Year: 1872

Laying q Corner Stone In Jersey CITY,
Impressive Ceremonies and Discourse
by the Archbishop-A Practical Hint
to the Rich-"MOre Stealing Going on
Now Than In Former Days."


The laying Of the corner stone of st. Michaers
Catholic church on the north side OF Hamilton
square, in Jersey CITY, was witnessed yesterday By
a multitude numbering about twelve thousand.
The Father Mathew societies, the Ancient
Order Of Hipernans the ST. Patrick's Alliance
of Jersey City and Brooklyn and the Mutual Demo-
cratic Alliance marched in procession. Even the
gal0wgasses were brought into requsition on tho
occasion. The ceremony was performed by Arch.
bishop Bayley attended by the pastor of st.
Michael's, Father De Concilio Fatha vanuta, eight
Of the PassiOnists from West Hobo
ken, Father Fox, Father Cannon, Father
McNulty, OF Paterson; Rev. Dr. McGlynn, Of st.
Stephens New York; Rev. Dr. Corrigan, OF Seton
Hall College, and Father Doane, Chancellor OF tho



papers, the coins OF the United States and scroll
Of parchment setting forth the dedication in the
usual form. The church will be large and mass
i've brick structure, trimmed with stone.


At the conclusion Of the ceremonies the Arch
smiling on the beamng faces of the school girls,
who were arrayed In white, spoke as follOws:-
You have this day, my dear children, kneIt ana ana
Invocation of st. Michael the Archangel. 1t is
good work, a great work in the language Of the
Holy Scripture, because you are about to build
but for Cod You are about to make a great act Of
faith not expressed in words. but built up in brick
and stone which speak more forcibly than words
of the love OF God which Is In your hearts. II
may judge by the size of these walls you intend to


NOBLE CHURCH,


which will be, in some sense worthy of that Divine
were to build these walls of gold and the roof Of
precious stones they would in no manner be truly
lifting for the great God to whose honor and glory
Of your forefathers In the faith.


THE GREAT OBJECT


Of the holy sacrifice which, according TO the
Scriptures Is clean oblation and is to be offered
up ''from the rising of the sun to the setting
thereof till the end Of time. Here also the sacra-
ments will be administered. intended to speak
your religion; to repeat for you the words


NOT OF MAN But OF GOD


But the weather Is threatening, and as the dis,
would not be very comfortable to have shower Of
rain come down upon your heads during the course
81 an m that w n
we can stop. The Catholic Church was always
prominent in church building She commenced 1t


THE EARLY DAYS OF THE CHURCH.
Every one in those days was sr,S, conducted with
that magnihcence which marks the progress Of the
Church in these later days. II any one OF you
should go into some Of & the catacombs and pene-
you would find that the children Of the Church IN
four bare walls. Although


THE LIGHT OF DAY NEVER sHONE
upon them you will see the traces OF the fresc0es
with which they adorned those excavations. A
certain satrical poet who was viewed In his age
in much the same light as Voltare in another age,


INCONSISTENCY OF TIE CHRISTIANS :
in this very church building question. Though he
told much that was false he also spoke something
that was true. He spoke of the large number OF
cbur rhacr r n p N q vorv1 In ktvu<,
the Reformation he said that Knox might have de-
rived his name from the prominence he attained in
pulling down the Catholic churches 1t Is remark
able, however, that In Scotland and England as
well as other places where the


CHURCHES WERE RtTHLEssLy TORN DOWN.
great efforts are being made at the present time to
restore them. Many of you no doubt have heard
and read of the reasons for building these churches
on such magnificent SCALE This is a noble edi1ce,
that reminds me OF those great churches which
were aptly termed grand poems built up In stone.
manaiacures. mi ' All the money that was raised
came chiefly from the cultivation OF the soil. There
was class of historians who said that these build
ings were


THE OFFSPRING OF SUPERSTITION.
They charged that the people in those days were
was great deal OF stealing going on and the rich
made restitution by building up churches as some
at1nement a,a or fner crimes mes Wei, even granting


MORE STEALING NOW THAN IN THOSE DAYS
spoken of by the historians, and we are behind
those people, for they made restitution and we do
not. Some OF our rich men may take lesson from
1t. But why did those people build up such
churches2 Because they wanted to honor God in
the Real Presence, that God who deigns to come
down and dwell among his creatures. They felt
that they could not do enough for him, and yet


WE, WITH ALL OUR WEALTH,
cannot erect anything to equal those structures,
We can do no more than initiate them


Here the rain commenced to pour down, and the
Archbishop, after pausing few moments treated
the matter rather humorOusly


''Sce there just as said; You see have no
power to stop the Clouds l have a great many
stories In my head. Kneel down and Ill give you
my blessng.r


The Archbishop then administered the apostolic
benedicti0n, after which the ceremonies were con-
cuded He was afterward waited upon by Mayor
O'Neill, Judge Randolph, Sheriff Reinhardt and
many other prominent citizens, oil or whom
wished him a hearty farewell, this being the last
time he VIII oiiicate In Jersey City, or indeed In
the diocese save In the celebration OF mass. The
new Primate 1t Is stated will leave for Baltimore