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Show THE INTERMOUNTAIN CATHOLIC 24 - - - A - - - - ' . - ' - I' upon the few years that have marked our missionary labors in Utah and stand face to face, perhaps for the last time in Utah, with your Grace and bid you a cordial welcome to this distant part of your vineyard, we will not conceal from you pur sentiments sentiments which we have often expressed in private when discussing the prospects of the Church in Utah, and these are: that it was the example of our chief pastor, his humility and zeal for souls, that enervated us; and that whatever little success may have crowned our labors was due to your Grace's prayer and counsel which we so often asked and sought. Under your guidance we labored as best wefknew but in response to your prayer we feel and sf confess that Deus incrementum dat. A .childs affection for a devoted father never dies. The Apostles devotion for our Divine Lord, won by love and strength and example, grew strong as they grew older. The fornfer gave proof by undisguised words; the latter gave proof by doing the will of their Master. Like the former we today, revering your Grace as the tenderest of fathers, lay at your feet the tribute of our filial love which neither time nor circumstances will ever erase from our memories; and like the latter, we pledge ourselves to do your Graces will in the future as in the past and our devotion for you, won by love, will grow stronger as we grow older whilst your many Christian virtues which flow down our memories will serve as a golden chain to anchor our affections in your breast. Your devoted and humble children in Christ, , The Priests of Utah. The land purchased originally for the new hospital in Salt Lake City Father Scanlan determined to use for a boys school and in the spring of 1885, ground was broken for All Hallows College. School opened in September 1886, under the presidency of the Rev. P. Blake, then pastor of Park City. It had one hundred and fifteen pupils the first year. Father Scanlan was appointed by Pope Leo XIII on September 16th, 1886 as Bishop of c of Utah and Nevada. The official notice of appointment Larandum and did not arrive from Rome, however, until April 1887. Father Scanlan was consecrated Bishop in St. Marys Cathedral, San Francisco, on June 29th, 1887, by the Most Reverend P. J. Riordan, Archbishop of San Francisco, assisted by the Right Reverend Eugene OConnell, Bishop of Japha, and the Right Reverend P. Manogue, Bishop of Sacramento. The sermon was preached by the Very Reverend J. J. Prendergast. The ceremony of consecration, considered by itself alone, was magnificent and elaborate, as the ceremonies of the Catholic Church are w ont to be, but to most of those present there was added deep and significent interest. This arose from the fact that he who was being consecrated to one of the highest offices in the service of the Church and who was about to return to the rugged region in discharge of the duties which that office imposed was eight years before their own spiritual adviser. He had been in and out among them, instructing them in all that was commendable, encouraging them to purity and holy living, sympathizing with them in their sorrows and afflictions, sharing their joys when they rejoiced,, ministering faithfully to all their spiritual needs, reproving when reproof was necessary and always inspired with motives unmistakably for their best interests, both spiritual and material. And then when the Church put a fair mitre upon his head and clothed him with the garments of the high-priethey rejoiced with exceeding great joy and knew he was not forgotten of God. The Salt Lake Daily Herald of July 1st, 1887, contains this paragraph: Vicar-Apostoli- st The Herald heartily congratulates Reverend L. Scanlan of the Roman Catholic Church upon his promotion and consecration to the Bishopric of Utah. Bishop Scanlan has been at the head of his Church in this territory for many years and his conduct of affairs has been wholly successful for the Church while it has gained for him the respect of the community. He is a man one likes to see in the ministry. Bishop Scanlan, after his consecration, returned to Salt Lake and took up his duties at once. The ring and purple made no change in him. He remained the same kindly, unas- ' V J J |