The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-14
A %PASToR's FAREWELL.

50 ~ SASA ss htS "Sa EAN ASAA
ed by the pastor from the text Mark 1850
"Be not afFrighted; ye seek Jesus OF Naz-
ereth which was erucifed; he is risen; he
is not here; behold the place where they
laid him" 1t was appropriate TO the day
and filed with the important truths OF the
Gospel. The communion vas thcn ad-
ministered to those Of the members who
could not he present in the morning, after
which Mr.. Croll said farewell"
He said it wa now almost six months
that he had been in Wheeling in connec-
tionwith this Church. Time had passed
rapidly, and the three months which he
thought would, at the longest, be his stay
in Wheeling, had been almost doubled.
With fear and trembling the work had
been undertaken because without expert
ence in ministerial work he had come into
their midst. Much pleasure had been en-
ioyed through intercourse with the people
Of the congregation and with others out
side. But there had been profit gained.
1t had necessarily been, as It were, a
period OF training. But he rejoiced to
know that, as with many congregations
under the same circumstances, this one
had not declined, but was advancing. II
showed that 1t was not a work of man
that had been done. The day, he hoped,
was not far distant when there would be
other, or at least another Lutheran Church,
and the gatherings OF the day certainly
pointed in that direction. Wheeling and
the First Lutheran Church would ever
recall pleasant experiences. And then
wishing that he mightexchange a farewell
greeting with many as individuals, as a
congregation he babe them tdrclreN. With
the singing Of an appropriate hymn and
the benediction the Easter services closed.
AT the CATHEDRAL.
The decorations at the Cathedral were
very elaborate, and the effect, surprising
anything witnessed there for years, was
simply grand-a sea Of lights and flowers,
natural and artificial. The whole sanctu.
airy was most exquisitely wreathed. The
first mass, at $3.50 A. NJ, was attended by
an immense congregation, OF whom some
six hundred received Holy Communion,
Father Sullivan ofiiciated. Another church
full, mostly OF young people, assembled
at9 o'clock. The singing was very fine.
The solemn service OF the day, also a
crowded house, was at 1880 A. NJ, and Ri,
Rev. Bishop Kahn was the celebrant.
AS usual the Bishops attendants were
numerous. Very Rev. J.. 7. Sullivan, As.
sistant Priest; Rev, P. H.. McAIenamip.
Deacon; Rev. John McElligott, sub.Dea.
con; Mr.. ]. WI. Werninger, Master OF
Ceremonies. Actingi in various capacities
were twelve altar boys, We noticed the
venerable Father Walters, Chaplain Of
MI. de Chantal, in the sanctuary,
The mass rendered by the choir was the
Farmers Mass, in B flat, and was under
the direction Of Mrs. N. I. Whitaker. the
well and ~favorably known organist OF the
Cathedral. Besides the music OF the mass
proper, several selections appropriate for
Easter day were given.
The Easter sermon was preached by
Very Rev. John 7. Sullivan. His arpti.
ment was to show the Resurrection was
the foundation ofthe Christians faith and
the ground OF his hope.
At the end OF the mass the Brief OF au.
thorization therefor having been first
read in Latin and English by h Very
Rev. j. T. Sullivan, Bishop Kahn gave the
Papal BenediCtion. re ~,
Again at 8 O'clock e.tM., the attendance
at the Cathedral was one OF the largest
ever witnessed, Towards the close ofthis
service Bishop Kahn addressed the M.
dience for about half an hour in one OF
his most eloquent veins, explaining the
Procession OF the blessed Sacrament, and
connecting It very happily with the great
Feast OF Easter and the doctrine oftho
s%ayiour's Resurrection. There ia but one
opinion among those who were fortunate
enough to be present at the Cathedral ser.
vices, namely, that every thing, the cere.
monial HI decorahons, The discouses the
attendance and the deep piety Of Easter.
day, 1873, in the Cathedral, will be long
remembered by Catholics and nom atho: