Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-11-30
DEDIGA7I0EOF ST. NARYS SOHURCH
A SPLENDID PROCESSION.
CEREMONIES OF DEDICATION.

Catholic Church yesterday was witnessed
by as large a crowd of people as evel
gathered in Columbus on "a similar occa
sion. The day was a delightful one, cold
but brilliant In its sunshine.
The procession was formed in front O
Holy Cross Church at 10 o'clock, and wa
, composed as follows: sleE eAoS
1 A file of the City Police, under command
of Lieut.. james Hannah; the boys of from
!, - to 10 years of age, with the Banner 8
the Holy Childhood; Regimental Bras:
Band of Dayto O.; st. AlOysius Young
Young Mems Society of Day ton, o = st
4 Aloysius Young Mems Society Of this city
st. Laurentius Benevolent Association o
Dayton, Ohio; st. Carl BorromeUs Benevo
lent Association of Dayton. Ohio; ST. Jos.
eph Orphans Association of Dayton, Ohio
st. Nicholas Benevolent Association ,o
iZanesville; st. Francis of Sales Association
of Newark, Ohio; st. Vincent de Paul fol
the benefit OF the poor of this city; st
Patrick's School Society of this city; Total
Abstinence Association of this city: Hem.
mersbach's Brass Band; st. Martins Be-
nevolent Association of this city; Sr. Johns
Ben. VIOLENT Association of this city; St
Joseph's Widow, and Orphan Association;
ST. Bonifatius Church Building cAssocia-
tio7.
The bells on Holy Cross Church gave the
signal for starting, and the various .socie-
ties, with their cregaliasi and banners,
moved on their route of march, presenting
a magnificent and imposing spectacle.
On arriving at the church. they were
met by the Bishop Rosecrans-
with all the clergy and altarservers, who
stood outside the door of TIE closed and
empty building,gand invoked the blessing
OF God on what was to be done. Then he
intoned the antipton Thou shalt Sprfn.
kle me, o Lord, with Hyssop," &c, and,
together with the clergy, sang the Fiitieth
Psalm, while going all around the church
and sprinkling its walls with blessed wa
ter Returned to the front entrance he
said the following prayer:
o Lord God, who although not contain
ed by Heaven and Earth, designed, never
theless, to have Thy Dwelling on Earth,
where Thy name may be calledupon with
out ceasing: the merits of the Blessed yir-
gin Mary and of all thy Saints. pleading,
visit this spot with the gaze of Thy mercy,
and CLEANSE it from all stain by the outpour-
ing of Thy grace, and keep it pure; and az
in the work of his son Solomon, Thou didst
perfect the devotion of Thy beloved Da-
vid, so in this work do Thou vouchsafe to
fulfil our desires. and drive hence all the
spirit of evila Through our Lord Jesus
christ. = Amen. ss@ SssssA i-ft&
Then the clergy entered the church, two
and two, chanting the Litany of the Saints,
and the doors were closed. pss ~ - ssste
The inside walls were sprinkled with
blessed ater during, the recitation of the
Psalms lie, 120 and l2l!i After the sprink.
ling. the Celebrant came before the altar
and recited the following prayer:
10 God. who sanctifiest places to be dedi-
CITED toThees pour forth Thy grace upon
mercy may be felt by all who here. call
upon Thy name, through our Lord JESUS
Christ AmtIl. 81 fghS.Es "a!
Then the doors were opened and the vast
concourse poured in TO witness the eelebra-
tion Of The Penti6cal Masss
Many regrets were expressed at the ua-
aFoidable absence Of the venerable a rch-
bishop Purcell, hut the ceremonies we're
MOST ably conducted by thebeloYed Bishop
of this dfoeeseo 5a7H57 q
After tina performa1ceof the Gloria 1of
Carl Maria Wonsweber,s great mass. iniG,
BishoplR lRosecrans Addressed the congresa-
tom substance, ,sas follows:i1s s9gv7sib
The few remarks ma make in English
Will be all the services on this occasion.
There owillobe no services or address in
German. This, for several reasOlis,is a, dhy
OF THANKSGIVING First, because this con-
gregarion has been able to accomplished SO
much; seeond, because of the beautiful day-
vOuchsaIed for the dedication services, and
third, because of the congratulations we
are receiving from brethren from dis
tance. --...l, = sz.&sg sss.a5S
When we look at this building we are
impellednt to exclaim, How grand ~ Yet
how little is it wefthy OF the majesty of
God, How little it's that we can do worthy
of His grandeur. If we compare this
building with private resideiices. it is
grand, but II we compare it with what is
due God, it ceases to BE- so. Here we can
offer the daily Sacrifice Of the Mass, the
emblem of our salvation. Here we. can
gather to offer to the majesty of God the
humble alteration of pure and holy prayer.
This spacious building has been erected
in the true Catholic spirit that gives the
first OF. everything to God. This is the old
Catholic spirit; the spirit that animated
tile early Christians when they sold all
they possessed, and laid it at Christ's ieet
Coming down TO the time Of the martyrs,
we find the same spirit. This idea OF Civ
ing all to. God is what animated them ia
their taials, when givenJto be burned at the
stake or to be deyoured by wild beasts.
Ler,us to-day, as we offer this templesto
GOD, and ask Him TO consecrate it, offer our
hearts TO Him and ask Him 70 .eonsecrate
them and make them pure, fit temples in
which He may dwell Now is the time to
do 4 this holy work. To-day, saws the
cbu 1ch, il aBy man will he may do this
great and religious work. To-day, then,
this first Sunday IN. Advent LET us com
merlce 70 live a new life TO the honor and
glory of God. - -'''--
= Ehe Choir, which was avery large one,
and composed of some OF the best musical
talent our city can boast, then sang the
cerdo. AT the Offretory, L Lambillott's o
Cor r'i,ss e Amcris ,Victima ~ was rem
dered most beautifully At eehe
close of the Mass, the entire congrega-
tfon Joined In singing Hayden's great
chorus, . Oh, Lord of Might" The effect
was grand. The sublime anthem, swelling
out from two or three Thousand throats,
excelled anything we ever heard before.
1t seemed as If the very essence of devo-
ton and melody had settled on the audi
ence, and could only find vent in hymns OF
alteration and praise. H snis.1s ,, 80. ~
The Church of ST. Mary is built of brick,
and stands on Third street, near Frankfort.
1t was built by Mr.. Kanmachler. the car
pentero work by John Mittleholtz. "a 1t is
being most beautifully decorated by Mr..
THEM, of Cincinnati, and Mr.. Lamprecht,t
Munich, The roof is frescoed, and has dis
tplayed upon it, the various titles of The
Blessed Virgin, taken from the litany. On
each side are five memorial windows con-
tanning the names of the various donors.
These are Peter Igel, Constantine Blot,
John Renhard, Cornelius Lang, Ferdinand