The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-11-27

unity il the spiritual church, Christ ;,
not God of dissensioD; He is God 81
peace.
There are today 225 600, 600 souls pre-
| Tossing the Catholic faith. They all be
| heve tie same truth of revelation; the y
! all ship at the same altar; they all re-.
ceive the same sacraments; JDey all ac
knowledge the same head and recogniZ"
the same God, The moment il man de
mes one OF the articles of her faith he is
cut off like a withered branch. This was
the case with Henry VIII when he tried
| to discard Cathariue OF ArragOn. & ut ;
church has but one law for the prince
! and Tor the peas mt. She forbade IC. al
though she knew it would set nations to
war. And you women, you owe your
places in the domestic realm Iodav to the
Catholic church. You may be Wings OF
Tories, my friends, Republicans or ID m
ocrats, the church will not NEEDLE with
your temporal affairs. She has seen EN-
pires RISE and fall but her own dominion
remains unchanged.
A new link has been forged for the
apostle cnain by the CONSIDERATION of thai
right reverend father, who comes from
among you to succeed one who Tor Is
years has served you SO faithfully You
Sutuld teJ jug GuaG youi loSh 10 ibuHu.
The departure of Father Curtis is, in
deed cause ot SORROW, for he is loss
to the metropolitan see. His departure
is loss to IN, self He WAS good and
faithful priest. Twelve years he has
been at the Cathedral whence he came
from the Protestant ministry, and in all
that time have never heard him utter
word against those from whose opinions
ha jtf,.ISI RiII a a nj
among you here. TINS is his home. The
prophet, indeed, shall not be without
honor save in his own country. He comes
to you Laden with treasures of Divine
grace. that he may ponr it forth upon
your hearts. He knows how to preach
that Gospel which will save society. Aid
him, strengthen aud uphold him.
RECEPTION IN THE AFTERNOON
In the afternoon between and ) o'clock
reception was given To the visiting
societies in the basement of St. PauIs
church, corner of Fourth and Jackson
streets, where Bishop Curtis received the
members. There we've present at St.
Paul's Arch bishop Ryan, Bishops Moore
and Becker and a large number of priests.
Cardinal Gibbons, who came late, was
presented to the people by Bishop Curtis
who said good-humoredly:
Il am now yonr father, and here is
you: grandfather"
The cardinal amedi,tely cited an in-
stance to show that man ought to be
older than his grandfath her, ard turned
the Laugh on Bishop Curtis.
A New Church Oh a Historic Spot
The new NJ Z. church at Cayotts Corner,
in the Second district of Cecil county, was
dedicated on Sunday morning last. 1t was
built largely through the forts of the Rev.
T. A. O'Brien, pastor of the Chesapeake
City NJ +. church, who will for The present
otficiate at it. The dedication services We're
conducted by Rev j. p. Otis and Rev. Mr..
O'Bren. An amount of money sufficient
to clear the building of debt raised.
The neighborhood of the new church Is \
historic one to the NJ L church 1t was
at the house of Solomon HerSey, near thiI
place, that Richard Wright tue first Meth.
odist missionary to visit Cecil comfy, or
ganized the first Methodist society on the
Eastern Shore of Maryland. This was in
HI, and Bishop Francis Asbnry preached
there the saline year. The famous Whit
field had preached on the Manor nearly
quarter of IA century before. Bethesda
Chapel was soou erected for tie Use of the
society. The Manor church succeeded this
after many Years, aud the new church has
in turn succeeded it,