The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-11-05
LANING or CAP STONE.

On a ScaffOlding high over the heaol
of the throng which had assembled
for the ceremony, Bishop n. c. Mat
set in place the last stone on the ives
spire of the new Immaculate Concep-
ton cathedral last Tuesday.
There wa no elaborate program
but there W something tremendous
Iv impressi- n the simple service
Bishop Me- b assed the stone anc
dedicated IT, Il e cause which the
magniffcan e2tht iral viii serve.
on a pls .Iarm st 230 feet above
the ground Bis .p Matz stood while
he placed thc stone. Attending him
were Father p g. Phillips and Father
H. /. McMpnaml1. Other priests
present We're Father ]. F. McDonough.
Father William Neenan and Father
John Belzer Father Belzer carried
his Photographic apparatus with him
and made some striking pictures.
The newspaper people who wit
messed the laying of the stone went up
early. and promptly at 3 o'clock Bish-
op Matz left his home adjoining the
church and walked to the elevator,
the shaft Of which is structure eX-
tending between the two spires.
With crosier in hand, Bishop Mab,
with his gold-embroidered cope.
stepped out of the elevator and walked
across the plank to the little pile Of
stone to crown which he was to set
the final one. He read the ritual pre-
scribed for the occasion. Only about
ten minutes was consumed in the eX
ercise Besides the priests who wit
messed il. those present were: c. D.
McPhee. representing the cathedral
building committee; 7. J. Mcintyre,
superintendent for the building COM
mittee: John Anderson, the contractor,
and William Wilson, foreman of the
stone work. Other members of the
building committee waited on the
ground.
The day was selected for the cere-
mony because of its being the Feast
Of All Saints and a holiday. After the
bishop had descended he entertained
those most interested in the work on
the cathedral at his home adjoining
the new church.
At an informal luncheon were seat
ed the clergy attached to the cathe-
dral, the contractor, the superintend-
ent. the sculptor whose delicate trac-
ings have done much Ia make the su
a credit to Denver, the
committee and a few promi-
nent laymen. In all about twenty
were entertained.
On next Sunday Father II. L. Nc
Menamin, rector of the cathedral, will
place the last stone on the east spire
Of the new building. The spires reach |
230 feet above the ground. It is ex-
pected that the cathedral will be !
ready for service on next Easter.
Rev. David H Fouse, a Protestant |
minister. spoke of the magnificent ap-
Dearance Of the new cathedral from |
mis- pulpit last Sunday in a sermon on |
Adding Beauty and Strength In it |
1e said:
4 cannot accept the Roman Catho-
ic view of Christianity, but these two
,athedral spires standing up out of |
he midst of our city are an inspiration
o me. I glory in them, and await the
placing of the topmost ornament. A
ess ornate building would provide a
'lace for the people to worship. but a
liYine hunger yearning in the inmost
ecesses of the human spirit demands
more. Tho church is complete only
rhen ii is beautiful. why this waste?'
ONE practical souls may be asking
{ is not a waste. 1t withholds moth
ng from th9 poor. 1t ministers to the
Individual md community as certain
i as do the pew. Some folks have
OF yet come to the consciousness of
he worth of anything beyond pure
tility. They do not like a spire be-
ause they cannot lean against it or
1t upon it or get 6 per cent out of it."