The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-22
ST. pETsa's CATHEDRAL,

Sun,i.y. At the % clock Mass, al illy-MaSs.
and at Ecspc:a, was flied With UNUSUALLY
Iarrn courTc.4t, ,oilS, attracted iAi;Icr to Wit
acS, tie very interesting services announced
III the UisuQtch 10 take i'iacc in that sacred
ed!icc.
TIE first na>s (it i. 4. Ny was celebrated
hv Right Rev. Ei,uop Gibbons, and it was NJ
this mass that the sacrament OF the Holy
Eucharist was administered for the first time
to the children (thirty-siN girls and twenty
nine bows. who for weeks past had been
urcpariur for this great ty"nt il their lives
bv UNDERGOING thorough instruction at the
...!lus ui Inc sisters .. -. 3oscph'> Asylum
a,lt ID" Clergy Of liz" cathedral. IlIu>c cli-
,jr.u wye ali uniformly c;rthci-thc
.i!!, urayiHg white dresses "nd h1"lh@
white yv.l>, and The boys generally
.,,ins in black Jackets Gnd pants, with
\ wide white ribbon around their LETT
arms. Besides these, al the members OF
The Sodaitv and Of the Society OF Mary
plrt0pk Of the sacrament; making III all
ii,ou! 200 children who participated. The
sight Of 50 mauy little ones devout!y march,
;nw Up in pairs TO the Sanctuary railing,
here TO receive the Holy Sacrament, was
beautiful indeed and truly affecting. After
;ni, mass, First Communion cards or ccrtlfl-
r,,.s were distributed TO the boys by MI.
y. Columbus, who for days had applied
himself diligently in assisting them in their
prr,r,ratuus for these SolclnniticS, and to
whom j. grcaly due The sm0Uthness and
nro,,ptnc<s with which! the boys went
through their various parts
.Just before uiyh-MaSs-at le3 y. M.--the
Sacrament Of Confirmation was admins
1.rrd 10 the same children and forty-sevcn
others. together with twenty-five adults
male and icualc-a number OF whom
were converts to the faith. This beau
tj(ul ceremony was performed by BiShop
Gibbons, who, clothed in bis cope and mltre,
with cIozicr in LETT hand, was seated lWlhe'
dutely in front Of the main altar, sur
rounded by the cier-ymen and acolytes OF
/. cathedral, and before whom Il t:nd:s
dates for confirmation knott i'll pairs, while
the Bishop read tbs prayers anu pronounced
tha benedction ever each Que >eparaie! !;
two gentlemen teachers OF the SUNDAY
school acting us sponsors for the boys, ana
two hdies performing the same utily tor Tue
vIrls by placing hand on the rlsEt shouioei
OF each willie being confirmed.
Rcfore and after confirmation BlSuop
Gibbon. STOKE 10 the children i'll eloquent
word, Of ADVICE and cxhoratlon as To Their
future course OF life, and nest tccliheiy en-,
deaycrcd to impress upon their youthful
mind, the great honor winch had been eou.
Ic.rcd upon them 10y God
Attic conclusion OF This ceremony solemn
High Mtss was celebrated by Rev. Father
y hjtc. of Wilmington, \. G., assisted by
E.tl,rr .ausscns rs deacon and Father Van
D,. Nyycr - suh-uc0cCn, Rev. Father Hand
lev being master Of ceremonies. The music
on this OCCASION was very tine, MoZarts
rrand Twelfth Mass being sung by the choir
in u splendid manner.
At O'Clock P. n. Pontifcal Yespers
was celebrated by Bishop Gibbons, dur
ing which tho children, clothed rs In the
forenoon, and the others who partlcl'
pa,cd in the morning services, n'aae
i,rm,I renewal of their baptismal vows.
'rhis interesting ceremony was done OH Tue
mart O, the girls by three little misses knceilhS
AZ The Sanctuary railing while one OF 1hehl-
Miss Rosa Calytta Z"telle-reau the reno
y,lion VOWS, and on the part OF the boys os
three of them performing the same once, Iuo
r,adi,," Of the net Of conservation Delhs uonc
by Master George Reinhardi. Both ol tiiese
little ones acquitted themselves most creuit-
ably in reading their parts clearly anu t's.
ilnctlv. The services Of the day concluueu
by bcncdiction Of the Blessed Sacrament
by The Right ltcy. Bishop.
During the singing Of vespers, fatnef
White, OF Wilmington, who was i'll the choir,
sang an Ace Maria and the o! Sdtutdr1s
U0stia most effectively, his really fine tenor
voice being superior 10 those Of many pro-
fcssionals.
HtTHODIsT SUEDAY-sCH0oL MEETING.
A special meeting OF the Methodist Sum-
Society was held at Nicholson.
Street Methodist church on Sunday after
noon ut 81 O'Clock, I. 1. D. Walford in the
chair.
The meeting was opened by singing by
Niclolson-S Street school, assisted by soIns ot
the scholars OF Trinity school led by Mr. U.