The record-union., 1892-10-22
At CATHEDRAL AND SCHOOLS.
An Address to Catholic SchooI Chill
dren by Bishop Manogue.
Interesting Exercises Appropriate to
Columbus Day by College and
Convent Pupils.

Columbus Day received appropriate
recognition at the hands of the Catholics
of this city yesterday. Columbus was
himself devout believer in that faith,
and it was proper that its members
should take especial interest in honoring
his memory. The affair took the shape
OF appropriate exercises by the pupils Of
the Christian Brothers College and con-
vent, the celebration of high mass, and
an address by Right Rev. Bishop Ma
nogue.
The exercises commenced shortly be-
fore s o'clock in the morning, when the
pupils Of the college, numbering some
250, marched down to the convent pre-
ceded by theI'irst Artillery Band, where
they formed in line behind the young
misses Of that institution, 260 in number.
In the line OF procession was a carriage
containing J. Reeves, who represented
Columbus, and Miss Agnes O'Brien,
representing Queen Isabella. Columbus
was dressed in the antique style Of his
time, and Isabella wore a long, queenly
robe, over which were displayed her
jewels. On her head she wore the con-
ventional crown. All, preceded by the
Artillery Band, marched to the cathedral,
making a most impressive appearance.
At the cathedral there was high mass,
of which the celebrant was Rev. Father
Grace; Deacon, Father Greedy; Sub-Dca-
con, Father OMeara. The choir rem
dered Lambellotti's Mass with fine
effect. Miss Lizzie Griffin presided at
the organ, and the singers were Mrs.
Coppersmith, Mrs. Longbottom, Mrs.
Robert Hawley Miss Madge Hassett
Miss Burns and Messrs. Genshlea. Long
bottom and Phinney. Flowers lent their
beauty and fragrance to the grandeur OF
the magnificent editice, the several aita-s
especially being neatly and chastely
adorned.
An able and impressive sermon was
delivered by Bishop Manogue. The rev.
erend speaker reminded his hearers that
they should be grateful for the discovery
OF this great country, which has afforded
happy and prosperous homes for millions
OF the human race, and in which they en-
JOY civil and religious liberty in a man
ner unknown elsewhere. He dwelt on
tie religion and pieJy of COlum bus, with
out which justice could not be done his
character. He eXhorted his hearers to
cherish the two greatest Of loves-that OF
God and country, assuring them that
such people could not fail to succeed
and continue happy. In the course of
his remarks the bishop said:
Here, dear children, is a lesson-a reflection
worthy OF consideration. 1t viii lead Won
to your Lord and Redeemer through the
/ Intervention and intercession of the Mother
OF COD. All the days OF your life have GOD in
your mind God, your religion and your
conscience must be first and uppermost in
your hearts ana minds; your country comes
next. No matter what emolumentS you may
gain in this world, even should you during
life be awarded The Presidency OF the entire
earth, what viii 1t avail you if you lose your
soul as well as The presence anu friendship of
God during the endless ages OF eternity? The
better Christians we are, the better citizens
we are, also; and If we love our God more, we
Q NTfNFll IlNa~ L
commands us to love our country. Hence
our religion, our Christianity, is a guarantee
for the stability, the safety and integrity OF
the republic. The danger comes not IRON
Christianity, but from infidelity, from the
scooter at religion, and from the sarcastic
sneers at everything sacred and divine. The
danger is not rom the sincere Christian but
from the anarchist, the socialist, nihilist and
the midnight plOttings of :nfidel and irrelig-
ious societies. Christianity is to the Nation
what grace IS TO The soul, or what the soul is to
the body. Separate grace from the soul and
the soul is spiritually dead; separate the soul
from the body and the body is corporany
dead.
Thus so with the Nation. Take away Chris
tianity and you remove its moral force and
cohesive strength. Washington in his fare
well address to the American people said: t'Of
the dispositions which lead to political pros
perlty, religion and morality are indispensa-
BILE supports. Where is the security tor prop
erty or life if the sense Of religious obliga-
ton desert the oaths which are Administered
in our courts of justice? And let it not be
supposed that morality can be maintained
without religion. ="
Referring to the argonauts of Chris
tianity who led the way into new coun-
tries and among new peoples, spreading
the light of the Gospel, and of the loyalty
of Catholics to the American Republic.
the Bishop said:
The exploits of Cartier, Balboa MeIenee, De-
Soto, Ponce de Leon, Marquette, DeSalle
Champlaln, and Others can never be obliter-
ated. They are nodded in enduring bronze on
the massive gates OF our Capitol. Aye more
proclaim it to the tour winds OF heaven sound
it to the remoJeSt corners of earth, shape it in
eplgram, embalm It IN song, engraVe it on
monument and boast of it everywhere-a
monk nrst inspired Columbus with hope
Catholic sOvereignS sent the first ship across
the trackless main, the Catholic Columbus
with his Catholic crew, discovered the contl-
nent-a Catholic gave 1t the name of America:
the new found land was dedicated to the pa
tronage of the Blessed Mother-the first strain
of song ever heard along the western wave
was the hymn OF the Holy Virgin; the earliest
worship of the true God was the holy sacrifice
of the mass, the first standard planted was
the standard OF the cross; the first, the only
martyr that ever, upon the soil of New YORK
rose from the fires of sacrifice to heaven, was
a Catholic; the first insttGtion of learning
and the first Institution of charity were Cath
olic. Catholic Maryland alone established
religious liberty, Catholic France aided with
an army our revolutionary struggle. and
Catholic powers were the first to acknowledge
the Independence OF the United StatesI These
are the sentiments, the proofs, the pledges of
the loyalty of the Catholic citizen, who still
holds to the faith in its purity and integrity
The ceremonies were concluded by the |
choir rendering the 'Lre Deum," during