The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-25
PARENTS And CHILDREN
Bishop Wiggers Interesting
Discourse at St. Joseph's
Church Last Night.
A PRIESTS RESPONSIBILITY.
He Must Suffer For a Soul Lost
Through His Carelessness-
Large Class Confirmed.
PRIESTS RESPONSIBILITY.

Large Class Confirmed.
Bishop Wigger confirmed a class Of
eighty-fve boys aud girls at ST. Joseph's
4. G. Church, last evening. Preliminary
to his administering the Sacrament he
delivered a sermon on Christian Educa-
tion.' In which he instructed Christians
in the way laid down In the Holy Book.
He opened his address by directing the
attention Of the congregation to the SER
mon which he preached at St. Joseph's
Church three years ago concerning
matrimony. '.Sincs / preached that GER
mon," he said, ''PoDs Leo x III. iss ued
an order authorizing the Cardinals,
Archbishops aud Bishops to establish q
society OF the Holy Family, wherein every
father. mother aud child should strive to
emulate the example that was set by ST.
Joseph, Virgin Mary and the Infant
Jesus. Another fundamenIaiaism OF the
so ciety WAS to instruct parents In their
duty to children aud the children in their
duty to parents. think that a great
many souls are lost through D arents VIC
latipg this. They are responsible to a
certain degree for the souls OF their child
rem. IT they allow their children to do as
they please and give not one thought to
the hereafter. permitting their children
to indulge in all sorts of morally injur-
ious pastimes, they are not doing their
duty by far. Furthermore. If they do not
have their children's sins made clean,
absolved, they not only make their
chiIdreh's souls liable to eternal torture
and hell, bat they also are In danger of
eternal hell torture themselves. Oh, that
parents would observe this and act
,t.fokfo go T r.vrtu fhfAt chat I 2 an n4r1
is not made holy on this earth 1t will be
condemned In hell.
TO SUFFER THROUGH NEGLIGENCE.
'Thiuk, my dear people, what your
children will have to suffer through your
extreme negligence. Think what an
awful thing it would be to sen your
child's soul to the place Of eternal tor
ture, aud your own. trough wanton
neglect. follow it.. 1t Is indeed a most
ser ious question that we nave before as.
"Ou the other haLd the childrea should
houor their father and their mother.
mis- Is taught in tine Bible You will
notice, dear friends, thai this law doss
not %stipulnte any particular age. 1t does
not say that all children below z. IL, Is,
II shall observe this, aud ali others NOT
included. M, it does not say that.
II means all of US. All should have due
honor 10 aud should strictly obey father
aud mother. But how frequently do we
uOO tuaG luis UltSS6i lew Is UThtlUl6u Oh!
How many children are there that we
find scarcely heed the word OF their
parents? Oh, my friends. it is altogether
too common q thing. There is necessity
Of q grea. improvement here. Father
ana mother are verify entitled to great
honor aud ready obedience. but in many
Instances they do not receive either.
God once told . priest that II a single
soul WAS lost through his carelessness ue
would be responsible aud his soul would
be lost. What does that mean? Simply
this, that IL priests fail TO do their daty
by their charge. they do not fulfill their
obligations to God; and IL they allow one
sou TO die through negligence, tney are
responsible, Il the penalty must be
paid, dear though IL may De. What a
serious thing this is. II but the people
could realize IL there would be converts
every day and the churches would be
filed with earnest worshlppers.
My Catholic friends, you all know
what is required of you ny this church.
1t Is necessary that you attend tue var
ious masses. the communions n
the other blessed services Of the
church. Do you do that2 Or are you
guilty of gross neglect, and do you rem
der yourself liable to eternal punishment
Then. I say, rise take up tiny bed. and
bestir myself. Do amend your ways aud
ask Gods forgiveness in q penitent
spirit. II You do not, you are aware that
puuishment awaits you? IT'S best to
make reparation whilst you have au
opportunity than to pass it by. Chris
tau bestir thySeif an let your light
shine brightly for Christ aud for the
Christian church, that tney, seeing your
Christianly STANDARD. Will, too. glorify
the Father which is in Heaven. On tnat
God would opep the hearts of each and
everyone of you here tonight, that you
all might learn OF the great importa nee
of the Holy Commandments u be
aroused to comply humbly with the
requirements Of Gods laws. IL you fall
to comply with these laws, remember.
you are a%inenaole to the punishment
which will be surely meted out by the
Heavenly Father.
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY MIL
sFinaliy, l would urge ali you Catholic
Christians TO be one Of the Society OF the
Holy Family. Statistics show that there
are 240. 600, zoo or $50. 000, 600 Catholics in
the world.
IF Nil these Catholics were represented
In this good society We would have in
our society 0,0O0 to 5000 Catholic famil-
les. But there are not half SO many.
There is no reason to the contrary iu
Catholic family should be represented in
this GLORIOUS society. IL should be their
pride INF pleasure to be able to say they
were of the society. But, alas. we
do not all have like thoughts. aud some
cannot be convinced Of the absolute
necessity to joining society with such
blessed ties binding one another. / pray
God that you all might see that it is good
that you join this society. this holy aud
blessed society. What ii all should
join this society," Then every act wonli bs
Cnristianly aud every thought as OF God,
all intentions woul be pure and all
things noble. Each member would be
sanity and pure, q all would bs glorffY
Gods Kingdom and thank him in nalle-
lujahs tina he opened their eyes to tine
wonderful truth. They would administer
their views of God TO their fellow
| creatures who do not as yet, alas. love
him. But the time should sps edlly come
when ali will be united by the bonds Of
friendship aud love III the good society.
Then there would be no social. political.
or auy other great questions boJnering
the people-all would bs peace and har-
mony-"
The Bishop then administers d the rites
| of confirmation TO the class. The church
was filled to the doors. and all listened
intently to the Bishop. This morning, at
| eight o'clock. there was a mass for the
newly confirmed.