Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-01
C0NSECRATED TO RELIGION.
DEDICATION OF THE CATHEDRAL OF
THE BLESSED SACRAMENT.
The Ceremony witnessed by an Immense
Throng-Father Bouchards
Eloquent Sermon.

The Ceremony Witnessed by an Immense
Throng-Father Bouchard's
Eloquent Sermon.
The Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacra-
ment, Just finished in this city by Right
Rev. Bishop Manogue-and which has
been quite fully described in the REcoRps
UNIoN-was dedicated yesterday in the
and members of the Catholic clergy. Long
before the hour fixed upon for the COM
mencement of the exercises an immense
throng of people assembled in the vicinity
and swarmed upon the broad steps leading
up to the three main front entrances.
There was a long and tedious delay in
opening the doors while awaiting the
the Young Mems Institutes of Marysville
and Grass Valley. But the people waited
and suffered for two long hours, SO great
was the desire to see and hear the ceremo-
LlCo dtASAldohl uJO1 lAC OCNlCatlOA VI the
noble structure, the interior of which but
few had seen.
At IL o'clock the visitors, escorted by the
local Institutes and the First Artillery
Band reached the building, when the door
of one of the entrances was opened. The
first admitted were the young girl members
of the Society of the Children of Mary, who
entered in double file, carrying beautiful
banners. and led bv their President, Miss
Louise Conrad. They were assigned to
seats on the left-hand side of the cathedral
Then followed the procession of the
clergy, numbering twenty. seven, headed
by Bishop Manogue, with the sanctuary
boys twenty-five IN number) leading the
way and dressed in their neat robes of
white, with purple capes. The procession
moved slowly up the central aisle, while
the organ, in the loft above the main en-
trance and under the skillful manipulation
of Mrs. G. E. Brand, pealed forth in sonor-
GUS tones a solemn march. All of the
clergy, except five who closely attended
the Bishop, took seats on either side of the
altar and the boys were seated Just within
the Chapcel-rail. Bishop Manogue wore
elegant pOntifcal vestments of a light
golden hue, as did also Father Grace, the
Deacon, and Father Hsupts, the sub-Dea-
con. The two other assistants were the
Very Rev. Father Lynch, and Father
Hynes, of Woodland, the latter officiating
as Master of Ceremonies. Among the vis-
iting clergymen were the Superior of the
Jesuit Order, Very Rev. Father Sasia, and
four others of that Order, representation
from the Dominicans, and beside those
already mentioned, the Very Rev Father
Dalton, Rev. Tanham, Coleman, Tormey
Quinn, Kennedy, Scanlan, McSweeney,
McNally, King and others.
The dedication ceremony, proper, was
brief and very simple, and was conducted
by the Bishop in front of the altar, at
tended by his five assistants. At the con-
cluSion thereof the Bishop with the two
Deacons) and led by the sanctuary boys
descended to the main floor and made the
circuit Of the hall, repeating prayers and
sprinkling with holy water the walls.
Then the doors were thrown open to the
multitude, and in less than minute every
seat in the vast church was filled, as were
also the aisles, the vestibule and the steps
leading up to the affairs.
Then the pontiical high mass was COM
menced, and the special choir of thirty
voices was heard for the first time.
During the singing of the mass ('Farm-
ers, in B flat the Italian military COM
pany fired several salvos outside the church
The sololsts at both morning and evening
services were Mrs. Coppersmith and Mrs.
hinross, sopranos: Misses Pullman, Shee-
han, Scsniker, altos; Messrs. r. Cobn and
II. Blair, tenors, and Mr.. Genshlea, bass
During the progress of the mass and
while the Bishop was not himself at the
altar he occupied q seat on the north side
of the inclosure, near the chancel-rail, sur
, rounded by his assistants. When the
time for the sermon was reached, priest
escorted the orator Eathar RprnhorI
across the cathedral to where the Bishop
sat. The aged missionary prelate knelt
reverently before his Grace, who placed
his hand upon the silvered head of Father
Bouchard and gave him his blessing. The
latter then, with the grace of Courtier,
raised the Bishops hand in his, and gently
bending forward kissed it reverently, after
which he rose and was led across to the
pulpit, which he ascended alone. After
making few announcements, he entered
] upon the delivery of his sermon in clear,
loud and well modulated tones. Father
BoDchard is known far and wide for his
piety, learning and grace of language, ard
he was listened to with deep interest. The
ease with which he was heard, even to the
utmost limits of the cathedral, showed
that the acoustic properties OF the structure
are excellent. Following is
THE OBLIGATORY SERMON.
This is no other but the house of God and
the gate of Heaven. Genesis xviii, H.
My brethren, you have no doubt heard or
read with what pomp and splendor solomon
and his people dedicated the grand and match
less temple of Jerusalem to the thrice holy and
immortal Jehovah. vast multitude of Jews
from the entrance of Emath to the river of
Egypt and all of Israel with their King at their
head, stood before the Lord during fourteen
days all the ancients with the princes of the
tribes and the heads of the families. were as
sembed to King Solomon in Jerusalem, that
they might carry the ark of the covenant of
the Lord out OF the city of David-and all the
ancientS and priests took up the ark and carried
it and the tabernacle of the covenant, and all
the vessels OF the sanctuary, and brought it un-
to its place, into the oracle of the temple, into
the holy OF holieS, under the wings of the chru-
BIN; and they sacrificed sheep and oxen, that
could not be counted or numbered two and
twenty thousand, and a hundred and twenty
thousand sheep. In this manner the King of
the children of Israel dedicated the temple of
the Lord: and when the feast was over, Solo
mon sent away the peOpe, and they blessed
the King, and went to their dwellings, rejoicing
and glad in heart, for all the good things that
the Lord had done for David, his servant, and
for Israel, his people. A similar solemnity
has summoned together, on this OCCASION
Bishops, priests and people; the old and the
lyoung; the heads of families and their chill
Vdren: all of whom have assembled here to wit
ness the dedication of this new and beautiful
temple to the Lord our God in the most blessed
and adorable sacrament. No wonder, brethren
tHAt, ike Ine jews OF old, your hearts should
expand with holy joy, and your countenances
reflect the buoyaut gladness of your souls on
seeing the completion of a new temple which
is to be used in the worship and alteration of
your God in the most blessed sacrament
No wonder you should rejoice at seeing new
sanctuary built to religion and to piety, where
you, and your children, and your children's
children, will daily come to offer up your sacri-
fees and prayers and daily draw down those
wholesome aud necessary blessings upon your
selves and them, which God designs in His
mercy to dispense to you within the sacred pre-
cincts of this temple, just dedicated to His
glory. For, brethren, the building which the
lndefatigable zeal of your worthy Bishop and
pastors, and your own piety have reared to the
Lord is no ordinary dwelling; - it is no other
but the house of God and the gate of heaven"
To our Catholic churches, much more than to
the temple of Jerusalem, are applicable the
words which God spoke to solomon after he had
finished that magnificent and mat:hless monu-
ment OF his piety: 81 have chosen and sanctified
this place to myself, that my name may be there
forever; my eyes and ny heart shall be there
always; my eyes shall be open and my ears at
tentiye 10 the prayers of him who shall pray in
this temple. For, peerless as was the temple
OF the Jews, 1t was, after all. no more than a
prophetic type of what our own material
churches should one day be, And truly, breth-
rem, what was all the physical grandeur of the
temple of Jerusalem compared with the spirit
ual beauty OF the smallest and humblest of our
town and country churches, which that physi-
cal beauty embiemed and typifed? What was its
length of three-score, its breadth of twenty, and
its hight of thirty cubits, compared with the
length and breadth and hight of God who
Qelgns daily to I'LL our lowiiest sanctuaries with