. Three Catholic Afro-American congresses [electronic resource]: a short resume of the work that has been done since the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, letters of the hierarchy, clergy and prominent laymen to the congresses, the sermons of Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Elder, Archbishop Ryan and Father Mackey, speeches and portraits of prominent colored Catholics, their friends and institutions, the public addresses of the three most remarkable gatherings of Negroes in America : all nicely bound in cloth. ck. EVENING SERVICES. The Congress attended the services at St. Augus-tines Church, w
. Three Catholic Afro-American congresses [electronic resource]: a short resume of the work that has been done since the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, letters of the hierarchy, clergy and prominent laymen to the congresses, the sermons of Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Elder, Archbishop Ryan and Father Mackey, speeches and portraits of prominent colored Catholics, their friends and institutions, the public addresses of the three most remarkable gatherings of Negroes in America : all nicely bound in cloth. ck. EVENING SERVICES. The Congress attended the services at St. Augus-tines Church, where, after the recital ot the Eosary,there was a sermon by the Most Rev. Archbishop El*der, followed by the Benediction of the Blessed Sacra-jaent, Given by Father Tolton. ELOQUENT SERMON BY ARCHBISHOPELDER. The Archbishop took for his text the words ofOur Savior, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God withthy whole heart, with thy soul, with all thy mindand all thy strength ; and thy neighbor as thyself. His Grace dwelt upon the grandeur and beautyof self-sacrifice, and showed how impossible it is topractice the great law of charity from purely humanemotives. Nothing but the love of God, the desire ofserving Him in ministering to His poor, the certaintyof being rewarded by Him, can give men and womenthe strength to sacrifice themselves for the good of 48 others or for the purpose of alleviating the woes ofothers. Slavery has always existed in the world. In an-cient times and among the most refined heathen. 11EV. FR. WHITE, KENTUCKY. nations, so great was the extent of this evil, that theslaves far outnumbered the freemen. The preachingof the Gospel at once ameliorated the condition ofthe slaves, and gradually obliterated this cruel insti-tution. In Christian lands masters were compelled 49 to treat their slaves with the greatest humanity. TheChurch has labored in every age to alleviate the con-dition of captives. The beautiful orders of the HolyTrinity and of Our Lady of .Mercy for
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