Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-05-28
COUNTY NEWS.
Dedication.

y great throng. decorations. music.
marchings and religious services stirred
the little town of Midland last Sunday.
the occasion being the dedication of
ST. Joseph's Catholic church, lately
erected there. The presence and
participation of His Eminence, Cardi-
nal Gibbons. lent supreme interest to
the occasion.
The JOURNAL has not space for a
complete detail Of the many organiza-
tionS, movements and exercises, but
all We're under most excellent manage
ment and not hitch occurred to mar
the smoothness and continuity of the
programme.
The Cardinal had spent Saturday
night at tine pastoral residence, Iona
coming, and officiated at the early
services. Later he reviewed the pro-
cession from the residence Of ex- County
Commissioners John OHanly, and from
thence was escorted to Midland, where
he arrived about 1880. The ceremony
of dedication concluded. Rev. }. j.
Dillon, a son of Mrs. G.. Lynch, of
Frostburg, delivered the sermon.
After reading an extract from the 18th
chapter of Genesis. Father Dillon
selected for his text the 18th verse:
how terrible is this place Truly it is
fl,ar hntN tl,N III Il.
gate to heaven.
The two ideas of the teXt-that the
church is the house of God and the
gate to heaven, were we'll brought out.
Synopticaliy the Rev. Father
Prefaced his eXordium by comparison ofthe
present temple built to God and that finished
by King Solomon of old. If Solomon, after
finishing the temple of Jerusalem and PRAYED
God to dwell therein and hear the prayer of
His people, was deserving to hear from the
Most High these words-"I have chosen and
sanctitied this place that my name may be
there forever, and that my eyes and heart
may dwell there perpetually," how much
more reason are we assured of the awful
presence of Jesus Christ in the Sacrament of
His love, the Holy Eucharist III this temple
of which the temple of Jerusalem was but a
figure and type?
1t was shown that the church was the
house of God. Here every act of the priest,
every act of Gods creatures will directly or
indirectly tend to God. Here Gods author
ity, His power, His love, His mercy and His
justice will be made known to you Here
too, will the Sacraments instituted by Christ
be conferred upon you.
1t is the gate of Heaven-bccause in this
place will God furnish you the means of gain
ing eternal happiness The grace purchased
by Christ's sutterings and death will be here
dispensed to you. Here, also, the sacrifice of
Gods own body and blood, that clean obla-
ton spoken of by the prophet Malachias in
the 18th verse of his first chapter will be here
offered, not only while you are living, but
even after you have departed to the world
beyond the tomb After further developing
this idea the Father told his audience to thank
God for the benefits of religion which they
have received and to be loyal to the faith of
their forefatherS, etc.
Mass by Rev. Father Clarke, of
Frostburg, was said before an eHempore
altar outside and Father Boland, Of
Baltimore, addressed the people
The Cardinal also spoke IN terms Of
warm congratulation.
The JOURNAL is indebted to that
warm hearted man, Philip Mcmahon,
for a ticket of admission marked mo.
IT, but an urgent engagement, pre-
yiously made, prevented use of it.