The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-26
NEW YoRR.s NEW oATnEpRAL.
The DedIcatory Services Yesterday Dis.
tinguished Persons and DIgniiaries Of
the Church Present. rF


tInguished Persons and DIgniiaries Q
} the Church Present.
EEw YoRE, May 25.-The new Saint
Patrick's Cathedral, Fifth avenue AM
5Oth street, was dedicated to the publ
: worship to-day, under the invocation o
Saint Patrick with grand, solemn and i'm
posing services. In the history Of tn
Roman Catholic Church in America NJ
event has been celebrated with Sucl
magniticence or splendor. There.were be
tween four and i've thousand people il
> the building when services commenced
The high altar was lilIup with counties
/, candles and presented a beautiful appear
ance.
Among many persons present were Gen
D. Z. Sickles, Chief Justice DAILY, Corne
Illus Vanderbilt, Henry Bergh, Controller
Kelly, Judge Brady, II. j, Tappan, Sheriff
Reilly, Henry L. Hagnet, jas, Lynch, Eu
gene Kelly, and Joseph +. 0'Donohue
But seldom has such a number. Of high
dlgnitaries Of the church been assembled
as the following, who took part in the
services: .''sN
Archbishop Gibbons, OF Baltimore; Arch,
bishop Purcell, Of Cincinnati; Archbishop
Wood, OF Philadelphia; Archbishop VIII
liams, Of Boston; Archbishop Lynch, oI
Toronto; Archbishop Hannah, Of Halifax
Bishops Laughlin, Of Brooklyn, Nc
Quail, Of Rochester, n. Y; Ryan,
OF Buffalo; McNierney, Of Albany;
Carrigan, OF Newark; Conroy, OF Albany;
Lynch, Of Charleston; Belker, Of vii.
mington; Gross, OF Savannah; Kain, ol
Wheeling; Moore, Of St Augustine;
Keane, OF Richmond; Elder, OF NatChez;
Quinlan, Of Mobile; HendriCkson, ofProv.
idence; Healey, Of Portland; McMahon,
Of Hartford; Mullen, OF Erie; Shanahan.
of Harrisburg; O'Hara, OF Scranton;
Tuigg, Of Pittsburgh; Baltes, Of Alton;
ka; McCloskey, Of Louisville; Taebbe, Of
Coyington; Borgeis, Of Detroit. Chalard,
of Nincennes; ireland, Of St. Paul; Heiss,
of Lacrosse; Dupamet, Of Ottawa; Swee-
ney, Of st. Johns, N. b.; Rogers, OF Chat
ham, n. b., and Right Past Manager Seton,
d. D., Prothonary Apostolic.
The celebrants OF mass were: Cardinal
John McCloskey, celebrant; Very Rev.
Thos. Preston, First Assistant Deacon;
Rev. A. J. Donnelly, Second Deacon;
Rev. Edward McGlynn, Deacon Of Mass;
Rev, James Ii. Mclean, Sub Deacon.
The masters Of ceremonies were: Rev. j.
NJ. kearney, F. FL: Farrely, II. G. Nc
Dowell and WIN. Hogan. There were
also cantors for the miserere, for the litany
and for the procession. The musical por.
tion ofthe services were in keeping with
all the other ceremonies. The sanctuary
chorus OF the Paulist Fathers Church,
numbering one hundred men and boys,
sung the proper" Of the mass. The
organfst was aided by choir OF one hun.
Edred voices, and full orchestra OF wind
and string Instruments The Kyrie was
from Haydns' Third Mass, and the "Glo-
ria, the "Credo, the "Sanctus" and the
"Agnes Del" were from Haydns' Six
teenth Mass. The Georgorian music was
rendered by the choir Of the Paulist Fa-
thers. r 'frl I
1t was half past ten o'clock before the
ceremonies began. With the procession
from the vestry first came the attendants
and servers, then the chorus OF cha srs,
then $50 priests, then the bishops in full
Canonicals, then the archbisheps ar1yed
in their gorgeous yestments each wearing
his mitre, and lastly, His Eminence CRrdi-
nal McC Closkey, with Wears General Quinn
and Preston on each side Of him.
The vast audience arose and remained
standing while the procession passed
down the centre aisle to the grand central
portal. The crowds outside the building
also remained uncovered during the cere-
monies. The Cardinal, on passing out
through the portal, turned toward the
building and offered up prayer; then he
recited the artipton, "Thou shalt sprinkle
me with ,hysop," &c. He then sprinkled
holy water on the walls above and below,
the chorus chanting the "Aliserere."
The procession then marched around
the building, the Cardinal sprinkling the
walls as he passed along. After making
the round OF the building, the procession
re-entered the cathedral BY the same door
and marched 70 the high altar. Then the
Cardinal, accompanied by number OF
the clergy, made the circuit OF the bnild-
ing, and sprinkled the interior walls with
holy water. Psalms were chanted in
chorus during the circuit. On returning
to the high altar the Cardinal was clothed
in full pontiiical vestments and proceeded
10 celebrate the mass.
The mass celebrated according to the
rubrics OF the missal was that OF Pope
Gregory the With. The Cardinal
chanted the salutation Pax Vobiscum
and sung the Collects" Then came the
event Of the day, most eloquent sermon
by Right Rev. Patrick ]. Ryan, Coadjutor
Bishop OF st. Louis. After the sermon the
ceremony OF incensing the Altar and of
the clergy went on. The Cardinal gave
the "pNx" or "kiss Of peace" and the
choir sang "Agnus Del" Then followed
the Te Deum Candamus sung by the cho-
rus and all the clergy present, and the SOL
emn services were concluded.
At the uonolusionNof the morning ser
vices over two hundred Of tho prelates,
priest and laymen who attended the SER
vices sat down to dinner at the Roman
Catholic Orphan Asylum orgirls, on Mad
ison avenue. Cardinal McOloskey sat on
a raised platform at a raised table, with
about dozen Others. Archbishop Glib
bons, OF Baltimore, sat at the Cardinals
Purcell, Of Cincinnati.
I. Attheconclusion OF the feast the Cardinal
said he had received cable dispatch from
the Holy Father at Rome, sending his
congratulations and bOnedtction on the
occasion OF the depication Of the new
Cathedral. The Pope's health was then
toasted, as was that OF Archbishop Pur.
cell. The Cardinal spoke Of the latter's
financial troubles, and stated that It was
the desire Of the Bishops and clergy pros
: ent to take steps to alleviate his dirtress,
J and for that purpose a meeting would be
called at the Cardinals residence to.mor-
row latonlayl evening.
0thNrt toasts were given and responded
! to- by Arch Bishop Purcell aud Gibbons,
Charles 0'Connor, Vicar General Quinn
and Others At the evening vespers there
J was a large congregational attendance and
members Of the Papal guartl were present,
The celebrant was Arch Bishop Glib
7 bons, OF Baltimore, and Deacons Revs
John ]. Kean and William Farrell. Bishop
: tse4pe, 81 Riphm9nd, preached the ser
lmon,