The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-06-22

which is 10 DE ever memorable to the Catholics OF
THIS city and OF this diocese day which recalls 10
awakened IN the hearts Of those :. Of Old for many
day. OF that number can Mention one. and il is he
who now addresses you His first and earliest mem;
breathed the breath OF lifc in what then the lit
Tie village Of Brooklyn. He wei remembers the
Gay wnen mere was neither CattSc % thosa nor
ronndngs. He remembers when, az youth, when
Sunday morning came, he, as one OF q happy group,
| wendell his WAY along the shore 10 what was then
called Hicks ferry TO the river not elegant
| and graceful steamers as now, but In an old and
tender and loving parents, 10 assist at the
| holy sacrifice OF mass In the Old church
| then have dreamed ever to have witnessed spec
tace such this; to have stood here, in the capa-
CITY IN which ne now yo stands IN such presence 70
and consecrated by bishop OF Brooklyn surrounded
BY prelates from other sees and dioceses and
| numerous clergy, and honored by such a vast and
nnumerable cOnc0urse Of people, all brought to-
geher 10 take part, as it were, In the beginning OF
such glorious work-a work which is TO rear itself
up IN goody proportions before the eyes OF men, and
stand as a monument OF your Catholic faith, your
Catholic generosity and your Catholic zea stand as
tectural taste and SKILL and 10 be, besides looked
upon, as II will be, as adding newer beauty and
another glory and another nOnOr and another source
OF pride to what is already the renowned City OF
Churches. You have laid its foundations broad and
writer describes they laid Of Old in the city OF
Jerusalem, WITH religious ceremony and pOmp,
~
uces OF prayer and praise, with solemn procession
invoking Gods blessing upon this work and upon
his people. You have laid them broad and deep, in
order that you may rear upon them a solid and
massive pile that will endure not simply for your
day and generation but for days and generations in
the far off future years; and You have so done it in
order that your new temple, your new cathedral
should in some apt and fitting manner symbolic
Lord built upon this earth--but upon the fOun-
datlons of the prophets and the apostles him
self being the chief corner stOne-the Church
n in I'm F.tlto nv.L thn
ground Of truth; the Church which, like this material
building, would neither mOulder nor decay and which
the freshness Of its original youth and beauty and
developing more and more ages roll on in their
course the wonders Of Its divine resources and the
lutte less than miracles OF its miraculous strength.
You have given to this noble structure an ample
girtn. You have impaired to it wide, vast wondrOus
even dimensions because you are not building o
parish church, not church for single cOngrcga-
tion but cathedral church that is to be the mother
OF all the churches in which the chief pastor of all
the churches in this diocese is to have his episcopal
seat You have not made it temple in which you
have considered only the place Of It's pulpit which
should DE OF no larger size proportions than the
feeble voice OF man could reach. Not at all. You
nave built It, not SO much for its pulpit rs
sacrifice that Will be offered therein, where thousands
and thousands whom the voice OF man could not
and seeing TIE priests beholdng the sacrifice, all
with one heart and SOUL shall bow down with solemn
adoration bow down especially giving vent to the
praise TO The Lord for lie il good. for His mercy
dureth forever. Let all them that fear and love the
darcth forever" And thus again you have to Strive
10 initiate That divine Church TO which have already
made ailus.On--Eat Church OF Christ that knows no
other limits than The boundaries OF the world
that embraces all nations and all times that
has Tor its grand agd leading characteristics
Church, that is to say, a universal Church.
a catholic and a universal Church one church
everywhere, and In all times remaining one and the
same; not Church which speaks in q single tongue
but speaks In all tongues as it began to speak The
great day OF Pentecost; church, then, not Of one
nation, but OF all nations; Church not OF one time
out O all tline Church not OF part portion Of
the nallon but intended to be the only Church for
each and every nation, never dividing its unity anu
never losing It's original integrity ana identity;
Church which does not undertake 10 parcel out the
deposit OF Divine revelation and TRUTH as IL was first
entrusted 10 II, some TO one people and some TO
another, TO these more TO those less apportiOnng
accord ng TO the various national tastes and the
individual synpatiiies OF particular nations and
peoples giving them each In their turn fragmentary
portions, MS said, more OF less 10 some less more
TO others; not a Church either which teaches
one body OF doctrine in age and another
body OF doctrine IN another age, thinking right
Divine truth snail progress even like human TRUTH
AMI that it shall adapt Itself ana modify itself and
change Itself IN proportion TO the degrees Of civi-
eaton or OF refinement OF scientific learning; but
imposing Its equal obligation upon all, rich and
poor. ignorant and instructed, peoples In tine begin
nnsS, rising from NIB, 6arb@ris as Wen as those mat
all one and the same Divine and precious truth. The
Archbishop then spoke Of the relations OF the Church
to civl government saying that 1t claimed TO he at
tached TO particular form OF government but that
1t mad lived under all ana nourlshed under all. The
discourse was concluded oy cOmpmentlng the zeal |
and devotion shown by the people Of Brooklyn in
undertaking 10 oGiid an edifice, and they
h0rted 10 do All they could for It's early completion.
Bishop Loug!lin then assembled the pulpit and pro-
nounced the Apostolic benedicti0n.
TIE INSCRIPTION ON THE CORNER STONE.
The following is the inscription OF the stODe:-"ln
honor OF God and under the invocation vi the Vir-
GIN Mary, conceived without stain, John Loughlin, |
Bishop Of Brooklyn set this stone the 2lst day Of
June, lS6S, Pope Plus TX. being Supreme Pontifi,
John McCloakey Archbishop Of New York, Andrew
Johnson President Of the United States, Reuben l..
Fcnton Governor OF the State OF New York, Martin
and Francis Curran buder.n Coins Of the present
period and copies Of New York newspapers were
also deposited ia the stone.
TERMINATION OF THE CEREMONY.
About Elk O'Clock the ceremony closed, and the
spectators separated their departure being accele
ratcd by ralD which then commenced TO fall.
~. stephens Church.
Considering the oppressiveness Of the weather
yesterday there q large attendance at this beau
tiiul temple Of alteration and throughout the cere
monies conducted with the grandeur and
so!enlnity characteristic Of the Roman Catholic
Church High mass commenced at nalf.pas ten
O'Clock, the Rev. DIR. McSweeney officiating as cele.
Drant, attended by twelve acolytes 10 Is unncces-
sary 10 advert 10 the high standard musical excel
lence to which church music In this choir has been
brought; suffice II say that the display ana judcious