St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17
TO ESCAPE THE STORM,
BURIAL DAY.
Seventeen Bodies Buried From the
ST. Cloud Cathedral.

seventeen Bodies Buried From the
81. Cloud Cathedral.
Special from Staff Correspondent.
ST. CLOUD, April 16.-This has been
burial day. At 9 o'clock this morning the
great bells of the cathedral and Church of
the Immaculate Conception joined their
sad notes and heralded to the people that
the last earthly rites would be performed
for the dead. In the basement of the
cathedral seventeen coffins had been placed,
while the funeral services were held i'm the
room above. Before the tongue of the bells
had ceased their clangOr /, 900 people had
bent their knees in the nave of the cathe-
dral and the vestibule, and steps were
FILLED WITH CITIZENS
and visitors from the country and surround
ing towns. The services were conducted
by Rev. T. Y. August Stemper. 1t was
touching scene before which strong men
bowed and wept like children. The voices
of the singers echoed sadly through the
great room as they chanted the requiem
mass, and the tones were hardly less heart
stirring than the sObs that rose from the
throats of the great audience and mingled
with them. Along the entire length of the
nave, from pillar to pillar were stretched
Somber drapeTieS, and the chancel rail was
wound with the same dark emblem of death
and sorrow. The services lasted an hour
and a quarter. After the requiem mass had
been finished, the rector delivered a beauti-
tul and eloquent address, of which the fol-
lowing is brief extract:
THE SERMON.
Ny dear friends: 1t is not my intention, nor
am pl epared TO preach funeral Grafton to-
speak louder than human words the sad
things that have come upon US, the city of st.
Cloud and the village of Sauk Rapids during
the last two day. Our hearts are filed with
grief so deep and sadness so great that words
fail US to give utterance We who have seen
and witnessed the cyclone, that violent,
disastrous storm as it came from Calvary
HILL properly so called, passing over the
northwestern part of our city TO the main
part of Sank Rapids, and then onward, furi-
Gus carrying along everything before it, de-
molishing and destroying everything in the
widest confusion, wonder that the
number of deaths is not greater
in fact, humanely speaking, we can not COM
prehend how any one in it could escape. We
ask why it is that this great calamity has
come upon us, and not upon another part of
the state or country. Is this q punishment
of God, or what is il? My dear friends, let
not one judge rashly. God deals with his
creatures in a two-fold way. He wills and He
permits. What God wills takes place There
is not power on earth nor power above or
below, nor all power combined togei b ar
which can resist the will of God. We can not
hinder or avoid what God wills and sends
upon us. Whether this disastrous storm was
punishment of God, aud HIS will. or whether
He permitted it to chastise and warn US.
leave unjudged. Were those overcome by
this terrible occurrence more wicked and
WORSE THAN WE ARE?
/, as the pastor of this congregation, dare
say that they were not; in fact. there are
many among US to-day who are as bad, if not
worse, than they have been. The Lord has
spared and preserved. but no one knows what
may befall him before the close of this year.
Let us not Judge rashly. Let us rather turn
to the Lord with our whole heart aud thank
Him for the graces he vouchsafed to bestow
upon u.s. and consider what has passed as a
powerful warning to remain with Him. walk
in His path aud live up TO the teachings of
our Holy Catholic church. The souls of these
have departed from the frail mortal life
They have entered into eternity. They are
judged. Their eternity is decided, not ours.
Their remains preach to us the t9rrible truth.
Remember, man, that thou art dust, aud
unto dust thou shalt return. There are two
things, my dear friends which we must never
as long as we live. forget. The one is, let
US always be mindful that il is a holy and
wholesome thought to pray for the dead.
Never let us cease to pray for the souls de-
parted. They VINO are IN tne state sanctlfy-
lying are united with US in the unity and bond
of our holy faith. The other is, let US not
forget those who among us suffering, and
deprived of all theI earthly possessions.
Let us aid them the best we can in lheir dis
tress and misery, and thus prove that we are
of one faith aud one spirit.
AT THE CLOSE
Of the ceremonies the bodies were taken TO
the Catholic cemetery, where they We're in
TERED. the bell tolling solemply as the cor
tege moved toward the city of the dead.
Following is list of the names of those
buried from the Cathedral:
From st. Cloud-Edward Meehan. age 81 !;
Regina Junglen, age l6; Mary Junglen, age
II; August Junglen, age 8; Frank Zins, age
IL; Frances Zins, age 8; John Walden, age z;
Veronica Streitz, age 16.
From Sank Rapids-Abner st. Cyr. age As;