New-York tribune., 1901-09-08

ScflDed.
IL is religious community" says the book
founded few years ago in France, with the
special object of assisting the souls in purgatory
In all those various ways which the providence
OF God has revealed. and which Catholic zeal
mas IN the manifold ingenuity of it's generosity
been inspired to devise and apply
Inc members of the community, besides bind
| ing themselves by the three usual vows of pow
erty- chasuty and obedience. take a fourth obl-
satloh, the effect of which is that, according to
the motto of their order they pray. suffer and
work for the souls in purgatory' and offer up
IN their favor the satisfactory part of their
works of mercy. their vows and prayers and also
the indulgences applicable to themselves both
during their life and after death. Such, in a
| rev words is a general description of the So
! ciety. 1t is a tree planted upon the earth but
the cooling shade of it's branches reaches for
ward into the world unseen. To purgatory it
owes it's existence; before it's gates it is ever
faithfully watching and pleading. and thither
flows the perpetual current of its manifold
charity
| In speaking of the way in which the order is
conducted. and how the objects are attained the
| little book says:
When they awake in the morning they say.
! My Jesus, mercy" in order to begin the day by
gaining an indulgence of one hundred days for
/ the departed souls They repeat this ejaculation
every time they kneel or pass before the Blessed
| sacrament and often interiOrly when they meet
/ one another. They end all their prayers with The
/ invocation. Eternal rest grant unto them u
! Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them"
which words they repeat frequently throughout
! the day. After mass they sing the De Pro-
! funds" and the prayer % good and most sweet
/ Jesus" etc. is offered for the souls which have
been particularly recommended to the society.
| The "Iitanes Of Providence" are said for its
! spiritual and temporal necessities.
/ In addition to the meditatIOrS. piOuS readings
| and adora tionS Of the Blessed Sacrament obIi-
satory on AL the choir nuns recite the OtIca
OF the Dead and at O'Clock every evening they
say the DE frofundis- They have conse-
/ Grated themselves to a special devotion - the
sacred Heart. and whenever the clock strikes
/ th'I say the fnlIoWlnG PRAYER for the captive
souls 20 my God, W. offer Thee for the EIp'y
Souls all the acts of love with which the Sacr 4
+ Heart OF jesus gloriiied Thee during this same
hour. when He upon earth" The first r .
day II every month and the octave of tIt
and the Blessed SACRAMENT is exposed in the
chapel, as il is also during other octaves IS vc-
ally that Of the Holy Souls and many f--,sts.
The order is not well known. but the following
paragraph frou the pamphlet before quoted
shows that its work has attracted considerable
attention:
The beneficial participation. it will be- rcnl-nl-
hercd. IF the various prayers and good works II
the society extends 10 deceased relatives. and -
/ continued to the members themselves when n V
/ are numbered with the departed. What the
amount f this precious boon is none hut tiud
can tell. but We can approach 10 some idea of IS
value If we consider that the number of the
Sious is continually incTe1 1Sing, and that in p.
year 1873 when the last calculation was mad.
no less than iI6.tpp commuuions of ass IL
/ atcd religious besides Il ,-SD masses said ~
/ associated priests. We're received into tiie
/ spiritual treasury of the order.
/ 1t Is safe 10 say that at the present WritiI.;
/ these numbers considerably more tnaH
doubled.
The order makes plea for new membership.
and says:
/ How many there who ready beStnw
/ a certain kind Of sentimental emotion the
called memory of some whom they loved.
/ who keep their little mementos with fidelity,
who read their handwriting again and again
scarcely any trouble to have "A mass celebrated
to offer aims to the poor. apply
/ indulgence in their behalf This is indeed "ciV-
! ing stone To the departed instead of bread.
/ If only thouSandth part of the time feeling
and conversation that is often spent in sterile
| regrets for those who more tO be-
employed i'll praying, suffering. working for
/ them, there would be, perhaps, less merely
. human tears shed upon the earth. but the fiery
/ Grown and robe of glory would be more
speedily placed upon those souls whom the
affection of persons once dear to them in
! cherished past only he truly welcome when
it distS itself in labor for them during the crisis
! of their present need
! The order is in a prosperous condition. 3ut
| hopes To gain many new members and con-
| tributors in this country Its historian says
X IS undeniable that a great change has
! passed over America within recent years tn
/ precious current of faith is swelling and moving
| in the right direction. and among the chatileIS