Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
Assembling Of Great Crowds Within
the Cathedral to Witness the
Last Sad Rites.
How Al That Was Mortal Of the Illus.
triNus Prelaie Was Laid Away
.--in Imposing Scene.
Az Aapquent Funeral SERMON hy nishop
Gaih'ons r Ems DEATH Has Brought
sorrow 60 the Universal church
rnE NIGmv MArciI,

vincent de Paul, who guarded the body
81 Cardinal McCioskey In the great cathe-
,iral last evening, al length came to an
cnd. The FIRST beams OF the morning sun
had hardly gilded the steeples OF the
churches when 4 procession OF priests
with uncovered heads entered the caihe.
dral and knelt before the altar. The
prayers Tor the opening of the new day,
the day upon which tho body OF Amerl,
cas- first cardinal was tn he committed 10
the earth, were said, and then the priests
walked slowly down the central aisle on
either side OF the cntaialquc, and returned
to the sacriSty.
TWO NUMBERED pnJatHMTN
kept the great crowd that had assembled
shortly after a IN. IN order The doors
OF the cathedral were opened at 40, and
the waiting throag was Invited TO enter.
AS the hour for beginning services was
reached the crush outside the church be.
came greater. The streets for several
squares In every direction wore blocked
with carriages aud masses Of people. The
police had all ther could dc TO preserve
order. The scene within waS grand and
impressive. The dead body of the car
dinal had during the night been placed
in the mahogany collin which had been
prepared for It's reception Heavy drn-
perry of velvet, boidered with fringe, hung
about the COLA Rods of gold
extending the entire length OF
the colin urnRmentod the sides
The body had be2n So placed that the
head of the dead was raised above the
level of the colin, aud was easily seen
from below. The pews and aisles were
now crowded with people, and 5000 PEG.
pie We're gathered within the walls OF The
cathedral before 10 o'clock. While the
throug was waiting the openings OF
rUE SOLEMN REQUftN sERylCEs,
the Papal IoUayes, Ia gold lace and
bright uniforms, marched down the cou-
ter aisle aud took up their positions about
doors OF the sacristy were flung open
aud long procession OF Whtc-fpbcd
priests died down the stops Nv
the seats directly In front OF
the hieh altar There was n moment OF
hushed expectancy, as Father lammcl
waved his hand and the stiffness wns
broken by the priests as fhey chaniec
The ofllcc OF the dead The 200 voices OF
the priests and boys sounded swoetly
TO the ears OF the waiting congregation.
The boys chanted one line OF the psalm
and the priests the second, then came The
singing OF psalm ninetyfour. II WIS not,
however, until The priests
cAME no TItE MlsERERE
that the full richness and beauty OF the
well-trained voices OF the chancel choir
were brought out, IN all probability
nothing Ike the singing Of these priests
and boys has ever been heard in
the city, First came the
singing Of the Latin lines, by the boy
tcuors, 10 which responded the harmon-
lied voice, OF the priests. The notes of
the chantcrs hoated upward among the
great arches OF the cathedral, aud, being
reflected by the pillars, were thrown buck
ward and forward until they died away
IN the distance. Several moro psalms
were sung by the choirs in unison, after
which came the chanting OF the benc-
dictus While the Office for the dead was
being chantcd, Father Apacletus, Fran
ciscan iriar, assisted by the Rev, Father
Kelley, passed around the cataiulquc
swinging censor from which
FERruMEp INsENsE AROSE
Later on Father Filly, Il Dominican
priest, performed the same Office. When
the chanting came TO an end the priests
resumed their seats and short period OF
waiting followed. The great organ
poaled forth The solemn, stately yolun'
tary preceding The mass, and now two
acolytes bearing lighted candles IN their
hands, followed by another procession OF
priests, came slowlrout from the saelisty
and bowed before The high altar
ruEN CAME TuE msHors
in their sumber-hued garments, and
Anally, the monselgne0rs and the arch
bishops. Then when all was ready, the
choir chanted the requiem MACS.
The choir numbered over one
hundred voices Archbishop Corrigan
was the celebiaut OF tie ponifcal mass,
Monslgnor Farley was lhe assistant.
Father Douuelly deacon, and Father
AIcGean, sub-doacOn Fathers Mcllon-
nell, Kelley Larcic, bakery ana Met
ihcnrn OF the cathedral household were
inc masters Of ceremonies. The lieyer
ends Charles Cotton and Thomas Me-
Closkcy aud Fathers Awkward and Me-
Grath acted as claplains'
TIM sEHNoS
The sermon was preached inter the mass
by Archbishop Gibbons Of Baltimore Inc
text of the sermon WIS Bcclesiaslics'
Said the speakers
These words, posen orsinaN On Aa ai W.
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