The New York herald., 1873-09-08

nifty and grandeur OF the sacrince, combined with
the beauty and neatness OF the sanctuary; sec
ond. the rich melody Of the organ strains, accom-
panied by several tenor and soprano voices, and
third, the sermon which was preached by the
Very Rev. Vicar General Quinn.
The Rev. Father Kearney oniciated as celebrant.
In the sanctuary were present the Most Rev. Arch
bishop McCloskey, the Very Rev. Vicar General
Quinn, the Rev. Father Farrelly, the Archbishop's
secretary and the Rev. Father McNamee, with the
usual number OF pretty looking acolytes.
After beautiful and effective rendering OF the
Gustavus Schmidt, and the choir, which consisted
principally OF Miss Sullivan, Miss Ballard and two
the pulpit and chose the text OF his sermon from
st. Matthew, VI, "a, 80, commencing as follows:-
mo man can serve two masters; for either he
viii hate the one and love the other or else he
will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye
cannot serve God and Mammon."
The very reverend gentleman first reviewed the
SIX texts OF which the Gospel was composed, and
showed the proper meaning and application OF
each. BY serving God alone salvation was attain
able; to serve Mammon was to become q slave to
the riches and trines OF the word-tO its jOys its
frivolities and its pleasures.
The Scripture warned against extravaganza In
raiment, which meant Dress and which was cal
culated to wound the soul by the SIN OF pride.
Simplicity was ,ntn the safeguard % Of purity and even
Solomon, in all his glory, arrayed equal to one
little lily of the field"
The teacher then turned his discourse on
THE SUBJECT OF RICHES.
He showed, first, how the possession OF them need
not interfere with mans salvation. They may on
the contrary be made means to that one grand
eternal end II We would only possess them, as st.
Paul tells us, "aS though we had them notn
How many grand works Of charity can he per-
formed by the rich man He need not fritter his
wealth away for his own personal happiness in ex-
travagance and unnecessary uxuries II he only
wishes 70 dispose Of 1t in manner which must be
afterwards more profitable to him. He can
raise up institutions Of charity and piety
can raise the poor and lowly and impoverished
from the dark and inconsolaDle sphere OF lie in
which they are placed, and for so doing he may as
sure himself of millions OF beneficial prayers and
blessings. But the rich man who uses not his
wealth thus In accordance with the dictates Of
charity Is both slave TO Mammon and victim to
pride. He may have been once humble while the
light OF fortune had not yet shone upon him and
while he was yet struggling for success. But, hav-
ing attained success, he begins to ieel himself
above
THE LEVEL OF HIS FELLOW MEN.
and pride steals away the sympathies OF his heart
to some more pleasing objects. He despises the
poor he treasures up his gold in Golfers from their
shivering limbs and pitiabe extended hands. He
feels 1t no longer necessary to 60 TO church-he
scorns to kneel down and pray to that God who
has favored him. Prayer he believes Is only for the
poor and wretched He prayed when he was poor,
but now that he is rich, he believes he has no more
tiOn OF His Kingdom. Thus Is
THIS KIND OF RICH MEN
lost. He (the preacher) did not believe for mo-
ment, however, that all men who possessed wealth
Wei thus disposed. All no. There are and have
been men OF wealth who have surrendered all they
possessed and taken up their cross ana followed
Christ himself in their actions and their deeds OF
charity. me very reverend gentleman finally
exhorted all ITO seek first the kingdom OF God
added unto them"
erend Archbishop administered the apostolic
benedictiOn.