Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-16
(. pED1e,AToRY SERMON.

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Archbishop Glennon of St Louis
i preached the dedicatory sermon, taking
\ tSst tsis text, Mary tho sistsr Of Martha
! seated at the foot of the Savior, tae
good part that shall not be take1,
4 away from her. The preachers adj
~ s N,ssS Stis tie or stile virgin, whom
he held had been foreordained, predes-
| tir:ated to fill the part Of mother3of our
| Lord. Il He said further: @
Isrile, Many wa $ a ature-a hts
imam bei1g--just as human as we are:
and true is 1t also as "a consequence
that, as there must ever remain an
infinite distance between the creature
and the Creator we may not. cannot,
give to Mary OF to any other creature
the worship and alteration due to God
alone. This we admit. Catholics the
world over and during all the history
az the cllnrch have so held, and taught
and practised. ~
But while this Is true, we next and
With equal energy profess that, Mary
was u not q mere accidental selection,
not a5mere pious woman Of Israel; but
that she was 3preordained ana, 81 Gods.
grace and the merits of the Redeemer,.
pre- pared for her high ana holy mis-
sion, the highest and hottest ever per-
formed by a human being; that she
WAS pre6gursd TN type and prophecy,
and by the singular providence Of God
preserved immune from the slightest
stain Of sin: that, therefore. honored
by the Lord in so singular a manner
and proclaimed by Him as His mother
55its becomes our pleasing duty to honor
and to look to her With highest rev.
Aerence#and deepse affection. AS
the kfngdo of the cross became
more firmly established, so also she
! VINO stood by the cross; grew in intlu-3
&ence and power Womanhood that at
her coming was degraded, helpless and
hopeless, find in hera friend and an in
$splra ton, for as Mary WAS honored SO
should be- honored the mothers, wives
and daughters of those who would re-
we're and adorn the Christ. But 1t was
only when barbarism was conquered
Il mat oman began to fully benefit by
the protection of their Christian faith
and the example OF Mary, their mother.
REFERENCE TO DIVORCE. ;}
8 The arch bishops sermon was an able
one, setting forth the fundamental doe
trines OF the Catholic church with a.
clesarness that cleared up hitherto con-
fused IDEAS not a few OF his hearers
had previously entertained as to these
doctrines g. III He spoke without notes, but
owing to uniaNorable acoustic proper
Ties, he:6was heard by but fraction
OF the house. Archbishop Glennon's
reference to divorce re-echoed the firm
position OF the church on this subject,
When he said:
We may boast Of an advanced civil
izaticn: we may boast OF great com
,nercial prosperity; we may boast OF a
commanding position among the ma
tons OF the earth. but what will these
stand for. II beneath the surface there,
be a beginning Of our decay and fall? r.
What solace Is there in riches. power
or inf uellce If the standard OF life }iss
lowered !: 4 If the home begins SSto fails
and with their failure a. happiness that
heretofore dWelt therein also disap-s
4pearsp WI hat use to speak of greatness
abroad. If we only have to contemplate
weakness at home? And yet Is it not
true that paralleling our advancing
wealth and prestige there is also
through the nefarious influences around
us the gradual decay of the home and
all it stands for? Is it not true that
the position OF a great multitude Of
women Is made miserable. II not IN
possible, by the deadly action or the
divorce court. while those who have
not had recourse to this same tribunal
await with anxiety the outcome OF the
injustice done their sisters before them,
expecting that their time will soon
come to DO made wives that are aban-
doned, mothers that are compelled TO
struggle for themselves and their chill
dren alone? The upbuilding Of 1000
years in the blessed mothers influence.
the poisoning out of the Christian
home and all it stands for are now Inn /
periled, and it looks as IL that first and
best result. humanity speaking, OF our
Christian civilization Is soon apparently
to pass away. IA
6 In truth. It Is high time to call
halt. and say to the -pagan-the de-
stroyer OF the home. the leaders In this
ruthless revolutioll--to say, before it
is too late, that the homes we have
.builded are sanctuaries. and that none
may enter either by the decree of the
court Or the desire of libertine TO desc
crate these homes or pillage them OF
their treasures; that with all the
strength of our Christian faith and
devotion we shall uphold What has
cost so much and SO long to make a
permanent institution and q foundation
at once for all future progress and
prosperity; that we shall honor and
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