The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-08-10
An Address 10 the Pope.

NEW 4uhht august o.--lne IOllOWlDB
address to the Pope from the Catholic
Union Of this city will be handed TO the
Holy Father by Cardinal McCloskey, who
sailed yesterday in the Pereire, on her
arrival in Rome;
To His Holiness Plus the H., Supreme
PoRiif and Father d he FaihVul'
We, the Catholic laity within the die.
cese Of New York, enjoying, through
Divine Providence and your Holiness
favor, the care and guardianship Of our
Most Rev. Archbishop John MCCloskey,
approach in spirit and by this writing the
Chair Of Peter and, reverentiRlly renewing
our faithful homage, present to You, our
Holy Father, this expression Of our
gratitude for the honor conferred upon
ourselves and our country in the eleva-
ton Of our beloved pastor to the sacred
Office Of Cardinal.
THE TRIALS OF OUR HOLY CHURCH
in the ancient Kingdoms Of the earth,
from the pressure Of armed heresy and
the disobedience Of her erring children,
have awakened in our souls emotions OF
profound sympathy, alike with Your
Holiness and with your faithful clergy
and their bereaved people, Yet, amid
these evidences that, in the mysterious
diGpensations OF the Divine Founder, evil
agencies are still permitted, for space,
to exercise their pcrnicious influence, we
find much consolation In the numerous
compensatory blessings vouChsafed to the
Church in our day. Among these, and
foremost by reason Of its benefcent con-
sequences, may be reCkoned the bounty
which has bestowed upon us n Pontif Of
unsurpassed piety and virtue, whose Sc
rene fOrtitude paralyzcs antagonism and
converts every temporal loss into spir'
ilual advantage, thus adding to the count
less proofs in history that Gods Church
is not only iniallible in faith but indie
structible in power.
A RETROSPECT VIEW.
In looking back upon the comparative
ly recent past we behold, at a state coin
Gliding with the great modern revolt, an
addition to the realm Of Christian civfli-
cation, destined, rs Is shownby the events
Of the present age, to afford u theatre for
triumphs Of truth exceeding the entire
past in their magnitude and in the rich.
ness of their accompanying temporal and
spiritual enjOymenls for the human race.
The Anglican settlements OF the New
World partook so largely, at their origin,
Of the views dominant in the parent state,
that for the first two centuries our holy
religion made little progress.
FIFTY.Two METROPOLITAN CHURCHES.
When the present century, thrice
blessed in happy incidents, opened upon
the faithful, n single small church was
adequate in the foremost city Of the fore.
most State to receive nj the matn call
the entire congregation, and in tic whole
rural territory the true Worship was un-
known. But now, in this third quarter,
We witness In the metropolitan city fifty
two churches, and in It's suburbs many
more, while throughout the whole land
altars arise wherever men are TO be
found. In this spread Of true religion
over n territory where no mere earthly
power Is exerted in its behalf the innate
greatness Of the Church Is receiving n
Visible manifestation. In this its extern
sion among 80 many
HAPPY RECEIVERS UNDER G0D's pROvI-
DENCE,
and, by the guidance Of Your Holiness,
examples Of such impressive magnitude
arc afforded MS may serve to convince
mankind that temporal power must ever
fail In its efforts to restrain the acceptance
oiOur holy faith.
From what was so recently IN unCulti-
vated wilderness, and more recently the
abiding place In the main Of those who
will not acknowledge your authority, we
trust Your Holiness will receive gracious.
ly this humble tribute of dutiful reyer.
ence and sincere thankiulness.
Given At New York this lst day Of Au-
gust, 1876, for and on behalf Of the Cath.
olics Of the Archdiocese Of New York.
L. B. DISssR,
EUGENE KELLY,
=. Il. COuDKRT,
WM. and J0iIN O'DRIRS,
T, +. SLEvGS,
]. TnORoN,
WM. YON SACHS,
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