The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-11


SUNDAY services were specially impress
sive Six persons united with tina church
ut the morning services and seven at
night. Thus far there have been 80
conversions and ~ accessIons to the
Church.
FOURTH STREET II. Z. CHURCH.
The revival services viii be continued
in this church during the present week.
There will be every day, except Sa!uF-
dav, q Mems Meeting from IL to Il A.
NJ, Womens' Meeting from 3 to 4 p.
NJ, a Young ConYerts' and inquiry meet
ing from $50 to'7:3O P. NJ, and public
services. commencing at the latter hour.
The meetings thus far have been very
successful, more than fifty have joined
the church, aud many who have been
converted have not yet joined. There
were, moreover, number Of new seekers
yesterday.
ST. JosEPH's CATHEDRAL,
Rev. Father Sullivan delivered ashort
discourse yesterday on the life and char
scter of Plus N. After announcing
.a9 death OF the Pope he said.
The Church OF God to the uttermost
bounds OF the earth is filled with sorrow
and grief at the death of the great, good
and fearless Pontifi who now lies dead
in Rome.
We have ell lost father. The father
Of the children OF God. A father en-
lowed with great characteristics which
rendered him famous among the fathers.
He was q man worthy in every respect
10 b, the Vicar of Jesus Christ.
We cannot fail TO see the
Generosity OF zeal which he showed since
.he 18th of June, 1916. We cannot fail
% call him the greatest of Pontifs that
ever ruled the Church. Ii there were
nothing else TO recall his memory save
he wonderful letters apostolic he would
oe granGly famous. The ChurcG Is
called the Church militant, or the Church
engaged in warfare, and we can tr0ly
say that, never since the
time of Christ has the
| Church hal such commander
ir-chief. He was totally without fear,
vet full of love and tenderness. Plus the
| Ninth was always at his post and always
ready to defend his Church. There has
been no one in the long and glorious
history of the Church who has
done so much TO advance
.he cause of Christianity. A few
wears after his elevation we find him
Gathering his brethren together and pro-
claiming the dogma Of the Immaculate
Copcaption. which Was no new doctrine,
but the gathering of the fragments Of the
church's belief in all ages. \ little !ur-
Their on we find him condemnlDg the CT
rors which had crept INTO the world.
In the last few years OF bis lie he
again gathers his brethren together and
in the great council at Rome proclaims
the doctrine of the lfalllbihty
Of the Pope. His will go down to his
tory as the most glorious pontlticate
which the Church of God has ever
known. His last words were, Guard
the Chlrch which | have loved so dearly
and sscredlv." They were the dying
words Of dying saint to every pastor,
from CARDINAL down to the humbiest
servant, and they should be remembered
We should have these words before US
always, in letters OF fire, rs an undylng
memory of the great Pontitf. Each OF
YOU WHO is a member OF the Church, can
10 your best and fulfil this dying COM
msnG o. Plus IN and guard the Church
of God Docs not the hoy isther, IN
MS dying utterance, invite aud teach
ms many children TO love the
Church even rs he did. 1t seems that
even this occasion, SO full of gloom to
every Catholic heart, is still an occasion
of i5y. because the Pontitt who has now
gone. YVES the glory of the Church. We
know that the voice OF SANDER has
been raised against some OF the
heads Of the Church, but no one
hes ever said sught against hlm,
save such men as Gar. baldl. But l am
speaking now of honest men, and none
OF this character, hss ever said sught IN
his distsvor. He bad trials which no
other Pontif ever had.
The Catholic Church waits with GER
tain amount of anxiety for the next Pom
TIL Some of the would be wise
ones say that now that Plus
the Ninth is dead, the rule
of tho church is ended, but such nom
sense is no, worthy of a thought. Every
Catholic. and we'll informed Protestant
Knows that full many Pope Will be
elected before the Church passes away,
and that her downfall will only come
with the end of time.
The Right Rev. Bishop will deliver q
fitting address on the occasion OF the SOL
emn Pontifcsl requiem next Friday
morning at ten o'clock.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.
The services At this church, yesterday,
were very impressive, and consisted, for
the mort part, in singing some OF tae
beautiful chants in use in the Csthohc
Church. Rev. Father SchleiCher, bein :
unwell. spoke very briefly. lie took as
the basis of HE remarks, the parable OF
the sower. Referring to the emblems OF
mourning with which the church WAS
draped, in memory OF their beloved late
head of the Church, he exhorted his con-
creation TO offer up their prayers for
the repose of the Pope's soul, and then
speaking of the Gospel for the day, told
them OF the great necessity OF sowing
good seed, explaining that though both
co,d and bad were allowed to grow to.
gether until the harvest, 1t WAS on &C
count of some wise provision OF the Good
Father, OF which we might al present
Know nothing, but which would IN the
end rebound to his glory.
The music performed on the organ BY
Mrs. sullivan, the lesder, and who also
sang solo, was very tnc, and
the whole choir sang eXcellent!y.
Solos were sung by several members, both
lsdiess.nd gentlemen. The fine clear
voice in the chants and other parts OF the
service, of Father Schleicher, wss listen
ed 10 with pleasure, every word being
heard even to the most distant corner OF
the large church. Besides the other
marks 0. sorrow by which the church Is
drsped, a c,tsfalquc hss been placed in
front OF the altar, having upon 1t the
Papal embgems, 1.-THE crosier, tiars,
&c. The effect of the whole is 20 cause
-. 4. ,k;,l. a .,-oSt ord rNO1 man has