Evening journal., 1905-10-30
ST. PETERS NOW
A CATHEDRAL
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Back in the early days of the
church to be a Christian marked one
as being an enemy of the State. For
three centuries those who We're Chrls-
tians were compelled to delve In the
centre Of the earth, i'm caves and cav
'erns to worship God
From that day to the present the
|myrlads roads leading to the Eternal
city have been travelled by tens OF
thousands of people. These went not
to view the palaces Of the Caesars nor
to see the thenters and coliseums Of
other days but they went there TO hear
the words Of Christ. Christ sent twelve
lilliterate and in prepared men TO 90
into the world and build upon the ruins
Iof paganism the superstructure OF the
church. They had no divers doctrines.
They preached the same thing and be-
came members OF that great organiza-
ton whose center is IN Rome and
Whose circumference is the world.
These men believed that fidelity to
Peter meant fidelity to Christ
"The dominating evil i'm the United
States today, and / say il without fear
of contradiction. is the absolute indif-
ference to religion. and il will lead to
llamentable results. The majority OF
the people OF this land are members
lof no Christian church.
HAS any man a right to divide the
Scriptures. because. forsooth he does
mot believe certain parts Of them are
fundamental We all agree that the
fundamentals Of religion are the belief
lin the existence Of God; the Divinity of
Christ and the belief in the Trinity and
, lGodhead. DO the majority of people
believe In the Divinity of Christi II
he be God every word He uttered
should be accepted as coming from God
These apostles sent out by Christ
waited ten days after receiving the
command. They locked themselves IN
Ia room and on the tenth day they were
terror stricken to see descend upon
one another tongues Of flame. Instant
) Ily they were inspired by the Holy
, lspirit and they went out into the world
land proclaimed their authority &C
preach the word Of God. Paganisn
! arose against them but PaganisIn was
, swept away. Ism after isms and her
estes after heresies arose and were sup
/
Then came new system. Men wer'
taught that they had an inalienabl
right TO find out what they should d.
by means of the Bible. Thus the see'
OF personal judgment has produced dis
cord and an anarchy I'm religion. Bu
the innovators Of the sixteenth centur
said this would not be so. ] viii hard
J ly dwell a moment in refutation OF Wn
statement that there are no difhcultie
in the Bible. In our land, men calm
e themselves ministers OF the Gospel an
o ldecrying the inspiration OF the Scrip
e lures. This is the legitimate conse
y lquences of the business in the SIX
s lteenth century.
l. For this reason the Catholic Churc
a has spoken of the matter OF the Bib
g III. says it is wrong to narrow the ScriI
Il lures or take the Interpretation Of q
IS writer's. But the word of God spoke
by the Catholic Church is the same I
If that written by the hand of God hin
le self.
le There is being displayed in I'll
Df country a total indifference to hum'
81 laws and a defiance of authority. Eat
ct man. according to mans interpretau'
ly has an absolute right to obey the la
II. as he sees fit. Hence we read and &
r press is teeming with It. of the gigai
Of tic corporations openly defying law
I'd We read Of legislative assemblies bell
re approached by the vassal motives
money.
what Is the remedy? The force
public opinion? Public opinion is col
= rupt. Despite the strong suspicion
4 bribery and corruption these men al
sent a. ain to represent the people. TT
II people, through subsidized press, al
=. told such men were never law-breaker
~ II recognize the power of the press b'
!, too often the editorial page is guide
~ by the advertising columns.
What is the remedy? Let us {
n back to the old days. Let us go ba'
~, to those days when Christ on the Ho
Mount said to His disciples, GO teach
"These men were fearful and sal
let us ask Peter what we shall do an
-. he told then Let US go back to God
All SO let us go back to Gods plan 4
u levangelizing the world. Let us clii
Us to Mary. she who stood at the tomb
her beloved son. Let us cling to Mar
as the Mother of God"
At the close of the sermon the Apo
ltolic delegate gave the Pontihcal Be
N. lediction. Last evening the ceremonl
sn ended with solemn Vespers viii
ck were sung by His Excellency I
ge Apostolic Delegate. The sermon W
ed delivered by the Rev. Father MEGA
tn thy. $. j.. Of Washington.
ne HISTORY OF ST. PETERS.
re The original St. Peters Church
ch this city was a small block SHAPED
by 40 feet. 1t was finished and bles
ed in 1918. having been constructed
= Father Patrick Kenney on the site
the present cathedral. The first chur
erected in the diocese was the ChuI
of the Assumption at Coffee Run a
Father Kenney until his death in II
not only attended these two churol
but five other stations in three COZ
ties and two states. In 1929 Fatl
Kenney was given an assistant pri'
the Rev. James Carroll a connection
the famous Jenkins family, Of Phi
delphia and Baltimore, and also CO
sin of Mrs. Hugh Garland, OF this c
Father Carroll's first care was
,.,. provide a refuge for children who "
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