The New York herald., 1875-03-22

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/ their Master They quarrelled among themselves
We see the aii,pervadlng goodness OF the saviour
throughout Here He Is still teaching by example.
! In TINS act He rebukes pride, reoukes the preten-
slons OF iran ana helpless mortality. His life was
drawing near Its close, HIS mission was almost
fulfilled. he was going to the Father-oack
to me light and splendor OF an eternal throne be-
passed. the atonemenI must be rendered He
must yet endure torture ana degradation great
as 10 eXaort @ ply rom even the most outcast SIN
hours on the cross, when He CRIES in agony, "My
COG, why hast thou forsaken sn Christ was
sent into the world IN obedience TO the covenant
made by God with His chosen people. Every step
from the cross TO tue sepulcnre had been marked
OUT ior Hin TO tread, and TINS act OF washing the
disciples feet was one link IN he long chain OF
incidents that distinguished the Savour's lie.
ST. PATRICKS CATHEDRAL.
BLESSING THE PALMs-REApNa THE PASSION
REMARKS BY THE VERY REV. FATHER QUINN
ON THE CARDINAL AND THE ORPHAN ASYLUM.
At st. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday the pic.
lures, crucfXes and other ornaments in the
sanctuary were all screened with purple cloth.
His Emnence the Cardinal celebrated the eight
O'Clock mass his attendant priest being his secre
tary, the Rev. Father Farrelly.
! Immediately before the high mass. at half.past
ten O'Clock, the palms were blessed by the Rev.
Father Kearney, assisted by the Celebrant of the
mass, the Rev. Father Kane. Alter the palms
were blessed they were distributed among the
congregation. Yesterday being Palm Sunday the
Gospel OF ST. Matthew relating the story OF the
Sayiour's passion was the gospel OF the day, and
occupied SO long slime in the reading that no
sermon was preached. The Rev. Fatner Kearney
ascendcd the pulpit, and read IN Eng lsh the eo-
quenJ history in clear, lorciole ana pathetic
| manner.
Alter the communion Vicar General Quinn made
the announcements Tor the sunday, among wnlch
| was long list Of those VINO mad ded during the
week, for the repOse oi whose souls the prayers Oi
| the congregation were asked.
The Vicar General then said:-We have great
pleasure In announcing, as they all had already
learned through the newspapers the elevation OF
Archbishop McCloskey to the dignity OF the cardl.
naiate. rhis nonor was conferred Tor The hist
tune on an American prelaie. 1t Is an honor con-
lerrel by the Holy Father, upon TINS archdiocese
| ana upon this Cathedral We need not say now
the CathOi oil the archdiocese and the CathollcS
oil the United states appreciate snch high dignity
ana rejoice tnat Archbishop McCioskey has been
! created a prince among princes. IL is dignity
sent the Pope to the Catholics OF this country.
oid not expect that IN our day We should see this.
| But the great age OF The Pontn miracuiOus!y pro-
logged for the Denedt OF the Unurcn, has included
IN the extraordinary services his reign has rem
| dered to true religion another signal PROOF VI our
advancement mere, where there Is no persecution,
| and OF the JOY that fills MS heart because the
Cnurch progresses. The ambassadors IRON the
Holy Fatner are already on their way to New YORK
bearing The formal appointment OI tDe Archbishop
to the pylncely dignity, ana alter their arrival an
announcement VIII be made as TO the time when
the ceremony proper to the occasion shall take
The Vicar Gcneral also announced that on Eas-
ter sunday the coliectlons at all the masses and
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Catholic Orphan Asylum. Twice yeaf-on
CHRISTMAS Day and Easter Sunday-these coec-
tons were always taken Or the benefit OF tue Or
pnans, who nau nothing else to de epend on Tor COM
orLs ana support. For two years past the num-
there being now ZOO in all. and no doubt tns was
due 30 tue hardshps OF the past TWO winters. when
so many people were out OF work. or the total
number in the asylum one-thiru were iull orphans,
the remainder being hall orphans. Oi course the
former were completely dependent upo1 this
charity, ana lndeed the naf orphans may also be
said to be equally So Notwithstanding ell
the exertions OF the MANAGERS o! the
to collect money from the poor parent,
father or mother, as tae case might be, OF the
child IN the Institution. In a great measure TINS
was due to the hard tunes, when these peoplc mad
themselves more than they could do TO 1--we.
Hence the necessity OF a generous response to the
appeal TO be MADE next sunday lie would urge
upon all 10 give generously, ior the moaey was
needed for tue support OF these poor children nn,
had stood beside the orphans, and they all knew
the workings OF the institution and It's wants. He
was, tDen, In hope thal liberal oneflDgs would be
made on Easter Sunday.
me music at tne mass. under the direction OF
the Organlst, Mr. Gustavus S(hmtz, was Prince
PonitowsHi's "Messe solennelle." The soloists
were, Mme Bredelli, soprano; Mrs. Eenrlch,
alto; Mr.. Bersln, tenor; Mr.. Urcns, basso.
FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH.
WHAT JESUS DID AND SUFFERED IN THE GREAT
WEEK OF HIS LIPE
DR.. Armitage, OF the Filth Avenue Baptist church,
dlscourses on "what Jesus said, did ana suffered
on each day IN the great week OF His life, including
His death and resurrection" The morning dis
course was based upon the following words,
taken from the twenty-1rst chapter OF Matthew
and the fifth verse :-"Tell we the daughter Of
Sion Behold thy king cometh unto thee. meek,
and sitting upon an ass and colt the !oa OF an
ASST He said :--rhe week which closes the forty
days, commonly known as Lent. is called by both
the Greek and Latin churches the Greater Week or
HOY Week. The Germans style 1t the Week OF
Sorrows while among many denominations OF
Protestants it is known as Passion Week, mean
ing the week Of your Savlour's sulrerings. The
first day of the week Is called
PALM SUNDAY,
In commemoratlon or the fact that when Jesus
entered Jerusalem on that day the Jewish popula.
tlOn strewed the highway over which He ro @
with branches pucked from the palm, the
olive and other trees. DR.. Armitage here referred
to the uncertainty conLected with the exact date
OF the death OF Christ, and the consequent cele-
bration OF the event on days movable all the way
from the 2lst OF March to tue 22d OF April and tnen
contlnued:-ln the last week OF our LORDS lie
scarce an hour struck without announcing some
great mediate oral circumstance, so that the seven
days literally TEEN with events OF The Iirst mo-
ment. After the repose Of the wish sabbath our
Lord lett the httle secluded and wooded vae Of
Bethany on MS Journey to Jerusalem. He started
on 1907, but wnen He had arrived at Bethphage
He sent two oi Ills disciples 10 q village near at
hand, saying to them. "5traightway ye snail lind
an ass tied and colt WIN her; loose
them and bring them unto me-" Upon
this, as had been foretold. He rode into
the royal city. OWING especially TO the
fame winch had resulted from HIS raising OF L0z-
arus rom the dead great excitement nlicd the
cItv, especially among the STRANGERS who mad
come 10 attend the ieast OF the Passover. The
people were reaoy 20 break out against Roman
oppression. and the secret hope was entefta lned
that the lUng-promsed MESSIAH had come last,
and so HIS disciples hurried on. leapng with alac-
scene OF His temporal power. Jhe second proml-
nent scene Ol the day was the mourning OF the
Saviour over Jerusalem. A. the tomb OF Lazarus
He wept pr!vateiy be tore the walls OF the doomed
city He soooed punllcly. Not tear flied
His eye as He DaSseo Getbesame but one lOOk at
Jerusalem broke His neart. And IN one breath He
coupled the past with the future saying :-''lf
tnOu naCst known, even thou al least n this tiny
day, the tnlngs whlcn belong unio tiny ueace!
But now they are hid IRON time eyes.v The