Middletown transcript., 1904-11-12
DEDICATION OF ST. PAuL's CHURCH

men say business is business and religio
is xeligion. Such a course leads t
spiritual bankruptcy. On the eve of
great nati.h nj election'it may be well t,
stop and u .k about the dishonesty il
! dealing with the deep debauchery il
social life and the glaring corruption ir
the political world. Men throw off tbs
yoke OF authority, pay no attention te
j the teaching and follow ones own feeling
thereby not following the law of the one
/ with authority which says, "Give to
Caesar what belongs to Caesar" You
are to treat your neighbor justly and not
iii name only, OF YOU are erring in social
debaucllery. He has rights as we'll as
you, he is as free as you are who with
misguided regulation came with a nomi.
nal authority to grind and suppress your
neighbor until once you are covered with
the hideous leopardacy of national poll
tical corruption" were words which
formed part of the sermon preached yes
terday by the Rev. L. A. Deluray, o. S. A.
OF Villa Nova College, upon the occasion
OF the dedication of the new church of st.
Paul, Delaware City.
At1l0.30 o'clock Yesterday morning the
handsome new church was dedicated by
the Rt, Rev. John ]. Monaghan. Bishop
of Wilmington. The church was filled
to overfowing; hundreds of Wilmington
friends visited the church during the
afternoon. The celebrant of the high
mass was the Very Rev. John A. Lyons,
of St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wilmington.
At the conclusion of the gospel the Rev.
James L. McSweeney, pastor of the
church, took occasion to thank the con-
gregation and everyone who had helped
to make it possible to dedicate the
church and hoped the tame spirit and
generous aid will continue in paying off
the debts.
The Rev. Father Deluray chose his text
from the second and third verses of the
second psalm of the prophet, Isaias. In
the course of his eloquent sermon he
the pastor and his people
in having built temple to be dedicated
for the worship of God, where the infants
will be loved, the children instructed in
their faith and prepared for the reception
OF the sacraments and sons and daughters
joined in holy matrimony and all will
come, saint and sinner alike, to pray.
This temple tells to the world that the
Church has message to deliver
which the nations must heed. Its origin
is devine. 1t is not built on the ruins of
the past, but built on the mountain and
exalted on the hills above them. ''The
of the house of the Lord shall
be built upon. the mountain and law
shall come from Zion and all the nations
shall 60 unto it," Man has never been
left without some knowledge of God.
The dedication of such temple is to re-
new our faith, our love to God, and to
give His people place in their midst
where they may gather to worship and
adore Him. The church of God saw
truth instead of casting aside and remod-
sls and builds upon it wherein the temple
religion of heart and soul is practiced to
The fullest and truest extent. The Roman
Catholic Church is the source of all truth,
one true God. The mountain
of the house OF the Lord shall be built |
On the mountain and elevated above the |
hills. 1t comes from God and leads to |
him.
After referring to the Catholic Church |
's being the great teaching legisIating
body and to the men in past centuries
who have risen and how easy 1t is to find
religion that is palatable among the
many OF to-day, he used the words, in
he opening paragraph.
The new church is built of brick, and
! S7x90 feet. The stained glass windows
re all-memorial ones except one, the
lift OF st. Peters T. A. B. Society. The
inside Of the church is handsomely
and newly carpeted. 1t was
uilt by John E. Healy of Wilmington.
'uring the high mass yesterday nine
oys from St. James Protectory consti-
uted the choir. i