Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-01-25
Annual Meeting and Election Of
Officers Of ~. Msry's Catholic r.
a. ID. koetSsy.

st. Mary sCatholic Total Abstinenc.
and Beneficial Society held its 7th An
nual meeting on last Thursday even
ing, when .he following board Of Off
GERS were elected to serve the ensuing
term.
President. Bernard J. Mcguire.
Vice President.-Arthur Jennings.
Secretary. Edward Kelley.
Treasurer.-Micha-l Wh-l-n.
Marshal.-Michael Cannon.
Messenger.-Samuel Dunlap.
Auditors.--James Ferry, William A.
Bleyer and Charles Steig.rs.
This society is in healthy condi-
tion, having expended $j93 during the
past year for the relief of its sick mem
bers and $40 for funeral expenses,
and still has over $1,000 in the Treas
ury to provide for the future wants of
its members. The Society also dona.
ted handsome sum OF money for the
relief Of their fever stricken brothers
Of Memphis, Tennessee.
The members of this society went to
Holy Communion last Sunday morning
in a body with their beautiful resalia
-difying the whole congregation with
theirChristian: department, and suggest
ing the thought that if the pastors of
the other Catholic churches in this
city were to organize temperance So
cieties in their respective congregations
there would be less drunkenness and
murders and less need for st. Vincent
de Paul societies for in nine cases out
Of every ten the suffering and want, the
hunger and cold Of poor helpless wo-
men and children are traced directly or
iniircCtly to that soul and body de-
stroying vice inebriation.
Church OF the Covenant.
On Thursday evening last large
audience assembled at the Reformed
Episcopal Church OF the Covenant, to
witness the administration OF the order
OF continuation to twenty-one persons.
The order of confirmation is confined to
the Bishops not as Of divine right, but
as a very ancient and desirable form
OF church usage. Bishop Nicholson, OF
Philadelphia, was present and deliver
ed an excellent discourse taking for
his text the words, Come and hear,
III We that tear God and will declare
what he hath done for my soul" At
the close of the sermon an appropriate
hymn was sung, aud twenty one per-
sons to be confirmed took their appoin-
ted places before the Bishop, when s-v
eral questions were asked by the Bis
hop, correct answers being given, they
all ku-lt before the Bishop, he laying
his hands upon the head OF every one
arverally, saying: defend, o Lord,
this thy child or this thy servant with
thy heavenly grace, that he may con-
tinue thine forever: and daily increase
in the Holy Spirit more and more un-
til he cone unto thy everlasting king
DOM
immediately after the confirmation
the Bishop spoke very feellngly to
those who were confirmed. He urged
them TO always make it a point to re-
jOice in Jesus, he spoke to them of pri
vate prayer, and urged them to read
at least verses III the bible every dav.
He spoke to them also OF attending the
Sunday School, and above all not to
neglect the prayer meetings. SPEAK
ing of place of amusem-nts he asked
them to make It a rule never to 60 any
place whore they had the remote,
doubt, "God would not go with them
After the meeting was dismissed, a
large number of the congregation re-
maiued, for short time in order to
congratulate Bishop Nicholson on his
valedictory remarks to the contrma-
/ tiuu class