The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-28

to recall. after seventeen years. this
little incident and "The Intermoun-
tain" through Father Kiely. is able
to reprint at this late day the addresses
then read to the two preIates:
Most Reverend Archbishop Riordan
We highly appreciate your visit and
warmly thank you for it, not only be-
cause it is an expression of your be-
nevclence toward us. but especially
since through it you have afforded us
the enviable honor of being the first to
meet you on the threshold of your fu-
ture diocese, and bid you. as we most
heartily do, sincere and cordial well
come.
Although in the past the pleasure and
honor of your personal acquaintance
have been denied to most of us, yet wa
all have heard of your labOrS and Of
your noble qualities of mind and heart,
and have derived therefrom no little
edi1CatiOn Your pTiestly life. which
has been that of an alter Christus of
a true priest Of God. has long since sUf-
ficienty introduced you to US. and has
made us feel that we were already ac-
quainted with the learned. Jealous and
beloved pastor of st. James, Chicago.
| Like your Divine Master, who has
| have gone before you. and have told us
more fOrcibly than words could who
and what you are. The magnificent and
/ beautiful church which you have erect
/ ed and which would be an ornament to
any city in the world; the schools.
charitable and benevolent institutions
4 which Sprang uD and fOuTiShed under
! your guidance and fostering care: these
noble works, so successfully brought to
| completion by means the most COM
] Imendable, stand forth as enduring mon
Uments to your untiring energy and in
defatigable zeal, will perpetuate your
memory and transmit your name to
| generations vet to come.
Nor have we been denied the edfy-
/ ing influence of your works of charity
These works, although commercially
done in secret and by one hand un-
known to the other. have come to light
at last. and have found their natural
expression in that universal wall of sor-
row which so suddenly went up from
YOUR late flock when the news-sad
indeed to them-WaS announced that
thev were to lose their beloved pastor,
their best and most trustworthy friend,
one who cOunseled them in their way
wardness, helped them in their difficult
ties. consOled and sympathized vita
them in their Affections. These express
sions of sorrow, coming from the loving
hearts of those who have known YOU
best. are sufficient for us. and clearly
point you out as a faithful imitatOr and
worthy apostle of Him whose whole life
was spent in going about doing good"
and who shocked and scandalized the
world by his special SOlicitude and love
for the poor and afflicted of our race.
It was, therefore, no surprise to us
when we heard that your talents and
virtues had been at length duly recog-
nized and rewarded by the Sovereign
POntiff in Sa1ectiOer Won for tIe oyoIra1
dignity with which you are invested,
and in appointing you coadjutatOr 10
our venerable and sanity Archbishop,
with the right to succeed him in the
government and administration of one
of the most important, prosperous and
promising dioceses in America. In this
action of the chief pastor we have an
other proof of the ever-abiding presence
of the Holy Spirit promised by Christ
to His Vicar on earth in his high and
holy Office ''of confirming his brethren
and of feeding the lambs and the
sheep"
We, then. congratulate you. Most
Rev. Archbishop. on your elevation to
the exalted and sacred office of the
Eplscopate, and receive you as
worthy successor of the ApOStles-as
one 'auem posuit Spiritus Sauctus
EpiscOpum regere ecclesium Del.
We regret very much that Circum-
ure of presenting your Grace with a
substantial token, adequate to our SEN
tlment and expressions. and in a sense
worthy of your dignity; but. never-he-
less, we cannot allow you to depart for
the Golden Gate without bringing with
you some little mOmentO of your first
visit to the City of the Saints. Although
1t is not gold, it is better than gold. ror
It can make saints, which gold cannot.
II Is a fine, richly bound copy or the
Holy Bible. which we deem though
small, yet an appropriate offering 20
one who has so ably eXpOnnded. So zeaI-
ously defended and so faithfully prac-
ticed its divine teachings
Here. then, at the very entrance TO
your future field of spiritual warfare;
we place in your hands the Sword OF
the Spirit" with confidence that your
Grace Will continue to WELD, i'm the tu-
ture as in the past, boldly and unr7m,
promisingly against error. vice ana
wrong doing. and in defense of truth.
justice and humanity
Accept. most reverend archbishop,
Inese slight expressions of our resaLu
ana reverence for your Grace, ana OS
assured of our good wishes and prayers
.nat your years may be many, peace
lul and happy, and that your IaporS
may fructify hundred fold here anu
TO life eternal hereafter.
Your humble and obedient children
in Christ,
THE PRIESTS OF UTAH.
In conclusion the venerable areh-
bishop of San Francisco was pre-
5ented with an address, as follows:
Most Reverend Archbishop Aiemany'
we consider the present OCCASION;
which brings Your Grace a thousanu
miles to meet your worthy coadJutoI,
Who is to aid you in the deciiniiings
years of long. worthy and holy Llle
n the Epfscopate, an auspicious on., oE
70 us it is doubly so. as it may be tns
asst time you will cheer US in Utah ~
your venerable presence, aid US by YOU
wise counsels and encourage US IN Oa
missionary labOrs by your holy eAa"
pie.
In welcoming you. then. we deem de.,s
llIr Gi1iNr 10. LILDAtet