Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-28
HE VISITS THE SCHOOLS.
THE LECTURE.
The Cathedral Well Filled TO Hear His
Eminence.

THE LECTURE.
The Cathedral Well Filled 10 Hear His
Eminence.
Last evening Cardinal Gibbjns delivered
a lecture at ST. Joseph's Cathedral for the
benefit of s.. Mary's Church Of the Eighth
ward, his subject bs!ng rapid a1d Won
deIful Diffusion of Early Christianity, ard
Some of Its Principal Causes" TIE edi-
flee, which has been newly aud beautifully
decorated and repainted, was for the first
time illuminated with electric lights, and
it certainly presented a graRdly handsome
appearance.
The audience began to assemble esrly
and by the time the Cardinsl commenced.
the greater part of the seating capacity Of
the vast Cathedral was occupied by q rep
resentatiye assembly of c;t'zaDs Of all de-
nominations, aud one snd all listened with
the closest interest 70 the Cardinals words.
The uahers were Messrs. T.. S Riley, VIM.
F. Wtir, C. A. Wingerter, John A. How
ard, Geo. J. Mathison and John Carroll,
and they performed their functions in a
very efficient manner.
R.v. Charles F. S;hilpp oficiated as
Master of Ceremonie4snG shortly after 7:3O
O'Clock SIXTEEN altar bnys entered the sane
tuary followed by q number CT this clergy,
who took seats 10 the sanctuary. Thty
were Very Rev. ]. Hartr edy, o. Steuben-
vile, Very Rev. Il, F. Park, of NJ. de
Obanial; Rev. s. S. VI. Mattingly, Of Mar
tins Ferry; Rev. J. Harley, Of Stsuben-
vile; Rev. J. r. Fitzgerald, t6e late Father
Calls successor at Bsllaire; Raw. H. 2.
McMeuauin, Cf BtnWo1d; Rev A. Bout
lou, of Moundsville; Rev. f Olivier, Of
Clarksburr; Rev. r Kelcher, of Grafton,
and Rev. P. Hyaciuth, Rsv. P. Didacus
and Rev. p. Hermann, Ct st. Alphorsus
Church.
In a short time his E1sinence, the Car
dinai. entered and assembled the throne st
the right OF the sanctuary. He WAS at
tended by r.. Rev. Mgr. ]. I. Sullivan,
Rev. Peter Mccoy, OF Baltimore, and Rev.
John A. Reynolds, OF Wellsburg. RI. Rsy.
Bishop Kahn occupied the throne to the
lefr, and ne was attended by Rev. Joseph
Mnllea, of the Church Of the Immaculate
| Conception and Rev. John McEiligott, Of
the Csthe lral. At the conclusion of brief
| QGNOLlO0S, lil6 SdtulhAl 'ONsC II JIG ANAA
vestman of thu high cfice he Occupits,
entered ths pulpit and commenced his
lecture.
He is an easy, grscefal talker, and OIL
though bis voice is not o strong one, is
sofvest accents reached to the fuItatrmost
corners of the Church aud al could under
stand him perfectly. He spoke for about
thirty.iye MINUTES aud it is safe TO say
that not one word of what he said was lot
upon the audience, fJr hiI talk WAS like
the mau-plain, unyarpished, uusssuning,
vet wi!hal full of quiet dignity, purity,
conviction and power. An outline of the
lecture in the distinguished p7elats's own
Language is given below:
THE LECTURE.
His Eminence said
Ihsve received al invitation, ladies snd
gentlemen, to make q few remarks to You,
this evening This invitation, coming
from your h. Rsv. Bishop, l could not
DENY myself, especially al the Object to be
| attained is a most laulible and charitable
one.
Let us tonight, ladies and gentlemen,
travel back, in the spirit, to the city OF
ancient Rome, aud standiog upon one OF
Rome's seven hills, Look down upon that
immense ci;y, with its population Of three
million inhabitants. We find that city
given up TO every spsc'eJ Of iitlstry. We
| fed temples erected to the worship Of
f4lse gods established here and there
Throughout the Immense metropolis,
and on thu corners Of the streets nithas
containing idols, tymbClical CT their false
teachings. We find that iumense popula-
ton woishipiug the sun, and this moon
AMI the ttars of heaven, and the noun
tlins, and the hills and tbs sea, and every
unusual and striking object in mature
We find it universally that the obi CTS
of worship are Indicative OF the tssr',
or incentives to the qualification Of
the passions of man. They worship oil
creatures ard all things, saving and eX
| coping tie God Of the univsrsA In the
Language Of the Apostle Of the Gsntil.s,
they have changed the glory OF the iuc)r-
ruptable esd to the image Of corIuptab!e
man. They worship the creature instead
of the Orator, and Whist I say Of
Roma T migit slsO sficm tf the
Roman Empire i'self, for wherever
| Rom , carried her victoTIOUs standard, sue
also planted her worship. Each of the
Romsn provincial cities hal its temple ard
ltJ niche and it's idol referring to the great
central city Of thu empire. And what was
true cf the Il lmsn Empire was also true of
the world. Rome wSs the great central
city. Hec empire wal SIS VIDE in extent
as is that Of Great Britain to-day. Its con-
ines in Asia extended as far "a the Tigris
aud the Euphrsie3; it extended into Africa
over a wide extent of cOn 1try, and IN
| Europe as far a. the river Den. So Rome
ought truly to he called the mistress of the
c;yillzed void, and such was he condi-
ton Ct human society that wnen Jeeu'
Christ app ssrsd upoa sIrth He found
idolat;y everywhere cave in the lit
tleIprtncipality of Palestine. He called
around Him tWelve poor, illiteeats,
unintlusntial mentor non Of Ehem, sIve
Paul, and John and Luke had aoy koovl-
edge of eff airs. They were meE without
Reslth-ut.erly devoid Of aug Of those
elements considered throughout all time
az essential 20; the attainment Ct great en-
terp,ises Aud yes these Twelve men
established, with the aid OF Almighty
God, the most stupendous thing known
SluC5 TUG CiO1ltOA VI aLO "SANN- iS NA
ed upon them to weep away i6olitfy lad
establish in ire stead the worship of the
living dod. hs Salled On tness twelve
men TO sweep away q religion born Of and
appealing to the pas ions OF msr, and
estsb,ish in its place the eternal peace Of
Jesus Carist. They may we'll he compared
to t1e 10 I'd, a. sGlsll &c a gain of mustard,
VIII ca sproutsj, Sna tSaE root aud
fl 1utisted, until it became h tree GodeT
tie sample shade of whose branches should
be gathered all thu nations Of the earth.
And whea we consider The humble in
strumtnss through which was estabi
this cClo ST. Wo;k, we'll might we agree
that tbs spiri. of Ged uOv IS all around
and sb )ut as. There was onnipOtent wis
dom in tbs selection of these msaus. It
Almighty Gd had employed great age1-
cies, commensurate with Tia work TO be &C.
esmplishel, the wo l would have said
"There is DO miracle tpre, J. il only the
result of natu!si consequence" And had
He call7d On sll the power and grandeur
of heaven, the world WouIi have said!
There is no mirsls here; this thing
was no. done By Jesus Chris, bat
by ths peyer of earthly kings aud sovsr-
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