The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-13

know that 1T Will be suddenly, like thief
in the night, while we arc about our or
binary occupations, the child attending
school, the priest at the altar, the nun
singing the Offices, the drunkard rolling
along the street, the grog seller doing
out his poison to soul and body, and the
llcentious caught in the broth.
cl. In tho twinkling of
an eye will the heavens roll away lik e
a garment, and the Son of God appear.
Great God Almighty What q terrible
thing it will be! The falling stars; the
terrible flashes of lightning; the horri-
BILE peals of thunder; rocks of adamant
cleft In twain as if cleft with an axe.
That which escapes the dreadful war of
the elements will wither away like leaf
IN the act OF fear Of what shall become of
them Death must pass upon all men.
PRIEST and laymen, young and old, must
die, land after this the judgment" After
the bitterness of death has passed the
angels last trump shall. sound, and it's ap.
palllng notes penetrate the bowels Of the
earth and the deep caverns of hell-ssarise
we dead and up to Judgment St. Paul
says all shall rise but all shall not be
changed. There shall be noble army
of glorious bodies like unto the glorious
body of Christ; and then there will be a
crouchin5 horde of deformed,
black. hideous beings who have
not washed their robes in the
blood of the Lamb. What terrible
contrast do they form to the multitude
who on earth mortified the deeds of the
flesh and chung to the precious cross with
saving faith in the crucifcd Jesus.
Job says, IL know my redeemer liveth, -
and in my flesh | shall see God.' St..
John says, II saw the dead, great and
small, standing before the throne.' Oh
sinful man and woman living in mortal
sin, you know you arc enemies to God,
pause for moment in your insane, mad
career of guilt and think of the coming of
that day Of rctribution. Lovers of the
world and its alluring pleasures, you
members of secret societies. those ante
| chambers of hell, stop and see the folly
of your ways and the terrible vortex of
unspeakable anguish to which you are
hurrying! Look before it is too late
upon him whom they pierced-the cruel
fed Son of Man. Think what blessed
sight it will be to the redeemed 20 see the
Lamb seated upon His throne, and myr-
riads of angels ascending and descending
from the regions Of eternal bliss
and how terrible it will be for the
sinner. St. Jerome says SIT would be
easier for a damned soul to suffer the
tormcnts of hell than for sinful man to
look upon the face of Jesus Christi
In conclusion a narrowing portrayal of
a soul receiving sentence Of condemnation
was given, ''Oh my God, my God,' wall.
ed the spirit, shear me, am Catholic;
| was baptised into thy church; I have
attended Thy ordinance; have partaken
in the affairs Of Thy church. Oh my God
cast me not out. have thy work on my
forehead. was, oh my God, anointed
by the priest on my death bed, is there
no mercy, no help, no hope? Gods re-
ply is cain and stern. IL know it all,
but it was all done in fraud, your heart
was not right, depart from me 1 never
knew YOU And the soul was cast into
the dungeon lighted up with the flames of
hell, the key turned in the lock, and
''Eternity' written upon the door and
the key cast into the abyss OF space.
After the sermon the ''Stabet Mater
was sung, and preparatory to the Bene-
diction Of the Blessed Sacrament, which
concluded the service, the choir sang go
Salutaris'' and "Sanctum Ergo After
the Bencdiction the ''Laudatc Domi.
num- The offices were sung with eff.
fective style. rejecting great credit upon
tle choir master.