The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-08-24

bOys and men, the reverend clergy. tne gu !
perior- General, the preacher; the Gthciants'
the Bishop of Tennessee. The Rev. j. w.
Shackelford, Of New York, was the off,
Giant. The next morning CORPUS Christi)
there were low masses every hour at the
churches of st. Ignatins, St. Mary: the-Vir-
gin, and St. Alban. The Bishop of Tennes-
see celebrated at st. Ignatius' church at
the seven O'Clock mass. AT eleven o'clock
high mass was celebrated at the church OF
St. Mary the Virgin, of which the Secre-
tary of the G. b. S. the Rev.. T. Mckee
was the celebrant, aud the Rev. Father
Grafton, s. s. G.. E., the preacher. In his
sermon he argued that the three great
truths of priest, altar and sacrifice, are dis
tinctly taught in the prayer book, and
closed with an earnest appeal to all pres |
priesthood, to hold firmly and teach faith
fully the great doctrines of tho Real Pres
ence and the sacrifice of the altar. After
mass, the annual conference took place.
The Superior General was re elected, and
gave his annual address, in which he con-
graduated his brothers that the principles
Of non communicating attendance and the
vita, truth involved theren-vz: that the
Blessed Eucharist is a holy sacrifice as we'll
as sacrament-had been successfully as
! serted in the General Theological Seminary
of the Protestant Episcopal Church, that
| as against twenty-onein 1869; that eucharist
vestments are worn in sixteen out of forty
one dioceses and that eucharist lights
| have recently and without objection been
introduced in Trinity. church, New York.
| He remarked that the outlook everywhere
10 the American Church. was very cheering
to the Catholic, and closed by saying that,
although Catholicity was rldicuted, 1t
prayed for it's misguided prosecutors. The
Rev. DR.. PATTERSON offered the following
cIy limit
! ed -" That the Secretary be directed to
forward semi annu ally to all priests asso-
ciates printed list of all priests associates
which list is to be considered confidential"
On motion of the Rev. Father Grafton, OF
Boston, a resolution of thanks to the Rev.
land, was adopted, for his vindication Of
the doctrine of the Real Presence in the
Church of England. At the close OF this
business meeting, the AnimG Christ was
said, the prayers for the Confraternity and
the repose of the souls of the dead were
} offered, and the conference was brought to
a close. AS reports of the meeting were
} inadvertently omitted from the Churchman,
the Church Journal and Church and State,
we have been obliged at this late day to
condense the above account from the COL
umns of one of the most enterprising OF
our London contemporaries, the Church
} Times.
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+ And the following is an account from
the Pail Mall Ga=ette, of the " Feast OF
Corpus Christi" held in an Anglican
!, church by the Coufraternity of the
Blessed Sacrament" society of Anglican
clergymen:
,, "Gt eight o'clock, after q few cords upon
the organ, the clergy and choir took their
! places in the chancel, and the Vicar, vested
! in magnificent cope, began to sing the
Office on the south side of tho altar, two
boys in scarlet cassocks and short surplices
holding lighted candles on either side. The
I altar presented an extremely brilliant ap'
= pearance, with its cloth of white and gold
and it's crimson frontal, the lodges being
covered with cases of beautiful flowers al.
+. | ternating with three-light candlesticks al
y filled with tapers, while on the higher
ledge six high candles were burning imme
: which the large figure of the Saviour OF
: the cross formed a prominent object. Thu
J, service proceeded in the ordinary way unit
- the Magnifcat," when the Vicar took hi
place before the altar, attended by the boy
= with high candles, the cross bearer ant
another priest falling in behind. At tn
., commencement Of the second verse the in
= cense- bearer brought the boats to the Vicar
= who censed the altar till it was almost hid
~ den by the fumes. In order to give tim
y for the due performance of this part of til
"A ceremonial, the cantice was sung yer.
W
10 organist between the verses, SO that wit
u the antiphons sung before and after it, tn
10 time occupied was about twelve minutes,
- proceeding subsequently, justified by tb
3 : preacher, on the ground that it afforded tn
y, congregation means of testifyiDg thei
belief in the Incarnation, and of dom
70 honor to the Virgin Mary. The psalms an
"a the second canticle were also preceded an
* concluded by antiphons, the words {
h. which bore reference to tue Eucharist an
the doctrine of the Real Presence. Befor
tb the recital of the collects, the Vicar agai
took his place before the altar and sang til
collect for Trinity Sunday and the thre
~ succeeding prayers in the same position,
boy holding the book for him. After til
> general thanksgiving hymn was sung, an
n the offertory was collected, the conclusio
in of evensong being followed by a processio
of the choristers and clergy, with banner
be incense, cross and candles, down to I'll
south aisle and up to the centre, the :" Lii
~ any of the Blessed Sacrament" beir
"a meanwhile sung with great heartiness h
bs, the choir and congregation. Arrivir
he within the chancel gates, the processic