St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-08
DEDICATED TO CHRIST.
Bishop Grace Consecrates st. James'
Church.
HIGH MASS CELEBRATED.
Description Of the New Temple and
Some Facts About the Progress
of Christian Work.

st. James church (Catholic) corner
Juno and View streets, was dedicated
yesterday. The ceremonies, which
were very impressive, BEGAN at 1880 a.
m, Bishop Grace offici ating, assisted
by Father Stanley, of the cathedral;
Father Rynda, of st. Stanislaus'
church; Father Stariha, of st. Francis
de Sales church, and Father Mahoney,
of the House of the Good Shepherd.
The dedicatory services began outside
the church. There the clergy, attired
in their sacred robes, formed process
sion, and, preceded by the bishop, vested
in cape and mitre, and crozier in hand,
marched around the church, chanting
prayers of dedication. The procession
then passed into the church and to the
sanctuary. When the Litany of the
Saints had been chanted, the procession
was formed again and made the circuit
of the interior of the church, invoking
blessings on the sacred temple. When
the dedicatOry services were over,
vast throng of people, who had been pa
tiently waiting without. were admitted
to the church, and in few moments
every pew was filled.
High mass was then sung, Father
Rynda being the celebrant; Fathers
Stanley and Mahoney, deacon and sub
deacon, respectively; Father Stariha,
assistant deacon and attendant at the
throne, and Father Conway, master of
ceremonies. The sermon was preached
by Father Stanley, whose text was:
Behold the tabernacle of God with
NELL" ''In these words" he said, Ibid
the apostle st. John describe Gods
kingdom, and the words of the apostle
find true application in Gods temple.
Each church raised to Gods honor is
one more tabernacle of God to men, one
more place on earth
WHERE GOD SHALL. ABIDE.
ave are privileged this morning to
dedicate a new and beautiful structure,
a place where Gods sacrifice shall be
offered up day after day, from which
shall go forth graces most plentiful.
The dedication of churches to the honor
of God dates back to the origin Of the
human race. The first temple was the
garden of Eden, where God came and
walked with Adam. Later it was
stone in the field. conSecrated in a GER
tain way and on which sacrifices were
offered. Afterwards God dwelt in tents.
Finally a command went forth that
there should be built temple high up
on the mountain, which should be dedi-
Gated with great ceremony. In Chris
tian times that, prefigured i'll the old
diSpenSation, has received all its per-
fections, and whenever church is built
these days it is cOnsecrated by special
prayers, and, once dedicated to Gods
honor, it would be proclamation to devote
it to any other use. What is the signif-
canoe of this? Is it that God needs any
particular place of worship, or that he
should establish a kind of ObServa-
tory? No, not that, but God
is the Emanuel, and he wishes
to have a certain abiding place.
IT'S not the elegance of the interior or
the beautiful architecture that gives to
the church its sacredneSs, that makes it
worthy of our respect. A material
structure may be magnificent in pro-
portion and design, but that is not
what makes it dear to the Catholic.
Take away the blessed sacrament and
the church Immediately loses its char
acter as a sacred structure, but place
that in the veriest hOvel and immedi-
ately that hOvel assumes a character of
grandeur. Yes, God is in every church
under the
APPEARANCE OF BREAD AND WINE,
and whenever a church is dedicated to
God we may truly repeat the words Of
Solomon: i have sanctified this place
and made it holy. Here shall my eyes
be; here my heart This church is but
one of thousands of beautiful structures
that dot the earth, in which the faithful
meet day after day, and in which the
holy sacrifice is offered up from the
rising to the setting of the sun"
Father Stanley, at this point gave
short history of the church from the
birth of Christ to the present time, and
said: 1.-THE old church goes on as ell
ergetically and as powerful for good as
ever. Here is an indication of her vi
tally. Why has this church been
built? Because the number of adhe-
rents of the church has be-
come so great that the other
churches could not accommodate them.
Forty-five years ago this state was the
home of the savage and one priest was
miuiStering to the wants of all. Thirty
years ago there was but one Catholic
church in st. Paul, the cathedral. But
ten years ago. in this parish, there were
but two Catholic families; now there
are two or three hundred. A few years
more and it will be necessary to build
churches further out, and i'll short
time ST. Paul will number as many
Catholic churches as any metropolis of
the East"
st. James church is a handsome
structure of red brick, its dimensions
being 30XS0 feet. The style of archi-
lecture is modern and quite handsome.
The floors are of white oak and the
walls hard-finished. There are four
rows of pews and two isles. The gal
lery is large enough to accommodate a
number of the congregation besides the
choir. The main altar is one of the
handsomest in the city. 1t is of the
pointed style of architecture, pure
white in color. and adorned with gold
trimmings, and the floor of the sanctu-
airy is covered with heavy Brussels car
pet. The pastor is Rev. John J. Con-
way. formerly professor at st.
Thomas seminary. Services will be
celebrated in the new church hereafter
every Sunday morning at $50 and 10
o'clock.
NAMED IJNSEED OIL,