's agony, how terrible his grief
he knew 1t was, to destruc.tonl Yet all was with
out avail and his last visit was. like the rest,
THE HOUR OF VENGEANCE had COME.
Abandoned by God the city was given over to It's
e4epnesy rncS Would NOT listen TO Uar
though he had exhibited In his own person all the
MARKS by which hey ,nl mgnt know tue s1mng
against his life Let be careful how reject the
Holy Spirit ana the teachings OF our conscience:
Like the famed city OF Jerusalem We are the Obecs Of
His love. lie has given us the all saving sacrifice OF
His body: we are His adopted children, fed with His
pared an eternal abode Ter US. Let Him not say OF
us az nc said OF Jerusalem. If we accept His leach
a mere ,nSon S o o%s
we shall 90 10 ruin and destruction. GOD beStows
Ills gts ana grsces Wherever ae , Enl 'Sse Gos
bestows His graces IN proportion as we Improve
them. We have the gt!t OF molly 1altn; lei US bray
that this faith may be strengthened. The gut OF
PRAYER opens the treasures OF heaven. "Whatsoever
We ask In prayer. believing. ye shall recelycn
Warned as we are, by the teachings OF our Lord and
Master 1t bchooves US 10 turn to nim and 10 AVOID
the sin and wickednes5 Of tho world Instead Of
plotting against Him over His Church, now Is our
time and we must all cnde8vOf 10 glorly Him In our
lives or like Jerusalem, We shall DC delivered over
to destruction. Woe unto Jerusalem because or Its
unbelief
WOE TO THE USBELIEvERs
who reject the Word and the TRUTH Our Savi0ur's
heart SO full OF tenderness, mourns over oil those
who in their pride and blindness turn away from
Him. At the day OF Resurrection the body Will be
reunited the soul and VIII participate In It's bliss.
We shall then contemplate the joys OF Paradise. The
soul will be enraptured with the pleasures OF heaven
ST. Paul says that no human intellect can conceive
the joys prepared for those who love our saviour
'Eyc hath NOT seen and ear hath not heard" We
have I'm this world seen many beautiful things and
heard many delightful sounds. The swelling choir,
the Eoly music OF our Church are most enrapturing
but noinng that mortal eyes have seen or ears have
heard can compare with what we shail behold and
listen In the abodes OF eternal bliss There we
shall see the
BLESSED VIRGIN on HER THRONE
OF glory and our God aud Saviour surrounded by
the SANS and hear our Lord say TO those wBo have
not denied him In this world, Come ye blessed OF
nay Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation OF the wOrid.u
Tne reverend Father closed his discourse with an
Impressive appeal to his hearers not 10 sHut their
hearts TO the truth while there was yet time 10
accept It.