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Show 4 Dedication ' Si: s's Church, ;&dm. : The opening of the new church in ,Ogden last Sunday marks a new epoch in the history of Catholicity in the diocese dio-cese of Salt Lake. All preparations for the occasion were on a' grand scale. At 11 o'clock Bishop Scanlan blessed j the new church, which is dedicated to St. Joseph. After the dedication, pontifical pon-tifical high mass was celebrated by Bishop Scanlan; Rev. J. J. Guinan acted as deacon. . Father Hopkins as sub-deacon and Father Morrissey master mas-ter of ceremonies. The spacious sanctuary sanc-tuary afforded ample room for the officiating of-ficiating clergy and thirty small boys, who were dressed in red cassocks and white surplices. Under the glare of the electric -light- all - within -the -sanctuary was solemn 'and soul-inspiring, whilst the sweet strains .of music that descended de-scended from the organ gallery held the immense congregation spell-bound, filling their minds with heavenly thoughts. It was the first solemn pontifical pon-tifical high mass that was . celebrated in Ogden. The number of visitors from Salt Lake, who chartered a special train, was 200. To these was assigned the front pews in the church. Full of admiration for the Catholics of Ogden and deeply impressed with their generosity, gen-erosity, what they had seen served. as an object lesson to them. What the united eiforts of a devoted and zealous flock can accomplish, they had seen last Sunday in their visit to Ogden. After the gospel, Rev. Hugh Logan,, pastor of the Sacred Heart church, San Francisco, preached an instructive and eloquent sermon. He dwelt on the ancient an-cient temples built by the direct order of the Almighty before the coming of the Messiah. Their splendor and magnificence, mag-nificence, as described in Holy Writ, have no parallel in architectural beauty ! and design, and are only surpassed in magnitude and grandeur by. the temples tem-ples of nature, carved from the rugged mountains by God himself.- He corn- pared the" devotion and zeal of the Israelites, in whose temples was contained con-tained but the shadow of the realities contained in Catholic churches whose tabernacles are the resting place of tjie living God, with the faith of modern Christians. To emulate the former should be the ambition- of every true Christian soul. The preacher made a happy contrast between material temples and the temple tem-ple of the body, which contains immortal im-mortal souls destined to share in the j love and joy of the Infinite. The soul j itself enveloped in the bodily tabernacle taber-nacle became the temple of the Holy Ghost, and should be kept pure and I iff :i:rnPa liy. " .t " If " - s - SIS i 7' X',' m4 ": SEV.-P.-M.' CUSHNAHAN". holy as. fitting habitation for the Holy Spirit. The reverend father congratulated congratu-lated the' congregation on their successful suc-cessful efforts in bringing the church to its completion, and paid a glowing tribute trib-ute to the pastor, whom he had known from infancy, ' At the conclusion of the mass, Bishop Soanlan ..expressed his -oy.t the material ma-terial progress df. the church, and "good wishes for the future of Catholicity in Ogden. The new St. Joseph's indicated a healthy growth of Catholicity and he hoped that it was the measure of the spiritual growth of a living, . active faith in the soults of the congregation. The splendor and beauty of material edifices do not always indicate the spiritual spir-itual growth of God's temple in the soul, yet no edifice is too grand for the worship of God. His lordship hoped that the same sincere piety which marked the devotion of the few Catholics Cath-olics who built up the old St. Joseph's church would perpetuated in the new church just deuicated to God. After the morning services the visitors vis-itors were invited to a banquet by a delegation from the congregation of St. Joseph's parish. At 2:30 o'clock in Weber We-ber hall refreshments prepared by a committee of Catholic ladies were served to all the visitors. Bishop Scanlan Scan-lan Avas the' guest of honor," and responded re-sponded to the call of Judge McGin-niss, McGin-niss, who presided. The remarks of all the speakers were in a happy strain, showing good will and brotherly love. |