The herald., 1896-06-01
Some of the Sermons That Were
Delivered
At ST. VINCENT'S CHURCH
A Young Priest Celebrates Mass for the
First Time
cbri.t's Doctrines and Hlu strations Of Tele-
pathy At tUnity-Theosoobicai warning
to Suicides - University Chapel

The services at st. Vincents church
yesterday were of peculiar interest,", III
that they marked the first ministry Oh
young priest, the Rev. John Schlereth'
who was ordained by Bishop Montgom-
cry on Saturday. Father Schlereth Gel
ebrated his first mass yesterday morn
ing, assisted by Rev. j. Musson, dea-
con, and Mr.. d. Healey, suo-deacoh.
The music, which was especlaliy ar
ranged for the occasion, was beautl1uily
rendered and proved beyond question
that the choir of st. Nincents church
are rapidly attaining their ambltlon-
to be the best in the city. In professor
7. w. Wilde they have an earnest youliS
musician, very skillfull organlst atlu
a painstaking director The cnolr lirst
tenor is Mr.. Joseph F. Nielle, who mas
the music of his church very much at
heart, and is constantly working Tor lts
excellence.
Gilsin's grand Italian mass, No. !,
compiled from the beautiful catheoral
music of Rossini Bellini and Donlzettl,
was sung in it's entirety by the following
choir: Sopranos, Misses r. Davis A
Santa Cruz d. Hovel, n. Nash. A. Ham
is IL. Lindenfelt and NJ. Rohr; contral-
tos, Misses Lille Scanlon, NJ. Everett,
Mesdames Chapman and Alton; ten
ors. Joseph F. Nuelle, Ed Maud. W.
Jochim. and c. Clark; bassos. NJ. Kill
ian. John Alton and A. G. Gardner. The
solos were sung by Miss Grace Davis,
Miss Lille Scanlon. Mrs. Chapman,
Joseph T. Nuelle, c. Clark and NJ. Kill
ian. Additional beauty was lent to the
| mass by the violin obligato played by
| Signor Dion Romandy. the musician
bringing out almost fuller and more
| effective tone than many orchestras.
| Signor Romandy also played the ever
green intermeZzo from Mascagnis Cav
alleria Rusticana very finely. The fun;
| clear and true soprano Of Miss Davis did
| full justice to the magnificent music
and cruical test of vocalsm. EFT Res
| urrexit. The contralto solo, Agnus Del,
! found lovely expression from Miss Scan
| Ion, who, besides possessing a remark
ably pure and sweet voice. sings with re-
| markable accuracy. The quartet, In
| Imam Sanctam, was one of the most
| perfect pieces in the mass. and the finale
| chorus. Dona Nobis Pacem was excel
lently rendered During the offertory.
| owens Ave Maria was effectively sung
by Misses r. Davis and L. Scanlon and
| Mr.. Joseph F. Nuelle.
The Rev. A j. Meyer. c. NJ, preached
| the sermon. In substance he said: A
| solemn and impressive ceremony took
| place before this altar yesterday Whilst
| you We're feasting and praying a bishop
| of the church of God, a successor of the
| APOSTLES imposed hands on young man
! and ordained him to the ministry of the
| New Law, comforting upon him the pow
| ers of the Christian priesthood, viz: to
| forgive sins and to conSecrate bread and
| wine in to the body and blood of Christ.
| Conscious of this power the young Le-
vite ascends the altar of sacrifice for
| the first time this morning; soon the
| moment of consecra ton will he here;
Christ, faithful to his word. will appear
| before us; what now is the substance of
bread and wine will be changed into the
| substance of Christs body and blood
Before sundoWn a man may be struck
/ II Will ofo1 1Ira ha 40 hnap
a bad man: many sins are upon his soul.
but he repents: the young priest is sent
to him: he confesses privately with him:
| then he raises his annointed hand and
gives him the absolution; that mans
| sins are forgiven; he reioices and
thanks God. who gave such power to
| men. The Catholic priest. What a
mysterious being In his exterior. like
other men; in character like the Master,
a priest forever according to the order
of Melchisedec." without father with
out mother. without genealogy. but
| likened to the Son of God. priest for
ever" Like his Master, he can only be
loved or hated. revered. or slandered by
| the world
What is a Catholic priest? A man
| chosen by God to the Christian minis
try He must be man of learning a s
we'll as a man of God. From ten to
twelve years are spent in serious study;
not in the study of the Bible and theol-
ogy only but in all branches of science
mathematics, history. literature. etc. All
this time his mind is trained and his
heart is formed to virtue and piety. He
leaves father and mother. gives up
home and comfort and prepares himself
for life of suffering, labor and sacri-
flee. In his ordination he takes the
VOWS of chastity and obedience. fore
going everything, everything that man
may otherwise lawfully enjoy. He is
ready to go wherever he is sent: and like
the soldier on the battle field he remains
at his post though death may be around
him. He lives for duty and for duty
| only.
a priest must be man of prayer. Be
sides the daily sacrifice and the recita-
ton of the divine office, he spends much
time in prayer and meditation. Thus
his days and years are spent Death
generally finds him poor.
| And what does he receive from this
life Of sacrifice. devotion and hidden viz
tue? From the world outside the Cath
Ole church not only seorn and con-
tempt. but his virtue is called in uues-
ton; he is looked upon as a hypocrite.
Nay, whatever there is of the foul and
| dirty and low in the Catholic church is
hired, and in the shape of x-priests and
escaped nuns, is paraded around the
country, and their filthy stories are lis
| tened to and believed and applauded to
| and tens of thousands of Would-be la
dies and gentlemen, who by their very
presence and conduct on such occasions
give evidence of the spirit that is within
! them.
If the priest has his Gethsemane and
his Calvary he has also his Tabor Even
here God gives him the hundred fold:
the very hatred of the world is his guar
antee that he is a disciple of his Master:
| his hopes lie in eternity. Great as is
the dignity of the Christian priesthood,
50 is also great the responsibility. ASK
God for good priests and pray for their
perseverance,
AT 7:3O p. IN solemn vespers Wer cele-
brated, the Rev. John Schlereth again
officiating. The music was as follows:
; SalVe Regina. contralto solo, Miss Lille
Scanlon; Salutaris, solo; Madre del
Sommo, trio, Misses Dora Hovel Lille
Scanlon and Mr.. Joseph f. Nuelle; Tan
tum Ergo, Goeb, chorus
At Unity
: Yesterday morning the pastor of
Unity church, Rev. j. S. Thomson,
| preached sermon on "Christs Doctrine
, | and illustrations of Telepathy." using
the text, Speak the word only and nv
servant shall be healed. Matthew
, | viii: s.
The gentleman in part said: We some
| times think or speak of persons whom
we have not seen for years, and immed-
lately these persons visit US This ex-