The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-07
ARTICLES IN CORNER STONE.
Description of the Ceremony and In
vocation of Heavens Blessing.

Description of the Ceremony and In
vocation of Heavens Blessing.
The chief article to be placed in the
cornerstone is a document setting
forth most specifically the date of the
laying of the stone and invoking the
protection and blessings of heaven
upon the builders and the building. 1t
is beautifully inscribed in old Latin
written in the Gothic letters, used in
the old days in the writing of missals,
and copying valuable writings before
the days of printing. The work was
done by Rev. Father Michael. o. S. B..
the architect of the church. The trans
1ation is as follows:
In the Name of the Holy Trinity,
Amen.
In the year, 1902. after the incarna-
ton of Our Lord Jesus Christ. on the
seventh day of December in the Jubi-
lee Year of the Supreme Pontiflcate of
Leo XIII, now Pope; during the spirit
ual administration of the Illustrious
and Rt. Rev. Benjamin Joseph Kelley,
D. D., as bishop of Savannah, and the
Illustrious and Rt. Rev. Bishop Leo
Maryhelp Abbey at Belmont in North
Carolina; during the civil administra-
ton of Theodore Roosevelt, President
of the United States of America and
Gov. Terrell of Georgia, and Mayor
Myers of the city of Savannah. the
above named Ri. Rev. Ordinary of the
Diocese of Savannah, with due solem-
nifty, laid the cornerstone for the church
to be dedicated to the Sacred Heart of
the Worlds Redeemer.
Having reverently invoked heavens
blessing upon the beginning of this
great work, Divine Providence is hum
bly, beseeched to free from dangers all
those to be employed in the construc-
ton of this building, and to bring it to
a successful termination.
May the Kind Father also vouchsafe
to protect and guide the Benedictine
Fathers experimenting the erection of
this temple, so that in this Holy House
His Name may be honored, our reli-
gion be spread. faith and piety flourish
and charity be kindled in the hearts
of ALL May the Eternal Remuneration
of all good things graciously bless all
those who, by their generosity and lib
erality, give aid in raising these walls,
or in anyway help by words or deed.
With this document are deposited the
sacred medals of the Blessed Virgin
L
| Benedict, and they shall remain in this
| resting place to the Day of the Lord,
when all shall be changed to better.
| and there shall be a new earth and a
| new heaven. In witness thereof, these
names are signed
| tLeQ Hafd, D. D., o. S. B., President.
| tB. ]. Kelley d. D., Bishop of Sa-
vannah, Ga.
| F. Bernard, Vice President and Treas
| urer.
F. Aloysius, Secretary.
| Relics in the Corner stone.
| Among the articles to be deposited in
the corner stone, along with this docu-
ment. besides the medals of the Bless
| ed Virgin Mother and of the great
| patriarch, st. Benedict, Pope Jeos
| jubilee medal, are a medal of Pope
| Plus TX, one of st. Anthony, one of
| the Guardian Angel, a copy of to-day
| Morning News, a copy of yesterday s
| Savannah Press, a copy of the
| Morning News of Nov. %, 1876, and sew
| eral old coins whose value is purely a
| historic one. Also a aiSt of the clergy
| present at the ceremonies a list
of the Building Committee of the con-
gregation, and one of those who have
contributed to the work.
The old copy of the Morning News is
included because in it is a list of the
victims of the yellow fever epidemic,
during which the deaths numbered l.
574: some 500 of these were Roman
Catholics, and it is in their memory
that the list will be placed in the cor
ner stone.