Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-06-10

OF the Cathoilc bnurcn III wy piseo
cnce Of thousands fpcople. The Catholic So
ciclies attended in n body and forming az ioth
and Market streets marched down Market 10
Front out Front to Jackson and up jackson 70
the site of the building The procession t.,'s WIS
headed BY the children from the Catnohc
Orphans Asylum and tho various sunday
Schools and societies belonging to st. Peters,
St. Mary's ahd st. Joscph's Churches inc pro.
cession reached from Tenth and Market 70 rr9n. FROM
and Washington, being 10 squares long and under
the marshalship of Mr. Matthew Rogers, moved
in the following order:-
Children of the Orphans Asylum.
Children of st. Peters Schools
Children Of St. Marys Schools. -
ST. Peters Beneficial Society, 235 men, Thos
Fedlgan, Marshal.
st. Joseph's Beneficial Society, 80 men, John
Finn Marshal.
St. Mary's Beneficial Society, 100 men. John
Fulmer, Marshal. ~,
81. Michaels Beneficial Society, 100 men. WIN.
Quinn, Marshal
Shields Library John McElwee, Marshal.
Young Meps Catholic Philopatrian Institute, %
men. P. Ward, Marshal.
Catholic Literary Association. John d. Ioher'
marshal.
Those comprising the procession massed inems
selves around and within the foundation walls OF
the Church.
LAYING THE coRNER-sToNE.
The cornerstone was laid by Rt, Rev. bishop
Becker, assisted by Rev. Mathew McGrane. KEY
Peter McGrane, Rev p. Reilley and Rev. Geo. D.
The The ceremonies were conducted in the fellow
First. Blessing the water for sprinkling ths
stone and church.
Second. Blessing and .ssprinkhng the place
where the main altar will be placed in the new
church.
Fourth. Placing the cornerstone In position.
Fifth. Sprinkling the entire tonhaations WIN
Holy water, meanwhile reciting Psalms, etc.
The Bishop and clergy then passed AROUND 70
| the temporary stand erected for the delivery oil
| the sermon.
BISHOP BEcKER's SERMON.
| Bishop Becker mounted the stand erected for
| the purpose, attended by the clergy, and read
| portion of the fourth chapter OF the Second BOOK
Of Chronicles as the foundation for his discourse
| He commenced with the assertion That u haa
| been the custom of mankind from tte linit VI
our first parents up to the time OF Moses ana ever
since to set apart places for holy use aud which
| were thereby changed fir O. "a common 10 re
gious These plaeeii been se A. apart for
the performance OF the 'entla act OF true re-
ii,tior which always was and is sacrifice. This
had been the worship required by GOD OF ms
chosen people and it had been continued by the
High Priests of Israel and their Leyitlcal assis,
tants, by the prophets, and the seers. IL haa
continued until He came who is our Saviour and
also our God who offered himself up 1s type
Of our redemption. He offered himself ms q
| victim to appeasc the wrath OF God. Ihis sacri-
flee was copious and sufficient ONE.
But sacrifice was not confined TO Israel 1t was
| even so amongst the Gentiles. In Greece and
Rome though their offerings were to false 1oas
there was still sacrifice, and its form was supstai,
| tally the same as amongst the Jews. There nad
never been nation SO low that 1t was without
an altar priest and an offering 10 their ldea OF
, God. This is so general that it proves u is OF
! | God and 1t is something OF good whicn mas no'
entirely been bloited oat by the sins OF Inc Wo,lu.
If 1t was thus necessary in heathen nations that
places be set apart for sacrifice; it is no wonder
that we see this scene to-day where an altar Is TO
4 be built by Christians. he spoke OF tne concet-
ton of salvation through the son OF God having al
I ways existed; that all the early sacrifice had Deen
! consummated on Calvary and the sacrifices oi inc
= church since borrowed from that WIN al ~
splendid ritual and ceremonial the early sacIlnce
had only been that of brute beasts TO typliy man
= | weakpess. The External Law had only been the
' | shadow but Christ was the truth and the way
y and the life, and from every church now where
i. there was true Catholic pety and true pT,sess
!; hood there was offered up the essential sacrifice
a | They were to build church and not "meeting
), house - not a place where people should go tt
" merely spend an hour pleasantly but to perform
lie said ibat only in the Church Catholic Il
| found the continuation OF the plan OF sacr1hce
the old law that was chosen by God himself, ant
le as God changed not this must still be the chosel
al | plan. He said they were engaged in laying W
or cornerstone OF church which should be per
n petual. During 1900 years they had seen IA
IL church tossed by many storms, but never durnl
70 all that time had one been pulled down, excep
l.
be church been sold for debt. And there was reaso
a. for this, for there were in the world tour hundre
W. million of strong arms and willing hearts Away
- ready to build the church they iovea, ana
Il which they had found that which satisfied then
90 | The Catholic religion had been one which ma
to cultivated the arts and the sciences and satshe
ali the intellect as well as the heart: church Whc
,rn can do this cannot be despised, and Is not az
spjsed. 1t has hold on the hearts OF the pei
| ple because it was Christs church; Jesus WI
no Inc only conquerer who had conquered the near
" of the people. ..,..
He tion and occupied about thirty minutes in
o. delivery. -
er- which, though it re-states some facts above me
to toned, gives a brief sketch of the rise OF u
~ Catholic church in this community =
ne ST. PAuL's CHURCH.
cl Tho ceremony of laying the cornerstone
ori- the new Catholic church, at the corner OF -FOUR
md and jackson Streets in this city, yesterday,
cnt lractcd an immense crowd, numbering nearly :
Use. thousand persons. The sunday scnooi cnil ,I
the Beneficial societies and different Litera
associations of the Catholic churches OF the CT
.be assembled, nearly two thousand strong, a. len
ith and Market streets, at o'clock, and marc
on ed in procession, carrying variety OF banne
the to the ground. The ceremony was peiio,neu ,an
of RI. Rev. Bishop Becker, assisted by MS clergy
Sc. This city and vicinity, and by half dozen 6o
to in cassocks ard surplices. 1t consisted in bic
% ing, with a variety of prayers and Palms, o
,sed sprinkling with holy water the cornerstone
ggy the foundations of the whole edince. Aiter
5ad ceremony the Bishop delivered short, eloqn'
hey and appropriate discourse. iaking MS text Il'
am. the second book of Chronicles he said, substi
ii in tally as in the temple Of Solomon sacrifice
It Of offered to the true God by His chosen priests
oty, in this temple just commeEced sacfihce wo
ford be offered by His chosen priests-1oo hau alw
directed and required sacriice,-in the OLD
| prefiguratiye,an In the new law cnmmemorat
Its sacrifice II was not uuil modern Times !
noer some modern religions discarded all sacr
'lion from this worship. For ttis expurgation y
Sea- can alcge no better authority THAI theii =
the Judgment or presumption ; and this canno'
WI admitied to be OF great weight, since iney
Is, in not all agreed on what God requires theu
the The sight exhibited yesterday must have
and neorrd yeIy pleasing to the Catholic, and
Dei- prisng TO the Protestant, especially To suen
w. q witnessed the humble commencement oil
as Is Peters Church. not so many years ago.
the Catholic looks on this rapid growth from SUI
spor- small beginning, as a very strong, proof OF
ester divine character of his religion. The .parabl
allied | ,he mustord seed strengthens his belief.
the Fitiy-three years ago, the Cathollcs OF
town. not numbering twenty lanles built
| Peters, not one-third then oil It's present
tnro Thirty-seven years ago, il was r'aae more
MIS- double the original size twenty-five years
Ill oh a large proportion OF st. Peters copgregal
crest employed mostly in powder works OF tne
sent. Points built church, ST. Joseph's for themse
urch, Eleven years ago. St. Peters was again
New New, crowded and ST, Mary's Church. Of equal n
/
pre- found again too small and this new one has
nging built. The unity Of faith Of these Catht
vas their great zeal and liberality shown in all cn
Psal, matters, must add to the surprise ei
eyeral thinking Protestant 1t Will not
'esses. the difficulty to say that all
ar, d. wonderful increase comes from 40
many II is merely the result OF Immigration. Th
of the dian. who said the world rested on the bac
Lon nm elephant, and could not tell on what the
know phant rested, did not solve the geograI
John question. Can those who faiter themselves
ectiye the Catholic religion is not divine and IN,
by the great increase In this country is chieny q!
ID, immigration from ireland, explain sallsiac'
gave how it is that after England had, for great
OBJECT of two hundred years, actually employed a
fd t(as powers to extripate the Catholic religion
rs and Ireland. there are Irish Catholics enough
vas to to restore their religion in England and SEQ
IS and and establish it, on tiourishiug basis: in A
lildren lin. New Zealand Canada and the United y
amouS How is 1t that this excitable people are, ike
ped by brethren OF other of the snme OF other ma
perfectly united in their behalf OF every
leasing OF their long creed. when even the quiet,
in the and prudent Qiakers cannot be united IN
inc the few articles of their very short
old, one There are many marks of divine power