The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-30
Religious Intelligence.

Religious Intelligence.
DEDICATION OF A NEW CATHOLIC CBUHCN
BROOKLYN, THE STAR OF THE sEA-sEhM0N
ARCHBISHOP HyGHES.
The dedication Of the new Catholic church, on th
corner OF Court and Leuer Streets Brooklyn took plac
yesterday The ceremony peyferned by the recent
y consecrated Bishop of Portland, Me- Right Rev. Dr
Bacon, Archbishop Hughes, and Bishop Loughlin, o
Brooklyn, being present. ociatny clergy ycr
Rev. Drs. STAIRS and McCarron, Rev. Mr.. McNierncy
Master OF the Ceremonies, Rev. Messrs McCloskey Rev
Dr. SCHNEIDER, and Rev. Mr. Mcclure. The church wa'
crowded even to the sanctuary while sSser thronl
beset the doors on every side Among those present
noticed Dr. ives the recent convert to Catholicism and
ex. Epscopahan Bishop Of North Carolina.
The ceremony Of dedication has been SO often escrSe
that IL must be already familiar to our readers and we
will therefore give only the OF the Archtschop
The Reverend preate took his text from the eighty
Psalm, as follows
The foundations thereof are in the holy mountains
The Lord oveth the gates of Zion above al the tabc-s
nacles Of Jacob.
Glorious things are said of thee, City OF God.
Iremsmber the time continued the Archbishop, when
priest was sent from the dwelling Of the Bishop of
New York month to offer the holy sacrface Of the
in Brooklyn. In the interval which Ess elapsed
between that day and the present great changes have
taken place. When ! fnd myself addressing only one
portion Of the flock Of Brooklyn, and that so rrtitu-
fihous; when Turn my eyes to the sanctuary, and
behold the preate whom God has appointed to rule the
church Of this diocese and another preate appointed
elsewhere, and these surrounded by venerable PRIESTS
and these again mpaned in the ceremonial BY per-
haps, the young neophytes Of the sanctuary; when
lift my eyes and look around and behold this beautiful
and glorious temple Of God feel that great changes
must have taken place since the period when priest
came to Brooklyn to offer in q month the holy
acriG Of fha liar Vac doarIv halo ~,
rem, great changes have taken place. and other
changes in the continued progress of the city Of God
whose foundations in the holy mountains will take
place from day to day 1t 10 not my purpose to dwell
in much detail the triumph Of Your zeal and of your
charity in aiding the priest who undertook the erection
of this church. He has completed his work far and
having completed it far, the of God through
the ordinary channels by which his will is made own
to especially the order OF the Catholic hierarchy
that voice calls him to new, unseeny unknown field;
and whether he is to be surrounded there by faithful
members of the holy Catholic church who shall sustain
and operate with him-aid him you have done-is
problem; but there is dependency, no doubt in
any mind upon the subject. I would remark briefly
that the impression which the very appearance the
coup dol of this church has made upon my own mind,
Of grandeur 1t is creditabe to the pastor who
ocistes in his character for the FIRST time in this
temple, erected much by his zeal and labor and soci
tude end whatever may come hereafter he has left
monument Of that zeal and of his devotion in the holy
ministry If you inquire for that monument, you
alone--it il yours also Nor does the fact that
this church is very much in debt, in the
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debts and complete it debt on the Catholic church,
under certain circumstances. is not the greatest OF
caami.ies but what would be calamity for you and
and the sanctuary Of this holy temple would be to have
persons placed between you and your priesthood mid
ole mep, touching with profane hand the sanctuary Of
which stand n and sinking chur.h
in debt though you had freed 1t from all RESPONSE
bility: That would be calamity; but debt, simply
debt is not great calamity-time and Catholic zeal
will remove all that far you would desirs to have
it removed But you, in the meantime, should be faith
men if you please but income letent stand between
the clergy and the faithful laty of the Catholic church
respect By united effort every thing can be accomplish
ed and is mercy Of the Almighty that in this case
there Is rot the slightest probability that your efforts
laymen masters Gods sanctuary and Gods
priests. This is matter for which you should
be thankful. However, dearly beloved brethren, the
church, this pershabls monument which will in time
crumble is but oS little consequence compared with
church. tie Say Of of whcs
the Lord oveth above all Of Jacob This
because although |. s the church lo'ated
church. nevertheless God has ordained his divine
religion that the uness thereof and the completeness Of
here and to be hers in this chu ch
just they throughout the whole world. There is
nOtnlrg IN the HOLY CaChOnc Cnurcn Wnlch IS not IN
every consregatonthat is fulness Of divine truth,
the administration Of the sacraments and the presence
Of that order OF ecclesiastical government which the
Almighty has appoints for the government Of this city
Of the earth. What theseY They three which
divine truth as revealed-the sacramens channels
Of grace the death of Jesus Christ upon the CROSS and
the Of that church which its unity
These you to have in this temple and need
not abroad to find anything better than have here
You may trave east west, may find yourself In
the magnificent dome Of St. Peters, you may behold the
supreme pastor there officiating. But these only
in religion you have here-truth of revelation And
here let observe, in regard to this, that God has
we had been Of different nature spiritually, the Al
mighty, NO doubt STOPPING to our aid in merry would
have adapted the means OF mercy according to our ma
ture but as 1t is, thus he has revealed his religion to
in its present FORM And you will observe one pecu
liar attribute of the mind that except when it
arising from the corrupt heart it is always yearning
after truth in all its inquiries the subject truth in
regard to anything Of Importance It Is always uneasy
tanty. This is the Of the mind Of man. and be-
cause this is the nature Of his intellect God has 10 his
his church. 1t Is not course possible for to
enlarge upon this question Of the divinity Of the church,
that is what Christ appointed that it is au
hofzed by him to speak In his he spoke in the
meme OF his father that therefore would be something
different from the church which he instituted If 1T could
hesitate, sammer, speak with double tongue OF
the truths God has to and render
stable the convictions of the human mind It speaks
positiveness and simplicity"Yea, yea; nay, naybut
there is doubtful speculation the church Of God
The ministers OF that church not authorized togvs
out the results OF their Investigations In the form
of opinen. They have message and divine Saviour
stated that he sent by the Father and thus establish
ing his mission, he sent othersbut he sent them
not to give way fpeculaons the revelations OF
God crude system Of philosophy, but to teach the
truth all truth he promised to be with them always
IT, therefore, you Of curious mindsif you are Of
that temperament which would study and be voary Of
some OF the ancient Pagan philosophy modern inade
ty 20 where those things to be found but In this city
OF God the foundations Of which In the holy noun
tains, you win not ind much to gratfy your appetite
coming from God through the channel which he has
appointed II Is not my truth, though pronounce
it-it Is Gods truth, and am. but the
echo Of the divine voice. Thus In regard to the human
mind, and here II is truly you will observe, beloved
brethren how God in the order Of his reveaons has
adapted IL to the actual condition OF But has
heart as well intellect, and God has adapted his
religion to the less than to the other How Is It
possible for you without religion and that communca
ted in the form Of certainty far Gods word
make t-hoX cQuld Hou gil nm the canactea Of Yonr