The Irish standard., 1907-11-09
mo az one who loved his fellow man.
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ASSUMPTION CHURCH.
AT Morris, This, State, Dedicated .,
sunday. October, 9Th. :.

1He AoW aASsu0lptlO1t CnQTCH OK MOT.
ris. q magnihcent ediftce. was .dedi-
Gated Sunday. October 9th. hundreds
Of people being present to witnes. the
impressive ceremonies. The Sun Of
octoberva1st;s says: ii. =, :. -.
AT 10 O'clock a procession Of priests
and sdisnitaries set out from the paro-
chial residence and passing between
the long lines Of parish, societies, cir
cled the church with prayer and chant
and hyssop. Then vending its way
into the empty edifce 1t completed the
blessing Of the temple. The doors were
thrown open. the waiting throngs
surged in, and the strains of the pom
tifical high mass fioated down through
the aisle and channel. Rt. Rev. Jas.
Trobec: offered the holy sacrifice. With
him oniciated. the following ministers:
Very ReN>iH. Moynihon Of st. Paul.
assistant priest. Rev. Heppsrle of Big
Stone and Rev. Welp Of Elizabeth,
deacons Of honor; Rev. T. F. O'Con.
nor of G4enwood. and. Rev. NJ. Rill.
meyer Of ,Rrowerville, deacon and sub
deacon, respectively of the mass.
Rev. Edward Jones' the pastor, took
charge Of the ceremonies. After the
gospel was sung Archbishop ireland
ascended tf1e pulpit and: pronounced
a powerful discourse on the: place OF
religion in, life. His Grace drew a
vivid. picture, OF the. wondrous prog.
ress made. in civilization in modern
times, laying particular stress on the
progress made in the realms of science.
The marvels already accomplished by
the mind of man are. hes said, only
a pledge and a promise of still more
mop1entous lnaryels to be achieved In
days to come. ALI the triumphs of the
human mind the archbishop pointed
out, serve to reveal more clearly than
ever before the truth that the universe
could never be explained as.the prod
uct of blind chance. Behind the beauty
and the bounty.of nature; ever work.
ing behind the. visible phenomena OF
the universe to. a. Benefcent. Power.
all intelligence, all goodness, all: holi-
ness. The archbishop enlarged. upon
the. belief. in a; Supreme Ruler Of the
world, not only as necessity. of rea-
son 5to solve the mysteries :of the uni
W verse but; but salso as a: practical neces-
slty In the lifs Of man-the only pos
sible means of, holding together the
fabric of the. family and of, society.
The, archbishop was followed by
Monsignor Nagel, who delivered a
short discourses in German. In his
brief but pleasing and; impressive SER
mon. the monsignor.; presented the
church as the, house: of God. and en-
forced its claims upon the devotion
and affection, of the people. =:
The. Right Rev. aRishon :Trobec in.
few appropriate remarks congratulated
Father Jones and the people Of Morris
on the completion of an edif1ce which
would be AN honor to the diocese, an
ornament. to the town of Norris, and
a source of blessing to all who. come
within the reach Of its benef1cent in
fuence. ~. -. .....
The ladies Of the parish served din
ner in the basement to large number
of people s.. -
In the. afternoon a: reception was
held at the parochial residence in
honor Of Archbishop Ireland. He has
many friends among the. people of
Morris and ALL. were pleased to have
the opportunity Of meeting him and
thanking him for the honor Of his
presence. -. -. -. -. - =.
The evening services consisted of
pontifical vespers and a. discourse by
Rev.. Moynihon, rector Of st. Thomas
College. ST. Paul. DR.. Moynihon's elo-
quent and scholarly sermon on the
Beauty and Consolation Of Religion"
was listened to with -wrapt attention
and thoroughly enjoyed by: the large
audience present. The ceremonies of
the day were brought to a close by
solemn beuediction . Of the Blessed
sacrament. e- 80
In. addition to the clergy whose
names have been mentioned there
We're present Rex:.::::.M: o'Brien Of
Graceville. Rev. ". weigand of cho-
kio.: and Rev. Jas. Watcher OF Tintah.
Mother seraphine, "a sister of Arch
bishop Ireland, and provincial Of the
order of st. Joseph, accompanied by
sisters from the. academies Of st.
Raul and Graceville. -also honored the
occasion with their presence. ;:
:Monday morning at. $3.50 :Rt. Rev.
Mgr Nogel, ". c., celebrated: solemn
nigh mass, After mass .Rt. Rev.