The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-12-02
Conservation Of the great Cathedral
at PHILADELPHIA.
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St. Peters cathedral, was celebrated to-day
with the most imposing effect, The cath
cdral is tho work Of eighteen years labor.
and cos, nearly a500,000. Ii is the lar>
ceat church edifco IN the Unit3l States.
. Over two hundred priests participated, and
the ccremonies we're witnessed By about
eight thousand people Among the priests
| participating we're Archbishop Purcell, Of
Cincinnati, and McCloskaE Of New York,
together with he bishops Of Boston, Buf
fa!o, Brooklyn, Burlil1ton, Vt, Le-ar.,
Canada, Fort Wayne. Ind. Hartford, Pitts
burgh, Toronto, Halifax, and the mitred
abbot of St. Vinccnt's at Latroba.
TIE bishop proceeded from the EPisco-
pal residence in fall vestmenis. with lDitre
and sn7piice, Though Logan SQUARE fol-
lowed by the priests and proceeded 20 the
cathedral. the choir canting 1e Ueun,.
The usual ceremonies were then proceed
| Cd with, Bishop Wood, accompanied by
the priests. sprinkliny the foundation and
walls with holy water, &c. After the
customary ferns on such occasions, in
clrding the reniifcial mass. had been con
Guided, Archbishop Spalding, Of Balti-
mere, delivered "a impressive sermon on
the text from Ephesiaas, 9Th chapter, ODD
70 2Gth verse inclusive.
The archbishop said: Tie church is
the organized body Of Christ's follow ars,
uailej ii ore faith, one worship and under
ona torm Of government. Sho io the
! spouse Of Christ on earth, subject 20 him
in all things. lie loved her aud gave his
liro Tor her. Tlc7 cannot be separated
She cannot f~iI. lis IS God md his spouse
Is divine. She seeks not to 30 better than
Ter divine bgi5errooc1, and like him is
viiEDg 10 l2 ecour92d through tho weld,
and to he crucifad. but lie him sha Wilt
ever triumph and always .s9 again, and
she sucks no ret ut IA Heaven, Eigh-
teen hundred years have nc. dini0i3ha1
her beauty nor impaired her vigor.
After speaking CT tie chosen spots Of
Col, Mount Bethel, Mount S;aai, the
banks q tie Jordan and Sol2mon'a lem,
| pie, he seid
The church is-a gateway to heaven. it
IS LOca lecture room il which persons
merely gather to ls2ra speeches. : IS thu
bouso Of prayer, a2d higher species Ct
pray8-, cacr;4ve. Christ 1ims2lf, the di-
WINS Bridegroom, Is Is the alter q lamb
slain ard offers mp prayers 70 God lo2 the
people, and the people nni,a Tith Him ia
prayer. The forms are no mere type or
figure, bat living, breathing reality. The
sacrament oi the lords supper is not
merely f}ast of bread and wine. If that
was the case then instead oItho christian
church progressing IS Waa rot5ograding,
for the Jews had q much better sacrifice Of
= typical character. The lambs blood
lowing is q representative Of the lamb Of
God, The browning glory Of Catholic
worship Is reverence 10 the alter. In The
pu!pi: y talk to men. We turn to The
alter when re talk 10 God in our Utmost
soul. The Christian church was not es.
taJIishcd By men, for If it had been 1t
would nave persisted long ago. 1t has
stood amid the lettering Of thornes and the
downfall Of dynasties. Either lie IS not
God or sile,is not.diyino.
The Christian church stands iutermedi-
ate between tue } oa3 and heavenly church,
betH cen the earthly and celestial Jerusa
lem. She fuiiIla The type of tie Jewish
and she herself will ba coDsummated in
Bliss and perfection ia the heavenly, to
wards which she IS looking with streaming
| eyes and cleaning heart, in Borrowing pill
grimago over this dreaVy earth. Her ana
! leriai churches which she has created and
scattered over he earth are but places OF
shelter and rest IN her piigriinage-Oases
in tho desert Herein she retiras and rests
| She builds them 70 celebrate within them
the nupfial5 with the Lamb. They ere
haIIoweI spots cherished by the Bride
groom, who scatters around them his
| special graces and blessings. EARTHQUAKES
may destroy them, b"s she rebuills.
They may be torn out by 1ufian hands,
but the damage Is repaired. She is il no
hurry; eternity Is before her; divinity
is her biEthright,
We cannot acknowledge God for our
Father, unless We haze the church for our
mother. She is weak in herself, but
strong because weak but in her direct
need, she Lifts her head, and knows the
day Of salvation has arrived.
The Christian church is as wonderful in
her history as wonderful in origin. She
is everywhere on this earth, and every.
where 10 save. 4 glorious course awaits
her and all her children. She looks back
to the past, and says it has passed away
before the rays Of the glorious sun of Jus>
| tice. The future is before her. She is the
master-work Of God on earth, passing from
earth to heaven, from time to eternity,
from sorrow to JOY.
The reverend father than gave an inter
esting description Of tie prominent cath
edrals in Rome, and in comparing tho one
just consecrated with that of ST. Peters, in
Rome, stated that magnificent and extern
siye as 1t was. the Roman cathedral was
fifteen times large, although twas equal
to the magnificent cathedral Of st. Carlo
Borromeo, as Milan. After an eloquent
eXhortation, the archbishop concluded, aud
Bishop Wood performed The impressive
ceremonies Of tia Credo, and, after the
conclusion Of the services, the immense
congregation separated.
Notwithstanding the cloudy weather
and rain, an immonce concourso Of peo-
pie were gathered outside to witness the
procession Of the bishops; among the
prominent persons present were Mayor
Henry and Edwin Forrest.
The eight magnificent freaco paintings
by Brumidi were universally admired, es-
necially hia oraat friumnh G.. TIKI Cr,o;