WAITAHUNA.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVI, Issue 14, 27 July 1888, Page 11

WAITAHUNA.

CFrom an occasional Correspondent.) the Rev. Father O'Lrary celebrated Mass here on^nday^d his S'SSI wls G all ; See l ng P°WerofP ° Werof ° Ur IOVin * omnfscLce of God, was very touching, as in grave, earnest language he besought ll c H°7 ember / hat (he actual Presence of Almighty S was with and about us for all time. If we could only realise that and keep the feeling ever beJore us, he knew of no surer Safeguard from sin, as no person feeling the living presence of Almighty God could sin any more in H'b bight than in the eye* of the world. The sermon was illustrated by passages from the lives of the saints, and tLI k ,, h ° V n ' in plain ' 8im P le word8 ' eeas y understood by the number of children p.esent, a glance at wboae attentive faces showed tbat his earnest words were not falling on deaf, though perhaps, for a time, heedless ears. Truly Father O'Leary has done a great and good work amongst those children who, through his nnaided influence, bid fair to grow up more zealous Catholics than their paients. Every week almost he comes from Lawrence to teach them Catechism, and give them a good knowledge of Christian doctrine. ±iis explanations, simply given, are understood even by the little ones, who have thas become in many instances our teachers. Not long since a Protestant gentleman, speaking to me on the subiest, expressed Eurprise that the children should attend so regularly especially those coming from a distance, the cold, dark evenings making the homeward journey the reverse of pleasant. The fact spoke volumes for somebody or something, he remarked, as he was positive no other minister, however willing, could establish a similar class e 1 , 9Im P ! / laughed at the idea of anyone else attempting what father O Lsary had been so successful in. The children, he asserted, would not come although the parents might not object, and the expression of this opinion, coming from an educated man and an old resident, I thought also spoka volumes. Father O'Leary has also church chlldreD fco 8in £> and that aeJps to bring the people to '• Music hath charms," and the pleasure of it was enhanced on hundaybytne rev. gentleman when he requested those who were able to join with the children in singing the hymns. There are some very good voices in the congregation, all that is requiied being a little practice, and I would humbly suggest that the young people meet _iv the church on Sunday afternoon for an hour or bo for practice. The elders might take it in turns to be present, and the opportunity offered could be availed of to teach the children Oatechism and have the Losary recited. It would thus be a means of inculcating a respect for the Sabbath, that I am ashamed to say is too often looked forward to now as a day on which people can bleep Uter, devote more time to rabbiting and amusements, and generally follow one's Jinclination. I am sure Father O'Leary will be with me in this, as he is constantly urging on us the necessity of repeating the Rosary in our homes when denied the privilege of hearing Mass, and he has also suggested that we meet in the church tor the purpose. The weather is intensely cold, but healthy, people say, though coughs, colds, sore throats and rheumatics are only a few of the evils that at present afflict the just, and the unjust are not exempted but have their share likewise of the various ills. The late floods have done a lot of damage, chiefly to the mines, whose races and claims they have not spared. We have had some sharp frosts which have given place to ram, and, as I write, the weather is looking most threatening.

General Crook, the famous Indian fighter, stands 6ft. in his stockiDgs, and is as straight as an arrow. He has been 36 years ia the service, and kno va his business thoroughly. When on the warpath General Crook wears an old canvag suit, said to be worth Idol 25 cents. He rides at the head of his column on a mule, with a rifle across his arm. Truth he&rs\£rom Berlin that the Empress Victoria and her eldest son have been barely on speaking terms during the last three weeks. The Crown Prince has reproached his mother in violant language in consequence of her having opened and turned out the room at Charlottenburg in which the Queen Louise died, which room was regarded as a sacred place, and it had been kept exactly as the heroic Queen left it for nearly tighty years. Here are two interesting little extracts which shed light on the growing power of the press :— " M. Carnot has had »11 the journalists following him in his tour presented to him, and has told them he was anxious to facilitate their work, as he knew the population of all France wished to be informed conectly as to what took place. He relied he said on the journalists for telling the truth. The Prime Minister of Roumania adopted the hitherto unprecedented course of summoning the editors of all the papers in Bucharest, including those unfaTourable to the present Government, to his office. He admitted the extreme gravity of the present crisis, and appealed to their patriotism and public spirit, requesting them not to publish reports likely to add to the excitement m the rural districts and to encourage the promoters of disaffection." The President, it seems, requested the editors to tell the truth ; the Prime Minister, to suppress it. It would be interesting to know which method of nobbling the press proves the more successful. — Pall Mall Gazette.

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