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Show CATHEDRAL BELLS BLESSED BY BISHOP : Gift of Mrs. Joseph Geoghegan Figure in Ceremony Yesterday Afternoon. The ceremony of the blessin? of the two bells, the gnft of Mrs. Jose oh Geoghe-gan Geoghe-gan and family to the OathedraJ of the Madeleine, was conducted r.sterday afternoon aft-ernoon by the Rt. Rev. Joseph S. vJlass, Cut holle bishop of -Salt L-ike. Bishop Gl.tss .tvf a talk mid explained the nu-.Liih-g: of the ceremony. He to'd how the bills would be as a voice, calling the people to prayer nMI o sacrifice; the voice beinp of joy or sorrow, ;is it summoned sum-moned to ;tn octaslon of festivity or to a funeral. Those taking part were the Rrv. O Rach deacon; Father Anzalonc, master of ceremonies, and the Rev. H. J. Wlont jcs. suli-ri.-acon. The hell, which arrived Saturday, and which were cst at a cost of 5v""0, will be placed in the tower of th Cathedral at once. The Inrgei weighs X"H1 pounds and the smaller K0O. On the larger is a Lutin inscription, the translation of which is "The thunderbolts I scatter; I ring in thA Srtbbuth. I hustle the sluggards; I drive away storms; I proclaim peace after bloodshed." On the smaller one Is : "I praise the true lod; 1 c.ill the peonle: 1 assombln the clergy; 1 bewail the rte:id; 1 dispense the storm clouds; 1 do honor to feasts." |