The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-08-10

doctrine, the same sacrameuts, one Lord. On
Father, one baptism. one God father of all. I
is the same doctrine Of to-day as was breaches
in the DAYS of yorc by orr Saviour. The use Q
the latin language Is all eloquent witness 9th
antiquity Of our fifth we. preiaNchs t'le sam
on the MantS e'l& same Is PaHE DISCOURSE
in tho anci4ltscitY of r onr.the saaM that Co
lumbas brought to these Shores a1 43lh is TIL
same from January to December, the sam
from yesterday and today. He is perfect ant
no man can improve upon him. a strange
visits your town, he is tired and travel stained
every one stands aloof from him, he gazes int
each passing face and fails to discover one ia
miliar countenance, finally his eye casts upon
the well known cross upon the steeple or thu
church. At that instant he is at home in feel
ings, he hasgdscoWred ansoasis inthe desert
the5windsNhis way to that holy spot. he thel
hears tleelessols.taight IN the same Language
as learned at his home, those portions OF ON
ceremony which to foreign eyes to our bless
ed religion appear strange and are unknown
is to him as familiar rs his mothers face. He
partakes of the same sacrament, utters in
unison with those around hin. the responses
and as tears OF joy roll down his travel stained
face he feels, he knows he is at home, sur
rounded by brothers and sisters. ''How ami
able are Thy. tabernacles, o Lord of hosts.
Ny soul longetl, yea. even faintcth for the
courts of the Lord, my heart and nv flesh cr;-
eth OUT for the living God
Yea, the SPARROW hath found an house, and
the swallow a nest for herself where she may
lay her young even thine affairs, o Lord OF
hosts, my King and my God.
! Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house.
| they will be praising Thee"
! We have no need Of secret societies, we en-
joy a society compared with which all tempo
raj societies are small indeed. The church shows
a unity of faith, but more than that. unity OF
government Jesus Christ is the author Of all
grace from whom all power proceeds; no pow
| er is given to NAH except it proceeds from Je-
sus Christ our Saviour. He is the invisible
| Head. He and He alone appoints men to
act on earth in his stead and name. He says to
| Peter whatsoever thou shalt bind in earth shall
| be bound in heaven, aud whatsoever thou
| shalt loose in earth shall be loosened in heav-
| en-. The Bishop of Rome is the True successor
| OF Peter and he exercises the same power as
Peter did No government can subsist with
out a supreme head, and there must in the
| management of any government, state or
church be rendered unto Ciesarthe things that
are Caesars and unto God those things which
| are Gods. The late Eceumenical Council at
| Rome was a striking proof Of the oneness Of
our church, gIhere were presentoV over one tholls-
and bishops, they were representatives from
all parts Of the globe with che exception of a
part OF Russia. There were there assembled
| men of all colors, habits, dress and language,
| | saw there the fair compleXoned Caucasian,
and the sable hued representative OF Africa s
shore. There in st. Peters church in one
| body We're the representatives OF over 200, 000,-
| 900 souls; they were,all animated by the same
faith, sang the same anthems, and lnelt at the
| same altar. Our church has seen kingdoms
rise and fall, she has seen Empires merge into
Republics and Republics into Monarchies, yet
through all the mutations Of time she remained
| unchanged, the self same old church of
4 God. Roman citizens in the more prosper
| GUS days Of the noble old city We're proud to
say II am q Roman citizen; so can this peo
| pie say witha certain Degree of pride, we are
proud of being Americans, but what can eX-
press our swell earned pride, with an antiquity
of nineteen centuries, Il living reflex OF atlle
wisdom OF our fathers in this church who by
| their stability have established Il lasting unity
| of our church. L admonish you my brethren
| to be worthy OF the trust placed in your care,
profit by examples, let your light shine SO that
| ali seeing your good works may emulate your
| examples, attend your places OF worship regu-
| larry Sunday after Sunday. avoid intemperance
| in all things, be kind and affectionate one to
| another. You now have u temple which you
are at liberty tosworship i'l,8 one which you
| may we'll feel proud of, and as at the transfig-
uration it was saiii sit is good to be here" so
may you as you assemble Sunday after Sunday
say to each other sit is good to be here" May
your conduct through life be such that when
you are called home, you may be enabled to
witness throughout all the vastness- OF eternity
the beauties OF the transformation.
The Bishop then thanked the ministers OF
this charge who. have labored soassduously to
establish the church at this place, as we'll as
those of.other denominations who have render
ed material aid toward securing this beautiful
place of worship. collection was then taken
up to defray a debt resting upon their church,
the amount contributed was in the neighbor
hood $3.50. Vesper services were announced
for 430 O'Clock and a sermon to be preached
by Father o. Keefe.
The attendance in the afternoon at Vesper
was even greater than the morning. When
ever church is packed so full, and the crowd
on the outside SO dense that q newspaper man
is unable to get near enough to even catch the
text Of the sermon, you may rest assured that
there was sssome crowd.'' Such however was
the condition OF affairs. [ learned after the
service was completed that Father O'Keefe
preached upon the subject Of the Holy Sacra-
ment, lie predcatng his remarks upon the
9th chapter of John.
The assembled multitude were no more DIS
appointed in the tone Of the ministers than
they were in the tone of the choir. Anticipa-
ton Of a musical treat of a rare order had been
made, the 9Th of August appeared a long way
off when only two weeks ago the VIRGINIAN
announced the coming of St. Frances choir
but candor compels me to confess that every
body was disappointed. The choir so far eN-
ceeded the expectation Of our citizens that L
believe either pleasure or envy has caused
majority of our citizens to wish they had not
come. learn that Miss LenaScherer is the poses
sor OF the exqusitely sweet soprano voice: Her
voice is one OF great fleXibility, purity OF tone
and in solo comes nearer the ripping OF
limpd stream. than any voice ever listened to,
save perhaps Nillson. The other members OF
the choir are to be congratulated, they furnish
ed portion Of the citizens OF Harrisonbug
conrliment ofsfirsts class music most accepta
flYaendered. "a mention Miss Scherefsss name
IlotSthat other female nembcrs are nep deserv-
ia esof mentions niSffonl thesfact that the FEN
ditioi Of a solo.by Her d,iring the mortangsser-
vice. caused q commotion in the church ana
upon the outside that amounted very nearly to
applause. Had it not been Sunday and in the
church she would have received most hearty
encore. The train took its departure about &
O'Clock. and do not think err when say
that the fraternal visit of the Staunton Catlo-
lies to their brethren OF IIarrisonburg not only
celnetlted their cllain Of brotherly affection but
has had very good effect upon all denomina-
tions causing thcn to ask themselves, can we
assemble always together and say VT Is good
for us to be here.'de'H7s /
Pursuant to calls made through the county
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