National Republican., 1873-11-24
THE MISSION AT sr. PArRiCK's
CHVuCIg.

The Gesdues. ssd Mercy sf GsA- ser~ss
By Rev. Father sfeHiii-Thc solemn SER
vices YcsserSsy-Thc nss~-ieu - se Cs~-
tiuued Assthev Week. H1..
". Pstrick's church wss again crowdvd ysstcr-
dag morning TO lie utmost capscity BY min
pled multitude Of Catholics and Prutestants,
gathered TO witness the impooIng services OF the
mission, and TO hear Father Mcoii on "The
Nercies OF aod.- The orphan boys Of IT. 10.
sephs and the orphan siris Of st. vincenis
Asylum occupied, % usual, the gallery on either
side Of the choir, and masses Of people below
tbronged the pews. aislsa and vestibuie. But
Brosnsn, the evcrwatchful and courteous sex
tos, was c1ual TO the emergency, and provided
seats for stranger to the full extent OF the lin
tied church accommodation.
TIE urgent nevessity for
rsLARanp CHURCH ACCOMMODATIONS
1t e. PatricAs has been striklnsly manifested
during the mission, and there II reason 70 hope
oi moro room, viii 70 70 Wcrk 81 once and with
renewed zeal second the earnest efforts Of Father
waiter 70 complete the new church, thefounda-
which work viii be resumed early next spring.
Father Keane was the celebrent OF the lIlFh
Mass yesterday, and the members OF the choir
sang with their accustomed excellence.
Father McGlll announced that the mission
would close next Sunday evening with the papal
benedlction, which would be ~ crownlng bless
ht tNtu nttu'Htu bttNh ""s u'fts'oN'
SERMON ON THE xxRcr ov oop,
selecting for his text the words, taken from the
Book Of Psalms, ''Thc mercics OF the Lord will
sing forever" Tho reverend father remarked
thai during the past week many examples Of the
them. fhey had bern told how, on account q
sin, Luoifcr aud ono third OF the angelic hosts
had beon bani.hed forever from heaven; how
been driven from tSe Sesasiiui liz garden o. fsfs.
dise; how, for offending God, cities had been
swal,owci up BY earthquakes; and how fro
1,s"tIoSs % upon ns ase peoele Of isrse because
they did not obey his commands. Bat they must
not think that God, like jupiter, the god Of the
i1i destruction; on the contrary, he was the 6od
Tue history o. mankind wo-h show that !.
S'Ss %su Of .n".s sn ana o saS oa
inan staying away from the truth and God ever
calling HIM hack. On the very spot on which
oar ntss psrcs,s had sinned God manifested his
should bc horn who would crush the head Of the
serpent So great were the
ABoxsArross oS THE EARrH
that God had once expressed regret that he had
created man; yet u was only after his lonGanlm-
nooi. The ''cities Of the plains" meritcd chas-
tisemcnt; hut God, iu his mercy, suggested TO
abraham to pray that they might be saved, and
found within them they would be spared.
IL was because even this small number could
not bc found that nre was rained down upon
to preach 70 Tue Ninevltcs, that through prayer
Tod might DO induced TO spare their city; hui so
great werc the corruptious OF Nlneveh that the
another place, ih,is disoocy ing the command Of
G0d. Jonas, having beea thrown into the sea,
vas mrscuously carried into the harbor Of Mn
eveh. There he preached that In forty days the
.ity would be destroyed, but II was
srARsp rHRouau PRAYEE
and when the prophet complained that the
prophecy was not fulfilled, God answered that
he could not punish 10000 penitent subjects.
Accad was one Of the most wicked Of the Jewish
kings, hut he turned to the Lord In mourning
aud weeping, and God pardoned him. David
had sinned against the Lord, and he was not only
,cid BY tho prophet Nathan that hts sins were
from tho house OF Israel. These examples
clearly showed how the law OF Justice was
turned into the law Of mercy.
was enveloped In darkness, when corruption and
wickedness abounded, when false gods were
worshiped In the temples, God sent his only
Of heaven. He selected twelve humble men to
hecome his apostles. He called one OF them
(Matthew) from the obnoxious once OF q tax
him the pillar OF the Church against which the
yates OF hell shall not prevail. Jesus had for-
and sn no more sna ,hs aep sS
itableness Of tho Jews by asking any one OF them
who was without sin to cast the nfst stone. lie
had panloncd the penltent MAgdalen, bathing
his feet with her tears and had INST appeared 70
her after his resurrection a. q mark Of his love
for peuitcnt sinners. He related to US the para.
BILE Of
TIE GOOD SHEPHERD
who goes after the one sheep thst was lost from
the fold OF q hundred, and tells US OF the Joy
there In In heaven over one sinner that doe,
pcnance. 80, also, In the beautiful parable Of
iheprodigal son, he illustrates the intensity ol
his love for sinners who return to him and his
earnest desire to blot out their iniquities. why
should We fear? Does he not tell Us, BY The
mouth Of his prophet Rzechiel, that, though oul
aims were as red ~ scarlet, he will forgive IL We
bc truly penitentf Does he not tell us by the
voice Of smother prophet that ~ far a. the north
~ from the south 80 far he will remove our sins
N we repent Does he not assure US that he
wi remember and love US - the apple Of the
cy' u We turn from our sins and 70 conndingly
to nimf The greater the sinner, the more earn
eat Ia aods manifestation Of love. Then let Us
10 70 him as supplicating children, in order that
IN the language OF the text, We may sing the
mercies or the Lord forever.
Last night fAiheUD'Donoghue preached 10
smother crowded conere CATION on the Sacrament
Of the Eucharist.
The reverend fathers now conducting the
mission at ST. fatricks will give q mission in 81.
Msrtins lcoloresD church, on Fifteenth street,
h-tweeu u and " streets, commencing sunday
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