The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-10-28
EIRST OF NOTEMBER.

actors in the drama of life who nave won tue
applause of angels and merited the crown OF
eternal glory but on the fret day Of Novem
ber, she lifts the curtain that separates the
Church militant from the Church triumphant,
and reveals to Ms upon one glorious stage all
those bright figures who bore their holy and
heroic part amid the changing scenes OF earth.
We behold on this day the amphitheatre eff
eternity, thropged with radiant forms and
bright with celestial faces. There are figures
there which we have never seen, and voices
we have never beard.
The Church, watchful guardian of immortal
deeds, thus rescues from oblivion all her On
known warriors, presents to our admiration
all her nameless heroes aud eEoWns Wl1h
never.fadipg wreaths her uncounted saints.
The festival of the First of November is one
of the most sublime acts of worship whicn
the Church offers up to God. She honors HIM
in all His creatures. She etoops to bind the
bsggar's sores, and lifts her hand to consecrate
the monarch's brow, because she sees in both
tho images of her King; but in honoring the
saints, she honors His most exalted creatures,
the princes of His eternal Kingdom, the
truest cures of Himself the stainless mirrors
which most perfectly reflect His own divine
attributes. And on this festival, see them
ALL we invoke them all by name, we give
praise for all their beauty, grace and blessed
ness.
They stand before us to encourage our fall
ing footsteps, to console our sinking hearts, to
lead Us to those starry heights from which
earth seems so small
They are all there! The innocents slain
| by Herod and whose names no man knows.
Oh of he Cbriation
| world, St. Peter, the head of Chrst's sovereign
| ty upon earth, virgins, doctors, widows, con-
fessors of the Faith, peasants and kings,
shepherds and warroro, babes of Christ and
patrarcbs of the Old Law! Who can name
| them alii But above them all, yet seeming
| to enfold them all beneath her mantle,
stands the Virgin Mother, the Queen of
Heaven, the mistress of ell the saints!
Ancient Rome honored her victorious gen.
erals by a triumphal procession, when ad-
! miring thropgs follow their resplendent car,
and acclamations of joy and Thanksgiving
| rang through the streets of the seven-hilled
| city.
| The First of November is the triumph day
| of all of Heavens warriors. We are shown
the arms with which they conquered, the
spoils which they secured, the trophies resped
from oil their Victories.
We see the banner of the cross, the blood
stained crucfx, and learn that these are all
the weapons with which they fought, with
| which they conquered. Their spoils are oil the
blessed souls redeemed from sin, their
trophies are the countless deeds of virtue in
spired by their bright examples.
Who can count the trophies of Saint Vim
cent de Paul-trophies which years will con-
tinue to gather up until time shall be no
morei And if language fails TO tell the
trn1nphs OF a single saint, by what means
are we tn coont tue glories of the Queen oi
Saints, of her whose foot las crushed more
enemies of God than all the victor-band CON.
binedi
whc then can descrtbe tho sIorio1s mean
ing of this triumph-dsy of All the Saints
with her their . 1een and leader
Who can depict its unutterable grandeur OIL
realize its unfathoinable glory
! As the day dawue upon the earth, let e
| understand that it is gala-day, when all O
Heavens actors speak to from the stage O.
Eternity. Let Us gazs ia silent thsukfulnes
upon the radiant spectacle, and draw theme
increase of faith and hope and charity, 80 t
take our place, some day, among their glitter
| ing ranks.
Lat it open for the day of triumph fo
all Gods victorious Warriors JTua soldiers {
the cross. Like the ancient Romans, we mus
press upon their footsteps, scattering flower
along the way and singing hymns of praise an
iubilaton.
1t is God, though His Church, who DEGREES fc
them this day cf pride; ard in return the
} will assist us upon our thorny path, they wi
teach us how to overcome our enemies, ap
I how to win, like them, an eternal recompeue
D from Him who gives us grace to endure eve
a to the end.
J.. In his recent examin alton before a Commi
Q tee of the New York City Council, Twe'
stated that at no time in his life was he wor
!. more than So 100000. At the present time
q swears that he is not worth $1,000. In q stat
ment of payments made by him since the F.
of 1871, the following items occur:
Id Paid to A. j. Garvey, for frescoing Fifth avenue
Expenses of my entire family in Europe in 1872
)r about IS 500 OF which was with Bowles Bros.
at the time of their failure)- ------.--.....s 81,
SS Paid in retaners counsel in the fall OF 1871
and early u IS72 checks, AbOut....... 10,