Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-04
CATHEDRAL

OF the Church in Ane,ica. ~og
On Sunday, May 25th, the NON Q,
Patrick's Cathedral, on the corna o;
Filth avenue and Fiftieth street VI
dedicated to public worship TO-DAY was
der the invocation Of st. PatricL M el'
grand, solemn, and imposing serv;o na
In the history Ct the Roman CatbO:-
Church IN America, no event has boo'
celebrated with such m~agnifcence Gu
splendor. Between 1000 and 5000 NJ
pie were within the building when p ~
services commenced. The high s,.aee
was lit up with countless candles o~a
presented a beautiful appearano0
Among the many persons present wss.
General d. E. Sickles, Chief .Jus,ioe
Daily, Cornelius Vanderbilt. Hsnss
Berg. Comptroller Kelly, Judge Brad
ID. j.. Tappan, Sheriff RELY, JndSa
Waterbury, Arthur, John MnlIaI1SSe
Henry l.. Hoguet. James Lvnni
Eugene Kelly and Joseph f. Donobua
But seldom has such a gather;nn :;
high dignitaries of the church been
cen N
The following took part IN the cora
monies; Archbishop Gibbons, of Rail-.
more; Archbishop Purcell, of Cinc;n.
natl; Archbishop Wood, of PhiladeInb;a.
Archbishop Williams. of Boston. ArnS
bishop Lynch, of Toronto, and Arcb.
bishop Hannah, of Halifax; Bjshons
Longhlin, Of Brooklyn; McOna;d rs
Rochester; Ryan, of Buffalo; McNiernev
of Albany; Wadhams, Of Ugdensbnrs'
Corrigan, Of Newark; Conroy, of AlbanS.
Lynch, of Charleston: Belker, of WI.
mlngton; Gross of Savannah; Kahn. Of
Wheeling; Moore of st. Augustine.
Keane, of Richmond; Elder, of Natcheq,
Quinlan, OF Mobile; Goesbriand, of Bnr,
iington; O'Reilly, Of Springfield; Hend.
ricken, OF Providence; Heally, of Port.
land; McMahan, of Hartford; Mullen,
of Erie; Shanahan, of Harrisburg,
O'Hara, ofScranton; Tuigg, of Pittsbursp:
Baltes, of Alton; Ryan, of st. Louis:
O'Conner, of Nebraska; Spalding, Of
Peoria; McCloskey, of Louisville:
Toebbe, Of C%ovington; Borgess., of De.
troit; Chatard, of Vincennes; Ire
land, of St. Paul; Heiss, of La
Crosse; Duhamel, of Ottawa;
Sweeney. of st. Johns, N. B.; and
the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Seton, ID. D., Protho.
notary Apostolic. The celebrants Of
mass were Cardinal John McClosky,
celebrant; the Very Rev. r. L. Preston.
first assistant deacon; the Rev. Al.
Donnelly. second assistant deacon; the
Rev. Edward McGlinn, deacon of mass;
the Rev. James II. Mclean, sub-deacon.
The masters of ceremony were. The
Rev. j. Nj. Kearney, H.. Farrelley, H.
G. Mcdowell, and William Hogan.
There were chapters for the Msrere,
for the Litany and for the procession.
The musical portion of the services was
in keeping with all the other ceremo.
MES. The sanctuary chorus of the
Paulist Fathers church, numbering 100
men and boys, sung the proper" OF
the mass. The organlst was aided by a
choir Of 100 voices and a full orchestra
Of wind and string instruments. The
"Kyrie" was from Haydn's Third
Mass, and the "Gloria," the "Credo,"
the Sanctus," and the "Agnus Del"
were from Haydn's Sixteenth Mass,
The Gregorian music was rendered by
VIC CI1Oll Vi Tue dullcl dtliCIS.
1t was 1870 o'clock before the cere-
monies commenced with the procession
from the vestry. First came the at
tendants and servers, then the chorus
Of chanters, then $50 priests, then the
bishops in full canonlcals, then the
archbishops, arrayed IL their gorgeous
vestments, each wearing his inter, and
lastly His Eminence Cardinal McClos,
ky, with Wears General Quinn and
Preston on either side of him. Inc
vast audience arose and renamed
standing while the procession passed
down the center aisle to the grand cen
trail portal. The crowds OUTSIDE inc
building also remained uncovered dur
ing the ceremonies. The cardinal on
passing out through the portal, ttneu
toward the building and offered up
prayer. Then he recited the antlphoh'
Thou shalt sprinkle mt with hyssop'
o Lord" etc. He then s~prinkled the
holy water on the walls above u DE-
low, the chorus chanting the MISE
ere" The procession then marches
around the building, the cardinals prinA
ling the walls as he passed along. hie1
making the round of the bulloing 'ue
procession re-entered the cathedral y
the same door, and marched to the hish
altar. Then the cardinal, accompanieu
by a number OF clergy, made a clfcu"
of the building, and sprinkled the lne
rior of the walls with holy wa.ei'
Psalms were chanted by the chorus uuJ
ing the circuit. On returning tothe hisn
altar the cardinal was clothed IN Iun
pontific cal vestments and proceeueu
celebrate the mass. The mass ce Ho
brated, according to the rubrics Oh tmf
missal, was that Of Pope Gregory
The cardinal chanted the saiu'at1n
"Pax vobiscum," and sung the cone0S
Then came the event of the day d n p,s.
Sermon hu tne Rt. Rev. fat