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Show Tntertnountain news BUTTE CITY, MONT. Elevation of Stations of Cross at St. Joseph's. The beautiful and impressive ceremony cere-mony of the elevation of the stations of the way of the cross was witnessed by a great congregation Sunday evening even-ing at St. Joseph's church in South Butte. The splendid paintings marking mark-ing the progress of t,he Savior to the crucifixion, fourteen, in number, were hung on the walls of the church, and the sacred works of art added greatly to the beauty of the interior of the temporary house of worship of the parish. The paintings were a gift to the parish from Mrs. Elizabeth Shale as a memorial to her deceased brother. The paintings are handsomely framed in oak and gilt, and depict the final, agonizing journey of Christ from his condemnation to his descent from the cross. Fourteen men who are members of the parish bore the paintings, and one by one, with a blessing for each, they were given their positions in order on the cast and west walls of the church. The singing by the choir of the church, accompanying the ceremony, cere-mony, was very effective and added much to the impressiveness of the occasion. oc-casion. Father Quesnel, the pastor of the church, was assisted on the occasion by I Father Batens, the pastor of St. Lawrence Law-rence church in Walkerville. St. Joseph's church now has on its walls the sacred pictures representing the supreme agony of Christ that are to be seen in every Catholic church. At the conclusion of the ceremony Father Quesnel preached an eloquent sermon appropriate to the occasion. In part he said: "Beloved Brethren and Sisters: We have just been privileged to witness the beautiful and impressive ceremony of the elevation of the stations of the way of the cross. These are among the most sacred treasures of a church. These scenes that are now displayed on these sacred walls lead us to ask the ques tion, Why was it that this man, who was holiness and purity personified, should, become a man of the deepest sorrow and most agonizing suffering. This Guestion takes us back to the garden of Eden, where man's first sin led to the necessity for this dark tragedy trag-edy and awful expiation by the innocent inno-cent for the guilty. "That journey of our Savior to Calvary Cal-vary was the most eventful journey in the world. Its pictorial representation on these walls shoudl inspire us with renewed devotion to him; and the greatest hope and prayer that can be lifted up to God for you, my beloved, is that you should . be jjjven such strength as came to him in his moment mo-ment of supreme suffering, so that you might bear patiently the sorrows and afflictions of this world and finally reap the reward of a crown and glory and everlasting joy in the realms of bliss where our Savior dwells with the Father." The service was concluded with a solemn ceremony of benediction. Word has been received in Butte of the marriage of Mr. J. C. Smith, formerly for-merly a well known assayer and surveyor sur-veyor of this city, to Mrs. Louise Le Ford, in Alameda. Cal. H. O. Wilson, .general agent for the Oregon Short Line in Butte, has been confined to his rooms for several days with tonsilitis. Jerry O'Rourke has recently returned from a trip to Flathead county, examining exam-ining some mining properties. Joseph Riley, who has been mining near .Libby, in Flathead county, has returned to Butte to remain for the winter. -4- Mrs. W. P. Sheehy contributed td the very pleasant informals of the week by giving on Friday evening a delightful little euchre in honor of Mrs. S. Beers. After the games delicious refreshments were served to the guests, who were: Mrs. S. Beers. Mrs. D. Dickson, Mrs. Tully, Miss Alexander of Chicago, Mrs. C. Vail, Mrs. Jackman, Mrs. A. J. Campbell, Mrs. P. Mullins, Mrs. Mann, Mrs. D. Yancey, Mrs. J. Cutting, Mrs. F. A. Gilbert, Miss Lillian Sheehy. Father Batens, pastor of the Walkerville Walk-erville Catholic church, is at present busy taking a complete census of all the people of the Catholic faith in both Walkerville and Centeryille. He commenced the difficult task Monday, Mon-day, but it will take some time to complete the list, inasmuch as it is necessary to personally visit every member of the church. The list will, however, when finished greatly assist Father Batens and his assistants in the work of the church. The need of taking a census has been felffor some. time, but up to now nothing noth-ing definite was accomplished in that direction. |