Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-07-03

first story OF the new building, and was
furnished with pulpit and a throne
covered with canopy, decorated with the
national colors.
When His Eminence arrived he was es-
corted TO his throne by Rt. Rev. Bishop
Harkius and Rev. Fathers Devine and
McGee.
The programme OF exercises was as
follows: Overture, American Band; in
vocation by His Eminence Cardinal GiD-
bons; "Emitte Spiritum," choir; sermon
by Rev. Father Kinnerney of this city I;
selection 10y American and National
Bands; blessing and placing of the corner
stone by His Eminence the Cardinal !;
"Pope Leo's Jubilee Hymn" choir chorus,
"Holy God. We praise Thy Name;"
benediction by the Cardinal.
The services In connection with the lay
ing OF the corner stone were very impress
sive and in accordance with the ritual Of
the Catholic Church.
The discourse by Father Kinnerney was
a magnificent effort and was delivered In
a mastery manner. II Is given here in
full:
al was sick and you visited me."-Matt.
XIV, 80.
Brethren, Fellow atnolics-Divine Provi.
dence beams brightly today over the home
OF Roger Williams. The Viking ship OF Eric
mas again touched the shores OF Rhode i-l.
and and the escutcheon OF our little State.
bearing the heavenly motto, slope" never
before shone so brilliantly.
N IN
cunning, sinful devices OF men, and the
founders OF Rhode Island built more wisely
than they know when they called their
chief city "Providence," and placed on the
banner OF the state the Christian Cath.
oiic motto. slope"
Christ re,gps IN his church ;-"Behold am
man Catholic and Apostolic Church has for
tho first time In tho history OF our state per.
formed a religious ceremony OF great i'm
portance. II 10 has laid the corner stone OF "A
magpihc hospital for the poor OF Jesus
Christ. "l was sick snd you visited ue, for
as long rs ye did II 10 one OF the least OF my
bre heIn ye did II 10 me-"
Christ must re,sn IN his church. The
church of ages has come To you again In all
her glory, and whore the baptist never
dreamed OF seeing "A Romanist. the very
heart blood--tho very cardinal red blood OF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS publicly before your
eyes, performing sweetly and mildly In the
spirit of has master the very works OF charl.
" which the Church OF Rome performed In
the ages OF falth.
Yes, Catholics Of Providence, you seheld
before you todav In the person of this q eat
Cardinal, the victorious defender of "the
faith of our fatl ors" aud living proof OF
"our Christian herit lge."
A Cardinal, or AS Shakespeare would put
II, A Loid Cardinal-a wonderful word In
the wo,id's history, for they have truly been
the mightiest men "who ever lived the
tide OF time"
The very mimic siege and Its greatest nc.
tors like Edwin Booth, peace 10 his ashes,
have made you quite familiar with the name
of n Wolsey and "A Richilieu. The word Car.
dinal, by v strange freak of Divine PIovi.
dence, III may so speak, seems to have
dominated even our own day OF scientific
enlightenment and paterialistie progress.
OF our own day from ithe English speaking
Protestant world more potent for good,
more honored and more universally revered
than those OF Manning. Newman and CAB.
bons. And should the great search light of
the human heart be cast on these United
states tonight there would appear To- your
astonished gaze the figure of Cardinal Glib.
bons, A merica's first and best citizen, the
best loved man on the continent, the 'riend
OF labor, the victorious defender Of the faith
rhe helper lof the poor. the model priest
the humble, mild and gontlnhearted man
who IL here To bless you and your noble
ted work OF Christian charity.
ellis nature IL gentle, but the elements are
so well combined In him that all the world
may arise aud say, This Is q man OF Cod
Welcome, then, thrice welcome TO this
happy and prosperous diocese, and may di.
vine Providence shower stili creator bles.
sings on you after today for the good OF
vour beloved country and the welfare OF the
st. Augustine says "Tbat hospitals have
their origin In the truth OF religion; and so
they have for the Roman Catholic Church IL
the mother and founder OF them.
johnson used To say "That the real cri.
terion OF civilization consisted I'm the degree
of provision made for the happiness OF the
poor" and In this regard the Roman Catho.
lie Church IL the mother OF civilization--the
great civilizing power OF the world.
No ancient Legislator ever proposed hos
pitaI for the poor or innrn. The Greeks
were ignorant OF the name OF an hospital, as
were the Romans.
The word "Nosocomiun" was first EN-.
ployed by 81. Jerome and 81. Isadore.
Neither the religion nor the philosophy OF
Greece and Rome tended 10 the comfort OF
the poor, and In this respect Paganlsm was
Throughout the vnst regions of MoguI
China and India the use OF hospitals IL I'M
known to this day.
and institute OF mercy existing In the world
~ OF Christian origin, direct or Indirect, and
this proves the divinity OF Christianity.
The same kind OF proof may be brought "a
show that the Catholic religion Is the one
true form of hiistianity.
No doubt many Protestants have been con.
spicuous for philanthropy. but as Protes
tants have preserved much or the Catho.
lie belief we need not be surprised to find
this belief producing Its natural fruit IN
It is true, however, the Catholic Church
has lapored for the souls ard bodies OF men
to an extent unknown In other systems, and
ProtestaDts offer an unconscious testimony
To the superioii ity OF the Catholic religion by
initiating many OF It's Institutes for the re.
lief Of the poor and needy.
In the year $50 the FIRST hospital I'm the
West was founded by Fabiola, devout Ro.
man lady, without the walls OF Rome. 81.
Jerome says expressly that this was tho
"frst OF all"
The Pilgrim hospital In Rome also became
celebrated.
In the year $50 Zoticus, who had followed
Constantine to Bysantium, established In
that city under his protection al hospital
for str angers and pilgrims,
The earliest hospitals In the middle ages
appear TO have been founded by Monks from
Ireland, or from Irish monasteries else.
where.
The good work was greatly promoted by
Alcuin, himself AN Engl,shman, who seems
to heve Influenced lCharlemagne In this di.
section, and to have encouraged bishops TO
found hospitals In their dioceses.
The first hospitals were bishops houses.
The lalty were not reDiss In this work
still the bishops always led the way.
Whether hospitals were endowed by
clerics or lay people, they were always
placed under the juris iction OF the Church.
Tsis poist OF history 10 settled In the East
by the ord nances of JustiRian, and In tho
West by Charleinagne and by The DEGREES OF
The most famous hospitals In the world
are the Santo Spirltu in Rome, the Hotel
Dieu IN Paris. founded In the seventh centu
~, the largest and finest iu the world, coves,
ing I'VE acres. the Hotel Dieu In Lyons
Uododed Ia the sixth century, almost equal
tot
In London the II. Bart holomaw, founded
A. -, l102, The bethlehem, A. u. 12i7, the st.
Thomas, A. ID. l9lJ
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