The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-28
Church Dedication.

The new Catholic Church in this place,
of which Rev. f. NJ. yarelman is pastor,
was dedicated to the service of Almighty
God on Sunday last. Being something
new in our little city, the occasion natur-
ally brought among us a large %concourse
of people from far and near. An excur-
sion train from Cincinnati and one from
Richmond, combining twelve coaches
came in on the morning full of human
freight, which added with what poured
in from the surrounding country in bug
gies, carriages and on horseback, must
have made the visitors to witness the oc-
.casion, not less than ftee hundred. The
distinguished ministers from abroad and
who participated in the dedication cere-
monies were as follows: Archbishop
Purcell and Rev. Callahan, of Cincinnati
Rev. ]. Kress, Reading; Rev. D. Heile,
Hamilton; Rev. j. Kemper, Greenville;
Messrs. w. and J. Hickey, Glendale.
At 1015 O'Clock the Archbishop and his
attendants appeared at the door of the
new edifice, dressed in the usual cos
tune, where the Archbishop delivered
an appropriate, well-timed and interest
ing address to the vast assemblage. He
opened his discourse by remarking that
God made the Sabbath-and consecrated
it-and that every thing that God made
was good, and admonished all to keep it
holy and respect it, because it was the
work of God. Although his voice was
tremulous and feeble from old age, he
was listened to attentively and patiently
until he closed, after which, with his at
tendants alone he entered the church and
went through the ceremony of sprinkling
the altar and walls with holy water, when
the doors were thrown open and the inn
patient crowd filed every foot of vacant
space in the building. Then followed
the regular. ceremonies with most excel
lent and grand music blythe choir from
Lockland, consisting ofthe following per-
sons: ]. J. Mueller, organists H. Glori-
Gus, Phi. Box bass; IA. Brinkman, Joe
Greiner, Mrs. w. Lerhter, tenors; Miss
B. Rittmeier, Miss K. Matre, sopranos /;
Miss Brinkman, Miss E. Jockman, al
tons. The dedicatory sermon was
then preached by Rev. Callahan. He
took his text from Luke, 10Th chapter and
23d verse, and turningt to his disciples he
said: BLESSED are the eyes that see the
things that We see." His sermon was
earnest, eloquent and impressive, and
won for the gentleman the universal en-
dorsement of all who heard him. twas
about an hour in length, and was, through
out, full OF. the power and true genius of
the gospel, interspersed with sentiments
of sublime loneliness and beauty, which
made a lasting impression upon the large
audience, that spell-bound seemed to
drink down every sentence as they fell
from the speaker'slips
In the afternoon services were held in
the Church, but a rain set in and %contin-
ued all day, which dampened the pleas
antry Of the closing services and inter-
Tered with some of the outdoor exercis-
es that were to take place. Taking it
all in all, however, and considering the
large number of persons in town and the
different elements that naturally come
together upon all such occasions, We are
pleased to say that The whole affair pass
ed off in a remarkably quiet, w~ell-behay-
ed and orderly manner, and very credit
able to the friends of the new church.
May the seed sown at these dedicatory
services produce much fruit to the glory
of God and the cause OF love, truth and
Christianity, and may the usefulness of
its friends be enhanced by the superior
advantages and facilities they now pos
sess in the completion of this new edi-
fee, and although plain and humble in
its structure and finish, it speaks in loud
sentiments to the praise. of the liberality
of the transformations congregation that
will gather within its lately c~onseerated
walls to pay their devotion to Him who
was always s'meek and lowly.o Morali-
ty, thrift and regard for law most abound
in cities and villages where churches are
most numerous; well then may Eaton
itself feel not a smalldegree of satisfac-
ton and pride in this added improve
ment.