The daily gazette., 1875-04-26

The work on the church of the Sacred
Heart OF jesus, German Cathollc), cor
urr of tenth and Madison streets, hav-
ing progressed far enough to aliVw the
occupancy Of the basement, that portion
of the church was yesterday Dedicated 10
the service Of Almighty God.
Considerable preparation was made for
+ha dedicatary ceremonies, and they were |
nnrticipated in by large number OF per- |
sons. , .;
of two cars arrived from Baltimore, nav
ing on hoard a delegation from the
knights of St. George, OF washington
and n delegation from the knghts OF
81. Michael, Baltimore. The Knights OF
st. George were twenty-thrce IN num-
Lpr. and wore q full uniform consisting
If a black suit, red sash and belt, sword
and black hrt containing a purple ana
white feather The knights OF 81 Mich
ael, twenty in number wore BLACK sults,
blue sashes and belts, swords, and plack
hats with white feathers. Each delega-
tion bore a flag containing the insignia
Of the order, and the United States nag.
These delegations were met at the de-
NOT bv a committee from the eongrega-
ticn Of the new church. composed OF the
follow ing eentlemen Frank Snyder, JOS
eph Goodwin, Andreas Fox, Dan'l Bickta,
The regular Sunday morning tram
from Philadelphia. which arrived at ~
o'clock, brought n number OF persons
nom Phil delphia and Chester, who
came to witness the dedication,
The visitors formed u line of march on
Walnut street, al owe Second, ana pro,
ceedcd up Walnut TO Third, along Third
To- Market, up Market to Tenth, out
Tenth and Delaware Avenue to Madison
and down Madison to the Church. At
Tenth and Market they were joined by
I,r,r, delegation of the Shields Library
Association, of this city.
The following Wilmington societies
assembled Mt their respective places or
meeting and proceeded in body to the
ST. Marys Total Abstinence and Bench
cial Society; 81. Muy's do; st. Paurs
do. 49,, :.
The seats reserved for them, the large
room was speedily filled, about 25o9 peo-
pie crowding III and occupying AL The
available space. Many bad 10 ieave'
being unable to obtain admission. The
services were conducted 10y Bishop Beck
,r assisted by Rev Father McGrane, OF
ST PauPs, and Rev. Father Mayer, OF
the new church.
The choir for the occasion was impro-
vised from all the Catholic chors OF the
city, and was under inc leauersnip vi
Wm. d. Cayanaugh.
The dedicatory services included the
following: Ltany OF the Saints, by the
bishop and the Fathers; Millards Ky,
RE" hy the choir; the incensing OF the
altar; reading of the Gospel and preach
ing in German, 10y Rev. Father Mayer
Mercudanti's 'Credo. by the choir. in
rudnga magnificent solo-"Et Homt
Factus Est" by Nh. Cavanaugh; the Of
fcrtory; the Washing of hands in wine
and water, Significant of the blood o
Christi; "Memorare," u solo, by Mis-
Maggie Magee; burning Of incense
chanting the prefaee;" Holy, Holy, Holy
Lord God of Hosts by the choir; Thu
ovation; "Benedictus," by the choir; th'
the Pater Noster,1 by the Bishop h nin an'
Mary Crothers; the Papal Benediction
hy bishop Becker; "Miserere,' solo, b,
Mr. Cavanaugh.
Bishop Becker next made brief ad
dress TO the congregation, and rcferre'
to the auspicious occasion which hat
bought together such n large congre
cation in the largest house Of worshi
in the State. lie further referred T.
ihc faithfulness of Catholics, and thei
nersistency and zeal in extending thei
faith In the beginning of the presen
century there was but one Bishop an
handful of followers IN the Unite
States, while now the religion has az
.ouired such numbers and assumed sue
Importance that it has voice in tn
Apostolic Chamber through the al
pointment of Archbishop McCloske
10 the position of Cardinal
The Bishop alluded to the persister
and faithful labors of the Order of 3
Benedict, (under whose auspices tn
new church is being erected) and urge
the Catholics OF his diocese to emula
there efforts and achieve their success
lie congratulated Father Meyer, on Il
result OF his labor, and hoped that u
good work would go on and that ge
erous support from all sides would
extended to the new enterprise,
TheBishop then made brief addre
in German, and the services conclude
with the "Te Deum Laudamus" by Il
choir.
The afternoon services were the We
pers and benediction from three to fo'
O'clock, ..
DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW CHURCH.
The Church of the Sacred Heart
Jesus belongs to the Order of st. Be
edictine, and is under the jurisdictit
of the Diocese of Baltimore. The pt
ter is Rev. Father Meyer, an effecti
worker in the ranks of Catholocisl
who has, through his personal cffor
secured the erection pfthirtY-fye Cat
oic churches in this country.
The church stands on the lot bour
ed by Ninth, Tenth, Madison and Nc
roe streets, and the church proper
includes nearly the entire square.
is built of brick with Maryland mari
trimmings, AND will have a tower.
feet high 1t has a front of 60 feet a
u depth of $40 feet. The front is
feet from Madison street, and Will
approached by flight of granite stt
extending along the entire width,
leading into three entrance doors, ca
Rx1E fnnt Thn dnnrS nnen intn laI