The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-10-03
THE CORNERSTONE LAID
WITH FITTING CEREMONIES.
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other organizations certainly did them
selves proud and deserve credit for
the way everything passed off. The
successful laying of the corner stone of
the church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton augurs well for its future.
AT CHURCH GROUNDS.
The assemblage of people upon the
new church grounds, when the partici-
pants of the parade arrived there, num-
bered several thousand, and within a
radius of a quarter of mile there was
sea of heads and faces, and all avail
able lawns and porches and windows of
neighboring residences were covered
thckly with people There was a rush
ing, surging, eager crowd to witness the
cornerstone service and when the ar
ragements were finally observed for
the laying of the stone, the crowd CEN
tered itself about the front of the
grounds,
AS the visiting clergy arrived from the
parade they vested in the parlor of a
neiEhboring family of the congregation,
and from that place headed by the altar
boys with staff they started in process
sion for the scene. of the ceremonies.
A strong flooring had already been laid
upon the finished foundation, which was
strong enough to bear the weight of any
number of visitors In the rear of the
flooring where the chancel and altar
shall be constructed large white cross,
emblematic OF the church had been
raised, and this was covered with a fine
silken cloth, and as the procession
wound its way through the dense crowd
and stepped upon the floor they visited
the scene of the cross and in prayer
honored the sacred emblem. The cor
nerstone had been placed in readiness
with a derrick for uplifting and for the
secretion of the box which it was to con-
tain, and after few minutes the cele-
brants of the occasion, with the off,
ciating clergymen, stepped forward to
the northwestern corner of the flooring
where the cornerstone was in readiness
for them The solemn ritual of the
Catholic church observed on an occa-
sion of this character was read and
chanted preliminary to the addresses to
be delivered. The special services con-
tinued for probably half an hour when
several men worked the derrick, raised
the stone, and with due realization of
the sacredness of the occasion the cop
per box containing the papers which
were to be sealed in the stone were
handed forward by Rev. Father Ar
mould and by the Rev. Mgr. Thorpe
placed in the receptacle cut out for the
same and the stone was lowered and
the simple ceremonies of the sealing of
the contents thereof were completed.
The box was about three inches high
and possibly eight inches square and
contained copies of the News-Democrat
and of other local papers, documents
relating to the construction of the new
church and other papers relating there
to, with a number of odd coins and a
statement on parchment concerning the
event of the laying of the cornerstone
with the names of all the participants
thereto. The stone was probably two
feet square and about ten inches high.
On it's front were the words "Immacu-
late Conception School" On the side
c nOrI1raS
tober 1st."
When the derrick had returned to it's
place Rev. n. Pfeil, rector of st. Peters
church in Cleveland, stepped forward
and began speaking in the. German Ian
guage, first reading portion of letter
from Bishop Horstmann, in which he
stated his reason for not being able to
appear on this occasion.
Rev. Pfeil is a most eloquent and
forceful speaker and his remarks,
though addressed in German, were un-
derstood bv a goodly portion of the per-
sons present, impressing them with
their worth and meaning. He referred
to the biblical passage that church be
built upon rock and not upon the sand,
if it is to stand the onSlaughtS and
washing of the furious waves. He be-
lieVed that the proper school education
of the Catholic church was the funda-
mental principle of its religion, that it
was deep rooted in the child with the
when grown to manhood or womanhood
it had grown so strong and deep heart
ed with the church member that 1t can
only stand for good He said the
school was the cornerstone of the
church, the ground for the upbuilding of
the church, and that children and mem
bers as we'll must be informed of the
grand scope of it's fundamental princi-
pies if they desired to become faithful
in their religion Religion is the light
of the world, and the school is the foun-
dation of the church, and we cannot do
awav with the school. Religion is
founded upon the school and the proper
education Of our children, and they
must be properly instructed so that
they adhere to the principles of our re-
ligiOn. The father or mother cannot,
does not take time to teach the child
what it should know, nor has every
parent the education to do this There
fore it is devolved upon our teachers
who are trained to do this work that the
children are taught the fundamental
terially in it's inculcation to spread the
principles. For two thousand years the
Catholic church has had the school as a
foundation for its religion. If you have
the proper education of the child and
have built up the soul, the body will
come out all right
you have built q school in this beau
tiful city of Canton before you thought
of church; history repeats that where
a school is built the church follows, and
where there is a church there is also a
school. A great trust has been imposed
your congregation here in the erection
of this new church, and admonish you
to stand by your church and your pas
tor, and succeed In carrying 1t only fur
ther. The proper school education will
further your church work and member
ship and extend to you my good wishes
for your success in this new enterprise"
MGR. THORPE SPEAKS.
At the close of the address of Rev.
Pfeil, Rt. Rev. Mgr. Thorpe, of CleVe-
land, stepped forward and addressed
the assemblage in the English Ian
guage. Before proceeding with his ad-
dress he read the latter portion of the
letter from Bishop Horstmann ad-
dressed to Father Treber in which he
sent his best wishes for the carrying on
of the work just begun and wished the
congregation the utmost success in the
construction of the church, admonish-