Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-22

diers." lctl by Father Laflin, master of cefemonics walked down the side and up the main aisle to the altar, preparatory to the beginning of mass.
 Rev John Neale of Terryville. who delivered the address in the morning. is m eloquent young speaker. His cnunciation, his choice of words and the subject, he dwclt briefly on few of the leading qiiestion of the day. were sirch that ie held tho attention of the congregation to the end. His address was none too lengthy. but it was of such q quality that with 1t Father Ncalc made I most favorable impression on those who heard him His address follows:
 .'I will set my tabernacle in the midst of you will walk among you and will be your God and you shall be my people. ."-Leyiticus. 26-11-12.
 We are met to-day to celebrate the silver jubilee of this church. Twenty-Five years ago the corner stone of St Patrick's was laid. And as we look back across those years and count up the trials and the struggles, the zeal and the sacrifice Of priests and people-those that are now with God and those who are still living--our hearts go out to them In admiration.
 "To the crowned in heayen-fath- CT John Duggan who first cleared the way and raised these massive walls. and all those faithful ones-your relatives, friends and Leighbors. who stood by him in his great work; to your present zealous pastor. Father Gleeson, who with you his generous co-laborers. took up 'he work ard completed and beautifed this '-mple of the Most High. we oif,r our felict- tations. On this day of jubilee we acknowledge our debt of gratitude for the inspiration which Gods work thus nobly done and sustained for quarter of century must needs bring to us, and for what that work of twenty-five years stands for and means. to your fellow men, to the community at large. and to your own souls.
 Each Catholic church is a type of the universal church. and, according to the divine plan. conveys and ap- plies to the locality where if is plant ed. all the power and all the riches of the Christian economy. Wherefore the foundation and the mission of this church has an import and meaning. beyond that of the passing momentS for you all.
 For our separated brethren. it means that in these times when so large a number of men are break ing away from the old forms Of belief and even from Christianity itself. that here are affirmed and preached in all their plentitude and purity. the doctrines of Jesus Christ: that His. the Divine Son of God. is held up as our model and exemplar. and that only as We approach Him in spirit and deed are we worthy to be called His followers.
 are losing their grasp on all super natural religion-many driving fast upon the rocks of infidelity or agnos- ticism. others beaten about by every wind of doctrine and grasping at ev- cry straw in the form of Christian science. spiritualism. theosophy. or other like delusions at least there is no compromise with the vag- aries of error or novelty: here. in season and out of season. in good re- pute and III. is proclaimed the truth: this is eternal life to know the only true God and Him whom He hath sent, Jesus Christ Nor is there sal vation in any other.
 For the community at large. for the city of Waterbury this church has meant in the past and now means an added source of conservative strength and stability. another bulwark for law and order. From its sanctuary there goes out to every home a stfrn- uIus to right thinking and right liv- ing. The observance Of the ten com mandments. the love of God and our fellow man. bring the test and the measure of it's living membership. its influence must needs make for hon. esty. industry. sobriety and every civic virtue
 Religion regulates and gives its sanetion to the dependencies of sDcf- e4. she kBits together the most die f1nf and uo<t divers members of fhe human race. the rsfk and the nose. the lord of lstor and the ron Of 1.