The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-11-06
tismal rite adn,inist newly.born.

/? taSlntal~EAt0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS eHAJasAlA4A.
infant. 5,siss. So
Along he1side aisIess; ALSO iiar6l nhns
confession n Some bore the name OF
the priest there oficiating L, ithy'the
further. ann cement, ia a TEN ilstan-
Fces; that the conf ssiions there could be
made III Ehg1isli
Attic entry 81 I the sane tuary, rest
ing, on one; Of the right hand columns,
is al scnlpturesdl figure in pure white
Marble 81 tie Blessed Virgin: on o
marble pedesta From its neck hangs
q small GOA cross, In1S72 the cure Of
this church, while in. Rome, asked the
Pope &c was Plus IX.)) Tor some mo.
mento to put In this church in Montreal.
The P ope gave him this marble figure,
and with it the small gold cross that
hung around its neck !; q cross that was
often worn BY Plus TX. himself. Here
it now; hangs to-day in this great church
in the western world. SsS /
Nobody can adequately imagine OF
realize, without seeing it, the ornate
lofty, VI. and grand effect of all
this beautiful interior architecture,
with its wealth Of bright colors
shown il clustered column, res.
plendent sanctuary, and tower
ing alter, and in the lofty groined arches;
making amaze of ornamental lines, far
up above the people insthe pews. One
feels, before Analysing the effect Of the
great altar, its cleaning towers reach
ing to the very ceiling, aud splendid in
their blazonfy Of gold; and their script
ural figures and groups, the ,gilded gal!
leries for the priests and alter boys, the
special galleries for the nuns and the
alter, lamps, swung from:the far ceiling,
and theirs lights kept ever burning,
year after year, seem to be gently and
slowly moving, with an almost imper.
ceptible motion and pendulum effect.
It is all one great blaze Of rich but har-
monious colors, gold pred ominatlng.
The orie1 sky windows, illuminated in
beautiful designs and ,colors, are very
rich and effective; while the mazes of
pointed and gilded arches, springing
far above nave and galleries, take the
eye captive and inyoluntarily. /.
Here people are coming and'going
from dawn to night-ysome kneeling at
particular, shrines in various parts Of the
great interior, others silently saying
their prayers in the pewss The noise
Of the carpenters at work, with hammer
and saw, n among some of the central
pews makes no interruption Of the de-
votions. Men and women silently come
in, kneel an instant on one knee, tow
ard the great altar with its figures and
groups Of the crucifxion and the crown
ing Of the virgin, enter pew, remain
some time in silent devotion, 60 out Of
the pew, again bend the knee afterward
and silently depart. Recently q funeral
mass and two other masses were gong
on at different parts Of this great
interior fat the & same time in the
early morning hour. At one time there
were wedding, funeral, and the regu-
lar morning service, all going on stimuli
taneously, and 50 far as any confusion
was concerned, they were as free from
it as they would have been performed
in three widely separated part of the
city. The church was built to seat ten
thousand people, and half as many
more could be got in BY using tie
aisles. The act, Of worship is performed
almost publicly as the work in the
streets, and seemingly with as little re-
gard, to, the lockers. on. Such is til Q
case in all the great Catholic churches
of Europe, but Montreal seems to illus
trate the custom more conspicuo usly
than any other city Of the new world.
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