The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-23
COLLECTION FOR
 THE ORPHANS HOME
AT SUNDAY SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH AN DESTITUTE CHILDREN.
A. B. LOvEMAN

Sunday Christmas eve the regular Sun | day order of services for the masses will be observed, viz: o'clock, low mass; S:30 Sunday school; 9:3O children's mass;
 of the blessed sacrament will be given immediately after last mass. Confessions
 will be heard from 8 o'clock in the after
 noon.
 The masses Christmas day will be: Low
 masses at 6:30., 7:30 80 and 9:3O o'clock; solemn high mass sermon and solemn ben | ediction of the blessed sacrament at 1O3C o'clock A special musical programme
 will be rendered.
 1 The altars are being decorated with
 palms, flowers and electric lights for the l occasion. A special collection for the or phans will be taken up at the door. The
 following appeal has been issued | Mobile, Ala, December 15, 1905
 "The annual collection for the support
 of the orphans of this diocese will be
 taken up at Christmas time
 "The helpless condition of the orphans
 to all Christian hearts at this time of the year and it should not be necessary to
 make a special call for their support | These little ones are bereft of their
 natural providers whose duty it was to
 protect them. Thrown on the mercy of
 strangers. their condition would now be
 helpless, had not charity prompted noble
 and kind-hearted friends to take the place | of parents in their regard. In the brothers | and sisters who watch over them, they | find patient and conscientious guides and , protectors. To aid these in their self-sac- rificing labors to supply means to enable | them to bring up and properly educate
 their helpless charges, we appeal to you
 with confidence today. God will generously
 reward all who help to maintain this noble ] charity.
 While the asylums provide temporary l shelter to these little ones, we should
 whenever possible, secure permanent
 homes for them in good Christian fami- | lies where their faith, morals and relig- | ious education will be carefully looked af- | ter. For, says our Divine Lord He that 1 shall receive one such little child in My name receiveth Me"-Matt. xvii-5 At the | last day Christ will invite the just to
 enter into glory with these words: Come
 ye blessed of My Father and possess the ! kingdom prepared for you from the be. l ginning of the world . for I was
 hungry and you gave Me to eat. thirsty
 and you gave Me to drink I was a
 stranger and you, took Me in'-Matt
 xxy-34, 35.
 | Prom this we see that ams-giving is | a duty which we are not free to leave | to those whom natural goodness prompts | to engage in corporal works of mercy. Ii | Is a Christian duty that binds all fin a greater or less degree. The aims bestowed | should bear a just proportion to the tenn poral favors Almighty God has show. | cred upon us, and 1t is well to remember | that the intention and the good will of the eiver purifies and ennobles the act and makes it acceptable in the sight of heaven. For God loveth the cheerful giver.'-II Cor. ix-7.
 Please read this letter on the Sunday before the collection and on the day itself Wishing you and your flock all the blessings of the Christmas season, I am faithfully yours in Christ.
 EDWIN P. ALLEN. Bishop Of Mobile. "J. w. SHAW, Secretary
 "Octave of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception"