(From our Wanganui correspondent.)

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIV, Issue 20, 22 September 1898, Page 4

(From our Wanganui correspondent.)

September 16. Among the many devotions of our holy religion the Forty Hours' Adoration holds a prominent place. The devotions in connection with this favoured season beg- m in Wanganui last Sunday morning-. The Very Rev. Father Kirk sang the Mass, Rev. Fathers Lewis and Tytnons being deacon and sub-deacon respectively. At the conclusion of the Mass a procession of the Blessed Sacrament was held, and the Litany of the Saints chanted. Mozart's 7th Mass was beautifully rendered by the choir, accompanied by a capable orchestra. The admirable manner in which Mr. J. K. Manning performed the duties of organist greatly assisted the choir". In th * evening solemn Vespers were chanted, and an eloquent sermon on the Blessed Eucharist was preacned by the ' Very Rev Father Li-wis. of Wellington. On Monday morning the Mass pro pact was sung by Father Kirk. In the evening, after Vespers, the Rev. Father Power, of Hawera, occupied the pulpit, taking- his text from the Gospel according to St. Luke—- A great prophet has risen up among us, and God hath visited His people.' After High Mass, sung by Father Power, on Tuesday morning, the devotions were concluded, as they had been begun, by a procession of the Blessed Sacrament. A good idea of the number that took part in the procession may be gleaned from the fact that the end of it reached almost to the canopy. The Rev. Father Patterson, of Palmerston North, presided at the organ on this occasion.