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Show THE INTERMOUNTAIN CATHOLIC 22 by adoption, and no tribute can be more sincere than that of devoted sons to a loving father. We have joined our humble prayers to the superabundant merits of the Holy Sacrifice in thanksgiving to Gods Holy Spirit for having chosen you to direct the destinies of our souls. Within these hallowed walls we have prayed for our Holy Father the Pope that the yoke of Christ may rest easily upon his shoulders; we have prayed for the Church in America that God will guide safely the Bark of the Fisherman to the harbor of unity and truth. Divine Providence has sent you to the Church in Utah and Nevada to help it with your might and power that the Spouse of Christ may rejoice in the salvation of her children. For this our hearts rejoice and our lips sing canticles of praise. When the first Irays of the morning sun pierce through the Eastern skies, hearts are jubilant, for a new day has awakened. From the east ccmes the light that daily brightens our life;' so now also from the East comes the spiritual life that gladdens our souls. It was ever thus. From the East, to the Crib of the Divine Infant, the Wise Men came with the choicest gifts of their land; from the Eastern to the Western hemisphere valiant Bishops and Priests came to plant the Cross of Christ upon the shores of America and to direct g the first steps of the infant Church; from the East to the West missionaries carried the Cross of their Master over the crest of our mountains to the shores of the Pacific. Today the East is sending us one of her noble sons to keep the path to eternal life free from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity. Ever guided by the memory of those who have gone before us, we offer you, Right Reverend Bishop, the sacred pledge of our allegiance to the faith that inspired them with divine zeal in their heroic efforts for the glory of Gods Holy Name. You come to us as a successor of the Apostles, vested with Divine authority. You come as the successor of St. Peter, of St. Paul and of St. John. The keys of our kingdom are in your hands. Like St. Peter you come, to rule and direct the eternal destinies of the Church in this intermountain country. Like St. Paul you come, chosen vessel of Gods election, to break the bread of truth for the starving souls and gather them into one fold. Like St. John you come, to hold high and burning the light of faith that it may shine above the thickening clouds of doubt and unbelief. As the successor of these great Saints we welcome you to your Diocese. We have much to offer you. Our Church spires do not reach, great heights but our aspirations are loftier than the mountain-top- s of our land; they pierce the firmament to Gods very throng asking for your continued guidance and protection. Our loyalty, we hope, you will find as pure and as unalloyed as the gold and silver of our hills. Right Reverend Bishop, your Clergy today stand at attention, repeating the words of St. Paul: Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? God-fearin- tly snow-crowne- d At the close of Father Giroux address, Bishop Mitty came forward in the sanctuary and spoke thus to the congregation: Your Eminence, Most Reverend Archbishop, Right Reverend Bishops, Right Reverend and Very Reverend. Monsignori, Reverend Fathers, Dearly-beloveReligious, Members of the . Flock, and My dear Friends: My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit doth rejoice in God my Saviour; because He that is mighty hath done great things to me. I take these words from the Mother of our Blessed Lord as an expression of the humble gratitude to Almighty God in my own heart this morning for the grace that He has conferred upon me in making me the Bishop of this Diocese. My great thanks go out to the Vicar of Christ, His Holiness, Pope Pius XI, for the mark of confidence he has bestowed upon me in raising me to the Episcopate. My thanks go from a grateful heart to His Eminence, the beloved Cardinal of New York, for his wondrous generosity in crossing the continent to preside over this impressive function today. For twenty-fivyears to me, as a s&ninarian and as a priest, he has been a model and a guide, a counsellor and a friend and father, and it is a joy to feel that my Episcopal consecration and my installation here today have come at his hands, and I pray that something of his own great priestly spirit may come to my own soul, and make me a benediction to those to whom God has sent me. I wish to thank His Grace, the Archbishop of San Francisco, for his kind words, for his splendid exposition, of the Episcopal dignity, and for the cordial welcome which he has given to me. My thanks go to the Right Reverend Bishops and to the Reverend Clergy for having come so far to honor me on this day. To the Clergy of the Diocese of Salt Lake I wish to express my very great thanks for the wondrous welcome that they have given to me and for their pledge of loyalty and fidelity and cooperation; and to you, my dear; people, words can never express the thankfulness and the gratitude down deep" in my heart for your welcome, your whole-souleexpression of approval on the news of my appointment, my consecration and my installation. I confess very frankly that after a lifetime spent in another city and among other associations, it is no easy task to uproot ones self and to come to another part of the country and to another people. There was fear in my heart at the very thought of it, hut d e warm-hearte- d d . . J ' |