St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-02

a perfect blaze of splendor. with
its myriads of burning wax tapers,
casting mellow blaze of light
all around, and the masses of beautifuI9
flowers waiting their delicate perfume.
into space. The musical programme
was In keeping with the grandeur and
solemnity of the occasion. Haydn's
second mass i'm G was given, under the
leadership of Prof. Maenner, Seibert's
full orchestra assisting. The music,
from the beginning to the end of the |
mass, was executed with the great. |
est excellence and scientific skill.
The soloists were the Misses
Mealey, Smith and Kerwin and
Promptly at 1O:3O the procession came
out from the vestry, the acolytes first, .
followed by the priests and bishops i'm
the order of their rank. The ceremony
of investing the bishop in his pontifical
robes then commenced, the various gar
mentS being taken from the altar by the
master of ceremonies and given Singly
to the acolytes, who took their station
in line, one behind the other, in front
of the throne. The deacOns and sub.
deacons then assisted the bishop in
PUTTING ON THE SACRED ROBES.
When this ceremony was over. all ap.
preached the foot of the altar. the SOL
emn strains of the organ, pealing forth
the Kyrie Eleison were heard, and the
mass began.
Bishop Ireland was the celebrant;
Revs. McSweeney and Stanley. assist
ant priests; Revs. Gleason and Keane,
deacon and Sub-deacOn, and Rev. Glib
b0nS, master OF ceremonies. Bishop
Grace and Mgr. Ravouxe were in the
sanctuary and assisted at the mass.
Rev. Edward McSweeney, president
of st. Thomas seminary, delivered the
sermon. taking his text from /. Peter
i. 2l: "God raised Him up from the
dead and hath given Him glory that
your faith and hope might be in God"
The reverend doctor, during the
course OF his remarks, said:
This is the greatest of the Christian
festivals. Its name Easter is of Saxon
origin and has reference to the spring
time. In the language OF the Orient and
OF Southern Europe it is called Pasch,as
in the Hebrew, meaning the passage Of
the Lord, who passed over Egypt and
destroyed the first born in every house
of the Oppressor of his people. The
Jews to this day celebrate this event at
the same time we commemorate the
resurrection of Christ. The egg is a
familiar symbol of the feast, because
from it, as from closed tomb, live
animal comes forth. In Russia the
gives way on this day to the saIutation:
"Christ is Risen." to which the
answer is HE is risen indeed"
st. Paul says that If Christ be not
risen, his preaching was vain, and our
faith too; thus he appealed to the resur-
rectlon as to fact essential to the
Christian religion. So we all hold 1t
is the cornerstone, the rock OH which
our belief rests. Henceit is established
beyond cavil by evidence as great aS.we
have for any judicially-proven historical
fact. Itwas clearly foretOld the death
of Christ was made sure of, and he
showed himself alive on the third day
after, and during forty days following,
to many and various witnesses. All
this evidence is attested by us Christ
ians, who are to be believed just as our
fellow citizens, the Jews, when they
tell us how they crossed the Red sea be-
tween the walls OF water. It
is also found in those his
tOrical documents called the Gospels,
which are of undoubted authenticity
and veracity. We invite every one to
examine and to believe. The enllght-
ened nations for 1,S00 years have done
so. Politeness, at least, makes it incum-
Dent upon every person 10 inquire INTO
what his forefathers and all christen-
dom has held, and besides they who ne
glect the inquiry run the risk of infidel-
ity toward the Son of God, and cannot
be held guiltless. The resurrection IS
the
SHEET ANCHOR OF OUR HOPE.
st. Paul tells us that as Christ rose so
shall we; not in the present weak. heavy
and dying condition of our bodies, but
with spiritual ones; not essentially diff
ferent, because they will be the same,
but endowed with power, splendOr and
immortality. But we must initiate
Christ in holy lives if we would rise in
glory. Yet rise we shall, all Of us.
The good to glory; the wicked
shall resume their bodies that
are doomed to eternal perdition.
Why then should we not love Christine
beautiful son of God, who Is the "authOr
and finisher of our faith" who saved us
and earned for US this glorious resurrec-
ton at the last day? Why should we
not initiate Him and do His will? 'If
you love me- keep my commandments"
Not he who sayeth Lord! Lord =" shall
enter into the kingdom of heaven, but
he that doth the will of my Father who
is in heaven, he shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven. Faith is perfected
by work, and faith in the resurrection
must be accompanied by love and
obedience in order to gather the fruits
of this great event.