The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-12
TRIED THE ORGAN.
Attractive Musical Services at St.
Bridget's Church.

st. Bridget's handsome new organ was
dedicated yesterday with impressive cere"
monies. In the morning Pontifical
High Mass was celebrated by Bishop
Wigger, assisted by Rev. p. E. Smythe of
Plaintield, Rev. Thomas @ uinn of Jersey
City, as deacons of honor; Rev. Joseph p.
Smith Of Crawford. Rev. jerome j. Smith
OF Newark, as deacon and subdeacon of
the mass; Rev. E. A. Kelly and Rev. d.
s. Clancy, as masters of ceremony. The
Rev. Father Donahue of Brooklyn
preached the sermon. He took for his
text. verses 15, 16 and II cf.Uhe sixth chap
ter of the Epistle of st. Paul to the Ephe.
sians:-"Stand, therefore, having your
loins girded ABOUT with truth, having on
the breastplate Of justice and your feet
shod with the preparation of the gospel OF
peace, in all things taking the shield of
faith, and take unto you the helmet of
salvation and the sword of the spirit,
which is the word of God"
After dwelling upon the time at which
and the circumstances under which St.
Paul wrote the Epistle. the preacher said
that the use and spread OF gnostlclsm was
the occasion OF the epistle. He said that
Gnesticism began with the Christian re-
ligion and spoke at length upon the vari-
Gus gnosticisms of these and the early
days of the church's history. Among
other things he said:-
'.With us scientific irreligion is not the
formidable enemy it is in some European
countries. The great mass of our ire
ligious people have broken with Chris
tianity through corruption of heart
rather than through intellectual pro-
cesses. 1t is ever d hopeful sign that
American thinkers who reject revelation
,,<i rl,o hat No ,s,ix ,s,l
results of the special sciences, including
the method common to all or them, are
the only possible data OF philosophy,
everywhere show desire to go out from
agnosticism and construct some theory of
religion.
BORN OF RELIGION.
America is loo young to forget her own
history; she was born of religion; not Of
religion dominant or overbearing, but of
religion prosecuted, exiied and seeking
an asylum. Not only does she know his
torically that religion gave her birth. but
that it is the condition of her existence
and her liberty, and that as her first act
was to place religion under the aegis of
liberty her wise policy is to place liberty
under the protection of religion"
Father Donahues's sermon was a
learned and eloquent effort and WAS de-
voutedly listened to by large congrega-
tion. The services were interspersed
Win an elapolate uuslcul piOA laAHio
under the direction of Professor
Frank &. Dessert. organist of
ST. Stephens Church of New York.
The services began with Gull
mant's Marche religieuse played upon
the organ by Prof. Dessert The mass in
E. minor, which the Professor composed
for the silver jubilee of Archbishop Cor.
rigan of New York, was sung by an excel
lent choir and Miss d. Cramer. solo
soprano of st. Stephens and the choir
sang Rossini's Infiammotus. The Pro-
fessor also played grand offertoire by
Batiste and finale by Meyerbeer.
Among those at the service were:-Leon
nell and Kimmerly. DR.. John j. Nevin,
President Feeney of the Police Board,
President Somers of the Street and Water
Board. and other city officials.
ENTERTAINED BY FATHER CORR.
At the close of the morning services
Father P. M. Corr, pastor of the church.
entertained the Bishop and visiting
who sat at the table Were Governor
Albeit, Bishop Wigger, Leon Albeit,
Jr., Mayor Cleveland, Monsignor Seton,
OF ST. Joseph's. Jersey City; Father Dom
ahue, Of Brooklyn; Father Peter Cassidy.
S. j., OF St: Peters; Father p. Smith, Of
Seton Hall Seminary; Father Cody, of
Newark; Father Corrigau, Of Hoboken;
Father Norris o'Connor, of Harrison;
Father Jerome Smith, of St Patrick's
Cathedral, Newark: Father Fitzpatrick, Of
Brooklyn: Father Wall, of st. Boniface,
Jersey City; Father McHale, of ST.
Joseph's, Jersey City; Father Quinn, of St.
Paul of the Cross, Jersey City; Very Rev.
Dean Fitzsimmons OF Camden, Father
Divine OF Woodbridge. Father Gillen of
St. Lucy's, Jersey City; Fsther Feehean,
Carmelite, of Englewood ); Fathers Kelly
and Farrell. St. Mary's, Jersey City;
Fa ther Callaghn of Hoboken, Father
Patrick Smith of ST. Joseph's, Jersey
City; Father White of Newark.
Vespers were celebrated by the Rev.
James Smith assisted by B. Began of
Newark, deacon. and Rev. p. l. X. Smith
of Jersey City. subdeacon. Rev. j. j.
Tighe of Hoboken will preach the sermon.
There was u fine musical programme at
this service also. Prof. Dessert played
Rheinberger's Senate Pastorale; post
lude by Guilmant. The choir chanted an
arrangement OF the Gregorian Psalms by
Prof Dessert and sang Silas' Tatum Ergo.
Mrs. Dunn kuser sang the solo in the
.Laudate Dons snum" of Mozart and 20
Salutaris" by Panofka. Mr.. Hauton of
New York sang the "Cujus Amman"
from Rossini's Stabat Mater.
A description of the organ was pub
lished in THE JERSEY CITY NEWS OF last
Friday.