The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-03
SERVICES OF WH|TSUNDAY
Observance Of Day at St. Luke's
Church and st. Peters Cathedral. d.
REV. ROGERS ISRAEL'S SERMON
lie Treated OF Identity. Work. and Reccp.
tion OF Holy Ghost and Results of
Ills Reception Sermon at Cntho-
drai by Rcv. J. II. McIlugh.

services appropriate to Whitsunday
We're held yesterday in st. Luke's
church, Rev. Rogers Israel, rector. His
morning discourse treated of the de-
scent of the Holy Ghost and was based
upon ST. John, Kill, %: IF a man love
me he will keep my words, and my ia
ther will love him and we will come
unto Him and make our abode with
Him." The rector treated of the iden-
tity, work and reception of the Holy
Ghost and the results of his reception.
According to an old church custom u
baptism service was conducted in the
afternoon. when five children were bap-
tized. Holy Communion was admins
tered at 7.3O o'clock IA. m. and after the
morning service The music was char
acterstic of the day, and included a
special anthem during the morning SER
vice.
At ST. Peters Cathedral.
Pentecost Sunday was observed at st.
Peters cathedral, as is the usual Gus
tom on this feast of the church, with a
solemn high mass of thanksgiving. of
which Rev. Father Quinnan was the
celelbrant Rev. Father Feeley deacon:
Rev. Father Millane. sub-deacon, and
Rev. Father O'Rellly master- -of cere-
monies. Music was rendered by the
choir in an excellent manner, and the
services throughout were very impress
sive.
Rev. ]. A. McHugh preached the SER
mon from the epistle of the mass. which
is taken from the Acts of the Apostles.
II, Iii. He took the fifth verse as his
text; Now there We're dwelling at
Jerusalem Jews. devout men, out of
every nation under the sun" The SER
mon went on to prove that the world
was Catholic on the day of Pentecost,
for the Scriptures say that. there were
gathered at Jerusalem men from every
nation under the sun Twenty-four
years later st. Paul said: 81 give thanks
to my God through Jesus Christ for you
all, because your faith is spoke in the
whole world"
Besousht PRAYERS for Holy Father.
The speaker besought prayers for the
Holy Father, that all churches may be
united under him and be guided by the
teachings of the one true church. He
quoted the famous English historian,
Macaulay, who paid a high tribute to
the durability of the Catholic church
as a human institution. The speaker
disputed the assertion that the church
is human. 1t is human in so far as the
incarnation of the Savior is concerned,
he admitted, but the foundation of the
church is in the divinity of the incar-
nate Son.
The sermon was summarized under
three heads, Catholicity of space, Cath
Clicity of doctrine, and Catholicity of
time. Christ said to His apostles: Go
forth. teach all nations" This shows
that Christ intended that the Catholic
religion should be the one of all nations
with no limits or boundaries. Christ in
tended that there should be a UNIVERSAL
ity of doctrine, for he said, too, to His
disciples: Teach all things that have
taught you" In 1870, at the Vatican
council in Rome, were gathered to-
gether theologians of every division of
politics, of customs, and Of every color.
They were all united in the one doc
trine.
lam With You All Days.
The Catholicity of time is shown by
Christ, speaking through the mouths of
his prophets, in the Scriptural passage:
Behold, l am with you all days, even
to the consummation of the world"
Man cannot patch Gods work, and the
true church cannot come from the hand
of man. The Holy Ghost Is the spirit
of tba c.hurch and will abide with IL for