Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-08


The different societies in procession pre-
| sented flbe APP 5arance ard attracted
much attention as thAv marched with
military step down Washington
| avenue to Cedar and Guence 80 the church
| which they reached about II O'Clock. At
11:30 O'Clock the dedication ceremonies
commenced and we're conducted by Bishop
| Grace, aided by Father james McGolyick,
Father Hoban, Father Collins, Father Jer-
am, the pastor, Father Manrus, Father
| Koeherle. of st. Paul, and Father Simcnik,
of Heidelberg. LIE Sueur county. The church
was filled to It's utmost capacity by an in
| terested concourse from Ell parts Of the
city who had come to witness the solemn
services Of the Catholic church on the oc-
casion of defeating a new temple to tn 9
Almighty God.
Precisely at noon, solemn high mass
was celebrated, Father Simonik being the
| celebrant, Father Jeran. deacon,
Father Manrus, o. s. B. subdeacon
and Father Koeberl, master of ceremon-
| les. After the first gospel the last named
| clergyman preached German sermon,
lasting forty-fve minutes, and then the
venerable Bishop Grace stepped to the
front of the sanctuary and preached an
impressive sermon, substantially as fol-
lows: The building We have dedicated is
| not sacred because Of its elegance of
| structure, it is not a mere place of as
sem5ly, where we come together to pray
and to honor God. We need no material
temple to render homage to the Creator.
We can pray to Him in the secret of our
chamber or in public places. We need not
these enclosures to offer the homage of
prayer. We can praise God everywhere
and at all times. We ask favors of one an
other. We honor those who have distin-
guished themselves by their virtuoas &C.
| tions and noble deeds. Asking and
| begging for favors are not in themselves
| religious; they only become so when they
relate to God. There ia q special act Of
worship which cannot be referred to any
but God alone. Go back to the origin of
our race and we will there find that God
Himself ordained supreme act of wor
ship which he stamped with His approval
1t is manifestation of His sovereignty
whereby we ackno Wedge Gods supreme
dominion over all creation. The bishop
referred to the offering of sacrifice by
Abel. Behold Noah after the deluge i'm
mediately offering up to God an acknowl-
edgment OF worship for his preservation.
| Behold the patriarchs down to Moses, who
had certain rites which were
prescribed to be offered up in
| particular manner at certain times with
minute description of everything relat-
ing to them. All these were ordained BY
God him self, showing the complete sub
mission of man to the Almighty power.
What was the mysterious act of worship
| which could apply to God alone? It was
the act Of sacrifice, not of prayer, nor Of
preaching, nor of praise, nor of singing.
These are not essentially religious of them
selves but they become so when referred
to the Divine Being. The act of sacrifice
can be offered only to God. It is of such
a nature that if offered to any creature it
would be a sin of idolatry. What is a
| sacrifice? It is the offerin @
up of something sensible
and destructible in acknowledgment of
our submission to God. The destruction
| indicates that God is master of life and
death. The early sacrifices mentioned
looked forward to and foreshadowed the
great sacrifice on calvary, when the Son of
God offered himself to His Divine Father
for the salvation of man. The sacrifice of
the new law repeats the sacrifice offered on
calvary but in a mystic manner. You
know well that the same victim and the
same high priest who offered himself up
on calvary offers himself up on this alter
by the hands of his human servitor, tie
priest.
The celebration of this great
sacrifice is the privilege
of your temple. Have we not reason to
rejoice at the opportunities afforded us Of
identifying our souls and preparing our
selves for the companionship of the bless
ed in heaven. The venerable prelate spoke
almost inaudibly in the beginning of his
sermon, bat as he went on his voice gradu-
ally rose, and at times he could have been
distinctly heard in every part of the edifce.
The celebrant, Father Simonik, after the
bishop retired, advanced to the railing of
the altar and preached brief sermon in
the Bohemian language and then proceed
ed with the celebration of divine service,
which was concluded about 1:45 p. m.
The local choir, with organ accompani-
ment, chauted the usual church selections,
at the offertory and post communion,
Danz's orchestra gave fine selections ap-
propriate to the solemn occasion.