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Show The Catholic CnrRcn Dedication. Dedica-tion. Tho dedicatory servicr.-, of the Catholic Church of St. M.n v Mj.cda-leue Mj.cda-leue were performed on Sun'i.i . uiui u-ing. u-ing. All the available- epae in the ) house was occupied, many persons . bciDg nnable to obtain seat. A large portion of tho audience consisted of ' non-Catholics. The Archbishop dedicated dedi-cated tho building according to the ' customs of tho church, tho procession 1 proceeding around the edifice cx-exteriorily, cx-exteriorily, then dedicating the altar, and thoo making the rounds of the interior, in-terior, the Archbishop sprinkling holy water, with tho usual invocations and prayer3, Father WaLh chanting tho , psalms and the litany in a very impressive impres-sive and musical style. Archbishop Alemany read the Epistle Epis-tle and Gospel lor tho day, and preached a brief and impressivo sermon. ser-mon. From tho evidence of nature and reason, he said philosophy argues the wisdom, the power and tho omnipotence omni-potence of God, which may be termed a universal belief. Reason coincides 1 with revelation; but cannot drive revelation from her throne. Rome I did not live in Cicero ntiy more ; than in Peter and Paul. The i creation of earth and heaven, of tho planets, of animals and of man with a soul and a brain, the latter to consider the great new of God and the former to pay homage to his goodness, wore sketched. The inspired writers had sunt,' in eloquent strains this union of i.m.I lu-m-l. in the tenrin nl the divinity; St. John and the prophet Daniel had poured forth their souls in delightful harmony to the great creator. cre-ator. V bile reason and revelation unite in proclaiming the infinite goodness of God and the obligation of mankind in offering to Him the fjrvent worship of the soul, which h tho essence of all : faith, what shall our religion be ? that 1 of tho savage, of the Turk, of Conlu-j clous or of Christ? Asa. Catholic ruin- i istcr, the archbishop said, ho should be unworthy of his position should he fail, with tho greatest charity and good j will to alt who differed from him, to bear testimony 'to the Catholic idea of Christianity. He then spoke of the appearance on earth of: Josus Christ, of his numerous miracles in Dcuau oi Euiieruig numanuy, even to raising the dead to life, of his own Bufferings and death for tho sins of the world, while it was in his power to have anilulated all of bis enemies, lie permitted an uujust judge to sign His sentenco of death upon the cros, and Ho died lor tho safety and security of the world. Who that has ever lived has done what Christ has done M After establishing the system of j Christianity, Ho called apostles, ! instructed them in the system and gavo them directions to teach all nations in His name, promising to bo with them to the consummation ot all things. Ho founded a church upon up-on earth and proclaimed to the apostles that there was no other name given among men by which they should be saved. l)o you say, Where is that church? Amid so many friths how can wo distinguish the true i'aith? I would point to you that venerable church, established JSOO years ago, which holds all the symbols of the faith, and which He declared that no power on earth could destroy. Referring to the history of tho Catholic church, ho claimed it had been the same throughout through-out the ages of the Christian era. He had been in the catacombs of Rome, where hundreds of years ago, the same masses wcro said by the early Christians that aro now said in every Catholio church throughout, the world. He had stood in the church where Martin Luther officiated aa an humble Catholic priest, and had seen in Rome ; the bonk in which Luther had acknowledged ac-knowledged the divinity of tho Catholic Catho-lic church. Examine the records and i worship of the old church, and you I will find it is the same organization nrliiMi n oofnhiiilinri htf Christ. In conclusion, the Archbishop urged all j to become members of that church, not merely in form, but in spiiil and in charily, so that all may finally bo admitted ad-mitted to tho kiugdom of heuven. Father Walsh then intoned mase, assisted by the German singing asso; elation, tho "Ave Maria" being rendered ren-dered with lino effect. At the conclusion conclu-sion Father Walsh made a few remarks re-marks in reference to the success with which their cfi'u'Ls had been met in building a house of worship, and thanking all who had assisted him in the work, mentioning especially Walker Bro'a., captain James Smith, who gave the first $.00, Hussey, Dahlcr & Co., lion. W. 11. Hooper, Wm. Jcuning-i, tho superintendent of tho co-operative institution, Mayor Wells, tho mambcra of the city council and others, lie also spoke in praiso of the superintendents of the work, who had pushed it so rapidly to completion, and said that when completed com-pleted and furnished with a new orgaq, the building vill havo cost about $8,000, Ho spoko of tho kindly feelings exhibited towards him by tho Mormons and the interest they had taken in his work. Ho congratulated tho Cathohc3 that they now have a comfortable house for tho worship of God and tho performance of all the rites of their church, but ho could wish that some of the Catholics of this vicinity had more of the grace of God and less of tho spirit of alcohol. Ho also thanked tho German society for their excellent musio. The archbishop then pronounced a benediction and tho congregation disponed. |