Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-20
GIBBONS LAYS Stone ABOVE SKYSCRAPERS|
Cardinal at Foundation of Wilbur Wright and Glenn Cur
Church of Lady of Victory. tss to Make Flights.
MANY ATTEND CEREMONY DS0N-FUL TON FEATURE
Catholic Orders Field
and Societies Present Series Of Exploits.
GIVES APOSTOLIC BLESSING WRIGHT APPROVES GROUND
Father Elliott of the Paust house Machine
of Studies at Brookand De-
Hvers the Discourse for |;
Cardinal at Foundation of
Church of Lady of Victory.
MANY ATTEND CEREMONY
Representatives of Catholic Orders
and Societies Present.
GIVES APOSTOLIC BLESSING
Father Elliott of the Paulist House
of Studies at Brook1and De-
livers the Discourse.

The corner stone Of the Church of Our
Lady of Victory, at the intersection Oh
the Conduit and New Cut roads. was
laid yesterday afternoon at O'Clock by
Cardinal Gibbons in the presence of
large assemblage.
The cardinal was assisted in the serV-
ices by Rev. Walter Elliott, c. S. P, OF
the Paulist House of Studies at Brook
land. Rev Ignatius Fealy. assistant pas
tor of ST. Joseph's Church and Rev. Fa-
Their De Wulf of ST. Vincents Church,
Baltimore, and Rev. NJ. F. Yingling, pas
tor of the Church of Our Lady of Vic
| tory.
The ceremony was attended by repre-
sentatives of the knights Of Columbus,
| the Ancient Order Of Hibernians, Carroll
Institute Clubs Modern Woodmen OF
| America, Catholic Womens Benevolent
Legion, knights of ST. John, the Elks,
the Eagles, the Ladies' Catholic Relief
and Beneficial Association and the Junior
Conference of ST. Vincent de Paul, Of st.
| Patrick's Church.
Father Elliot's Discourse.
How many finely cut corner stones"
said Father Elliott. lie buried beneath
the rubbish of decayed generations. But
the stone that is Christ, the Son of God.
| is living force: nay, He is life itself, life
eternal The divinity of Jesus Christ is
| the dogma that reveals the secrets of
Gods commerce with men, fills our souls
with the light of hottest knowledge by
| the grace of Christian faith, gives us
| childlike trust in our heavenly Father
and sweetest love for God, now made our
brother and our advocate.
This corner stone typifes the Son Of
God made man. The divinity of Jesus
Christ Is the foundation of the Christian
religion. To Him universal homage is
paid. not as to great man, but as to the
infinite God. They are indeed many who
| ignore Him, few who publicly resist His
claim to be the deity. but the vast multi
tude of civilized humanity bow down to
adore him. My Lord and My God St.
| Thomas act of tardy but perfect faith
is the cry of the human race so far as it
has been enlightened. Nor is this momen-
tary sentiment; it is the settled conviction
lof ages.
Faith in the Godhead.
| 1T grows deeper and stronger with
| succeeding generations. 1t is not quiz
escent faith, allied to timid ignorance
| and british superstition. The faith in
| Christ's godhead is like the strength of
a tree growing in open fields. tougher
and more enduring from resisting the
| storms with which it has had to battle
| That wondrous truth is today clearer
than ever before. 1t is all the more
| peaceful in its supremacy on account OF
| the patient and matured meditation of
humanity's best intelligence during near
| ly score of centuries.
Christ is God, being Of divine nature
as we'll as of the human, mlraculously
conceived in human flesh by the Deitys
/ OVerSh9d0WinQ
| world as both God and man. We know
this from personal testimony-the sim
plest method of learning facts-the state
| ments Of Christ Himself.
Veracity Of Christ Established.
| HE established his veracity beyond all
question by His miracles, by the un-
rivaled perfection Of His ethical and spir-
| itual doctrine, by the visible interposition
| Of providence in the establishment of the
Christian religion, based on this dogma.
| The disciples of Jesus So understood His
| teaching, firmly believed in His divinity,
and so taught the world. His enemies so
understood his teaching and comprised
| His death for that reason. Divine provi-
dence has made good His claim by MAIN
tanning Him as the recipient of divine
honor from first to last of the era in
| which we live, and which has been named
the Christian era from Him and from His
claims.
| Would the true God-we speak to those
who acknowledge an overruling Provi-
dence-would the true God allow one
who. besides being great and good man,
was His chosen messenger, to plunge
the world into deeper depths of idolatry?
for such is Christendom If Christ be not
| God. Even without Christ the progress
OF intelligence as we see it in history
would probably have done away with
idolatry in the course of time. If. then.
Christ be not God. idolatry is by Him
fastened more hopelessly on the human
race than before His coming; His wisdom
is an idolatrous sophistry: His tender
ness Of heart an idolatrous snare His
touching. winning. fascinating character
and career a lure to the unwary. If
Christ be not God, there is no overruling
| Providence, there is no Cod
| At the conclusion of the address Car
| dinal Gibbons gave the apostolic blessing,
which he prefaced with a brief discourse,
congratulating the pastor and people. He
| spoke also of devotion of the Blessed Vir-
gin under the title of Our Lady of Vic
| tory