The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-09
A Panegyric on st. Dominic
by Rev. DR.. Brann,
THE DANGERS OF SELF-EXALTATION.
Defence Of Bible Reading in
the Public Schools.
THE NEED OF A BLESSING.
A Universalist View Of the Lead
ership Of Jesus.
CHURCH OF ST. VINCENT FERRER.
PANEGYR1c ON ST. DOMINIC BY THE REV. DIR.

CHURCH OF ST. VINCENT FERRER.
PANEGYR1c ON ST. DOMINIC BY THE REV. DIR.
BRANN
Yesterday the Feast of St Dominic the founder of the
Order Of Preachers celebrated with great sole-
nty in this church by the Dominican Fathers Tho
sacred eddce richly decorated for the occasion with
drapees and other ornaments Of symboca colors and
devices Hundred Of wax tapers burned on the grand
altar and before the shrnes Of the Blessed virgin ana
St Joseph, shedding a dazzling light on the giided
carvings and beautiful escoes that surround the sane
tuarv while the air was laden with the odors of flowers
and sweet incense.
The grand high mass was celebrated by the Very Rev
Father Lily O. P, assisted by the Rev. Fathers
Neagher and Quinn The music was Of a very high
order Mozarts twelfth being efficiently rendered
by a choir composed Of the following artists Solo
soprano, Me Morrison Fiset soprano Miss Mcpher
son; altos, Misses Mary f. Tracy and Cecilia Tagabue;
fenors Messrs Frech Groschell and OFT; basso, Mr..
Walker; organist, Mr.. HauscheL
After ;he gospel the Rev Dr. Brann assembled the pull
pit and delivered eloquent the life Of
she great apostle Of the thirteenth century.
Taking his text from the gospel Of the day the tenth
chapter Of Luke twenty-t third twenty-seventh
verses in which our Lord teaches the great lesson Of
Charity 70 all men and illustrates it by the parable of
An the saints Of Gods Church have been distin-
sushed by characteristic virtue which fitted thom
10 deal with the spiritual Of the age which they
lived. Each individual had special mission. ST. Dom
nic whose festival celebrating like all the
other saints pracsed every virtue, but the distinguish
ing trait hs character shown by almost every act
- bis .tc was desire manifest the virtue OF ZEAL
the virtue Of the missionary, apostle and preacher The
Zeal Of od and charity made him the greatest reformer
Ofhi day and the founder Of Of the most ilustr
orders or the Church
Quoting he words Of the Psamist 'My zeal hath
Cause1 grow faint because my enemies have for
gotten my words, the preacher continued Zeal is
euson q divine love; it is outpouring Of that
love from v!rtuous hearts Zeal must spring from the
personal sanct!Gcation OF him who exemplGes it. It
must not be COMPOUNDED with energy or enthu
sasn Tho zeal OF ST. Dominic vas essentially divine
because in - exercise he practised silence and quiet
ness, seirestrant and humility, meekness and ODE
dence to the will OF God and OF His representative
earth, the Church Sefloye is appaudcd by God only
when i 3 applied TO the salvation OF souls This
great end should engross all our efforts. He that would
be an apostle must begin by the exercise Of personal
Slrctty. Tor how undertake 10 preach unless
practise -. Dominic understood the necessity
Of self san tilcation and practised from his
earliest years. Equipped with the Of vir
tue, le advanced to his mission and trumphed.
his work has lived after him in his successors from the
thirteenth 10 the nineteenth century Zeal must be
according 70 truth and science SecuHduat scientiGR.
The false retomers whose wrecks the strands Of
the II time, have failed IN their work, because self
entered INTO all their plans and their abors We're d
rected 20 CARRYING their ideas instead Of being
employed Tor tie advancement OF the OF God In
lie days - ~ Dominic the lerclca Ablgenses sought
20 GisrUp. by their teachings all civil and religious order
ard conspired equally against the laws Of God and
These - Dominic, under the inspiration of the
Holy Ghcsr. cOmbated successfully, and at the same
TINE cleared the religious atmosphere from the faint of
tAeir presence
Conirsst lie name and fame Of St Dominic with that
81 Luther, who was equally intellectual and able in
every respect But how widely their motives diner!
Douluc's doctrine meant geutiepcss, holiness and
unity Luther preached turbulent sctasseruon, war
and division.
The great Iacoriaire worthy successor to ST. Domi-
nc and nember Of his Order destroyed by the sane
atty cf lie and the persuasive power 81 his eloqucucc
the rising tide Of ntdelIty IN France. Contrast his
career With that Of the unfortunate De Imennais, who
SCARED 10y his genius 20 the greatest height Of fame but
who n moment OF pride aud seilsgfccncy, rebelled
and vas hurled by his the lowest place in
the estimation OF Christian people False zeal despoils
che Church and is developed by pride and self-will
We often attempt great reforms but a. often allow our
personal feelings 10 interfere with and neutraZc our
efforts There were 10 such defects in the zeal Of st.
Dominic y was The perfect outspring Of his love for
God and for his fellow men.
The sword used in 81 nomnics time as an in
srgmeLt Of Incorporate ZEAL but the apostle Of gentle
always stood between the conqueror and the CON
queTedi between the bloody evgngcl.zaton Of the
CRUSADER and The unhappy inhteL He has been falsely
accused IN history Of taking part in what are termed the
religious prosecutions OF his day. The acts Of nstu-
lions. purely political in the.r character, cited as
evidence against him. but these calumnes haseess
when viewed ui The light of impartial investigation
No man, AMI particularly no American Of to-day il
justified in gdgng Of the nature o. the policy the
motives II lcn who lived and welded power six
centuries ago for there is not state Of the thirteen
ihat formed the original Union that has not been
stained by the most cruel and bloody prosecutions in
the name If religion, and scarcely descendant Of the
men who Lived IN The former colonies Of Great Britain
say that lis ancestors did not take part in the
sntoieraIt acJs Of those times. How. then, men
with such history of recent persecution attaching 10
eSIsted six centuries agOy
The zeal q st. Dominic remarkable FOR its moder
alton. The severe doctrines Of Jesus would never
have been successfully preached IL not that the
sweetness &c the Redcemer pery AIDED them all
- bon.Llc's Order has given martyrs 10 the Church
81 al iIres Is foundation. The white robes Of
as children. embematic Of the innocence and purity
OF bis teachings and example, have often been stained
viii their blood. While called TO sacrifice
our lives l!Ee them, for the truth let US initiate the
example OF the founder Of their order and by
sympathy Of zeal with him for Gods honor make our
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