The herald., 1896-12-26
AT THE CATHEDRAL

At the cathedral at the early services
al 5 o'clock La Haches mass was sung by
the regular choir augmented by forty
Children's voices. The Adeste Fideles
was at the offertory. An excellent pro-
gram had ben prepared for the last SER
vices at 1O:30 o'clock at which Guilmant's
Third Mass was finely rendered by the
quartet and chorus with orchestral ac
compartment.
Qui TOLLS, basso solo in the Gloria, was
sung by Eugene Roth. Preceding the
sermon the Krauss string quartet gave
the Adagietto by Bizet. Et Incarnatus
Est was beautifully sung by Miss Ber
tha Roth.
Crucifixus. male chorus, Messrs. Carl
Thrower, j. Heyes, Joseph Scott, Eugene
Roth, N. Laub, DR.. Fernandez, Joseph
Vale.
Cuius Regni, Misses Lille Scanlon and
Bertha Roth.
At the offertory The Stunt Caeli by
Mendelssohn was rendered by Misses
Scanlon and Roth.
Benedictus. trio. Miss Roth, Messrs
Scott and Thrower.
At the conclusion of the services a mag
nificent rendition of the Coronation
March was given by A. J. Stamm, organ;
Arnold Krauss, first; F. Wismer, Sec
Itch, violincello; j. Misso, bass; D. w.
Deeble, j. Berg, cornets; A. Birkelein,
trombone.
The sermon was preached by the Rev.
Father McAuliffe, who took for his text
"The word was made flesh and dwelt
among us.'-John l., IA. These words,
said the preacher in an eloquent ad-
dress, expressed not only the accomplish
ment of the mystery of the incarnation,
but the fulfillment of the promise made
by God to Adam and to the patriarchS
and prophets-the promise of a redeem
er. The reverend father pointed out the
necessity of redemption from original
sin, because man, having lost that orig
inal justice and innocence in which he
was constituted by God was unable to
take one step towards that happiness for
which he was destined by his Creator.
Neither man, nor the most exalted Of
the angelic host was able to atone for
the sin of Adam in the way the divine
Justice required. None but God himself
would apply a remedy to so great an
evil. Hence our first parents and their
posterity would have been lost forever
had not God provided for them a re-
deemer. God visited the rebellious an
gels with immediate punishment, but in
his goodness had compassion on the hu
man race, and promised them redeem
er. And when the fulness of time had
come he sent his son to remedy the evils
resulting from the transgression of our
first parents, and thus fulfilled the
promise he had made to them after their
fall, when he said. Il will put enmity be-
tween thee and the woman, etc. ST.
John says that it is for this purpose the
son of man appeased that he might de-
stroy the power Of the DEVIL Though
the promise of a redeemer was made at
ter the fall and renewed from time to
time, together with many of the circuln-
stances of his appearance, still four
thousand years elapsed before "the word
do ba n
appeared and "dwelt among men,"
Jesus Christ's birth brought peace
with all men. 'If it be possible, as mucn
as is in you, have peace with all men "
st. Paul The source of this peace is
in trying to resemble Jesus Christ by
.practicing the .naxims of his gospel.
For he who commands us to love our
neighbor as ourselves is the Lord who,
though he was the creator of all things,
became a little child and was obedient
to all, who possessed all and became
poor that he might by his example teach
all. Observation-Disclosures is the surest
means of winning hearts. Destroy sell
f1shness and peace will reign among
men. Peace with our neighbor is also
disturbed by quick irrascible temper.
Jesus Christ teaches us to be meek.
Learn of me, etc." Go into the stable,
then, where you will find God who
seeks you when you are from him, thus
ing, Jou ~ pe oul6lHS 10 your
neighbor in every respect
Let us offer our hearts today without
reserve to our Infant Savior, begging Of
him to cleanse them from the foul stains
of sin. and to inflame them with the sa-
cred fire of that charity which he came
on earth to kindle, and thus not suffer
us to Illustrate the designs of his mercy
by our perverseness, but give us grace
to begin with him a new life from this
happy day of his nativity and to perse
we're steadily and faithfully to the end
in his service, SO that after having been
replenished with his grace here we may
be permitted to partake of his glory
hereafter.