The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-21
CORNER STONE LAID
Bishop Wigger Officiates at
the Ceremonies at All
Saints Church Yes
terday.
FATHER KELIY'S ELOQUENT SPEECH
Immense Crowds Surround the
Edifice = Grand Parade Of
Irish and Catholic
Societies.
FATHER KELLY'S ELOQUENT SPEECH

The largest number of people ever as
sembled together in the Lafayette distric
of this city was there yesterday Afternoon
to witness the laying of the corner stone
OF the combination church, school ant
lyceum building of All Saints Parish a
Lafayette and Wilton streets, a com
plete description Of which was published
in Saturdays News
The crowd which surrounded the site OF
the building. which is yet only up to the
first story, was immense, oversiowing tx
the adjacent streets, and when augment
ed by the arrival Of the procession OF
civic societies must have numbered many
thousands. So great was the crowd tina
the police of the Fourth precinct, under
Captain McKaig, found 1t Impossible tc
keep open a for the process
sion until, by direction of Chief Murphy,
ropes were brought into use and stretched
from the electric light posts, thus forcing
the people back, and the required opening
was thus secured. The drawing of the
ropes caused much squeezing, but all took
1t good humoredly and showed no resent
ment. The procession was formed and
the route ~traversed as published in Satur-
days Jersey City News with James
Gallagher Grand Marshal, and Aids James
Murrer. William Barry. Andre j. Dono-
AN, 7. D.; Sullivan and Thomas Reilly.
blshop Wlgger, Vicar General OiConnor
81 u. 5osephss parish, and Chancellor
Thomas A. Wallace, were received at The
Newark and New York Railroad Station
sc van Horn street and escorted to All
Meehan. No. 1853 Pacific avenue. Where
from the stoop they. with Mayor Pagan
q A aeposen: sb reviewed the paraders.
Bishop Wigger and his attendant priests.
vicar General O'Connor, Chancellor Thos'
a; wallace, James Sinot, James Whelan.
Snarde1s !; kelly. porning, Sullivan, S. G.
Harpes. S. J. Harlin, James J.. Sheehan'
j y Boylan and Joseph HI. Meehan. at,
alred N thelr vestments, and preceded by
q NUMBER OF acolytes. preceded to the
bullcing- The basement walls being
completed, they We're planked over. pro-
wong a platform the entire size of the
mltted to its full capacity. Al the wes-
leIiy enu was a raised rostrum. upon
s Mhirn inc fo, clergy were seated during the
ID the centre of this platform was the
Bisnopss chair surmounted by a large
Arriving at the building the clergy nro-
gcee9ed frst to the raised platform and
Pdlo homage to the cross, thence TO the
a srnpfins CORNER Of the building where
lIontlns poth on Lafayette and White
streets, the corner stone was laid This
was performed by Bishop Wig
s snd; VINO was attired in purple vestments
ana wore a purple .beretfa. The Bishop,
with the same retinue of priests then
pdssed around the entire platform hIess-
in FL me walls INC consecrating them.
and the Bishop taking his seat henoatb
P In efoss, a sermon was delivered by
A ~ Cnariss J Kelly of Hoboken.
project y was 'sa con only q few months ago the
ana invocation of All Jain of Gnd's
efta ~ round a new parish in Lafay-
riek's. paiish Of 81. Pat
We are here today, he continued "a
atlend n laying of the corner stone ~
me nrsl OF a series of buildings which
VIII eventually be erected in this narisb
undef the good priest who has heen san+
mere TO administer TO the wants Of fhe
people and be their guide and protector
r,ho psopie are enabled to see him as one
wuo comes with authority to teach and
rue tnem, but in receiving this priest
they might not have thought of the grest
Work they win be called upon to DO to
VIII have to perform. or of the saeri6oas
,ney Will have to make to strengthen HE
hands in his good work, a work which al
inust recognize who believe in God. the
immortality Of the soul and the eternal
destiny of all. The priest comes as tha
protector of the widow and father Of fha
a and he should be received in the
same sam spirit That the word of God is re-
whoie souled cooperation.
EVERY offering will no doubt involve
great sacrifice, but with the great love
of Christ within you it will MOI he d;aic,,it
70 attain the desired end, the rearing Of
an institution for the education and chi
ture OF the first Of Gods gifts, the little
cnlldren. We all remember the sweet
scene in the Lords life when He said
-SufIer nttle children to come unto me
ana Forbid them not for such is the King
dom or Heaven" We are all bound to
Jill FORM h ~ -
clear for children to come to him None
Ct US will fail to tremble when we see
Chr1st the defender of the children. when
the nenediction was changed to maladic-
lion against all those who would lead
those little ones from the true knowledge
OF GOD OF whom they are the first heirs
You Will escape the maladiction by in
are 500, 600 children in the 5000 catbol;cc
institutions in the United States. costing
TO build and equip more than $4,000 mn
ana Slo,ooO ,ooo yearly for their support.
BY the erection of this building for .
parochial school the people OF this seq
ton show they are in touch with fhe
re,gnIng sentiment Of the land.
IN parocnial schools can be learned what
can pc accomplished by God, and children
are there taught to love and serve God
and When this principle is grounded into
I men, yves t they grow up good Christian
pure life. 1t is through the heroism and
sacrifices of priests that these sechools
nave been established, in fact thew have
been built upon the bones Of heroism
THESE priests have given their lives to
these schools, they hav not cared
whether their lives were long or short
so long that while they lived thew rro,
tected the children from infidelity and
materialism and brought them up to live
true lives.
If q support the school your saeri-
ices will be great, but you will be re-
Warded a hundred fold. They army navy
poorhouses and other public institutions
nave their chaplains but the public
schools have none. Why should they not
have chaplains as we'll as other institn-
tons, especially when their object is the
instruction of the young. In those schools
the name Of GOO does not enter except on
the dollar with which you pay your tax
es. In almost every parish there is now
q parochial school and those here TODAY
from other parishes SHOULD remember
what assistance the people of LAFAYETTE
have given them in building their schools
and fully ~reciprocatean
Father Kelly concluded with a glowing
eulogy of Father Meehan and an earnest
appeal to all to heartily cooperate with
him in his efforts and thus secure for
All Saints parish a school replete with
every requisite for training the young ia
the admiration and glory Of God.
but not before contributing literally to
/ the building fund the several priests
passing through the crowd with baskets
in which they collected goodly sums.
In the corner stone was deposited a fin
box containing copies of THE Jersey
City, News" and other papers, a trans
| cript of the names Of the Pope. the
the clergy taking part in the ceremonies
IHof fha day and sDecfnanS of TT.fI~S