The New York herald., 1874-02-24
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The DAY IN JERSEY CITY.

Bishop McQuade on the Want Of Organ
izatiOn Among Catholics and the
Power OF the Press-Another Crusade
Needed.
The chief feature OF the celebration in jersey City
yesterday the meeting OF Catholic Union Circle,
No. 1, at st Peters church. solemn high mass was
celebrated at halEp past ten O'Clock Rev. p. Corri-
gan being celebrant Rev. Messrs Smyth and
Hennessey deacOns, and Rev. j. De ConcliO mas
ter OF ceremonies In the sanctuary were Bishop
McQuade; OF Rochester, attended by Fathers Beau
devin and McQuade as chaplains.
After the first gospel Bishop McQuade ascended
the pulpit and tock his text from ST. Paul to the
Corinthians, "rhat which man sows that also
shall he reap" and q few Of the following verses
These words, said the bishop. are in my judgment
very remarkable. They are addressed to the people
of the Church TO let them understand that they
have duties TO discharge for which they VIII have
to answer to Heaven. The power OF the early
Christians to whom these words were directly ad.
dressed consisted in the divine promise, and In
this they lound strength, although nations rose
up against them. The great principle Of organiza-
tion-of combining for common purpose--is the
great feature Of our country to-day. This princi-
pie was great feature OF the Church even in the
Middle Ages. The Crusaders, who revered Christ,
not
IhE CdhloI OF IO-DAf,
but Christ as God, went forward, and they cried
out, as with one voice, "What shall we do to
rescue the holy places from impious hands ?" We
have fallen on strange times. The rebellion Of the
sixteenth century is raising its head to-day with
renewed vigor, and 1t seems at times as If the
We are here this morning not only as Christians,
but as citizens. We come here to pray to God for
Voices to Co.. that He may look dSwn VITA
on this people, our duty OF patriotism IS second
only to our duty as members of "the household OF
Iaith." The better the Christian, the better the
citizen. The man who is not q good Christian can
not be good citizen.
rests upon the Catholics OF the United States. IL
depends upon us whether the work OF Gods Church
shall go on for the salvation Of souls. Every one
years cannot fail to have noted that success in
every great movement has been attained only by
not OF the Catholic Church are well organized TO-
day-so well organized and so ready TO give Dattle
that if they only had the promise Of God they
would propagate their doctrines and carry their
views over the whole land.
PUBLIC OPINION RULES IN THIS COUNTRY.
press. Our our religion should should intensity our Hmeri
canism Every one is an American whose home Is
here God gave this land to the oppressed OF the
whole world. No one has monopoly OF 1t. As
Catholics we have no secrets Our councils are
open to every one; our work is as open as the day.
for the children especially those OF 'the household
Of faith" While those OF other religions are
spreading their organizations all over the land
the Catholics seem to stand still. There is
A WANT OF UNITY OF ORGANIZATION.
In order to contend against the power that is
batting against us we must create sound public
opinion. The press OF to-day is not the press OF
twenty years ago. There is disposition to be fair.
The old cant OF eighteen years ago cannot nnd
place in
THE NEW YORK PRESS TODAY
The public schools OF this state are essentially
Protestant. There Is not sectariauism in the
sense that you can tell whether the teaching Is
Methodist, Presbyterian or Episcopalan. There
are only three classes Of society in the religious
sense--the catholic, the Evangelical and the in
fdei. TIE rights OF the children to worship God
according to the dictates OF their conscience are
taken away, and yet we see this large body OF
Cathoncs in New Jersey looking on as II they were
the dawn oi a better time Is appearing. see the
beginning OF the good work (alluding the Catho-
lie Uni0n) ali over the United States. These are
trying times The waves Of nfdelity are sweep
ing over Europe, and II we do not prepare by or.
ganiZatlOn we shall be engulfed.