Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-27

Protestants, whose faces were turned towards
Rome the sermon was admirable in tone and
conception. The text was naturally the famous
Chou art Peter, and upon this rock" etc. The
cardinal idea was, that the church was built
upon Peter; but that any one outside of that
mighty odiiee might be excused IL his error
arose from the preiudices of education, or like
causes, and if he honestly and earnestly sought
for the truth In a word, the reverend father
admitted and affirmed that salvation might be
attained by those ont of the visible fold of St.
Peter For those not yet in this blessed fold, he
prayed that. lin imitation of ths dear brother
they too may soon have the grace to see what he
has seen, to do what he has done" The sermon
was an admirable one in itself, and admirably
suited to the occasion.
Then came the final act Such craninS of
nccks has rarely been seen. Mr.. Bradley, ac-
companied by his sponsors, knelt at the foot of
the altar, and made the profession of his faith
Jenkins says, "he was dressed in the Episcopal
cossaCk aud wore the Roman collar" What
these are do not presume to know, but | dare
say Jenkins does. l am willing TO youch for
the truth of jenkins assertion thar, "Mr. Brad
very youthful appearance" Jenkins says, and
l hope he knows, that yesterday was his twen-
ty-eghth birthday"
If DIR. McGlynn's sermon was sugar coated,
Mr. Joshua Dobson Bradley's profession of faith,
made with his hand upon the Holy Gospels, had
acid enough in it. No one, he pIofessed, could
be saved without that faith which the Holy
Apostolic Roman church holds and believes, and
he had erred in holding and believing doctrines
contrary to her teachings. With great grief
and contrition for his past errors, he now be-
lievcd all that the church believes, and rejected
all that she rejects. Then followed special
enumeration of the articles of faith, which |
fairly cpi;omize where the phrases arc not
specially marked as quoted teXtually: One God
in three persons; the incarnation of our Lord,
'and the personal union of the two natures,
the divine and the human; the divine matern-
ty of the most hcly Mary, together with her
spotless VICINITY" "The real, true, and sub
stantial presence OF the body and blood, togeth-
er with the soal and divinity of our Lord Jesus
Christ in the most holy sacrament of the
Eucharist" The seven sacraments, pureatory,
the resurrection of the dead, and everlasting
life "The primacy, not only in honor, but also
of jurisdiction, of the Roman pontiH successor
of St. Peter prince of the apostles, vicar of Jesus
Christ" "The veneration of saints and their
images The authority of apostOlical and ccce-
siastical traditions and Of the Holy Scriptures
(which We must interpret and understand only
in the sense which our holy mother, the Catho-
lie church, interpretS and does hold" And, in
conclusion, Everything else that has been de-
fined and declared by the sacred canons, and
by the general councils, especially by the holy
council of Trent"
Surely, taking this last clause into conSidera-
ton, Mr.. BradIey's platform is well defined.
His profession oil faith closes thus: "With a
sincere heart, therefore, and with unfeigned
faith, detest and ahjure every error, heresy and
sect opposed TO the said holy Catholic and Apes
toc Roman church, so help me God and these
his Holy Gospels which touch with my hand. .
Then came the Kyrie eleison, the Pater aosfer,
and the dissolution; whereupon, says jenkins,
"Mr. Bradley gave the kiss of peace to the cIer-
gymen in the sanctuary, and, accompanied by
his sponsors, retired outside the rails"
Then the young gentleman asked to be admit
ted into the fold of the Roman Catholic church,
and was baptized sub conditione; that is, if he
had before been properly baptized, this ceremo-
ny was to count for nothing; otherwise it was
to hold good. Then, continues jenkins, ''the
choir sang the Lauddte hymn of JOY, and the
Rev. Dr. McGlynn having pronounced a solemn
benediction, the vast multitude slowly left the
church. Altogether" concludes jenkins. very
much as though he had been describing the last
wedding in high life "the spectacle was very
imposing, and created a profound sensation"
Really, Jenkins is quite right. 1t was an
Imposing spectacle" quite worthy of the adj
mirabe Artists by whom it was gotten up and
managed Still could not help looking with
kind of pity upon the very nice young gentle
man who played the leading role. | could not
help thinkingthat it must have stuck in bis throat
when he professcd to "abjure and detest many
things which he had protested to hold, and had
certainly taught to the best of his ability up to
the last five days. For five years, suppose, he
had been priest in "sect" which he now so
sOlemnly detested. If he had now come to be-
ieve it detestable, suppose he was right in
leaving it. But it really seems to me that five
days was little too brief period for him to be
off with the old love and on with the new. 1t is
generally held to be in bad taste, to say the
least, for one TO marry a new wife within less
than year and day from the time when he
has been separated from the old one.
But, as have said, the affair was so well ar
ranged as TO warrant me in retracting what |
have said about our inability to get up a taking
spectacle. On that same day, some hours earlier
| saw another spectacle, only four blocks distant
from st. Stephens church. A very sad specta-
Gle it was; one which arranged itself, and where
in the actors, though feariully in earnest, had
no training in their parts. This spectacle was
the twentieth day of the "run" upon the Third
| avenue savings bank. OF this ! have now no
space to write. In my next, unless something
more pressing should occur, | propose to say a
few words about the general subject of savings
| banks and similar institutions. A.H.G.