National Republican., 1875-11-15
SISTERS OF THE roos
Dedication Of New chap.l-Rsnarks BY
Arehbishou Hayiev.

Il
Archbishop Bayisy.
The chapel of the house Of the Little Sisters OF
the Poor was yesterday solemnly dedicated to the
| service Of God by Archbishop Bayley, OF Baltl.
more. The cornerstone OF the chapel was laid 3
| year ago, and sincs then the edifcs has reached
completion Its, in reality, aportion of the main
building, and opens upon the broad veranda.
The interior of the chapel is plain, and its walls
and dependent columns are of pure white. Over
worshipers. Over the altar standing in niche,
u Is me-si5e ngure OF the Virgin MARY, and over
the sioe altars are figures OF Christ. The purity
and umpicity of the interior OF the chapel was
Yesterday made prominent by the profuslon of
flowers with which the altars and figures were
nhreesnea: ,hs The French taste OF the Sister. Of
the flowers. Red was the conspicuous color Of the
decoration Of one side altar the other was graced
flowers, and the figure Of Mary was arched In by
the beauties of-the field.
The dedicatory services began at o'clock. Be-
with worshipers. At the appointed hour the
Arehnlshop, accompanied by Fathers Walter,
Ne VOL, Berrotti, Jenkins, Healy. Ciampl,
tke chapel, and, pausing at the entrance, pro,
nouneeo The solemn words Of dedication, while
the choir sang the "Misersre Gregorium.n The
Chanting and % blessing i Il: Alter fSs Ceremony @
dedication was ended, the Archbishop addressed
the congregation in an informal manner, rather
u
sermon, and his remarks derived grace and won
most attentive listeners from the easy and unaf.
tected style in which they were delivered.
fHE ARcHBrsHoP's ADDRESS.
1t always gave him pleasure he said, although
It was often attended with q great deal OF coufu-
sion, to lay the cornerstone Of any church or
q sign of progress-s step in the right direction
the opening Of divine grace in this poor, miserable
world Of ours ~N0
It g:ve him particular pleasure to bless a
chapel connected with the house of the Little
Sisters of the Poor. He did not call It poor
resiit1' Int not In practice. The word pOor-house
not only in this country, but in England and Ire
land, had come to have bad sound shout IT. In
these days poverty hsS become q efime. Hs had
been In several Of the ouses Of the Little Sisters
Of the oor, and he remembered having once
visited poor-house. A great many years ago ne
had studied to become Protestant minister.
ners could S nOs nave Dsss sss naysSty than IN the
town where he had studied,
1t was place for retired merchants, land OF
milk and honey Yet they haf tbs Sss nS
sense Of the word. 1t was an old, sumele-do
place, that must have been built by contract, and
that had grown old in the service. In this place
had been crowded poor men, most of them from
the class that had seen better days. There was
one man in particular that ne used 70 go ana see:
good days seemed to have left him, and he, ami
mated with some sort Of zeal, used to go over and
see MIN. he QaQ QAQ 10 SIT upon Inc IuQR Oh Tue
only chair rs the rest Of 1t had gone and his clerk
had been compelled to occupy the wlndow-sill.
When the man had died he had been placed in q
wooden coffin that had cost a.dollar. The speaker
hedbeen
THE ONLY MoURNKR.
On the way the wagon had broken down and tho
poor man rolled down the hill. That was the way
they took care Of the poor in that place. They
that the man who farmed them had taken them
for seventy-hve cents week. As he had to make
some money. it must have cost him ffty cents
twas precept or their blessed religion that
the poor should have Gospel preached to them.
knew Of no place on earth where the holy prscept
was more fully carried out than in the house OF
the Little Sisters Of the Poor. They were, indeed,
little sisters of the poor, and what his hearers
should be careful of was TO recognize that the
sisters were doing what they should do; recognize
then sy giving Ss1sS5Gs or THAR n,.,.d
Lord that the poor should never cease out Of the
land, and twas one OF their greatest duties, in
There had been, it was true, in this world, when
there were q great many wise men. so-called, and
in their own estimation philosophers, who had
would make everyone SO comfortable that there
would be no poverty. Those had been the prom
ises held out to the workingmen by the French
revolutionists. They knew that 1t could not be
so. 1t had never been intended that man should
sit down under his vine and fg.tree and do moth.
ing nsy were a ns5e tSe,a 70 ne eO PensnSe d Tney
Instead of diminishing poverty, they lad in.
creased it. In Great Britain Thousands died Of
hunger every year, a1dt5ss same was the case in
their own country--0ne seventh of the popula-
tion Of EnglsRdwer paupers. In the streets Of
Wealthy London they saw sights that they would
never see anywhere else in the world. Paris
1t was
THE HONEST PooR
people who merited their charity, people who
after breakfast did not know where they were
brought 10 poverty by drinking. The blessed
precept came to them In a striking manner on
that occasion. There was great deal OF bsnevo-
Christian charity should be like spring which
threw up its waters copiously and generously.
That which was pumped up came against ma
1t might, of course, be Of service, as were the
tIthes OF the Pharisee, who vainly boasted that
So with their charity; il benefited the Door. but
not their own souls. Charity coming from the
heart pleased God, and benefited both the poor
and themselves. They Should think OF this be-
cause 1t vas n good opportunity for laying up
treasures. The Bible said that the almsgiVer
should get TO heaven. 1t was in the nature of
man to cling to money and When he gave it freely
It was an act Of selEdeniaL Get money at any
rate was the motto, and what could be the end Of
It unless utter misery and desoatlon. II they
had q sum Of money they were unHillIng to put
It in 3 railroad, because they would be afraid that
the president, or some one, would make off with
lack of confidence. Their religion made it =
precspt that they should keep their hearts from
TEE LOVE or MONEY.
man was bound to give Of his super1ulty gene
rously for the suffering. The rich man performed
his acts Of religion by being charitable to the
poor; the poor man by being patient In his suffer-
Ing. "Give always, and everything shall be pure
TO you," said their Saviour. Dives had been a
rich man. 1t was not said that by dishoAorable
means he was rich, nor was It his fault. MANY
rich men had gone TO heaven. Some men lost
their souls for house and lot, as others did for
nillions. Dives had been q rich man. He had
not made these riches by grinding the poor. He
was not blamed for being rich; he was not blamed
for dressing in purple and fine linen. He had
Jared sumptuously; yet DO reprimand had been
given him 10 the Gospel for any Of these things
He had been buried in hell because he had not re-
membered, while enjoying his riches, to give q
portion TO the poor. There had besn a Lazarus at
his gate. Nothing had been said about this man;
while he was lying at the gate he was laying up
treasures in heaven. At the same time that they
read that Dives was buried in hell they read that
Lazarus was carried to the bosom of Abraham
If Dives lived now, he would have q great fune-
raj. He would have q big sermon preached over
him as bepefactor of man, and yet he had been
buried in hell.
He exhorted bis hearers to think OF the things
that he had said, as they were true. He could
make q much stronger and terrible sermon with
out going out Of the Gospel. 1t was time to
SET THEMSELVES TO WORK.
Knowing their sin, God was ready to recognize as