Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-11-14

A Great and Enthusiastic Meeting
Pope leo Cables GftA ItIessIng.

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A Great and Enthusiastic Meeting
Pope Leo Cables SITS blessing.
BALTIMORE, Nov. IA hundred years
have come and gone since FIRST 3 bishop
OF the Catholic church was given 10
America, and sincs the creation Of the zee
OF Baltimore. The centenary Of the
church was celebrated yesterday in q
manner betting the occasion. The Oil
Cathedral that crowns the Charles street
hill had within its walls an sssmblsge
most notable.
Every available bit of space within WAS
utilized, yet thousands of people, visitors
az we'll IS Baltimoreans, had TO be shut
out.
The gathering OF preiates embraced
tvo cardinals, II archbishops and 70
bishops. The pope was represented in
the person Of Agcn bishop satolli OF
Jepanto: Canada, By Cardinal Taschsreau;
Mexico, by Bishops hontes d'Oca and e.
Antequara Clio; England, by Bishop
Joan Virtue of Portsmouth, and Mgr.
Cad OF London. All OF the Alehoishops
In the United States were In attendance
except Henrick Of ST. Louis. who ia too
feeble to trsyel, and nearly all the
bishops.
A<DSai auG FAHAkluB lIAest7 " VIC uu IL
Der u 400 and $50 ssminsri1us formed q
procession at tue srchiepiscopal resi-.
denoe, and were Joined on the way to
the cathedral by the cross. bearers, ab-
bots, monsignori, bishops, archbishops,
the papal legstee and Cardinals Gibbons
and Tasehereau.
At the cathedral the arch bishops and
bishops took seats in the chancei. Cardi-
al nshknna n..1tznI
Archbiahop Sstolli occupied thrones.
That Of the latter was drnpad with the
pspsl colors Of yellow and white. Ths
solemn ponlifical mass wac begun ct
Ills, with Archbishop Williams Of Bos.
ton as celebraut. The musical service
followed.
1t was IL. As p. N. when the "Its, nissa
est" vas said. Then Archbishop Ryan
OF Philadeiphis assembled thu pulpi. and
preached the ssImon. Ai.er dwelling
upon the history OF the CEthuli3 chrsch
IN America he took mp the charges that
the cnurch fears science and ia the enemy
OF education. He said the lest TO fsa. in.
tellectua! progress was the Catholic. He
knew that truth ia one, that God cannot
contradict in the revelation CT tas Scrip
ture what he exhibits in the revelation Of
science.
Hence the Catholic church never feared
the progress Of science and education.
CsEtoll acted in harmony with the spirit
Of the church, therefore, when be founded
Georgetown College, and the Catholic
bishops were nov acting in the same
spirit In founding the Washington Cai-
yersity. The charge that the laity were
priestEidden every Catholic knew was
false, and he hoped that in the congress-
this week the lsity would spssk out fear
lessly and freely, II was time that they
took and expressed an interest ia tin.
great questions Of the day affecting the
church and society.
Arch5ishop Ryan closed with prayer
for the church, and after benediotioa the
bishops snd others OF the clergy Giurd
st St. Mary's Seminary, Cardinal Glib
bons presiding. After dinner toasts were
proposed by Cardinal Gibbons, and he.
sponded to az follows "The Roman
Pontif, " Archbishop Sstolli Mexico. .
Bishops d'Oca and Giilo; Ireland, .
Archbishop Cleary, Kingston, Canada;
America, Archbi4hop Ireland. A
marble best wss presented to the Wash
tngton University on behalf OF the Eng
lish and Irish residents of Rome by Mgr.
iad.
Last nights scenes at the cathedral
were re-snsctment Of those OF the
morning, with the substitution of yes.
perH, OF which Archbishop Heiss of Mil.
Yankee was celebrant. Archbishop Ire
land OF Minnesota preached the sermon
which dealt entirely with the future. He
said the great work the Catholics OF the
United States are called to do within the
coming century was to make America
Catholic. The Importance of the pos.
sesaion OF America to .hs cause OF re.
ligion cannot well be oyerestimgted
Americas Influence is widespread suonp
the nations, and, the church triumphant
in America, Catholic truth would trave
on the wings Of American influence and
enoircle the universe.
II can be shown to the American people
that they need the church for the preaer
yation and complete development Of
national character and social osier
They must look to her to MAINTAIN 10
thtm in the condolences Of citizens tn
principles Of natural equ.ty AID law
without which a saif-g IYsrning people
wiz not exist, Whisper to liberty tn
religion oheE!shes it and guards il s!ik
from anarchy snd dsspotizm. Let labo
knox trat religion viii ward % the pp
preston ot capital and teach ce gital tina
iis Fights nrs dependent upon its fulhi!
mert " IT. GuIle4 srd the gge Will rus
y the arms 81 iha church and psoclaiu
her Us teacher and queen.
BthTrioHE NOV II The 400 dsss
Eatsa % lne first congress ut taD L.tlsy,i
laymen Of the United States W. cali