St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-09
RoAsTER FROM THE PULPIT

ROASTER FROM THE PULPII.
Penurious Pensioners Without
Gloves.
Father Stanley, in his sermon at the.
cathedral yesterday, took occasion To-
serve up very elegant roast for those
members of the congregation who are in
the habit of winking at the contribution
box when presented before them. His
remarks were so pointed and so full of
happy hits that it was impossible for
his audience to suppress their laughter.
He spoke substantially as follows:
In the epistle OF this morning the holy.
apostle, st. John, tells us that by faith
we can overcome the world. He extols.
the virtue of faith above all things But
the faith spoken of by st. John is liv-
ing, every day, practical faith; one that
enters deep down in our composition;
that directs our thoughts, words and ac-
tons; in fact, faith as real as our own
existence. 1t is not enough for us to
say we are Catholics. that we belong to
that grand old church that traces it's Or
gin to Christ Himself; that we would
Shed our blood rather than be untrue to
a single article of its teachings. Our
faith must be made manifest in our
works. We must carry out in our lives
the precepts which we know are neces-
sary for everlasting life.
One practical way of showing our
faith is to go down in our pockets. How
deep an interest one has in a work is
evidenced by the amount he is willing
to spend in furtherlng that work. Last
Sunday as large congregations as ever
Ind in no
From a. m. till p. m. the church was
filled with people and there must have
been all of 5000 people within these
walls OH that day. A collection for the
benefit of our orphan asylums was
taken up, the same having been duly
announced the previous Sunday. I
know this congregation On other Oc-
caSiOnS has done more than its share
and for this reason do not wish to
reprove you now. | allude to this mat
ter to show the lack of earnestness
among you. The collection referred to
amounted to $500. From an examine
ton of the collection / discovered that
only 1000 people came to the cathedral
on that morning armed with the munif-
cent sum of ten cents apiece. These
were the good stalwart soldiers of the
cross. So much for the ten-cent pieces.
L
nickelS, and judge of my establishment
when l found there was sS5 of that de-
nomination of currency. In other
words, two thousand persons came to
the cathedral determined to make the
noble sacrifice of five cents each. I
then counted the smaller change until
I got tired and quit. Had it not been
that some good soul put in $50 and a
few others responded with their dollars,
the collection would not have been
worth mentioning.
He must be wee bit of WiZened
man who would bring out such petty
offerings.
Certainly the collection was nothing
to that vast congregation that assembled
here on Easter morning. This church
must be kept up by your contributions.
TwO-thirds of the people who congre-
gate here every Sunday of the year COM
tribute nothing to the support of the
church. There is a precept of the
church which compels every Catholic to
contribute to the support of his PASTOR
in other words, the parish. Those who
give respectable contribution ON Sum!
day are doing something for theiE
church. There are men who go to
church twenty Sundays of the year, de-
posting cents in the collection box,
and if they happen to have nothing
smaller than 10 centS-Well, they give
nothing. And these last are the men
who will go out after church is over and
growl and complain and abuse the
clergy, these men who never do soli-
tary thing for their religion. When the
devil comes along with some filthy play
they will willingly give their dollars to
see it, or ii he comes with some dirtH
political scheme they will readily coll-
tribute 800. But when God comes and
asks for something to maintain this
church, these people will raise their
hands in holy horror, exelaiming: "The
priests are always after money-it's
nothing but money, money, money all
the time" So ii you hear anybody
growing after church this morning,
mark him well. And make up your
mind that there is man whom Father
Stanley hit. -
Yes, young man, you will pay IS for
the privilege of driving Dulcina around,
the girl with the frippery and feathers,
who doesn't care the snap of her finger
for you, and then you will go to the
grocery store and get a nickel changed
for pennies to make ready for the Sun
day contribution.
The fact is, my dear brethren, / sup
ply all the dealers along Wabasha street
with pennies every week. | would like
to see all who come to mass give some
thing. would positively be, ashamed,
and crawl into my boots rather than go