DUNEDIN CATHOLIC LITERARY SOCIETY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XX, Issue 43, 12 August 1892, Page 31

DUNEDIN CATHOLIC LITERARY SOCIETY.

The tunal weekly meeting of the above Society was held on Wednesday, August 3. The chair was occupied by the president (Father Lynch), Mr 0. B. Hanghton, M.A., delivered a brief address, dnring the conrse of which he touched npon tbe points in which the Presbyterian and Anglican Churches differ. He stated that as the Catholics in New Zealand only formed a small portion of the population, it wai well they should know something about the religion of the people with whom they come in contact every day; He went on to explain the foundations of the Presbyterian and Anglican Ohorches, and, without entering into his subject in a controversial way, explained the leading doctrines of these Churches. Mr J. E. Cant well read a paper descriptive of a trip to Mosgiel. The paper wts exceedingly well written, the grammar and composition being of a high order. Father Lynch contributed an item supplementing his reading on the previous evening, entitled " A Belie of Bobbio, an ancient hymn of Christian Erin." This hymn, " Sancta Venite," he said, had been sung for centuries in all the monastic institutions of Erin whilst the priests communicated, aud bad been translated by several Protestants. The rev gentleman referred to the translations of two persons, and then xead Cardinal Morsn's literal translation, wbica ii m follows :— Approach ye who are holy, Beceive the body of Christ, Drinking tbe Sacred Blood By which you are redeemed. Saved by the body And blood of Christ. Now nourished by it Let us sing praises unto Ood, By this Sacrament Of the body and blood All are rescued From tbe power of hell. Tbe Giver of Balvation, Christ the Son of God, Redeemed the world By Hib cross and blood. For ths whole world The Lord is offered up. He is at the same time High Priest and Victim. In the law it is commanded To immolate victims ; By it were foreshadowed These eacred mysteries. Tbe Giver of all light And tbe Saviour of all, Now bestows upon the body An exceeding great grace. Let all approach, In the pure simplicity of faith, Let them receive the eternal Preserver of their souls. The Gaardian of the saints, Tbe Supreme Buler and Lord, Tbe bestower of eternal life On those who believe in Him. To the hungry he gives to eat Of tbe heavenly food ; To the thirsty he gives to drink From the living fountain. The Alpha and the Omega Our Lord Christ himself Now comes, He Who shall one day come To judge all mankind. The rev gentleman also contributed a reading entitled " A of Chess, an ancient legend of pagan Erin," and as an introduction described with tbe assistance of drawings of pillar stones, oghams, and raths. The reading was very interesting, and he was accorded a vote of thanks. Mr P. Hally contributed a reading from Mark Twain. Tbe effort was favourably commented on by several of the members. Before the meeting cloßed tbe rev president referred to Mr Haughton's address. He said be was greatly pleased with the subject matter, and it was well that tbe members should know something of Anglicanism and Presbyterianism. It was most interesting and an address tbe members would profit by. On behalf of the members he expressed the thanks of tbe Society to the lecturer. Messrs Eager, Mooney, Drumm, and Hally also expressed themselves as having received instruction from the address. The usual compliment to the chairman terminated the meeting. The Bey Father O'Donnell'i (Milton) paper takes place on August 17.