Daily Republican., 1880-09-27
LAYInaA CoRNEk sroHE.
rhe PrSposednsw Cashsyle Cnurch
at Ashland - The Corner Baons
Lay ing ON SUNDAY.

Il
Lay ing ON Sunday.
A special train left this city for Ash
land on the D. W. K. r., yesterday af
terhoon, taking about 300 psrsous, In
cluding Al Of the a. o. H. aud SO Of St
Paul's Beneficial Society, to attend tn,
corner stone laying Of st. Patrick's Ro
man Catholic church at that place. Th,
attendance altogether was 705.
Rt. Rev. Thomas A. Becker, BishoI
Of the Diocese of Delaware, officiated
and was assisted by Rev. Fathers Kelley
McGrenna, Taylor, Fallon and Kelley
In the ceremonies incident upon filling
and closing up che cavity in the stone,
The edifics will stand on the rosd
leading from Ashland station, about a
mile and half from the station itself.
II will be 40 feet wide, 90 feet deep,
and l6 feet from floor to ceiling.
The RI. Rev. Bishop in his address,
among other things, said
The stone was laid for the purpose Of
giving to those OF the vicinity the op.
portunity to erect church in which
they might Worship God after the man.
ner of their fathers to bend the knee
before the altar Of tho same church bs-
fore which over 100000, 900 of Chris.
tians are bending. II must bs recel.
lected that the service is something
more than civil ceremony, it is replete
with religious instruction.
Unless we can speak after the man.
ner of the ancient prophet, and say
thus saith the Lord" unless we can
speak by divine authority we are
nothing more than men, and anless We
can show tae authority We have no
right to speak. Admitting this, the
work we are engaged in is the work of
Jesus Christ. We speak after the
manner Of the ancient prophet; the
words Of the Lord bave come to us. II
is therefore that the church claims
such superior power. The Church
was not established by man. It comes
from God, for Christ says
81 shall found my Church, and the
gates Of hell or the power of darkness
ohhli uOb PtcNblt hkhluBt IL.
No man will fail to see.that this object
was to bring from on high the teaching
power to direct men to gain souls for
iod.
Christ's coming was but one idea in
he divine plan to effect this transao.
ion. In order to teach man that he
vas something more than mortal.
;hrist performed many miracles. In
he face Of this fact yeu are not to form
of your own. You are
'ound to listen and do as He says.
In saying 81 will be with you al.
Vsys," has He fulfilled his promise 2
icing Divine He could not make u
romise and break it. For what other
hurch can look over the lapse of ages
nd claim to be universal or all Cath
lie. This claim of the Catholic church
ONES down from the Apostles. No
ther society can 60 back to the very
ays ofthe Apostles and show with the
anne clearness that our country does
hen it says it Is the same thai was
ecognized by Great Britain as an in
ependent nation.
Unless o church can show credentials
cannot claim this sanctity. We can
low our Apostolic origin and show our
'lves to be church born OF a Divine
romise.
"It is for q representative church of
lis Divine organization that this cor
or stone is laid, and laid under the Q
anne of an Apostle Of the church and
? the same dedicatOry preaching
hich Christ himself handed down as
! eternal legacy. We can show our {
sdentials. We cannot force men to o
'lieve, bat We ask all 10 examine and I
refully consider.
In conclusion, he spoke to the con- G
egation upon the necessity of their n
,rkiug hard. 1t was not q favor to a
m, he said, 70 receive lot which Il
ID been presented to the church and b
building covered with debt. He did b
It believe in thstching churches with
,rtgages. He did not want it 80. b
r would he take it. Heretofore he a
d to saddle the responsibility Of Il
urch debts made over to him in lust te
ch gifts. He did not take such ues-
nable kipd Of giving, and he would ia
t take the church unless 1t was free Il
debt. gi