The Irish standard., 1908-05-09

first that come to mind are the Rev
Thomas b. Sherman, the Rev. David
II. Buel. and Father Van Rensselaer,
We are still lamenting the decease OF
the last mentioned, who had so thor
oughly endeared himself to the young
men OF high and low estate as to be
known familiarly by them Throughout,
the city as plain Father Van.
We recall among converts from
Episcopalianism the Rev. Titus Josltn
for many years at St. Columbia s
Church, New York. afterward in New
Jersey; the Rev. Joshua Dodgson
Bradley. Protestant Episcopal rector
of st. Mary the Virgin, whose public
solemn admission to the Church by the
Rev. DR.. McGlynn in st. Stephens
Church created a great stir He join
ed the Society OF Jesuits. The Rev.
Mr.. Hoyt, who entered into the Church
late in life, yet had the pleasure of
being ordained to the priesthood, was
an earnest worker at st. Michael's in
New York The latest whose entrance
into the Church made a very deep I'M
preston was the Rev. B. F. DaCosta.
so we'll known for his historical stu
dies. which made him a marked MEM
Der OF the New York Historical Soci-
city. His entrance to the Church was
not through the ritual or high church
gate. We have heard him describe
himself as an old fashioned Protestant
parson. The guardianship of the
Catholic Church over the Holy Scrip
lures, in face Of the ruins among Prot
cstant bodies Of their former Worship,
was leading motive Of his becoming
Il Catholic. Shortly before his death he
enjoyed the coveted privilege of say
ing mass.
One OF the early converts to Catholi
csm had been the Rev. Jedcdiah V.
Huntingdon, who was happy in the
Church, though on account of his mar
riagc he could not receive holy orders
Monuments of his literary taste and
ability are his charming novels
Rosemary" and The Forest" Among
laymen there was conspicuous in good
works Richard Clarke, for many years
president of the Conferences of st. Vim
cent dc Paul, who has in his Life OF
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States left a striking remembrance OF
his historical studies. He was also
president Of the Catholic Historical
We have necessarily omitted
in this hasty sketch many names, even
prominent in the life OF the Catholic
Church in New York, while manv 9TH
crs have been happy in retired lives,
where their entrance into the Catholic
Church gave new strength and ener-
sy to their devotion to God and to
their spiritual lives. D..
Their influence for good has becn
very extensive, because of the zeal that
was dominant in their characters
as may be easily surmised from the
many sacrifices which they willingly
made of earthly advantages that they
might follow the dictates of their con-
sciences and Gods grace.
1t is noticeable that however often
it entered into the thoughts OF not =
few OF those leaners toward Catholi-
c1sm to attempt combined entrance
into the Church. their efforts were not
successful. In the Oriental countries
OF Asia it is not infrequent to hear of
whole parishes joining with their
priests, and at times with Bishops, to
Offer their submission to the Holy See
Within the last month the Greek Patri-
arch who had pontifcated at the Vat
lean received telegram in Rome that
the whole schismatic parish of Es Salt
in Palestine, numbering about oOo
SOUS. WAS eager to leave schism for
the Catholic church. This idea OF ro-
union OF large bodies, even of the whole
Nf'''~"Po1'o'A VI LhllklCdT COnlfn(lnlti0S
TO the Catholic Church has been
broached. but with little result and
very little hope for the future. Prot
estantism has apparently impresnatod
them with the thorough spirit of indi-
vidualism in religion, and renders them
as bodies incapable of submission to
authority even when actually recogniz-
ed as Of divine authority. Providence,
however, is leading many Of their best
and most learned prominent clerry-
men and laymen to give an example
OF thorough submission to the authori-
ty of the Apostolic See of Peter.
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AT mothers meeting young won.