The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-04-03
Interesting Reading.

| copy "I the Louisville C0u!it: Journal
"l the 18th instant, in which We find ab.
S'iartS 1T the di>c"urScs preached Ly
prominent clrrgynrn IF the vu,ious
Louisville churches on the lTth, We
hnve coH"ludrd To publish them, bcsiev.
Ing II at 1t will hs rs profitable us pleas.
ant I" turn from the turbulence of pol,.
|"l strife and the t'iIts Of the day to
The ,l"quence Of the pulpit We be.
gin The A.,ie> ailh Bishop Lynch'n ca.
l"ri"m Oh ST, Patrick.
Yesterday WIS clear sud b iyh and
pleasant anal the prw> "f nearly nli tie
churches We're well ,ill-d. The sermons
wr'r very interesting. the music excel.
lent. s"'' tl' SAMMY dry, c"m .:n,,l With
thr -v,. .i''rs. brought m,h $Il:i, OF
cheerful v"'ion im contrast to the Snl.
cam temper which often distinguishes
the Sahhnth when cnnnpird wNh Sum.
hre rs"uds VI wet with min aud disa.
greeahlr with muddy streets. 1t is i'm.
possible I" avoid being m"rc or less i'm.
pressed or Influenced by the circumstun
crS that surround us.
ST. PArmck'S DAY Ar THE CAruHnuAL.
Right Rev, DR.. Lynch, Bishop of CHARLES.
ton, 5. g., L. Iivcreh M eloquent puncgy.
'Ic on -, Patrick. at the Cathedral las,
night. Wa ale indebted To Rev. Father
B'nrhct COR IN abstract Of the address.
The Right Rev. Bishop took his tex,
from the wnshS Of God To Abraham
vi" t'r'h out OF thy country, aud from
thy k'ndrcd, and out If thy fathers
house, and come into the land which |
will show thee, aud will make thee
. grent nation, and viii bless thee, aud
magnify tay name, and thou si,nlt be
blessed, "nd | will bless them lha, bless
thee, and curse them TINT curse thee.
and in thee shall all the knlrcds of the
Ith bc blessed" The works Of man
, soon perish, said the preacher, but the
works "t God endure Tor ever. The Ro.
man empire was once spread over the
Srentcst part OF the tli>n known world :;
the Roma" eagles were towering on pub.
, lie monuments; aud terrified the SUI
rounding nntions. But the greatness OF
Pagan Rome soon cramblcd to the
ground. because it was the work Of man.
1t was not so with fuilh, however. II is
the work Of God. The ruilh which St,
, Patrick had brought to Ireland sixteen
hundred years age WAS aS vigorous now
/ MS il was in the beginning OF the first
century, and on this very day in New
Hcaland. in Australia, in Calcutta, in
China. in Persin, IL. the Gnpc Of Good
Hope, rs well Us in Amc,ica and in Ire.
land, the children Of ST. Patrick were
gathered nr"unl thc altar to thank God
for the incStimnble boon they had re-.
cclrtd The liish, thanks to their fuith,
T. seem to tie IN indcstruc.ible population.
ln fact they date further back than any
, other natioA Of Europe Their history
has been preserved by their bsr,ls, anG
though it is only in broken fragments,
. which il is difficult to connect together,
yet these fragments nrc still precious
gems which solve the problem of other
, Gcrmanic races. Even in prehistoric
times lrclnn1 had her chiefs, her laws,
her tribunals, where justice was admin
istercd, and her religion, which was the
mildcst nnl most civilizing form Of Pa.
ganiSm. The Irish had never been guilty
OF those atrocities which degraded olhr,
nations.
ST. Patrick, Ircland's apostle. was born
i OF C"'holit parents aud Romln lineage.
At the aye Of sixteen he was carried
prisoner by a hoard Of pirates. and sold
/ t" chicftnin named Milcho, with whom
| he spent six years, tending his flock. -
There he did no, forget his Christian cd.
"r"tion. I"stcad Of being crushed hy
, ndvcrSity, aS mnny would have been, his
=, great soul became innnlnrd ith the love
! Of God. Hundreds Of times in the dav,
and hundreds Of times in the night, he
bent his knee in holy prayer, und cndra
vorcd to practice all tho Christian yir.
tues.
Al the end Of six years he fourd
means Of returning to his country, and
thought only OF dcvoling himself to the
service Of God. lie put himself under
, the direction Of st. Martin of Tours, his
near relative, and learned from him not
, only the virtues but also the science OF
the priesthood. Later he studied under
. st. German, Bishop Of Auxerrc, and
went to Lerns to perfect himself 1t is
;, there that in vision he seemed to re-.
, cciVc letter from the land Of his cap.
tivity, inviting him to bring the faith to
y It's inhnbitants. And he heard the voic cs
tf tho Irish, as if it were the murmur OF
the distant sen, saying. awe en,rcnt
, thee, holy youth, come, and hcnccforth
walk among u.s." Obcying TINT voice,
he went to Rome in order to receive his
mission from the sovereign PontiE and
set oil on his missionary journey. In
the ycar 1872, hc landed in Ireland dur.
ing tho reign Of Lcauhaire, the son ol