The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-03-19

T. Ferriter, John Carroll, David NJ. o. Brien,
Jr., Thomas O'keefe, Edward Vickers, Ed
ward Pagan, Edward Hayes, Thomas
O'Conner, NJ. Burnes, James Kain, William
Daffron, James Ryan, John PheIan, James
Kirk, James Harmon, w. A. Joyce, W. Pur-
cell, T. Hannigan, NJ. c. Hagerty, W. Bran
non, NJ. Kelly, d. Columbus, Edward Mur-
ply, James Driscoll, E. Cummings.
Then came detachment OF police, under
Sergeant Parater; Voelker's Band; and the
societies in the following order:
Ancient Order OF Hibernians, J.. V. Reddy
president.
St. Peters Total Abstinence Beneficial
Society, Il. Cox president.
McGill Lyceum, F. Hopkins president.
Kessnich's Band.
knights Of st. Joseph, F. p. Burke presi-
dent.
St. Aloysius Sodality, J. O'Brien presi-
dent.
st. Peters Christian Doctrinal Confratcr-
nifty Sunday School, Juan A. PiZzini vice
president.
Hibernians and citizens generally, GEN
eral p. r.. Moore president.
Catholic Beneficial Society, r. j. Reilly
president.
The procession marched up Broad to
Sixth street, down Sixth to Grace, and
thence to
ST. PETERS CATHEDRAL.
Here large concourse of people had con-
gregated. and when the processionists had
entered and occupied the main body OF the
church, which had been reserved exclusive
ly for them, the sacred edifice was filled to
its uttermost capacity. Solemn High Mass
was celebrated by Rev. Father Janssens,
with Fathers Hanley and Habets, respec-
lively deacon and sub-deacon.
THE PANEGYIIc.
Rev. Father l.. A. Morgan, of Baltimore,
delivered an eloquent panegyric upon the
life of St. Patrick. He began his discourse
with words taken from the 9th Psalm, seth
verse-"God is wonderful in His saints"
Said he: "God is wonderful in all His
works. He is wonderful In the material Gre
alton around us. He is still more wonder
Iul in the rational creation, but most won
derful OF all in that supernatural creation
OF which the saints are at once the brightest
ornaments and most adequate expression.
The saints of the Church are those heroes of
the cross who have trodden in the footsteps
Of Jesus Christ, who have fought the good
fight Of faith, and who are now crowned
with Him in immortal glory. These yir-
tues have been subjected to the severe scru-
tiny OF the Church, have been pronounced
heroic, and they themselves are now hon
ored on Gods affairs. In life they were our
fellow-creatures, consumed with love Of us
and zeal for our salvation. In heaven their
love burns not less brightly; and animated
in still higher degree by that love, they
cease not to offer up their prayers for their
brethren in the flesh. They are to us at
once most powerful help and most con-
spicuous eXemplars Of the gospel teachings.
Our duties, then, towards them are ferVent-
ly to invoke them, tenderly to cherish the
bright legacy of then example, and emu
lousy to strive to initiate their virtues.
We invoke the saints Of God because
our faith teaches us that the golden
bond CT charity which united us
with them on earth is not broken by
their translation to heaven. Nor do the
laws OF time and space, which govern the
grosser bodies Of this creation, prevent
that sweet intercourse which we profess
in the Communion of the Saints. II, in
these days Of material and scientific ad-
yancement, q soul may speak from conti-
nent to continent; if by touching little
wire we may send our thoughts to the ut
termost bounds of the earth sWifter than
the morning light, need we wonder that in
this mysterious Communion that, in virtue
OF the divine economy, we may send our
prayers upward to heaven to those blessed
citizens who are always surrounding the
throne OF God? Does not our blessed Lord
assure us that .there is JOY in heaven over
one sinner that repenteth ?'-thereby tell
ing us OF 4 communion so close that even
the sentiments OF our hearts are known
to the blessed spirits jn heaven; andf, in
the economy of God, they may know and
do know the repentance OF our hearts, how
much easier is it for them to know the utter
ance OF our lips. Besides, as st. Paul as
sures us, fAre we not spectacle to the
blessed spirits in heaven -
The Rev. Father then alluded to the early
life and captivity Of st. Patrick, and por-
trayed at length his miraculous call to the
apostleship, his miraculous triumphs in
preaching the gospel on that island, and
the miraculous perpetuation OF his work IN
his children. The speaker then drew pa
raifei between the particular vocation OF
ST. Paul to preach to the Macedonians and
st. Patrick to preach to the Irish. AS 81.
Paul had seen in a vision Macedonian who
stood over him and said, "Pass over and
help us,' so in dream st. Patrick heard
the yoic.s Of many persons from WOOD
near the western sea crying out, "We en-
treat thee, oh, holy youth, to come and walk
SILL
The Rev. Father concluded with an ex-
hortation to his bearers that they, as be-
loved sons Of that Emerald Isle, would
cherish the example OF their patron Saint;
that they would frequently invoke bis IN
tercession, and, greatest OF all, to initiate
his virtues. Thus would they prove them
selves faithful children Of their apostle,
worthyof the high vocation to which they
were called.
THE PROCESSION REFORMED.
After mass the procession was reformed,
and the crowd OF spectators that had con-
eregated all along Grace street from the
Cathedral to Ninth was so dense that 1t
was with some difficulty the march could
be resumed. The porticos OF St. Paups
church and the st. Claire Hotel, as well as
| the windows OF the neighboring houses,
were filled with people anxious to witness
| the parade. The presence Of grand cir
Gus band-Wagon drawn by six horses,
| gaily decorated with Irish and United
States flags, and filed with tbirty-one
little girls attired In white with green
badges, was o novel sight for a Sc.
iPatrick's celebration, and attracted no
little attention, and was greeted with
icbeers OF enthuslasm at Intervals along the
lilac. Preceding this tRiumphal car vas Q
lcarriage containing Rev. j cher Janssens,