The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-23
ST. PATRICK's CATHEDRAL.

The Parable OF the Lost Shccp-Goti's
Mercy and Love for Those Who Have
Gone Acknowledgements by the Rev.
Father Kearncy.
The congregation OF worshippers at st. Patricks
Cathedral yesterday was quite large, and the
music OF the usual high order OF excellence. The
.elebrant Of mass was the Rev. Father McNamee,
and the sermon was preached by Rev. Father
Kearney, who selected for his subject the fifteenth
chapter OF st. Luke from the first to the eleventh
verse, wherein appears the parable OF the shep
herd, who, having lost his snvcp, left he
ninety and nine and searched for the one
that had gone astray; and the woman,
who, losing groaJ, searched diligently
antil she had found it and called in her negnbors
20 rejoice with her. The clergyman stated that
Christ uttered these parallels in order TO show His
MISSION The shepherd who had lost his sheep
searched diligently until he had found it, and then
ae returns to all his friends and asks them 10 re-
oce over the finding OF the one that had gone
assray. So with the woman. She searched for the
groat until she had found it. and then called in her
neighbors TO rejoice with her. We can understand
how great was the desire OF God to bring back the
lost sheep who had strayed from His fold. Adam
fell from grace in the Garden OF Eden and rebeled
against God but the Almighty called him and at
tempted to bring him back. As God did to Adam
in the Garden so He does everywhere to-
day, and He win continue to do so as
tong as the world endures. lie does not
call by His own voice, but He has
raised up ministers through Him to call back
His lost creatures. BY the lessons of Christ, by
the words OF the saviour, by the confessor, those
who speak by His voice. lie is calling back those
VINO have gone astray. BY the dread and fear OF
punishment He Is calling those who are lost. BY
inspiration the man who has gone astray desires to
return and bow down before the throne OF God
and speak to Him as Father. When these feel
calling back the lost sheep. When man thinks OF
Gods love 1t brings him into desire to re-
turn. Then God Is seeking. When man sees the
road TO he'll the punishment and torment that
await him, when fear of this punishment springs
up in his heart then is it God is seeking him.
farther and farther from him then ii is that God is
merciful. When he comes back through suffer-
ing God takes him in and there is Joy.
The soul who has been offending God is
brought back, and he shall have greater love OF
God TO thank Him for this mercy; and II our hearts
When we lind men still in the broad road to de-
struction we ought TO pray to God TO be merciiul
ana bring them back to Him nom state OF sin.
We are thankful that lie does not hurl His thun-
derbolts upon this city OF crime. We read OF His
destruction OF Sodom and Gomorran when lie
promised that II ten righteous men were found He
would not destroy the cities. There must be ten
lust men In our city or He would destroy us. Let
us pray TO Him to bring back from their sin and
crimes those men borne into the Church who have
strayed away Let us pray for all who belong 10
that He will bring them back. These are the
brought back we must pray with our whole hearts
and not give up until we be with the angels In
heaven rejoicing over the finding OF those who
have gone astray.
The amount contributed yesterday week at the
Cathedral, for His Holiness the Pope, was $500