The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-23

10 STE the great ceremony lnIOuSH-
Surrounding the corner stone by this
time were the following clergymen:
Rt. Rev. Bishop Seaman of Salt Lake,
Rt. Rev. A. j. GlcTieux of Boise, Revs.
ID. Kelly, A. V. Keenan,, r. Kelly, NJ. A.
Kennedy of Salt Lake; Father Joseph
of Baltimore; Rev. w. j. A. Hendricks
of Montpelier, Ida, and Father Roster
of All HallOws college. Boys from st.
AIMS orphanage acted as acoyltes,
crosier and cross bearers and mitre
holder, and were in order Peter Nc
DermOtt, Frank McDonough, John
Egan. Owen McDonough and Ray
Burke. They also had places in the
group, while Architect Neuhausen
stood at the base of the derrick to SUI
perintend the lowering Of the stone into
place.
Lowering the Stone
The usual ceremony was carried out,
the clergymen following the Rubrics of
the church in reading and chanting.
The stone was then slowly lowered
| by hands familiar with the work, and
the cap-half was prepared for the
same purpose Bishop Seaman marked
a cross on each corner of the big rock
| with trowel and a strong box was
| placed in the centre, containing the fol-
| lowing articles: A brief history of the
IL
| to the present written by d. Kiely;
two photographs each of Most Rev. P.
| w. Riordan, archbishop of San Fran
| cisco; Rt. Rev L. Seaman, bishop of
Salt Lake, and Architect Neuhausen;
| copies of The Herald, Tribune News
and Intermountain Catholic; all cards
! responding to the special invitations
sent out by w. P. O'Meara; coins of the
vintage of 1860, including a dollar, half
! oFta
5O-eent piece coined in 1925, presented
by J. Quigley: medals presented by Mrs.
W. T. Smedley for her children. The
stone was in place at exactly sos o. m.
Bishop Seaman and others of the
| clergy then walked back to the east
end of the platform and met Arch
pishop Riordan, escOrting him back to
the rostrum, and taking seats within
hearing distance.
| Address of the Archbishop.
1t was nearing the hour of $50 when
Archbishop RiOrdan assembled the crude
I pulpit of pldnkS ard stone and began
| MS address. He surveyed the crowd
carefully, as though casting about for
the proper direction in which to address
! mis- remarks. There were almost as
many people standing behind him and
on to one side as were seated in front.
| d
matter.
But only for moment did the arch
bishop hesitate. He turned so as to
be heard by all on the stand and the
! greater part OF those in the street and
then began, in a calm, even voice. re-
markable for its regularity and again
| for Its strength. He spoke apparently
without effort. Archbishop Riordan
said
The words OF the Prophet David are
apprC ttate on this solmen and grand
coca; I rejoice at the things thaA
! were to me: We shall go into
the h, Of the Lord psalm /. VIZ
These words were spoken before the
temple was built The thought of it
filled him with joy He thought of
the honor of erecting a temple to the
glory Of God. And as he looked into
the future, the glory of the dedication
day made him exclaim. It was not
the material temple only, but he saw
| what 1t symbolized, the mighty church
grown out of Jerusalem and en-
bracing the entire world and extending
to all ages.
"A JOY akin to the joy of the prophets
heart fills ours today, and we are priv
LEGGED to lay the corner stone of an
edifice which when erected will be the
| house of God and within whose conse-
Grated walls the eternal Son of God
viii dwell in the adorable sacrament
or the altar, from whose pulpit the
teachings of the Savior will be made
| known and explained, from the admin
| lStrat1onS whose sacrament saving
grace will be given to men, uplifting
! them. SpirftualiZing them and making
them partakerS on earth of that di-
vine life whose perfect glory will be
! their possession during eternity
Purpose of the Cathedral.
You may ask, What does this build
| ing stand for; what specific purpose is
II intended to promote? When men
erect a school of medicine we know
the purpose of such an institution.
| When they erect a college of law we
are not in doubt as to the subject mat
! ter, as to the teaching within its walls
And so for every building. And so l
may be asked, What does the building
stand for? What is its meaning?
| what the purpose of it's existehce?
| Why should men be asked 10 make
sacrifices TO erect it and adorn it?
| Brethren, there are many answers
TO each of these interrogations. each
one Of which would require a lengthy
sermon. l will touch on a few reasons
| First, for our Catholic people, a church
| is the house of God. IT contains the
| living presence of our Divine Savior in
the sacrament of the eucharist. The
eternal Son of God came IN the full
ness of time as God and man. in the
| mystery of the incarnation TO be the
worlds Savior teacher, guide, its truth,
! its way, its life. and he came to re-
main with his children all days until
the contamination of the ages.
When he was lifted up on the cross
on the lone hill outside the city's walls
the sacrifice became permanent. and
/ from the rising of the sun until the
going down thereof. clean obligation
was to be offered to the living God
through the ministry of his priesthood
and through the same ministry he who
| came among US q little child wrapped
in swaddling clothes and found in a
| manager, perpetuates his presence in
a yet more humble form. and wrapping
himself in the swaddling clothes of
/ the elements of bread and wine. and
is found in the lowly tabernacles of
our affairs That is the great reason
| of the generosity of our Catholic peo-
pie We love the beauty OF the house
of God and the place of his habitation
Religion of Christ.
| 1T stands for the full and complete
| teaching of the religion of Christ. We
] believe that the religion of Christ as it
came from the hands of its divine
| founder was TO remain just as he gave
| il, until the end of time. The revela-
| tior- was complete. 1t contains every
| thing that was necessary for the sal
walton of souls, for mans spiritual
| life and growth. 1t does not move in
| the sphere of mutabie things, like its
master-Christ yesterday, today and
| the same forever.
$50 the church. II has nothing to do
as such with things purely material.
and that belong to time. 1t is occupied
with the things that affect mans eter-
| mol dacfipv NTH tho fbir1oc of tho co,,l