The New York herald., 1874-12-26
ST. IGNATIUS' CHURCH.

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OF green. Crosses ana stars ana wreaths were
hung In every available place. In front OF the
altar were three arches OF green, the centre one
oelng surmounted by large cross. All round the
church, In each panel, hung white satin banners
embroidered with notices IN green and gold
Across the END OF the church were the words,
.'Giory to God IN the highest; peace on earth.
good will toward men, also eu,broiuered on
White satin IN green and gold. The altar was
trimmed with flowers and made brilliant oy the
light OF many candies.
The services were opened by the boy choir.
They commenced singing before they were visible,
and entered the church. marching slowly down
the side aisle and up the centre one, to the altar,
singing as they went, 'Let US now 60 even unto
Bethlehem" They were followed BY Dr. Ever.
The musical programme was a fne one, and
rendered entirely by the BOY choir under the
cnarge OF Choir Master James Maclaury. The pro-
gramme for the midnight mass and the hali.past
ten O'Clock A. NJ. service was professional,
'Adeste Fdelis - litany hymn, ancient and modern
Introt, first celebration, ninetyeightn psalm; sec
sequence, bright bright Ia SILVER hgnt;'
..Gorla Iibt" Cutler; .Credo," Nlcene oneiloIy
"Bread OF the World:n "Agnus Dci," adapted ;
GLORIA IN Excelsls." Gregorlan; "Nunc Dim!tIis"
DR.. Ever SAID. after the mauy services held
since last night alter the iatigues Of the night,
impose sermon on you: furthermore am disln.
cuned. after tie admirable discourse OF Professor
Hall, to say anything tnas might tsna TO- dun uas
impression. You could not hep being struck with
many OI his Illustrations; his illustrations Of Jesus
PASSING BY THE ANGELS
and taking our nature was beautiful, suppose he
hau passed by our nature anu taken the nature OF
a brute would we have done as the angels did
announced the tact OF his birth with halelulans !?
To-day there is one passage that Keeps repeat
ing itself III my recollection. .'Sir, we would
see Jesus" On rhlrsday after Holy Week these
words were said; they were SAID by the Greeks,
not the Jews. Jesus was standing In the court Of
Israel, and the Greeks standing aar or SAID to
Pnllip, ''Sir, VIC would see Jesus" and Philip tod
the Lord and the blessed Loru stepped uown out
OF the OF Israel into the court the Gentiles.
tnat tney might Jesus on, this has been the
OF the world In effect Tor thousand years 1t
dumb yearnin0 they naa read the book OF ma
ture put mad not the Key to unlock It's % mysteries:
essential that they snould understand-flrst, What
Is Gods second. what is the moral law,
OF the Irrure slater On, we tnat are after Christ
cannot realize the darkness they were inI Sys-
hope and vanished How were they to know what
was Gody How were they to know what were the
LAWS and sas aturs state al, unless man n1 snoa,d
standest thou what thou readestt" and the eunuch
said, "How can ! understand unless some man
shall tell mey" How. indeed, could tney know
these mysteries unless some man should tell
them? But iOr thousands or years there was NO
man must tell tIein, and thn. man must be God,
the God man. ON, impossible ths union OF the
mortal and the immortal, the finite ana INFINITE.
Man concelves some possible scneme, but innnite
God makes possible tnat which to poor human
nature Impossible. Credible, there iOre, is the
Incarnation OF
GOD IN MAN.
''Sir, we would see Jesus" ID still the cry OF
Christians and Will be to the end Of time not be.
cause Christians DO not understand the three
mysteries, but for the reason that they do know
they yearn for the luture lie because they know
what Jesus is they yearn TO benold tue beatinc
vision in heaven. Let us eaten the spirit OF this
festival and make ourselves one with those who
were IN Bethlehem eighteen hundred years ago.