New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-11
RELIGIOUS.
NEW DOMINICAN CHURcH-ADDREss BY ARCH
BISHOP M'CLOSKY.


NEW DOMINICAN CHURCH-ADDREsS BY AhCh-
BISHOP M'CLOSKY
Long before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon an
immense concOurse OF people numbering perhaps $4,000
had assembled the intersection OF Lexngtonave and
the laying Of the cornerstone Of new Dominican Church
Probably 400 men. women, and children occupied the
OF the church. This space was one sheet OF mud
ana water yet old aud young ~ pItn seNes VINO
drzzle overhead and mre under FOOT until the yener
able Archbishop had pronounce tne penedSton.
Starr the VcarGener filed our OF the Mission Shulch
a9ong the lot on NIn Me br 20 M, 70 t
rear, moved 10 a raised platform az the east end OF me
excavation Here short service was performed ana the
clergy then surrounded the cornerstone the Archbishop
in the center The ceremony OF laying the stone was con
Quoted by the Archbishop after the tmehonored form OF
the Catholic Church The Archbishop was then escorted
TO the grand platform from which he spoke TO his people
Father Wilson, Superior OF inc dominican brotherhood
of New.York a rond jolly old father-One OF the kind
of which we read in SCOTS Monastery and his Abbot
pressed upon the minds OF his hearers the importance OF
coming forward with their contributions to AID IN com
plotting the church so excellent an etect had rather
Wilson's short speech, that the collectors, who went
through the vast assemelage each WIN market
basket to receive contributions, brought in several
hundred dollars in very few MINUTES NJ ties
Province OF ST. Joseph The OF the OraeI
are at ST. Rose. near Springfield, Kentucky where the
Provincial of the Order the Rev Father Carroll o. s. r.
resides The order has houses in the United states
OF which two are in Kentucky, two in Ohio one in Ten
nessee, washington CITY ana one IN NcN-1ofh
City The chapel about TO be erected the first building
belonging the order erected in the United States
Almost all the Catholic Temperance Societies Of the city
were on the ground The Police arrangements were con
fded TO Roundsman Buckley OF the Nlneteenth Narn'
who with only six men toassst him. kept excellent order
thereby materially assisting the Archbishop ana the
clergy.
THE GREEK CHURCH.
At the Broadway Tabernacle, last evening,
notwithstanding the Indictment weather large congrG-
CATION gathered to hear the Pastor, the Rev j. i;
Thompson, deliver n prelude " The Greek Church and
Relationship Christianity which subject he VIII
preach next sabbath evening. The Rev. gentleman com
menced his discourse by review of the three great pre-
tensions OF the Roman Church: Herclam Of antiquity
H. Her claim Of cathOcy Ill Her claim OF ecunenlcai
authority He asserted that there proof Scrip
ra OF other that Peter ever in Rome but the est
mony rather was by Inference at least that ne never
resided in that ancient city Up TO the close oil the
century there recognized chief or head In
the Church. and this fact would dispose OF Roman pos
tOllc succession. When Paul communicated WIN MS
Christian constituency in Rome he wrote them IN the
Greek tongue which and still remains the language
OF theology, and not the Latin me ROMAN ChucM Nhs
not the first Church, but was departure from established
religion, and its organization has been ever
sizes The Eastern Churches are older than the
Roman hierarchy, and to the Orenalists are Chrls-
ans indebted for the Sacred scriptures ana me Hlcehe
creed The Rev. gentleman elaborated the many Roman
faacie and at length turned his attention to the creek
Church, which he sald, numbered from oooCDYV ~
70OOOOOO souls, all OF whom, excepting few millions
scattered throughout Greece and contiguous territories
were Within the Russian Empire The Greek lhuIeh az
dered from the Roman Church IN many essentials hu IN
none more than this that the former permitted the
~ of the priesthood 1t would be impossible for the
Greek Church 10 unite with Rome, as such an aet
would involve tho yassaiago of the lu-,lah
Emperor 10 the Pope, which cannot happen IN. on
entail Church stood upon antiquity, ana tc9Gnled th
Scriptures as do American Christlalr, anu pts.hlsn
many points Of agreement with Ne 10 maze 'onslAhu-
nople the seat of the Greek Church Is e political dream
OF all Russia, ana TINS ldea lo.ss-es ii' "l y" ~.
degree that they decline % affiliate with tue Missionaries
sent among them Ignorance abonnds III both piie,.s
and people, but there hope that tue Ignorance vi" d
dispeled realizing that 70o0000 ol people ave meas
urabe esrangcd from our christianity we "tiee,y eir
culate the Scriptures among hem' and ofng theh mo
full communion Win "a,