St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-14
The Christian Passover or
Festival Of the Resurrec-
ton of Our Lord.
Celebrated Yesterday All The
World Over, and in Every
Language Of Men.
How the Glad Easter Day Was OBJ
served by the Principal Church
es in st. Paul.
With Songs of Rejoicing, With Lovely
Offerings Of Floral Wealth, and With
Praise and Exhortation.
THc (nthcdI,nL.

The Cathedral.
The Cathedral was yesterday crowded at
each of the four masses. The greater portion
Of the parish congregation received commun-
ion at early mass g o'clock, the Father
Matthew Total Abstinence society receiving
holy communion in body. At O'Clock
mass the Crusaders society attended in quite
goodIy numbers, and partook Of the sacra-
ment. Coadjutor Bishop Ireland celebrated
pontifcal high mass at 10 o'clock, with the
Reverend Father Danchy as deecon, Rever-
end Father Riley as sub-deacon,
and Reverend Father Stanley as master
Of ceremonies. His grace the venerable
Bishop Grace, assisted at the mass, seated
upon his throne, and supported by the Rev.
Fathers Ravoux and Lynch. The grand old
eGifce presented a most gala and imposing
appearance, tie several affairs being decorated
with rare cyotcs in profusion, and cntatling
The very highest praise upon the ladies of the
congregation, whose hAndiwork it was. The
mechanical fixtures for lighting the high altar,
on which a symbolical star was erected, de-
serve more than passing mention. Under
the food Of gas and candle light the effect
was grand in the extreme.
One Of the most important, eloquent and
edifying sermons was preached by the
Rev. Father DanchY, who took his text from
the sixteenth chapter Of Saint Mark: ''He
is risen, He is not here - and the eloquence
of the reverend gentleman served to fasten
the marked attention Of his immense au-
dience from the commencement to the close
OF his discourse.
There were more than 1900 commune
cants at the masses.
The ponttctal high mass, which was sung
by solo quartet, consisting of Miss Annie
Syhonarth, Mrs Winnie Mitchell, Mr.. Henry
McLachlin and Nh Hildebrand, chorus of
twenty-four voices, and Seibert's full orches-
ira, assisted by Mr., Tom Karl and several
other ladies and gentlemen of the Boston
Ideal opera company, who very kindly lent
their services, was Haydn's No. 2 in &C."
Professor Manner conducted, and kept his
forces well in hand. We give a short
resume of the music for the benefit Of
our readers. The first number. the
tKyrie Eleson'' opens with 4 very soft
a1ldo,,te movement which gradually becomes
ed. The dl}egro opens with a fine soprano
solo, which was nicely sung by Mrs. Mitchell,
TIE chorus later taking up the same melody.
After this chorus is done the alto Miss A.
Eellev) repeats the some movement in diff
ferent key, which the chorus again take up
and carry on to the end, with good effect.
The GLORIA" opens with chorus and full Or
chestra in an allegro 0UGce
movement Here it was particularly
noticeable how well the singers and players
had been rehearsed as the quick attack and
great precision of their work was admirable.
Mr. Manner sang the next number the ''Qui
Tolls" Here he had Il grand opportunity
for his fine voice, and did the work and him
self every Justice. The strings were at times
faulty in this number especially the cello,
which was trine out of tune. The "Quo-
MAN" followed, very fast movement, in
which the tenors had some very heavy work.
They were equal to the occasion,
however, and when the "Cum Sancto' was
reached the whole body of performers had
their work cut out for them. The "Amen'
was very fine, especially where the wind in
struments take up the theme and go on to
the finish. The "Credo7 opens with an
allegro movement. The bassos begin and
are followed by the tenors, altos and sopranos
in quick succession until the SET Incarnatus''
is reached, which is Il very solemn and slow
movement for bass solo. The chorus then take
up the theme, which is very soft and beautiful
until the 'Et Vitam'' is reached, when all
the performers are again called on. Here
we have one of Haydn's best pieces of choral
and orchestral writing. After a grand open
ing the solo quartette gives a fine change to
the heavy work 10y delicate little quartette.
Il,
is extremely brilliant especially for
the instrumentalists. The effect was
grand and it was admirably sung
by the chorus. The ''offertorY' was
Millard's "Ava Verum," sung by Miss
Schonarth. She sang beautifully and with
great taste, ult we should have been better
pleased had the organ accompaniment been
played much softer, in some places her
voice was completely lost. The next num-
Der was the ''Sanctus," for tenor solo and
chorus. Mr. Henry McLachlan was the solo
list and did his work in really mastery style,
his phrasing in the quick passages being excel
lent. The "'Benedictusr which fol-
lowed this is very solemn and i'm
posing piece of musical composition, and
was sung by Miss Schonorth, Miss Smith,
Mr. McLachlan and Mr.. Grote, very beauti-
fully, The voices blended finely together and
ii was really one Of the gems of the mass.
The ''Agnus'' and ''Dona' brought the work
to conclusion, the final ''pacem" for chorns
and full orchestra, double forte, having
grand effect, and noble
Taage to one of Haydn's
masterpieces. LambiTotte's ''Regna Celi,
sung by Miss Lizzie Ryan and Miss Estella
Zenzius, with chorus and full orchestra,
brought most imposing ceremony to
close.