The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-13
THE GREAT REVIVAL in ST. PAUL
The Cathedr raj Services.

- The Cathed raj Services.
The city of St. Paul is witnessing the
most remarkable religious revival of its
history. Messrs. Whittle and Bliss. with
the Protestants, and three Paulist Priests
with the Catholics, are holding meetings
at various hours daily. The cathedral
bell rings at half past four in the morning
and by five o'clock the immense building
IS packed full Of people. The same oc.
ours at night. "a
The priests will remain three weeks and
at the conclusion of their Mission work
there they will make visits to Minneapolis,
Faribault, Winona, Austin and other
cities. spending about four months in this
diocese. A newspaper reporter attended
the services last Thursday evening He
says Father Dryer apologized for the
want CT seating accommodation promising
that the next evening there would be ex-
ira seats provided. A voluntary was
played on the great pipe organ and at it's
conclusion Father Elliott mounted the
platform and commenced his discourse Of
instruction upon the articles of the creed,
taking Redemption" for his theme, as
being in regular order after Incarnation.
''Suffered under Pontius PLATE, crucilicd,
dead and buried.' The reverend lcctur-
err gave very plain narrative of the facts
as contained in the Scriptures. After
giving concise history Of the trial, con-
demnation and execution of Christ he
said that it was not necessary for Christ
to die for us; single act of the infinite
God would be infinitely efficacious in say.
ing souls; a tear, thought would be
enough, but God wished to show his great
love to us, and he wished to win our love
in return: He gave himself to die for US,
and in this way won heaven for us. It is
through the blood of Christ only that
we can attain heaven. Anything that we
do cannot save US, and yet we are free
beings, and God will not save us in spite
of ourselves but God, in consideration
of the weakness of the human heart, has
instituted a system which, accompanied
by proper disposition Of the heart, is
infallible. This sacramental system is
baptism, by which original sin is washed
away.
Penance or repentance, in which the
power conferred upon his Apostles and
their "Reminiscences. rs, is exercised by
extreme JUNCTION administered to the sin
cerely contrite upon his death-bed. The
system he contrasted With the Protestant
faith of change Of heart, UNFOLDING it in
preference as more simple, more easy,
and, unlike the Protestant system, per.
fectly scriptural.
He finished his instruction by saying,
How guilty is that Catholic who does not
seek forgiveness for his sins when he
knows so we'll that he can so easily get it?
The Apostles creed was then recited and
the services of the Rosary, after which
the choir sang the ''Veni Crcator.''
Father Dryer now took his place upon
sermon made the announcements foroth-
er services, stating that confessions
will be heard from five o'clock in the
morning. The conditions, he said, Of OBJ.
tanning the indulgences granted by the
Holy Father to his faithful children were
that they should attend oHc parish church
for fifteen times, and at each visit to re.
peat five sour Father's'' and five 'Hail
Mary's.' He then quoted for his text
the 30th verse Of the Oath chapter Of
Matthew, "And then shalllappear the sign
of the Son of Man in heaven; and then
shall all the tribes Of the earth mourn,
and they shall sec the Son of Man coming
in the clouds of heaven, with power and
great glory The other night, he said,
it was his duty to bring before their
minds the remembrance Of the certainty
of death. The time was uncertain but
the event was sure. He spoke of the ter.
rors of death, out said they were nothing
compared to those ofthe Judgment, which
is sure to fo]low-''and after this the
judgment. He said the evening before
they had brought before them the first,
or individual judgment, which takes
place Immediately upon dissolution but
now he would talk to them Of that great
day Of wrath, that dreadful day when
the Wondering dust would come to.
.gcther and assume form, the crumbling
bones unite, and each individual would
stand forth in their flesh and face the
Eternal Judge the Lord God Almighty,
seated upon his throne of glory, sur
rounded by myriadS of angelic beings and
clothed in majesty, might and power.
When every being will read our very
souls, and we shall stand revealed, just
as we are, with every act of our lives
known to the whole universe.
He described in eloquent language the
signs which shall, according to the scrip
lures, precede the coming of that day
the day Of the Lord which should culmi-
nate with a terrible wrcck-the stars
shall fade and fall, the sun, himself,
grow dim, and, amid the war of elements,
the wreck of matter and the crush Of
worlds 'sshall appear the sign of the Son
Of Man"-the cross, from which shall