The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-16

The massive structure on the COM
mandiug site on Brigham street has
been nine years in the course Of con-
structfou. Those whose generosity and
energy made this occasion possible have
looked forward to the day of its dedI-
cation as the goal of their life work
The Importance Of the occasion may be
Judged from the fact that the Roman
Catholic church sent from every part OF
the United States scores of its leading
prelates. 1t was this occasion that
brought Cardinal Gibbons for the hrsL
time in his life across the great divide,
coming TO the west as the first Roman
Catholic cardinal ever to visit the west
ern part of the United States.
New Era Is Marked.
A new era. in religious worship of the
west is marked by this dedication.
A new chapter in the Roman Catholic
history Of the world has been written.
The cathedral itself is monument 70
the progress of the west and Of Amer
lea.
The profound dedication has aWak-
ened i'm the Catholic breast a greater
religious fervor and formed an incentive
for even greater piety and devotion.
To the others whose privilege it was
to witness this unusual display Of pOml
and ceremony the dedication was a ser
vice of wonderful and awe-msplrlng
grandeur. To them it gave a suggestion
of the Oldest, and in point of NUMBERS
at least. the greatest church JIG the
world The profound alteration OF the
Lord by cardinal, archbishop, Dlshop
priest and people in me glorious ceLe-
bration of the most solemn ceremony
I'm the Catholic ritual was sight that
can never be forgotten.
Added to all this was the stately and
solemn procession of scores OF pTelates
i'm the rich robes of their pTlesJiy sta
ton. the marching Of 200 little girls and
100 acolytes with crosses, censors and
beautiful vestments, in brilliant ensem-
BILE.
MccaUIey's Essay.
From the dedication of the cathedra
of St Mary Magdalen some thought
of the wonderful organization OF the
Roman Catholic church may be Cleaned
/ some suggestion of the tie that blnd'
millions of souls together in their ain
to secure eternal salvation through tht
devotion prescribed by the ceremonies
/ of the Roman Catholic church. Too the
! ceremony recalled the essay of McCau
lev. not always a friend of Catholicism
in which ne said;
1.-THE Roman Catholic church saw th'
| commencement of all the government
and all the ecclesiastical establishments
( that now exist in the world, and we fee
no assurance that she is not destined t
see the end of them all. She was grea
/ and respected before the Saxon set foo
on Great Britain; before the Frank haC
| passed the Rhine, when GTecian elO
! duence still fOurished at Antioch. whel
! idols were still wOrshipped in the Jempt
/ of Mecca, and she may still exist in un
/ diminished vigor when some travele
/ from New Zealand shall in the midst O
/ a vast solitude take his stand on
broken arch of London bridge ant
! sketch the ruins Of st. PauTs"
/ The dedication of the cathedral Of ST
/ Mary Magdalen on yesterday may b
! construed in a sense as a fulfllment o
/ the fanciful prophecy Of McCauley'
1 lines. When they were written the fu
/ ture site of Salt Lake was as desOlat
/ a wilderness as even the pen of Nc