The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-04

the people continue to pray that the Holy Father
may oe spared Tor many years for the defence glory
"Te Deum' from Romberg sung In honor OF the
celebration In the afternoon at the vespers there
WITH which procession of the Sunday shool children
Around the church added interest TO tho service.
81. FRANCIS
The services at the Church Of ST. Francis Xavier, in
West Sixteenth street. OF the usual high order
LOT which this church Is noted Agrand pontilcai
nigh mass was sung ut hapast ten A. NJ, Rev. Father
iAnecake being the cclebrant, assisted by Kew. ~.
rlante as deacon and Row. Mr. Drummond as sup.
deacon. The altar shone Respondent beneath myriad
Of flaming gas jets and luminous candles. ana was
deliberately but neatly decorated with vases OF rarc
ana costly exotics, whose delicious perfume, mingcd
with the sweet odor Of burning incense hlled
every nook and OF the oeantiiul
was very effectively rendered DE- Bergo's Mass No.
was sung throughout When the gospel OF tho day
had been chanted by the celebrant kew. Father Mer
rick the pulpit He chose AS his text the con-
Guiding words OF the gospel OF ST. Mattnew-'benold
am with you, and shall be with you all ages, even to
the contamination OF the world" In opening MS re-
marks The reverend father alluded TO the fact Of tho
golden jubilee OF the Pope being celebrated at the
same time with the feast OF tho blessed sacrament
The enemies oil the Church. he said. are seeking by
every means in their power TO crush her. The arms
blows OF hate and mniicc fall thick and fast upon her.
Her teachings openly sconcd NJ and ridtculed by
all classes OF men her affairs defed by the ruth
less hands OF unbecvcrs her sanctuaries polluted by
tho ioul presence OF hcrctcal marauders God has
object IN all things Even the fall OF sparrow can
hot take place without his SANCTION and neither on the
other hand, can HIS own divine church suflor
oil these tribulations aud trials without HIS consent
He has some purpose in 1t all, and, later.
that purpose will be uniodcd to tho asonlshcd eyes OF
mankind To-day His Church Is ignored far as IL 10
possible for the world to ignore her. Mighty events
taxing place in the OF tho world, but who,
even for moment allows HIS thoughts TO turn upon
the helpless condition Of inc Church a. this
eye upon that venerable pontin. a prisoner in the
Vatican, the butt OF q hireng's capricor Nobody,
are powcress TO change this cruel state OF affairs
Diplomats, politicians, generals are wonderfully exer
Coo, Of Christ, Of fIis downirodden, oppressed
Church Can We wonder, then, that the Church Is
WEAK anu helpless was r IRON sne
secuted TO the end. We may even live 10 SEQ,
ancestors in the Middle Ages and tho other dark
periods OF tho history Of the Church saw, affairs
destroyed, the sacrifice OF the mass openly prescribed,
the faithful imprisoned. priests and prclates mar
tyred. Nay, moro; what guarantee have we that The
sanity head OF our venerable FontiT VIII not
yet be crowned with tho halo 81 martyrdoms
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will end. Perhaps doath hes waiting Tor MIN
unexpected spot Perhaps no Is destined TO suffer still
more. We are on tho eve OF great events. There may
be triumph in store Tor the Church There may be
still greater roverses But whatever the end OF all
these things let pray COD that He will not forget
His Church IN TINS most trying moment OF her exist
ence Hc has certainly promised IN the gospel OF to-
day that He would be with her to the end OF mc and
tho face OF this promise believe that He
Will permit her enemies to destroy her. Then let
hope that He win be mcrcul TO her enemies and tor
give :hcm, tor in tho words OF our Redeemer, 'sthey
know what they do''
ST. STEPHENS CHURCH.
At ST. Stephens Church, Tweniy-eighth street,
solemn high mass celebrated at halipast ten A. NJ
Tho affairs were all supcrby decorated Tor the
sion. Numerous lights, surrounded by flowers OF tho
season. the high altar Tcsplcndcnt In appearance
The Virgins altar was chastcly adorned with natural
covers and many colored miniature lamps. At tho
base Of Brumcdi's beautiful picture oil the Sacred
Heart an altar especially prepared for the devotional
exercises oil the month OF June also ornamented
very deliberately. The music sung ut the mass was
very line, aud tho entire service was, even for this
church, unusually imposing all its details special
feature OF the celebration tho singing at the
clusion tho mass, oil the 'rc Deum winch, being In
toned by tho cclcDrant, taken by he choir The
hymn was rendered with powerful effect by tho new
shor, the organ accompaniment beng n0ticcabIy judi
cious The ceebraht oil tho mass was the Rev. DR..
Curran, tho deacon Rev. Father McCready and the
sub-dcacon Rev. Father Cotton. Tho sermon
preached ny tho acting PASTOR Rev. Father McCroady.
Tho reverend preacher read the gospel OF tho day
which that OF the Sunday WITHIN tho octave Of
Corpus Christ--Luke xiv, 16-24 Tho selection by
the Church OF this portion OF the Gospel, he said, for
the Sunday within the octave Of Corpus Christi leaves
little room 10 doubt what III tho mind OF tho Church
is meant by this great supper. On last Thursday
celebrated that feast in honor Of tho institution OF the
Tor this miracle of His love and to make some little
atonement for the injuries He receives in this
mont from the wickcdness Of bad Christians and the
GOODNESS and Indifference OF others. IL Is strange
that many people Will admit other miracles while
they most strenuousy persist IN denying this one And
yet the Rcdccmer careful 10 emphasize in His
teachings that miracle which to leave after Him
HIS own divine body and blood would bo performed by
Him. The proofs OF the real presence in tho blessed
sacrament are abundrnt and incontrovertbc, and
founded upon Chrisrs own words to the people to
whom He preached and to Ills apostles Nothing could
be moro evident than His orccAstng OF the form IN
which He meant 10 leave after Him this miracle OF His
love than HIS words to the assemblage after tecdiug
them the loaves and fishes. Ito could not have
spoken more plainly after nstituting the sacrament
than we lind Him speaking as recorded by John. Ho
could not have SAID III palmer language that tho bread
He was promising to give His followers was His own
flesh and blood.
He spoke so plainly that the Jews began to ask one
another whether Christ had the power TO perform tho
miracle or not. "Amen anon, say unto you, SAID
Christ uncss you eat tho flesh OF the son Of man and
drink his blood you shall not have lilo IN youn Again.
sFor my flesh IL meat indeed and my blood Is drink
indeed AS the living Father hath sent mo, and live
by tho Father, SO no that catcth mo the same also
shall live by mo. This Is tho bread that came down
from heaven Not your fathers did eat mama
anu are dead lilo that calcth tins bread shall live tor.
ever IL Is clear, IRON the question OF tho Jews and
the declaration of tho disciples. tat they both under
stood Him speak Of tho real eating OF His body aud
the real drinking VI His blood. The apostles also
dcrstood Him III the same sense for, alter many OF the
disciples had turned their backs upon Him anu lett
HIN, He, addressing the apostles said 10 them, 'sW
YOU also 90 away? 20 Thor answer through Potter.
clearly proves that they underslood Him speak In
a literal sense declaring, as they did that they
beloved In the mystery proposed, not because they
comprehendod the doctrine, but because they mad
faith in any declaration coming from the Son Of tho
living God. The reverend preacher continued to cx.
plain the promises made by Christ to the institution
OF eucharist their funImcnt and their coming
to institution ITSELF narrated ny throe OF the
evangelists by ST. Paul in his Eplsto TO tho Cor
inthians, proved ito Catholic doctrine by tho well
known texts taken from those sources. The argu-
ments used in opposition to tho doctrine were also
dwelt upon, and hnaliy the preacher spoke orciby
eloquently OF tho sublimy OF the miracle Itself
aud the treasures OF graces which had flowed and
would 1ow Tor all tne TO the faithful who put their
aith this infinite manifestation oil Gods love Tor
His children.
JOHNS COLLEGE,
The students OF ST Jonn's College, Fordham, West
chester county, celebrated the anniversary IN a
generous aud enthusiastic way Tho ecclesiastical
services during tho day were of tho usual order,
with special reference 10 tho Pope The evening
services OF the students began ut eight O'Clock The
beautiful grounds ri the coiiegebroad we'll grasscd
and lined with noble trecs-wero illuminated and
flied with tho officers, students and graduates OF tho
institution. The following was the order OF exercises,
under the charmansnip OF Charles Edward McGowau,
class '77:--
Ovcrturc--'Du und Du'
Patrick Rgncy Deane- Discourse on 'sThe Temporal
Power Of The Pope
Music-.'Chnur do Ia Con- uration."
NJ IL Crowlcy-pocm, s.Persccut!on of Pope Plus
IN"
Thomas Cuen--Essay, "sccrct Societies."
M4nin hIoio,s