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Show j BISHOP GLASS GUEST ! OF OGDEIM CITIZENS Head of Diocese of Salt Lake Preaches Sermon in St. Joseph's Church. SUGGESTS A COLLEGE Expresses Hope School for Boys Will Soon Be Established. All osd'-n united last night in doing honor to the Right Rev. Joseph S. Glass, C, M., D. D., bishop of Salt Lake. Bishop Glass la.st night preached at the evening service at St. Joseph's church In Ogden and after the service received several hundred prominent residents of Off den at a reception In the hall of St. Joseph's bhurcb. At the conclusion of the service Bishop Glass thanked the people of Og-den Og-den for their warm and cordial reception and paid a high tribute to the Rev. Father P. M. Cushnahan, for many years l pastor of St. Joseph's church. Bishop Glass with a party of clergy went to Ogden early yesterday afternoon. Tho bishop and the visiting clergy were guests of Father Cushnahan last evening at dinner at the Hermitage in Ogden canyon. The bishop at the vesper services outlined out-lined briei ly the fundamentals of the Catholic faith and concluded with an appeal ap-peal to his auditors to educate their children that they might become Christian Chris-tian men and women. He praised highly the Sacred Heart academy of Ogden and expressed the hope that In the very neat-future neat-future there would be established In Og-don Og-don a collage for boys fully as well equipped as tho Sacred Heart Academy for girls. Members of Party. A mong those who accompanied Bishop Glass to Ogdon were the Right Rev. Mon-elgrior Mon-elgrior J. M. McCarthy, V. F., of Fresno; tho Rev. Dr. Robert J. Cotter of South Pasadena; the Rev. Father Edward H. Brady of Los Angeles; tho Rev. Father Thomas A. Llllev, C. M., of Los Angeles; the Rev. Father J- E. Lilley, C. M., of New Orleans, and the Very Rev. George 6. Rapier. S. M., president of All Hallows Hal-lows college. Salt Lake. At the beginning of tho vesper service in Ogdon last evening the Rev. 'Father John Rynn, assistant pastor of St. Joseph's church, led In the recitation of the rosary- Following this Bishop Glass preached the evening sermon. He called attention to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic church. Ho spoke 'of the life of the Savior and of his trials. Continuing, he spoke of the great work of the apostles apos-tles of Christ In the dissemination of the Christian doctrine throughout all nations. The Roman Catholic church of today, he said, was a direct continuation of the church founded by the Savior and continued con-tinued toy St. Peter, It taught, he said, that It was not only necessary to salvation salva-tion that one should believe in the truths of Christianity as expounded by the Savior, but also that to be saved It was Tieressary for each to take up the cross and follow the Christ. "As a parting thought." said Bishop Glass. "I would llko to Impress upon ou the necessity of rearing your children In the Christian life. If the little ones do not know Christ, how are they to love Him? Wants Boys' College. "I am very happy to meet the Catholic people of Ogdon, to know of their co-operation In the grand work of their beloved be-loved pastor. Your beautiful church end your magnificent academy have left with me a deep impression. My sincere hope is that In the future, in the very near future, fu-ture, you will have a college for hoys fully ful-ly as splendid as your beautiful academy. This Is the hope and this is the blessing that I pray will be yours." Following the sermon Bishop Glass officiated of-ficiated at the benediction. The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion and all of the altars wore heavy with a wealth of beautiful flowers. Exquisite music was rendered by St. Joseph's choir. At the conclusion of the service Bishop Glass for an hour and n half received tho people, of Ogden who gathered to meet the bishop and to welcome him to their city. In the receiving line were Charles A. MvGuire. Mrs. A. R. Hey-wood, Hey-wood, the Right Rev. Joseph S. Glass, C. SI., D. D.. bishop of Salt Lake; the Right Rev. Monplgnor J. M. McCarthy, V. F.. of Fresno; the Rev. Dr. Robert J. Cotter of South Pasadena, and the Very P.ev. Father George S. Rapier, president of All Hallows college of Salt Lake. After all had met "the new "bishop Joseph Jo-seph Portley and Marguerite McNufty of Pt. Joseph's choir, sang several solos. Then at the urgent request of Bishop Glass the Rev. Father Edward H. Brady of Ixm Angeles sang "The Perfect Day," a favorite of Bishop Glass. Father Cushnahan then spoke a few words of welcome In behalf of the people peo-ple of Ogden. He told Bishop Glass that if ever It should happen that he were not treated right in Salt Lake all he had to do would be to catch the first train Cor Ogden. Responding, Bishop Glass said : "Since first T met Father Cushnahan Jio has been telling me of the superior advantages of Ogden, of your beautiful church and academy and of your wonderful won-derful canyon. He never once mentioned our beautiful canyons near Salt Lake. Father Cushnahan has showed us all ?f the beauties of t lie city, hut he saved he best until last yourselves." Pleased With Children. "I wish to express to him and to you our most sincere thanks for this most cordial reception. I have enjoyed meeting meet-ing you more than T can tell. I have been particularly pleased to meet your splendid boys and girls. "However, I want to say that if you want to wait until I am tired of Salt Jakc before you see me again you will have to wait a long time. If you can outdo the courtesy, the kindness and the hospitality of the people of Salt Lake you will have to Th1 bishop stopped and smiled, then added: " you will have to go some." Continuing, he said: "I wish to take this opportunity to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the hearty and loyal support you have given your pastor, the good Father Cushnahan. In the past and I want to urtre you to continue that support in the future, for I know you wouldn't want to lose him. Would you?" The bishop and his party remained 111 overnight in Ogden. the cuests of the Rev. Father P. M. Cushnahan. Presides in Salt Lake. Bishop Glass yesterday for the first time presided at services at St. Mary's cathedral cathe-dral In Salt Lake. Solemn high mass was celebrated at 11 o'clock with Bishop Glass on the throne. The Right Rev. Monslg-nor Monslg-nor J. M. McCarthy was the celebrant of the mass. He was assisted by the Rev, Father Kdw.rd H. Brady as deacon and the Rev. Father J. E. Lilley as sub-deacon. sub-deacon. Bishop Glass was attended by the Very Rev. Father Denis Kielv and the Rev" Dr. R. J. Cotter. The Rev. Father Thomas A. IJUey was master of (. ceremonies. Thee Rev. Dr. R- J. Cotter preached the sermon. Dr. Cotter took for his text "As Ye Sow So Shall Ye Reap." and A spoke of the great Influence of education on t he growth a nd progress of na tions. This subject was particularly appropriate appropri-ate from the fact that Bishop Glass, who has just been installed as bishop of Salt Lake, has made his mark In the world as an educator, and also from the fact that announcement was made that All Hallows college and St. Mary's academy, acad-emy, the two Catholic educational institutions in-stitutions of the city, would open their fall terms of school on Tuesday. Dr. Cotter praised highly the public school system of this country. He declared de-clared that no nation without public schools could long survive. The Catholic citizen, he said, believed in public schools. The training and development of intellect, intel-lect, he said, was the aim of all good educational systems. However, he added, the development of character was of greater Importance than the development of intellect. Training for Character. The public schools. Dr. Cotter said, necessarily must omit the Christian training train-ing essential to the building of the best characters. The chief aim of education in Catholic institutions was the development develop-ment of character. Cardinal Newman, he j said, ones declared that the work of i the Catholic priest consisted of prepar-j prepar-j Ing the children for the battle of life land the adults for the battle of death. He pointed out that the mind of a child was as the soft cement, sensitive to any impression, while that of the adult was like hardened concrete, which required a hammer and chien before an Impression Impres-sion were made. Education, the eloquent doctor said, must bejtin in the home. Nothing In this world, he declared, was sadder than a mother weeping for a lost son or a father mourning for a daughter who had gone wrong, yet in most instances It was a case of reaping the harvest that had been sown. I The music for the service was beautiful beauti-ful and impressive. Under the direction of hOss Nora Gleason the cathedral choir sang the Feast Pontifical mass. The Rev. Dr. R. J. Cotter was the celebrant cele-brant at t lie S o'clock mass at the cathedral cathe-dral and Bishop Glass celebrated the 9 o'clock ma sa. |