Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-06-01
NEWS IN CHURCH CIRCLES
Cornerstone Laying at st.
Joseph's Orphanage.
OLD SWEDES CHURCH ANNIVERSARY
Impressive Ordination Cere-
monies at st. Johns.
a Season of Great Activity Among tho
Churches of This City and Vicinity
what Is Transporting in the Several
Denominations.

for Colorcd Orphans was laid with impress
siye ceremonies Sunday afternoon.
platform formed of lumber, put on the
foundations of the building. was filled
with people and an immense gathering
was assembled in front of it, Many promi
nent citizens were present. The Kew. j. a.
de Ruytcr presided and music was fur
nished by the children under the care of
the st. Joseph Society.
The exercises began with the hymn
Lead Kindly Light, which was followed
by an GRAFTON by NicarEeneral Slatcrly
of Baltimore. The Orphanage. he said,
is a seminary of character, where are sown
the seeds of manlinesS which will tend to
have the orphans grow into sturdy charaC
tiers. 1t will fill the places of dead parents
and more than repay for the loss of bad
fathers and mothers He spoke of the
necessity of Installing sense of duty and
responsibility and the cultivation OF steadi
ness, and said in conclusion:
Here at least the foundations of a future
career Will be laid. One OF the most attractive
peTsonages in sacred Writ was brought up
within the shadow OF Shiloh, refer to samuel,
who was hit as . boy by his mother. Hannah.
in Els care, that he might lie tOstered aud
educated within tho cousecrated precincts.
May these Sisters Of st. Francis prove veritable
Iiannahs to these orphans And God grant
that these boys prove a. Samuels to their race,
leading by their example and in their measure
out OF the chaos OF to-day into an order and
regularity, like TO that which samuel, the
prophet, introduced into Israel
After the cornerstone had been laid,
which ceremony was performed by Bishop
Cnrtis, the hymn Jesus saviour of Ny
Soul'' was sung.
Judge Ball, the next speaker, said in
part:
This IL. believe, the first effort Of tho kind
that has been attempted in our state. True it
is the Ferris Industrial school is open 10 both
white and colored boys, but to Father de kuyter
alone belongs the cretitut building an institil-
ton which means 40 much 10 The helpless ana
homeless waits OF the rnlored people OF our
city and state. In my opinion this work ought
not 10 have been left 10 the charity oI "a pri-
| vttc individual, hut the state which has or
Should have the welfare Of all he, people at
hnnrt, should have recognized the ne csSity of
lust such All institution as his will he, aud pro-
| vided means for building the same, but she
| has neglected many other good things. 50 did
| The Let this opportunity mass by unheeded.
Since the state has failed to do her duty IN this
| respect we, as Dclawarrans aud residents OF
| this city, are glad To have among rs Il man
| who, having his hanrt filled with the mix Of
| human kindness and brothcrly love, had the
| pluck, the energy and the perseverance to ac-
| Conplish almost single hanhed something that
| will DO Of lasting benefit, not only to the col
| ored rnce, but 10 every man, woman and child
| in our midst
Following the singing of the hymn,
Nearer My God to Thee, the multitude
| was addressed by ex.Mayor Harrington,
He said:
Of this character, whether he be OF the CLERGY
or lnymani moi only benefits himself but his
community AT Large. Not only are institution,
Ike This ono n blessing TO city but u has its
effect in all the-lvcnues OF life. Therefore
am glad To bo Identified with tho movement
and | wish it Gods peed | offer my sincere aud
warm congratulations, nos only TO tho church
but 70 mo citizens OF our city that this instll-
ton IL inaugnratod under such favorable
4lspcos aud that on this beautiful sacred day,
INIT IN ihla hopeful opening, we can stand
forth as some tail tree ready TO bud and
blossom and 10 hcar rich fruit.
Next he dwelt on the relations Of the
people of this community To institutions
Of this kind and to all churches and con-
Cluded as follows.
lsit not, therefore, in tho short time allotted
to " mere, our Abliga'on and sncred rcapOns-
hliiy ns citizens IN the light OF the benefits and
blessings bestowed, To devote a portion Of our
time Rnd means To the elevation of our fellow
men anu the extending OF Christian charities ?
our 70 here Is short and God oxacts some SER
vice Of usin His Kingdom
lriei lie I, here our portion,
Bflel sorrow, short lived care.
The liiB III knows no ending,
fno fearless l,fn is-'lhere--
W. : lotion OF Washington, spoke of
the benefits Of such All institution, Compli-
mentcd Father de ltuytcr and wished him
success in hi, undertaking.
AFTER the singing OF the hymn, 'Hoy
Patron, Father de Ruvter invited the
gathering To come forward and strike the
cutner-stone with a hammer and put an
. Offering in the contribution box, which
? tn"itation many accepted
Regrets we're sent by AmbassRdnr
Baynrd, senator Higgins, William $.
: HILLS, George Brown Iiyor,e Lodge h {;
! Bradford and IewJs e. Vsndnrrtf, Mir
G Bayani letter was acc, n, paniei bv n s,,b.
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