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Chuich of the Moly Innocenti+, at Hoboken, greet Council of the Vatican, when the and more recently of the House of Prayer, Catholic 'Church met together by representaNewark, together with a sister of the latter tive, there was no one saint or apostle, rave gentleman, were recently received- into the only those saints or apostles who had laid the Holy Catholic Church by Mgr. Rogerson, at Church in the beginning, who bid ROO* S. Roch, in Paris, making their first commun. angst council that ss nod of the intellect- of ion in the chapel of the Matson Mere or lee the Church, so many mitred dens as the This is the reward Dames de Sarre Ceur. After a short stay Apostle of Ireland. in Paris, the three converts left for Rome, which God, in His generesity, gave to them fit //betty. The IOW in the where Miss Van Rensselaer is seriously who served Irv', thinking of joining the Ladies of the names inscribed on the walls of the Church Sacred Heart. Mr. Van Rensselaer and Mr. showed that the children of St. Patrick Mackall are settled, for the time being at the would never forget, living or dying, the The name of bavid Urquhart, who died Academia Ecelestastica, and will probably priesthood. Here, around him, he could see last summer, was well known in the diploma- _study for the priesthood. Hr. Mackall, the names of those who laid down their lives tic world. He had lived in Terkey, gtudled according to a correspondent of the New by the fever-stricken bed, and went like MEMORIAL OF THE LATE BISHOP OF it and written it in a work entitled York Catholic Review, was for a long time soldiers of Jesus Christ to fill up the vacant KERRY. "Turkey and Her Resources." le had troubled in mind in regard to his religious gap. There is no people throughout the served Lord Palmerston, but withdrew from to their pastors, so ready to A movement has been set on foot his service because the Russian tendencies olpinions, On leaving the Church of the world so united Holy Innocents, at Hoboken, he went to be the helper, the friend, the brother, even for erecting a memorial to the late illustrious of the Premier were too great for Mr. Boston to study with some clergy there. the defender of the priest, as is the Irishprelate Dr. Moriarty. The list of the com- Urquhart. During late years he conducted mittee includes the Archbishop of Cashel, a journal and contributed to others. His "From Boston I went to the House of man." the Bishops of Cork and Limerick, the mind was of a Catholic tendency , yet he died pray& at Newark, " he has himself written Marquis of Lansdowne. the Earl of Kenmore, out of the Church. Now, however, his to a friend, "but was never for a moment finally satisfied with Anglicanism. I the Earl of Listowel, Lord Headley, Lord widow, her FATHER MATHEW. two sons, and two dadghters Emly. and a large numbei of leading men. have just been received into the Church. On decided to go aboard as a last resort, to of the great some theologians of the consult When the cholera raged in Cork, and lay and ecciesiasticals. Already £800 and the 8th of December, Feast of the Immaculate Established Church of England ; but even struck down thousands in a day, no one upwards have been subscribed. The testiat Friburg, in Switzerland, the they had no other arguments for me than laboured more actively in the hospital than monial it destined. I am certain, to he not Conception, illustrious lady with her family solemnly the old ones I had seen refuted a dozen Father Mathew. He saved the life of a unworthy of the reputation of the deceased, abjured and received, first, times. Thoroughly disgusted with the patient in a very singular manner. He was or of the veneration in which he was held by Catholic Protestantism Baptism. then the Sacrament of Established Church, I left England, de- at the bedside of a young man who, ho All who knew him, Confirmation, in the private chapel of the termined to visit France, Spain, and Italy, thought, would recover, when be was called Bishop of Friburg, Mgr, Marilley. General and to judge Catholic countries for myself ; to another dying man. Having administered Castella was godfather for one of the boys, but as a Protestant I went no further than Extreme Unction to the penitent, he returned and a noble lady of Friburg godmother 'for Paris. Six weeks in France showed me that to the one he had lately left, but only to find IN THE AND CATHOLICS IN RUSSIA one of the daughters, the reality of Catholicism was even more the bed tenantless. RUSSIAN ARMY. divinely attractive than the theory of " Nurse," he inquired, "where is the young Catholicism, which I had studied, and which taan who occupied,this bed ?" One tenth of the people of Russia had bra long time charmed me. " " Dtad, sir." are Catholics, and the proportion is RIFLE MATCH FOR THE ELCHO CHALLENGE "Dead impossible. Where is he I" the same in the Russian army, For the " Taken, with the othtr corpses, to the SHIELD. religious wants of all these thousands of dead -house." TELEGRAPHY, soldiers not the lea.4 provision is made. AERIAL Again the Irish Eight have proved their "I cannot believe he is dead," persisted When, at the beginning of the war the Czar in the use of the rifle, again vicAerial Telegraphy promises to do Father Mathew ; " He was better when I -entered Rounmuia, Mgr. Ignazio Paoli, the eeperiority tory has crowned their arms. and again, for away with all need for wires overland and left him." Bishop of Bucharest, addressed a petition to the third time in four years, they are the submarine cables. Professor Loomis, of Away went Father Mathew, who must his Majesty, soliciting permission to provide possessors of the Elcho Challenge Shield. Washington it would seem, has devoted his nerves to encounter all Jot the spiritual comforts of the Catholic Were Ireland a, free nation, were Irishmen life to demonstrating the practicability of a have possessed strong recognizes soldiers, The petition remained unanswered, allowed, and trained in, the use of firearms, theory which he has long entertained, that he saw in the charnel -house. He two men man, which and Baron Huart, the Russian Consul - the comely might still regard this result with telegraphic communication can be carried on, the body of the youngin tarred sheets, prewrapping about were General of Bucharest subsugently intiinated satisfaction. But when the people de- without the aid of wires, by means of a paratory to interment. to the prelate that the Commander -in -Chief barred front this, the right of freemen,arewhen current of electricity which he has shown to " Stop, stop; surely that man cannot be was thinking of appointing several priests as to posses, or use firearms without a be constantly in existence in the air at governMathew. chaplains in the army, This thought of the ment permit is a crime, and when they are certain altitudes, and which is capable of dead," cried Father " Troth, he is, God be merciful to his soul," Grand Duke has not yet become a reality still, from the limited number amongst them transmitting messages between two perpen- piously prayed one of the men of the dead. and, as a consequelSce of his, thousands of trained to the practice of the rifle, able to dicular wires, reaching inte that strata, house. Catholic soldiers have died on the battle- compete, and compete successfully, with whatever the distance may be. The latest "I cannot believe he is. I was speaking field without receiving the slightest solace of England and Scotland. where no such dis- reports of his experiments, indicate that he ago Let me feel his Holy Church, and thousands have been abilities are known, are the not still more is on the point of succeeding, as he has to him a short time clamouring for vengeance from Heaven on deserving of honor ? Why should Irishmen already sent messages a distance of eleven pulse." beside the prostrate knelt Father Mathew account of this unheard of cruelty." Is it be prevented from forming corps miles in this way, using the Morse battery in body, and studied the rigid face as he felt the not already visibly descending upon the at home? Nothing bettor volunteer connection with illustrates one of his own invention. the pulse. It was a scene for a painter-the malefactors ? fallacy and unwisdom of this prohibition The fact seems to be assured that aerial tele- apparently lifeless, the quaint and grim.men than the fact that Irishmen are perfectly graphing can be really carried out practically, ready to cover the remains with the, care free so to do on touching the shores of Eng- though its great value will be in long merles of the tomb, the enxious priest feeling land. the very country in which the law was distances, such as from one side of an ocean for some indication that life was not extinct. THE DIVINE AND THEDOCTOB. framed. We trust the time is not far dis- to the other. Mr. Loomis is now making Altera brief pause the countenance of tant when that useless and unnecessary sta- arrangements for a series of experiments be- Father Mathew wore an inspiriting aspect. A devout Minister was once asked by a by which the use of arms is forbidden tween the.peaks of the Alps and the Rocky "The man is alive," he shouted triumsceptic if he followed preaching to save souls tute will end on replying that he did, the Caviller will be repealed, and when every Irishman Mountains of America. If be succeeds, of phantly. "I feel his pulse. Thank God I be enabled to compete in these friendly course the telegraphing between- the Old Thank God 1" rejoined, did you ever see a soul ? No did trials of skill in which they have hitherto World and the New will be cheapened * It was true ; the vital spark was riot you ever hear a soul? No did you ever gained so mach distinction,-Universe. thousandfold, and he is thoroughly convinced guinched ; restoration had due effect ; and taste a soul? No did you ever smell a soul ? that before many years the sub -marine the supposed corpse was brought from the No did you ever feel a soul ? Yes I thank cables will be lying abandoned and useless dead -house to be treated in the hospital. God said the preacher, well said the Cavilling Doctor, there are four out of the five senses ORIGIN OF POSTAGE STAMPS.-AN INCIDENT in their ocean beds. We sannot, however, Before many days passed the man was able help thinking that even if these electrical to thank his generous preserver for his life. against the one, that there is no soul So the atmospheric layers do really exist, they must THAT SET ROWLAND HILL INVENTING matter might have dropped but the preacher be subject to such great deransement from A POSTAL SYSTEM. as subtle in understanding as he was pious in thunderstorms or whirlwinds, as to very heart, turned the table on the Cavilling The origin of the postage stamp had a materially affect their reliability. GERMAN PROTESTANTISM ALARMED. Doctor and being informed that he was a tinge of romance in it. It was thirty-seven Doctor of medicine asked did you ever see years ago that Rowland Hill, while crossing Emperor William of Germany has been a pain ? No was the reply-did you ever driven to tnake a remarkable confession redistrict the north of England, arrived at OF HIS specting the anti -religious tendencies of the bear a pain? no did you ever taste a pain? the door in A DISCOURSE of an inn where a postman bad EXTRACT FROM No did you ever smell a pain. No I did stopped to deliver a letter. party in Germany which dragged him into, ON EMINENCE CARDINAL MANNING A young girl you ever feel a pain ? Yes, said the Doctor, his war upon the Church. He sees now, out to receive it ; she turned it over ST. PATRICK. well then rejoined the preacher, there are came when it is perhaps too late, that the triumph and over in her hand and asked the price of you see also four senses against one to prove postage. This was a large sum, and evi"Ireland has never lost her faith. She of this party will end in the destruction of that there is no such thing as pain and yet dently the girl was poor, for the postman has never wavered or faltered through ail the German empire. His Majesty lately Sir you know that there is such a thing as demanded a shilling. She sighed sadly, and manner of persecutions. With the Divine received at Benrath Castle a deputation of pain, and I know there is a soul. assistance, coming from the Holy Ghost, the the Kvabgelical clergy of the ,Lower Rhine, The Doctor appeared confounded and walked said the letter was from her brother, but that people of Ireland have remained faithful t' whose speaker was superintendent -General she.had no money; and so she returned the off. had letter to the postman. Touched with pity, Jesus, their Lord, and to his Vicar on earth Dr. Nieden. Those Protestant ministers enforcement Mr. Hill paid the postage and gave the letter in his world-wide Church. St. Patrick's is been yeti viell pleased by the Catholic the against leis' which has never been cut off, of the &ignitions an inheritance to the girl, who seemed very much embarassed. Scarcely had the postman turned his and though he was no prophet, he made bold. Chtirch but they had now awakened to the A SPLIT IN THE FREEMASON CAMP. dangerous back when the young innkeeper's daughter to say never would be. For his inheritance foot that this legislation wasegually replying The following suggestive documents have confessed that it was a trick between her aed is not seen in Ireland alone, but through the to their own sect. The Emperor, my age I can uo. been published in our Irish contemporaries her brother. Some signs marked ort;thir world-wide Church of God. In the great to their address, said " Resolution unanimously adopted by Grand envelope told her all she wanted many jeers of life, but if it to heetw, new world of Australia, on the continent ,ot longer *ken on longer vigorous stiff me Lodge of Ireland, November, 1877 keep East, the to through the God and scattered Pledm America, bat the letter contained no writing. "We "Whereas the Grand Lodge of Ireland has are both so poor: she said, "that we inven- sons of St. Patrick, pastor and priests, spriag apitit and, body, I well Mere him willingly Chula must .. Tile received official notification that the Grand ted thie triode of corresponding without pay- ing born his ordination, spread the church in.. ray vocation.. Orient of France has altered the first article ing for our letters." The traveller, continuing of God and gather souls into salvation. remain, or otherwise we Mat go. to. the bad, of its constitution from its previous form and his road, asked himself if a system giving There is no family. or pToighliy in all the for there exists a party who' would. abolish, omitted therefrom, as one of its fundamental place to such frauds was not a vicious one. Church of God so great as that Which Wang religion. We 'dare not deceive ontselves I thought of the principles, a belief in the existence of God Before sunset Rowland planned to from St. Patria.. That' one sole apostle of about 'this. Last rear deposed God and the immortality of the soul, the Grand organize the postal service had upon a new basis, the nation has at this day an inheritance ,ha French ReVolutionists ;: they are Lodge of Ireland hereby resolves that the with what success is known tetbe and aftetir'irds restored Stip.. .the Catholic Church which is not exceed' wink. i&vldttalt *e fliaU Grand Orient of France having, by such fhongh the Mine way, nay, he would say, equalled by any 0 alteration, rendered admissable as members -riot conscious of the trizettfeet *ate The apostle of the nations. St. Augustine of lodges within its jurisdiction persons who indeed the Apestle of England,, but white is old Kipper& is iicit iteeedhilkt' silarailik; he do not believe in the existence of a Personal the luhekit$noe, Of the archbishop of Canter- wee, THREE CoNverre TO CAT/WWI:WM SS.,se Deity, has thereby caused a breach in the, dr, the xt archbishop eta (NIA 14 the,'" foundations of Ancient Masonary, and acted Two Anglician clergymen, by name , ee fell ess,s ee'ss in violation of the first great principles of Francis. P. Mackall and /fr. limit, d ,aisb4 Multiplied and the Order; and, therefore, the Grand Lodge Van Rensselaer both farmer y of the the *wit this "hon.'
of Ireland here* declare that it cannot aou-. tinue to recognise the Grand Orient of France as a Masonic body; audit hereby directs all lodges working under the Irish constitution IRISH AID TO THE FAMINE-STRAKM flt to decline receiving as Masotti any person hailing from the Grand Orient of France, or MADRAS. any sabordinate lodge under its juris12,000 have been forwarded by his from diction." Emipence the Cardinal, as the contribution of the faithful of his archdiocese to the 'Vicar -Apostolic of Madras, who has responded in a letter of grateful acknowledgeA RZWAsKAmia CONVERSION. ment. -
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