The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-06-23

"r"dt sacrifice which Jesus offered TO
His heavenly Father in bloody man
IL, va the heights Of Calvary. To say
Mass the priest must be fasting from
midnight ON Sundays he often has
TO say two Masses. preach and give
instructions while fasting Perhaps he
Is In charge of some distant mission,
mas to drive miles over impossible
| roads in the heat of summer, or the
/ Gold OF winter. Thus it may often
happen that the priest must wait until
/ the afternoon before q bit of food
| crosses his lips.
.- lhen again think of the sick calls.
! Inc catholic priest must be ever ready
10 attend the sick and dying, it mat
ICIS not II the patient be suffering
rom SMALLPOX, cholera or some other
dread disease. He win go obedient to
Sne summons even at the peril of his
Another source of trials to the
priest IS the keeping of his promise of
obedience made to his bishop In con-
sequence of this view ne must be ever.
ready 10 80 where the ordinary may
be pleased To- send him. He may love
place, post, d church, a brother
priest with whom ne is associated:
still. when the bishop summons him t6
some other position he must go. no
matter what his attachment and pref
erences may be.
But, however much the trials and
tribulatiOns of the priest, Gods grace
shall never be wanting to sustain and
strengthen him. Our Lord promised
this when He said to the apostles and
their successors in the priesthood.
Behold L am with you all days even
to the contamination of the world And
when st. Paul asked the Lord that He
might take away the trials that amict-
ed him, the answer came from heaven:
My grace is sufficient for thee
And now, in conclusion, dear
friends and members of st. Joseph-s
congregation, permit me to cOngratu-
late you on having produced other
priests to serve at the altar of the
Most High. Nearly twenty-five years
ago you were assembled here on a.
similar occasion. Then two of your
sons, who are still among the living,
offered up in your midst their first
Holy sacrifice. One of them is Rev.
kuebler. pastor of st. JOSeph'S church,
Massillon; the other is Rev. George
F. Houck. the very efficient Chancellor
of the Diocese of Cleveland. Both are
al the altar and ornaments of this do
cese. Priestly vOcations are the best
proofs of a congregations faith and
piety. Let me also congratulate the
worthy brothers and sisters and reld-
tives of the young levite. It's a happy
day on which a priest is born into the
family. If, as Sacred Scripture says.
an entire household is blessed by a good
servant, how much more will it not be
blessed by a priest, the dispenser of
Gods benediCtiOn?'
Turning and facing the young priest,
the speaker said:
Finally, permit me to felicitate YOU
beloved young priest, on this most au-
spicious occasion. The long years OF
study and struggle have at Fast come
to an end, and you have reached the
bright goal of Gods altar. -Ou are q
priest of the Most High. Oh, that your
parents might have lived to see this
day! But though absent in the tleFn,
they are present in spirit, especially
your good mother, who before her death
provided the chaliCe you are about to
hold aloft to the living God. May this
hour add to their bliss in heaven! And.
now, noble priest, arise and proceed to
the altar. Angels hover round yOu;f
the spirit of father and mother is near
you. The prayers of an entire cOngre-
cation accompany you. May this be the
beginning of a long life of priestly Ia
bors spent in the service of God for
the good of souls in time and eterni-
ty."
At the conclusion of the mass the
young Ievite made few remarks, dur
ing which he heartily thanked all
present for the interest they manifest
ed in the occasion in which he was the
principal, and the manner in which he
delivered himself of the we'll chosen
and appropriate words convinced all
who heard him that he will develop in
to an excellent pulpit orator.
After the Angeles was prayed, by
the congregation, the young priest be
slowed his blessing upon relatives and
invited guests, all of whom approached
the Chancel rail.
The service over relatives and in
vited guests repaired to the Ursuline
where an elegant banquet
was served. Among the guests pres
ent were more than one hundred rela-
tives from all parts of the United
States, besides Sister Mary Ursula and
Sister Mary Otillia, sisters of the young
priest and more than 200 relatives and
friends from the city of his bOyhoOd.
In the evening, VesDers, one of the
prettiest ceremonies of the church
was celebrated by the new priest. and
again the edifice was filed. The
priests present on the altar were.
Revs. Kuebler, George F. and Freder-
ick A. HOuck, Puetz, Farrar and klee-
kamp. At the conclusion of the SER
vice the young priest invited those who
desired it to come forward and re-
assembIage accepted the invitation.
Rev Frederick A. Houck was born
in this city April ;, 1866. and is son OF
the late Mr.. and Mrs. John Houck. He
spent the last fourteen years at school,
preparing himself for the priesthood,
and his constant hard.wOrk eliminated
in his ordination, which took place in
Cleveland Saturday. The last five
years, excepting the period between
last February and his ordination, were
spent in a Jesuit seminary in Valken-
burg. Holland. The ceremony attend
ant upon the saying of his first mass
will long be remembered as one of the
bright pages in the history of St. Jo-
;eph's church. He will remain in Tiff
So nd vicinity about ten days, after
which he will begin active duty
n ST. AIMS church, Delphos, sue
feeding Rev. Joseph b. Alien,
Who also said his first mass in
st. Joseph's church a few years ago
md who, for a time, acted as assist
Int priest of st. JOsephs. Rev. Alien
las been given full charge of con-
yregation in another part of the do
;ese.
THE RIVER OF TIME.