The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-02-24
AT BRING GLAD TIDINGs OF GOOD rHINGsw

stood around him who had been the faithful
vicegerent of their Heavenly King.
crown of golden leaves, weaved about
GROSS, vas laid before the bier. This cross, t.
ell who knew the life-loug trials of th'
Pope, bore silent testimony 10 that sterr
reality which, we humbly trust, has won fol-
him q crown of fadeless glory.
: A detachment from Col. Glynn's regiment
serving guard of honor in the church, had
posted sentinels about the bier, and the pres
once of the young soldiers they stood armed
and uniformed at their post, one at each C or
ner of the catafalque, was singulsrly impres.
asive and sugge stive. 1t recalled the heroic
attitude of that great soldier of the Church
who in the face of scorn, insult and perseou.
stion, kept guard over all the interests intrust
ed to his keeping and died unf1inobingly at
the post of duty. A well-executed bust of the
Holy Father, placed above the memorial oefi n,
recalled the venerable features of the deceased
lPontiff and added realistic feeling to the
limpre ssive ceremonies.
THE sANCTUARY,
Ut all times imposing, was rendered doubly go
by the large naa.bes Of clergy in1atteudaDoe.
and by the grave dignity of the efioistinR
prelste, the venerable Archbishop Perohe
whose silver hair and benevolent features
served in no slight degree to recall the memory
Iof him whom all had met to honor.
The solemn Requiem Macs began at nine
O'Clock A. N. The mournful rolling OF the drum
proclaimed to the vast congregation assem-.
bled in the Cathedral, the opening of the great
.SaoriHcial Service.
In the presence of Him who never dies, the
great, invisible, and eternal High Priest, the
|caored rites were celebrated for the repose of
the soul of the great and good Pontif who
bad ruled Christie Church so long and we'll
Grouped about the sanctuary were many of
our most distinguished citizens-also digDita
ries of the army and navy, nearly all the res
dent consuls of foreign nations, with repre-
sentatives from the various professions, all of
whom must have realized the divine unity audi
uDiversality and oAtholioity of that ancient|
Church, which for peer or peasant, for veteraDI
or for youth, for the lofty or the lowly, for the
native or the stranger, has but one prayer, oneI
sacrifice, one unohanging ritual. With the
same words and in the same tongue, she praysI
above her poorest child or her greatest poten-
tate. TIE same blessing falls upon the beg
gar's coffin as on the great PontifFs bier, and
before her altsrs she bids all men know that
they are equal, children of Q common Father
and heirs to common heritage.
THE LESSON
preached to us by Wednesdays Memorial Ser
vice 10 one which all should take to heart
The glory of this earth vauishethl The king
dom Of God alone remains! Time is nothing II
Eternity is everything
The name of the great Pope-the greatest
that ever lived-bas already become q thing Of
the past His heroic fortitude in the faos of
multiplied sssanlts is remembered as q ige in
history. The love and vsneration which at
tended his every footstep have all been laid
upon tomb, and the mournfuI lame o tat iona
which surrounded his funeral bier will soon
be exchanged for loud rejoicipRs about bis
throne. How little then is man,
but how grand ia relEionl The great and
noble Plus is no more, but Peter never dies
The Popes pAEs on, sometimes rapidly, some
lines slowly, from the Vatican to the tomb
but the PapAcy never knows either age or fall
are, and stretches back in one unbroken chain
20 the day when the cry of Christ rent the
Temples veil in twain The pomp and splen-
Tor, the nobility and pride of each triple.
'rowned POntif passes away like the fax
Vhioh is burned before his throne; but on the
uins of departed grandeur, tho God. given
upremacy of the Church's Head, stands firm
md unchangeAble.
Plus is dead; but his virtues are . perpetual
eGacy TO the world which he strove to turp
rom its evil ways; q precious deposit to the
'hurch, which she will cherish to the end of
ime.
THE LAST HoNoRs
o the iilustrious dead, were paid by the ven
rable Archbishop himself, who, with fragrant
ncense and holy water, accompanied by many
the reverend clergy, sOlemnIy blessed che
'ofau; and while the pitt0us CRY, al pOyta
ysri, From the gates Of Hell, o Lord dsliyeE