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Show CARSON CITY, NEV. j The twentieth anniversary of the ordination or-dination of Rev. Father Daniel Gart-land Gart-land of Carson- City, New. was duly celebrated with impressive services. The eermon of the day was preached by Rev. Father Thomas W. Horgan of Sparks, who spoke with power and eloquence on "The Priesthood, Its Sacrifices Sa-crifices and Its Responsibilities." Father Horgan began his sermon by referring to the magnitude of the subject sub-ject he had to discourse upon. In speaking of the sacrifice of the priesthood priest-hood and its responsibilities he showed show-ed how Christ chose the weak things of the world in order that He might confound the strong. He pointed out that the success of the gospel did not depend on the accomplishments of the preacher, his learning, his eloquence, but that it depended altogether on the intensity of his conviction and the spirit that inspired him. Christ proved this Himself by calling the fisherman of Galilee instead of the cultured Roman Ro-man or the cultured Greek. He spoke at length of the responsibilities of the priesthood and incidentally he referred to the great responsibility of parents in training children in their duty to Almighty God and to their country. He said that of the responsibilities of parents were great, the responsibilities of priests were still greater because a still greater number had been entrusted en-trusted to their charge. People wonder at the life of the priesthood, they wonder at the celibacy that has been demanded of them; but it is the old saying of Caiphas, one man must die for the people; parents must sacrifice themselves for their children and the priest must cut himself off from everything in order that he may devote de-vote his life to the salvation of his people. He compared the responsibili ty of the priest to the resopnslbility of the sentinel on the watch tower of Israel where God demanded the life of the people at his hands. He concluded by a tribute to the Rev. Father Gart-land, Gart-land, who stands high not only in the esteem of his own people, but of all persons, and especially in the respect of his fellow priests' in 'the diocese of Sacramento. At the conclusion of his discourse on behalf of the priests, he presented Father Gartland with a magnificent chalice, which, ' he said, stood as the symbol, just as Christ regarded re-garded the chalice in the garden as a symbol, of what is expected of the priest in behalf of the human race. The congregation then presented Father Gartland will a well-filled putse and a handsome Morris chair. Among the visiting priests who attended at-tended the observance were: Father Gleason, Jackson; Father T. E. Horgan Hor-gan of Truckee: Father Meaham, Winnemucca: Father Murphpy. Virginia Vir-ginia City: 'Father Horgan. "Sparks; Father Laffan, Sparks. |