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NMW uaLKANs. suNpAY, May ls Cd
TION or THE RIGHT REJ-
JOHN LANCASTER SPALDING.
SRR SMPostNG CEREMONIES AT ST. rATEIcKs
CATHEDRAL YESTERDAY.
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The conservation of Rt. Rev. John Ian
castor Spalding, of st. Michaeps Church il
Seis city. as BsheP OF tho new diocese u
Peoria, H., took place y"steIday morning a
ST. Patrick's Cathedral in Mott street. Tb,
hour fixed for the bcginnIng of the ceremonies
was at 10 O'Clock, ana ,he doors were KEEP
tocked to within hBif houc of that time
When thrown "rep there was a great rush fo
udmittance, wkiSh was obtained only, how
gver, by those holding tickets ; 80 that the
lsrge oonoonrse Of people who had come from
distant parts of the city had to 20 away un-
NAtisfeo. The ouly decoration within the
tuilding was spent upon the grand altar.
Precisely at the hour of 10 the procession
soeered from the saoristy, the organ and or.
chestra, under the direction of Mr.. J. w.
Peoher, of ST. PeteI's Church, striking up q
solemn march. First came the Second Assist
1nt Master of Ceremonies, Father Hurley, of
81. Aichaels Church, followed by the cross
Searer, two acolytes and eighteen young gen.
etomen in red soutanes and white surplices !;
then followed twelve young gentlemen in
gentlemen in pure white, bearing several
scored parts of the apparatus used in the Pom
Stdoal Mass Following were upwards of one
hundred priests, who were provided with seats
Ia chairs in the middle aisle. Then came tho
masters of ceremonies, the Rev. J. 81. Farley
and the Rev. w J. Hogan, followed by Mgr
Chathard, President of the AmeIi can College
in Rome, aud Mgr. Seton, of Seton Hall, New
Jersey; the Rt. Rev. Thomas scker, ID ID ;,
Bishop of Wilmington, Del, the Rt. Rev
Joseph Dwengrr, ID d., Bishop of Fort Wayne,
Shu Lno l[t heV. JOnn y CUuTOy, Bishop of
albany; RI. Rev. james A. Healy, ID ID, Bishop
OF Portland. Mo; Rt Rev. Nj A. Corrigan,
Bishop of Newark, n. j.. RI. Rev John
Loughlin, DD, Bishop of Brooklyn Rt. Rev.
i. N. Lynch. Bishop of Charleston, $. e. Rt.
Rev. s II. Ro-ecraus, Bishop of Colu mbus, o. all
an purple robe aud cape Next came the bishop
olect, sopported on tho right by the Rt. Rev.
Thomas Foley, ID D., Bishop of Chicago ILL.,
and on the lef5 by the Rt. Rev. James Gibbons
DID, Bishop of Richmond, Va, who acted as
assistant consecfntors Following were the
deacon and subdcac"n Of the Mass, tbs Rev.
Fathers Dncey and Spaii!pg. u brother OF the
Btshop-clect; the deacons of honor, the Rev.
Father lluriey,. Ct Chicago, aud the Rev.
Gather Donneily, pastor of st. Michaors
Shurch in this city, from whose charge the
Bishop. elect was appointed The assistant
priest, the Very Rev. Vicar Gene followed,
and finally the Cardinal in his full robes. Six
little boys bore the train Of his outer robe of
scarlet 3gater silk. ~
After the usual preliminary ceremonies the
Cardinal then began the Mass, the b Bishop.
elect doing likewise at the side altar of St. |
. ohm. After the Epstle had been sung the |
bishop elect MAS again escorted TO the presence |
of the Cardinal in his Bishops robes aud the |
Sitany Of the saints was ohanted by the Rev.
Fathers Kean and Reardon. Meanwhile, and |
daring the chanting of the litany, the Bishop
elect lay PROSTATE ON his face before the altar
Tho litany ended, the Bishop elect arose aud
rsturned to the chapel aud proceeded with the
s4ass as far as the Gospel.
Bishop Rnsecrans then ascended the pulpit
and preached the sermon substantially US fol-
ows:
Most Eminent Cardinal, Right Rererend Bishops
md RcrsrsRd PrieSts-Beioyed brethren, &c. day
she Feast of the Apostles Saints Philip and
ames, seems q fitting occasion to give an ex-
1lanntiOn of the nature of the kingdom of
Christ. There are Christians who are scnnda- | {
lied OF calling the Church of Christ u king {
lom at all. Tney would have it q kind of I
1isiointsd society, capable of being divided )
nto paris. aud still remaining the Church of !
Christ. Bat wh,u our Lord established that
Cingdom ua said: AN power is gwen thee in | {
heaven Gnt Oh eatth.' He did not send his 4
disciples tfTth TO preach simply, but he sent {
tiem forth TO preach and explain, tc lay down t
mo law, ~ q, fine Tho truth and To govern the I
roTtd. Tue LnurCh Represents CnrIst uuder \
,ne peculiar aspect lIo is the Lord of nature ;
SSsd reiSns over tho jUa' aud over tho repro ,
Ete- She rgPs Nseuta hIn FAR - he vriEus l
~ grace, for rnis is the third Kind If kingdom
ghich he possesses over what hp has created I
be represents him as the aw-giver, as tie :
eacher, rs the redeemer and as the jldge. Tre !
ospei il 10 be preached for a testimony, HI /;
ays, and the Church is the bearer Of this tCs- :
tmony, and in order TO be the bearer of this i
estimoGy Lo made the Chnrch corporate
ody, with Que head. Aud this he did not :
uty for the age in which he made St. Peter II
ae head, but for oil ages, and for all nations g.
Y hen he said ALI generations" he poi ed ont t.
scrament of holy orders, and perpetuate it "
eEuugh all times. So ho made his Church tl
and selfsustained, a power with ii
itself and all sufficient to itself. That is to -
SUo no soruples, then, in calling the n
hoToh kingdom-that is a kingdom and IL q
the only one that will last forever. But to b
nderstaud it rightly, we mnst call TO mind Il
40 entire doctrine of Christianity "Iu Christ n
esus neither circumcision nor uucircu mcision q
Of any avail, but n new creature" See what r
ass means when applied to the Church. In y
10 long list of her servants we read tue names =
| men eminent for their learning, zeal, and
irtue. But it is not their sal, their virtue y
r their learning that has upheld the cause of !
esus Christ. To be sure, q society formed o
Iiong men must necessarily be human +; but
; far as they are men they do not constitute o
10 eoul of the Church-they are nothing but q
10 body, the outward appearance That &
hich gives life to the Church is the presence =
the Holy Ghost. We see this illustrated in L
u the saOrAments Of the Church. When the
rpost baptiEss, he does not pray: May this a
S0l be cleRnsed as wash the body with @
tater;' bat he says: Il bAptize thee in the Il
emo of the Father Son, and Holy Ghoet." So b
! the confessional, SO in that most stu pendous h
all miracles, the changing ofthe bread aud | !,
inc into the body and blood of Christ, the
nest is NO longer man, but he is the minis 9
z, the very person Of Jesus Christ. And 90 o
hen we call the Church kingdom, it ia only v
those who are grossly misin formed or vii. Z
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