The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-14
AN ELOQUENT SERMON.


rick's Church.
Rev. Father Kusters of Spokane. who
is the guest of Father DeSere of St
Patrick's parish, preached to a large
congregation last night. The father is
polished pulpit orator, and a man of
wide knowledge and theologan of
wide repute. a pleasing speaker and
convincing and pungent expounder of
the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy strength, and
with all thy mind. and thy neiehbor as
myself. This was Father Kusters'
text, which is found in the 9th verse
of the 10th chapter of the gospel. as
propounded by St. Luke. He began by
expressing his great delight at the mag
niticent congregations which attend re-
llg1ous services. Said he Il have
Travelled in foreign lands. I have ap-
peared before and in many congrega-
tons in this country. l have visited
the cities of the Pacific coast, and
say canddly that in no other place
have | seen the people turn out in as
large numbers and with such regularity
as they do here in Butte City, Mont.
1t is gratifying to your pastor; crafty
ing to your city and to your state
Here we see in this large church every
Sunday and during the days of the
week many men who come from their
places of toll to kneel before the God
of the Universe and return thanks for
the glorious privileges they here enjoy.
My friends. 1t is a grand spectacle--so
marked is the contrast between this
city and those of the coast that | am
impelled to remark upon it. Your
devotion touches my heart. There is
religious atmosphere here in Butte
such as it not noted in the coast cities.
Il have probably less reason to APP
ply the conclusions and lessons taught
in the text l have selected to a Butte
congregation than any other before
which | have ever appeared. To love
another is to love God, and to love God
one must attend to his Cody devotions
This you do and you love one another
l will say. however, that the theme
is applicable at all times and in every
place. We should love God with all
our heart. because he is infinitely per
feet in all things. He endowed man
with mind and knowledge. No man is
entitled to more praise than God is en-
titled to. He has given us the sacra-
ment of baptism, the sacrement of love
the sacrament of the holy eucharist all
elements to save. to teach. to spread his
merclful Kindness. God created the
heart around which all acts of man
must revolve. TIE heart of man is
pure and holy. 1t resentts a wrong act
Witness the acts of men. Everything
the man does is done in an effort to
please, to enhance, to encourage. If
this act be contrary to the teachings
of the heart if the man forgets and
turns himself over to his passions. evil
deeds is the result and the heart rebels.
A continuation of bad deeds is the
| path of sin, and the wages of sin is
death. Nothing is lasting, constant,
dura BILE. but the love of God.
I'VE all stand in need of supernatural
health Try to stand alone and we fall
When We love God all obstacles that
arise in our pathway disappear. Oh.
my friends, speaking tigurativelv. 7
wish I could place the drop of blood
that is on yonder cross on your hearts.
where it might leave it's indelible i'm
print of love and eternity"
The father announced that next
Tuesday is the day set apart for de-
votion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He
said that while in the Holy Land h.
visited the tomb Of the mother of
Jesus. 1t is but a short distance from
the walls of Jerusalem. on the Mount
of Olives. 1t is the most sacred spot
in the world. There is no record"
said he, "of the date of the death of
the Virgin Mary"
But" said he, "she died as she had
lived, in the love of God and holiness"