Connecticut, 1905
"Gip" Williams, a church-going dog, died in Nontville, a Berkshire village, and his funeral was held, says a Winsted (Conn.) dispatch to the New York World. Many children followed the dog to its burial place.
Gip, who was owned by a family named Williams, for years had attended prayer meetings and all the entertainments in the village church.
After the family had gone to prayer meeting recently Charles Richardson, who lives with the Williamses, said to the dog, "Gip, you can't go to church to-night." The dog walked into the next room and went through the window, sash and all.
Arriving at the church, Gip pushed the swinging door open and took his accustomed seat with the congregation.
Leaves High Station to Help Poor
Monsignoro the Count Vay De Vaya, a Hungarian priest of noble birth, has come to the United States to look after the spiritual needs of his immigrant countrymen.
Reared amid the luxurious surroundings of the Austrian court and destined by his father, the lord chamberlain, for a diplomatic career, the count put aside secular ambition and determined to devote himself to work among the poor.
Though only in his thirty-sixth year, he has lived in almost every country in Asia and Africa and has visited Australia and all the greater islands of the Pacific, studying the needs of missionary work.
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Saturday, July 14, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Buddha's Sacred Eyeball Kept as Relic
1893
It Is the Veritable Visible Organ of Buddha
The following on Buddha's sacred eyeball is from the pen of a traveler who visited the Orient in 1888:
"Among the sacred relics of Horluji is the veritable eyeball of Buddha. It looks like nothing else but the tiny, black, veil-boiled pearl that one so often finds in an oyster stew. This 'Eye of Buddha' is shown every day at high noon, special mass being chanted by the priests while the relic is being brought out and displayed.
"For a consideration, and for the welfare of the temple's treasury, the mass can be repeated at any hour. We sent for the old priest, who came in company with a brother whose office was that of holding a big yellow umbrella over the 'holy man's' head. First he knelt, touched a silver gong and played before a gilded shrine with closed doors and golden lotus ornaments. Next he drew from one side of the shrine a large bundle covered with a wrapping of rich old gold and red brocade and tied with silk cords. This was reverently laid on a low ornamented table near the altar. Then, with muttered chants of prayer going on all the time, the old priest untied and laid out bag after bag of brocade, each lined with some dull contrasting color and tied with silken cords. After the ninth bag had been taken out and untied, an upright box, covered with more brocade, appeared and, lifting it out, the priest opened it and produced a little rock crystal reliquary and set it upon a gilded lotus pedestal that stood near. This reliquary was shaped like the tombstones in a cemetery — a cube, a sphere and a pyramid being placed one above the other and held together with gold wire. In the hollow of the sphere lay the tiny little dingy relic, which rattled around like a pearl or pebble when the priest turned and tipped the box so that I could get a better view of the sacred object.
"He never stopped once in his muttered chant, and after a proper time had been given for me to see it to my satisfaction he replaced the relic in its ten wrappings and again consigned it to its sacred shrine."
It Is the Veritable Visible Organ of Buddha
The following on Buddha's sacred eyeball is from the pen of a traveler who visited the Orient in 1888:
"Among the sacred relics of Horluji is the veritable eyeball of Buddha. It looks like nothing else but the tiny, black, veil-boiled pearl that one so often finds in an oyster stew. This 'Eye of Buddha' is shown every day at high noon, special mass being chanted by the priests while the relic is being brought out and displayed.
"For a consideration, and for the welfare of the temple's treasury, the mass can be repeated at any hour. We sent for the old priest, who came in company with a brother whose office was that of holding a big yellow umbrella over the 'holy man's' head. First he knelt, touched a silver gong and played before a gilded shrine with closed doors and golden lotus ornaments. Next he drew from one side of the shrine a large bundle covered with a wrapping of rich old gold and red brocade and tied with silk cords. This was reverently laid on a low ornamented table near the altar. Then, with muttered chants of prayer going on all the time, the old priest untied and laid out bag after bag of brocade, each lined with some dull contrasting color and tied with silken cords. After the ninth bag had been taken out and untied, an upright box, covered with more brocade, appeared and, lifting it out, the priest opened it and produced a little rock crystal reliquary and set it upon a gilded lotus pedestal that stood near. This reliquary was shaped like the tombstones in a cemetery — a cube, a sphere and a pyramid being placed one above the other and held together with gold wire. In the hollow of the sphere lay the tiny little dingy relic, which rattled around like a pearl or pebble when the priest turned and tipped the box so that I could get a better view of the sacred object.
"He never stopped once in his muttered chant, and after a proper time had been given for me to see it to my satisfaction he replaced the relic in its ten wrappings and again consigned it to its sacred shrine."
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Punches By Priest Break Four Ribs
1914
Thrashes Man Who Turned Family Out of House
Wilmington, Del., Jan. 19. — John Cavanaugh, who was given a severe beating when he attempted to attack Rev. John Lynch at his home on Lancaster pike, will not be able "to get around" for three or four weeks, according to his physician, Dr. J. Harvey Spruance. Rev. Mr. Lynch said Cavanaugh tried to use a knife.
The priest, who is assistant pastor of Thomas' Catholic church, after wrenching the knife from his assailant, proceeded to give him a whipping the like of which Cavanaugh had never experienced in his life before.
Among other injuries Cavanaugh received four fractured ribs and a wound over the left eye. He told his physician that he thought he had been struck by a trolley, so painful were his injuries.
The clerical exponent of muscular Christianity had hurried to Cavanaugh's home on learning that the man had driven his wife and four children out into the cold. The priest had no more than entered the house when the man, it is alleged, made a lunge at him with the knife.
Thrashes Man Who Turned Family Out of House
Wilmington, Del., Jan. 19. — John Cavanaugh, who was given a severe beating when he attempted to attack Rev. John Lynch at his home on Lancaster pike, will not be able "to get around" for three or four weeks, according to his physician, Dr. J. Harvey Spruance. Rev. Mr. Lynch said Cavanaugh tried to use a knife.
The priest, who is assistant pastor of Thomas' Catholic church, after wrenching the knife from his assailant, proceeded to give him a whipping the like of which Cavanaugh had never experienced in his life before.
Among other injuries Cavanaugh received four fractured ribs and a wound over the left eye. He told his physician that he thought he had been struck by a trolley, so painful were his injuries.
The clerical exponent of muscular Christianity had hurried to Cavanaugh's home on learning that the man had driven his wife and four children out into the cold. The priest had no more than entered the house when the man, it is alleged, made a lunge at him with the knife.
Friday, June 1, 2007
Priest Says Tango is Doing God's Will
1914
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 7. — Girls who whirl in the dizzy tango and kick up their heels and exhibit their ankles are doing the will of God, according to the Rev. D. S. Phelan, editor of the Western Watchman. The reverend editor is pastor of a Roman Catholic church here.
The will of God, he says, is that the girls shall get married and bear children and to do that they must exhibit themselves in such wise as to attract the attention of the sterner sex. He rails at the army of "crusty bishops and crabbed priests," reinforced by a lot of rheumatic dancing masters, who are opposing the tango.
In a tango editorial in the current issue of the Western Watchman Father Phelan says in part: "Don't mind, girls. These crusty old priests are only retouching the awful anathemas they formerly launched against the round dance so much in vogue now among our sodalities.
"People do not understand the innocent female mind. These tango dancing girls are engaged in God's work. The bewitching little miss who disports her charms in the ballroom is doing God's work as emphatically as the bishop in his orisons. But, girls, permit us to tell you that the man who falls in love with your pretty face is apt to become a better husband than one who is captured by your ankles. But, face or ankles, you have a right to fascinate him if you can."
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 7. — Girls who whirl in the dizzy tango and kick up their heels and exhibit their ankles are doing the will of God, according to the Rev. D. S. Phelan, editor of the Western Watchman. The reverend editor is pastor of a Roman Catholic church here.
The will of God, he says, is that the girls shall get married and bear children and to do that they must exhibit themselves in such wise as to attract the attention of the sterner sex. He rails at the army of "crusty bishops and crabbed priests," reinforced by a lot of rheumatic dancing masters, who are opposing the tango.
In a tango editorial in the current issue of the Western Watchman Father Phelan says in part: "Don't mind, girls. These crusty old priests are only retouching the awful anathemas they formerly launched against the round dance so much in vogue now among our sodalities.
"People do not understand the innocent female mind. These tango dancing girls are engaged in God's work. The bewitching little miss who disports her charms in the ballroom is doing God's work as emphatically as the bishop in his orisons. But, girls, permit us to tell you that the man who falls in love with your pretty face is apt to become a better husband than one who is captured by your ankles. But, face or ankles, you have a right to fascinate him if you can."
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Priest Makes a Deal with Coughing Congregation
1874
The Tablet relates a story of a priest who had a coughing congregation, and who cured them thus: No sooner had he ceased to speak than, singular to relate, one cough after another died out until soon there was absolute silence in the church. Whereupon the father said something to the following effect: "My friends, I know that in this weather colds abound, and therefore it is difficult for you to refrain from coughing. Still it is impossible for me to preach and for you to cough at the same time. Let us come, then, to a mutual agreement, so that you may cough and I may preach without disturbing each other. I will speak say for five or ten minutes at a time; when I raise my handkerchief there will be an interval allowed for coughing. As soon as I let it fall I will resume my sermon, and your silence." The plan succeeded admirably.
Couldn't Blow His Horn in That Church
An organist, for many years engaged in one of the noted churches in this city, tells this:
A strange man was acting as sexton. An old gentleman who was deaf took his seat in a pew, and produced from his pocket an ear-trumpet of curious shape, and to the dismay of the temporary sexton, raised it toward his face. The sexton sprang to his side, and said something in a low voice, whereupon the gentleman endeavored to raise the trumpet to his ear, but was prevented by the sexton seizing his hand. With increasing voice and excitement, he said, "You mustn't, Sir. You mustn't blow that horn in here. If you do, I shall be obliged to put you out!" And the good old man, pocketing the bugle, heard nothing of the service or sermon.
The Tablet relates a story of a priest who had a coughing congregation, and who cured them thus: No sooner had he ceased to speak than, singular to relate, one cough after another died out until soon there was absolute silence in the church. Whereupon the father said something to the following effect: "My friends, I know that in this weather colds abound, and therefore it is difficult for you to refrain from coughing. Still it is impossible for me to preach and for you to cough at the same time. Let us come, then, to a mutual agreement, so that you may cough and I may preach without disturbing each other. I will speak say for five or ten minutes at a time; when I raise my handkerchief there will be an interval allowed for coughing. As soon as I let it fall I will resume my sermon, and your silence." The plan succeeded admirably.
Couldn't Blow His Horn in That Church
An organist, for many years engaged in one of the noted churches in this city, tells this:
A strange man was acting as sexton. An old gentleman who was deaf took his seat in a pew, and produced from his pocket an ear-trumpet of curious shape, and to the dismay of the temporary sexton, raised it toward his face. The sexton sprang to his side, and said something in a low voice, whereupon the gentleman endeavored to raise the trumpet to his ear, but was prevented by the sexton seizing his hand. With increasing voice and excitement, he said, "You mustn't, Sir. You mustn't blow that horn in here. If you do, I shall be obliged to put you out!" And the good old man, pocketing the bugle, heard nothing of the service or sermon.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Meaning of Blessed Trinity Outlined at Church Service
Texas, 1920
"The Holy Trinity" was the theme of the sermon delivered by Rev. J. P. McCarthy at St. Patrick's Church yesterday. He selected his text from Matt. 28:14, "In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost." He said, in part:
Today, my dear brethren, the church celebrates the feast of the most holy Trinity. In Advent she glorified the Father for the merciful redemption she saw him preparing for mankind; from Christmas to Easter she adored God the Son in his birth and sufferings and death, and last Sunday she sang the praises of God the Holy Ghost, the sanctifier of mankind. And having, as it were, praised each separately, she bids her children today join one and all in praise of the ever-adorable Trinity.
What do we mean by the blessed Trinity? By the blessed Trinity we mean one God in three divine persons.
We agree with the Unitarian in saying that God, the Infinite First Cause and supreme Lord of all things, must be one, for if there were two first causes neither would be first, or if there were two infinite supreme beings both would be finite and subject to a higher third. Again, we agree with the Trinitarians that God is three because faith tells us so. But when the one tells us that "there are three gods," or when the other says "there is only one person in God " we disagree with both and stand half way between the two and say "there is one God in three persons." For just as in myself there is a human nature which I have in common with all mankind and a personality which distinguishes me from all others, so in God there is one divine nature, but three distinct personalities: Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Some may object and say, "I cannot see how a thing can be one and three at the same time, and so I do not believe your doctrine."
Brethren, remember our Lord's words, "Blessed are they who have not seen and have believed." Faith is a belief in things unseen founded on the word of God, and without faith, especially in the blessed Trinity, it is impossible to be saved. We might as well attempt to drain the sea drop by drop into the palm of the hand as to comprehend the mystery of the Trinity with our shallow brain.
—The Galveston Daily News, Galveston, Texas, May 31, 1920, p. 6.
"The Holy Trinity" was the theme of the sermon delivered by Rev. J. P. McCarthy at St. Patrick's Church yesterday. He selected his text from Matt. 28:14, "In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost." He said, in part:
Today, my dear brethren, the church celebrates the feast of the most holy Trinity. In Advent she glorified the Father for the merciful redemption she saw him preparing for mankind; from Christmas to Easter she adored God the Son in his birth and sufferings and death, and last Sunday she sang the praises of God the Holy Ghost, the sanctifier of mankind. And having, as it were, praised each separately, she bids her children today join one and all in praise of the ever-adorable Trinity.
What do we mean by the blessed Trinity? By the blessed Trinity we mean one God in three divine persons.
We agree with the Unitarian in saying that God, the Infinite First Cause and supreme Lord of all things, must be one, for if there were two first causes neither would be first, or if there were two infinite supreme beings both would be finite and subject to a higher third. Again, we agree with the Trinitarians that God is three because faith tells us so. But when the one tells us that "there are three gods," or when the other says "there is only one person in God " we disagree with both and stand half way between the two and say "there is one God in three persons." For just as in myself there is a human nature which I have in common with all mankind and a personality which distinguishes me from all others, so in God there is one divine nature, but three distinct personalities: Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Some may object and say, "I cannot see how a thing can be one and three at the same time, and so I do not believe your doctrine."
Brethren, remember our Lord's words, "Blessed are they who have not seen and have believed." Faith is a belief in things unseen founded on the word of God, and without faith, especially in the blessed Trinity, it is impossible to be saved. We might as well attempt to drain the sea drop by drop into the palm of the hand as to comprehend the mystery of the Trinity with our shallow brain.
—The Galveston Daily News, Galveston, Texas, May 31, 1920, p. 6.
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