New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-09
RELIGIOUS.
THE COUNCIL IN BALrn lORE.


<,poeial Dispatch to The N. Y. Tribune.
BALTMoR T. Oct z 1896.
Ybe Catholic Church in America neve before put on
s.ch gorgeous and imposing array she FORE yesterday
end before appealed powerfully to- ne senses wiz
Che imores.iye effect of solemn ceremona and bAn
costume On no part Of the splendid spectacle OF inc
ing of this second ,PlenaIy Council Of JUG P'e'
of the Omitted States there any VI ..,'N'
rraeafeence which so often spOiis grand eeeie
bratSens in the Old World, or any Oh WV -,
neNence Oh mo the sacred exerci SEES when fire.
Gaert repetition has blnnted the senslb hfy OF the
P,th;no here has been done decently ard in order.
N, rhsap nery has spoiled the effect Of the Sneral nch-
vessos ornament with which the Catholic Cnurch iSves
A. snr-oupd the sanctuary and everybody Who mas akeh
~ in the ceremonies ofthe0ay from the odess archbishop
Sowpso the est ataTboy, has worn as proper an AR
s hiis had been synod OF the reVereha Idhs vi .ne
thirdceRtury instead omeE who live IN car reoSc age
rad,En the midst of our rather fast RepuDbe-
If1hc Council al Nice had been about 10 meet over
again and draw no new creed the pubic T ~ 'O
saar could hardly have heen more intense FROM an
early hour in the Iaorjng, thetEsets t11agn TCn WIG
pyscs ssion was move we're thronged WIN pauen
rrowds and hundreds after seeing the hsho pass h'o
theeLrcb stodlJ kept their places for five hours longer
lust TO see them pass out again Admission 10 ihe ee
Asn beforethe exercises began wa only oy uSko. ou
peay all the available room IN thu spacious eunce was
occupied as early as o'clock. ,u
Prom that hour uHll 10, the bells OF all the Cathonc
Chrzches inthe ctyoEer ringing Joyous Peas mean
whh the ,reates and priests gathered At the Arch
bistes house and having invoked The Holy Ghost Dy
SINGING hymn moved out into the "a bic street with
cenxp and tapcrs Ette after 10. the solemn tones Oh
the hants swelling from hundred voices an.
no,need their approach 20 the expecaRt throngs III
eGhedral Fist came III about seventy ecclcSi oislcs
essocks and wi lite suphces, who filled up th1 The bngo
and took places rnder the great dome. .Yu Mia bT
gilt professional borne up zoe bv CLERKS
sub-6eacoa attended BY torch pear ,ho marched the
swingine tansers. and close behind 'heE ~
memfs rs of The e,uuc--a seemingly lnlet ,S liver
almost dazzling in che brilliancy OF the a. rccn and
haDdfuu ~ Ids Of religious eieB and insutu-
tons and the ohcesI of the synod mitered abbots
colors lof these there were so1e Xsans one with
b.. SS1 az rray and as yeneraE as 81. AA'nohA y
bislsops in full insignia, with zrs oacb toIlowed
inter; and sPenddy aud short lace apicei
Six archbiskOps similarly hL;sSnu SnaIdng prcsi.
finally the Most ReycreI| Az. % ministers;
Nil b o. ' nn,od M tov the sanctuary chanting the
hymn Are Nara Sfo al Sta, o. Inc wore voices
sn5 nn,hio' me- hem tie voice OF DR.. Butter pi
IL loud, and sweet anu w. crs"t organ
pipe They bad p,t quite fnished their song when an
orchestral band gallery rather dsrespectfuy broke
IN upon them nth joval march. II well played,
but the abuyt transition from the grand swelling tones of
the old hya to the mirhn sound OF the fiddle and the
drum was cruel shock The organ o1ght 70 have been
heard then in al lis grandeur any music less solemn
would have been bstbos
olaees In the saDetnay and the other clergymen have
occuped the space before the rails IN double rows and
arranged themselves down the aisle triple line farino
the BODY the church The appearance of the assembly
vt this moment indesenbably magnificent The
sanctuary seemed one mass of gold and crimson and white
scstmens above which lowered nearly 50 miters and
gberng pastoral crooks, and high above all the great
golden cross. The rch marble altar ablaZe with
Fights, shining through clouds Of fankincense Here
ord there, mingled with the gorgeously
attired brethren, Franciscan friars, in their
eOose brown robes and cows and Benedctincs in their
picturesque costume of a black seapular over Write
COWS and cow The Archbishop of Baltimore takes pos
6s tFVne and ssp Of se aa Gfe
nnber Of priests assist him in robng for the celebration
of The purple slippers placed on his feet aud
purple gloves upon his hands, the cope is exchanged for
cha blc, and the begins. The orchestra having
now lpshed their mareh-Then We have gotten little
used t. 4 find II good and indeed ought to like it,
for il is Of Mozarts TV-strke mp the Introductory
strain. of Mozars glorious mass No H. and chorus of
5o 60 voices do their best (which is very good
80 interpret the great masters composition. The music
indeed, the only thing to-day that seemed TO me un
worthy 81 rhe celebration The chorus strong and
toleaby vel balanced, but il did not keep well together,
and the solos very ineffective. The beautiful QRO
IN sOiaSix the Gloria ruined The IRcdrH0aS
was fair and generally speaking the Crcdo was much bet
ter performed tan the previous parts But Mozarts No
j. fine 1t is ought not to have been selected for such
rn occasion Solemnity rather than the Joyous, light
beartcdnes Which characteZcs that composition, ought
to have been the Eyedomnang sentiment in the music
Ii IN all the ceremonies. We ought to have heard
Qse, too Of the organ In the Credo its rolling bass
helped the effect yeIy much In the and Gloria it
was silent.
There was brilliant stir each reading of the Gospel
brought back ant the bishops oil stood up with the
symbols of pastoral ahority in their hands until the
sacred boob closed. Where impressive moment
when nj the singing Of those words Of the Nicenc creed
Sand was conceived Of ne Holy Ghost by the Virgin
Mary, and was made man," the as mitcrs were bowed
Tow adoroe and the $50 n5ed priests and monks kne
down in the a%es The most striking part Of the pro-
ceedngs however, toward the close after the elo
quent and graceful of the Archbishop Of New
York when q table brought ont into the middle
OF the sanctuary and secretaries sat round 1t in
sesplendent vestmepts, while the canonical regula-
lions and proclamation for the opening of the
synod were read and Archbishop Spaldng sitting at the
foD OF the aar-steps Issued the prescribed mandates
sll not sure that should have been very much amazed
Just then il any had told that this was the Council
Of Constance trying John Hus OF those ancient
African synods laundering anathemss against the Arans
1t almost seemed If bishops who had been dead, and
Eppe Of them osnonzed for centuries had come ont Of
old DEGREES which a 70 many big veum'bound books in
theological hbraneE
Visiting Baltimore in fact for the last few days has
been something like stepping into the precincts Of mod
ecclesiastical seminary and something like running
backward few hundred years, TO take peep-let
assembled preates OF Europe magnificent in stiff eopes
and towering mers, and half smothered in the smoke OF
flaming apers and the more grateful fumes OF incense,
hurting ansthemss at the head Of monk Of Erfu
and putting forth all tie power Of the great church 10
stem the rsiag tide of heresy and dsobedience. At
every turn you meet cean-shaven pres whose insight
~ stocks and Roman collars Enthusiastically Indicate their
calling; though the straight black frock coat and the
stuff "stove-pipe" hat which they nearly all affect, ccr
tanly rob them OF every bit Of medievssn Of appearance
Up and down the sides Of the eminence which the
cathedral stands they pouring all dag long thick
and fast that il is not hard fancy ones self St 0mers
O. Dousy. But about the cathedral ITSELF the is
somewhat different The noble church is closed to the
people during the greater part Of the day while the fathers
Of the council celebrating within upon the wants Of
their foc out upon the outer doors posted Latin in
scnpons after the good antique fashion, summOnug the
council 10 meet, God willing, the of October
by order Of the most ilustrous and most reverend
Archbishop Of Baltimore" II carries back good ways
announcement so made, in the old apdhy style
Of Writing with great parsmOny OF words and ineom