Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-26
CHURCH CEREMONIES.
high Mass-Address by Bishop Kai

dral, at 10 o'clock, yesterday morning, the
church being crowded to its fullest Ca
pacity. The officers of the mass were as
follows:
Very Rev. Father Sullivan, Celebrant;
Deacon, Father OConnor, Clarksburg; sub
Deacon, Father Mcbride, Newburg; Bishop
kain, mitre and cope, assisted by Very
Rev. Father Parke, Arch Priest, and Father
Kelleher, OF Grafton, and Schleicher,. 81
the Church of the Immaculate ConceptiohI
Rev. Father John J. McElligott acted Jas
Master of Ceremonies.
Millard's mass in was sung. the chdir
being composed of Miss Ella linn, Mts.
Scott and Miss Annie Fitzsimmons, 30
prano; Mrs. Sitgreayes, alto; Mr.. Charlie
Miller tenor, and Messrs. Geo. MathisohN
and James Msthison, bass. Mrs Whitaker
presided at the organ. At the offertory, a
duet "Ecce Panis' was sung by Mrs. Whit.
aker and Miss linn. At the conclusion OF
the mass, Bishop Kahn delivered the fol-
lowing address:
"Let the priests that rule well, be esteemed
worthy of double honor; especially they who
labor in the word and doctriue-" Tim. V
The principle, my Brethren, which is
here laid down, by ST. Paul, is founded on
Justice as we'll as on gratitude. A sense Of
gratitude must ever lead as TO pay due
honor to those who render us any service;
and the value of the service rendered
should surely be an important element in
our estimate of the gratitude due. But the
duty springs from justice, too; for its proper
discharge is, as reason and prosperity die
tate. only part OF the reward which We owe
to those who have bestowed their time and
labor in advancing our interest. Were |,
unsupported by SCriptural authority, to
make applications of this principle, to the
ministers of the altar, | might seem actu.
ated by con sid eratiOns of too personal q
nature. Are not priests bound, it might
be argued, to serve, TO the best of their
ability, those to whose Scriptural interests
they have so sole mnly ConSecrated their
lives? And moreover, are they not rec
OmpenSed for the services they render,
even as men of other professions who
claim no compensation beyond heir Stipu-
lated fees? These are the sJphisms OF
ignorance and seltshneSs. st. Paul
so iatimated - the emphatic language
which have Just quoted, S. ice he declares
the worthy faithful priest, entitled to
double honor, the honor, namely, that is
inSeparable from his priestly character and
that due him for his faithful discharge OF
the duties of that most sacred office.
Though it is true that q priest of God
feels himself bound, in virtue of his holy
calling, To devote his very life to promote
the COED of the souls intrusted to his
charge, and though it may be true that he
receives a descent support from those
whom he serves, neither the one nor
the other consideration can absolve
the faithful, and his fellow priests
from the duty of rendering him that spec
ial honor due TO those in the church who
rule well and who conscientiously discharge
the sacred obligations of the mlnlsty. 1t
is our con SC iou>neSs of this truth that has
brought US here to-day to take part in the
solemn commemOration ceremonies. y
cOmmendable custom has prescribed the
propriety of some such service as this OF
the solemn jubilee, by which the privileged
minister of God may testify his own re-
ligious feelings for having been permitted
] to discharge the sacred functions OF
the priesthood for five and twen-
ty years: and by which his
friends too may join with him in praiSing
God for this blessing and may express their
sentiments Of honor, reverence and deyo-
| ton to one who has for so many years
| ministered in the holy sanctuary. There
is, moreover, very special reason for thus
celebration. Not only has the Very Rev.
Father, whom we all take pleasure in
hOnOring, on this occasion of his silver
Jubilee, spent his quarter of q century in
the sacred priesthood, but all these years
have been spent in ministering to this con-
gregstiun. From the day his hands were
| Amounted before this very altar, by the
venerable and sanity Bishop Car
roll, from the hour in which,
! like the seventy-two disciples OF
whom mention is made in the gospel
| Just sung, he was commissioned TO preach
| in the Divine Masters name, the truths of
| eternal salvation, he has labored here in
your midst, for your parents, for your
| selves, for your children. dare say there
| ale very few priests in our country OF whom
| the same remarks holds true; that is, who
| have Consecrated twenty-five years from
| the day of their ordination in faithfully
| serving the same congregation. Oh, how
many events, full OF intensest interest to
| so many of you, have these years not wit
! messed. In the course Of these years our
| country has passed through one of the
most sanguinary civil strifes recorded in
| the annals of the world. In the course
| of these years our Commonwealth has
/ sprung into existence as a separate STATE.
] born amidst the death.like throes OF our
/ country'S greatest anguish. These Years
! have seen our city steadily advancing in
\ all her material interests and We may hope
in more refining influences. In the onward
/ march the Church, too, has been moving
! space. fteE SdCTeu ministers. luueeU, save
| the one We are honorlng, have all been
! changed, from the chief pastor, my veneer,
! ated predecessor. down to the youngest of
| the priesthood; but this undying Church
has gone on expanding, in her numbers,
! in her institutions, in her divine
sCtion on the souls of her children.
| Here We have in our midst to-day the sole
witness from the holy sanctuary of these
| years so fraught with interest to all of us,
/ who are reaping the fruits now maturing
! from the seed sOwn in labors and tears and
many sorrows. A witness? Aye, and an
/ active participant in the toilsome work OF
/ this quarter century, and in the sacred
/ minisIrations which have kept them alive
| and fostered and advanced our holy faith
and all its sslutary influences.
We're the Catholics of our city all gath
| cred here on this solemn occasion. the
| Very Rev. Celebrsnt might look over the
assembled multitude and out of their
I number count the hundreds
whom he had regenerated at the sacred
| font whom he bad prepared and instructed
| for the holy sacrament, whom he hal
blessed on their wedding day, or whom he
! had served and Mustered to on countless
| occasions, in sickness as well as in health.
| Can We then conceive it possible, without
doing violence To all noble Christian feel
| ings, to doubt that in the hearts OF all
| these there is q deep. tender sentiment OF
! thsnsfnlress, - we'll ss Of stfsctionate re-
gsTG, for Linn from whom they have Ie'