The morning call., 1891-06-22

His Grace Archbishop Riordan, Rev. Father
PinascO of Santa Clara being assistant priest
and Rev. Fathers Jacquet and d'ApOnte as
SiStant dcacOnS. Rev. Father Collins was
master of ceremonies.
An eloquent sermon was delivered by
Rev. Father SASHA, who began by referring
10 yesterday as the three hundredth ami
verSary of the birth in heaven of ST. Alloy
slus, which, he said, gave rise to three dis
tinct rrfectiOns-frSt, the paramount sig
nificance Of the decorations and embellish-
ments of the Lords temple, happily com-
pleted for this solemn occasion; second, the
eminent fitness If the tributes Of honor
rendered to the angelic Aleysius through out
the length and breadth Of the buundless
domains of that church which alone can
produce saints; third, the practical lessons
that such sOlemnity is calculated to i'm
press on the mind and heart of the be-
holders.
Regarding the first thought the reverned
Father said that when the Christian traveller
or observing tourist gttentively examines
tie many majestic structures which the
skill of man has erected to the honor and
glory of his Maker, as he gaZeS on the glOTi-
Gus paintings and noble sculptures Of
classs genius that adOrn their sacred walls,
as his eye glanceS admiringly along the
clustered columns that rise in stately
grandeur to the lofty vault above; as his ear
catches the sweet strains of music that are
made to flow In waves of solemn. SOul-Stir-
ring notes from the massive organ; as he
reVels in their nOre heavenly than earthly
delights he cannot resist the conviction press
Ing Itself Oh his rejecting mind that religion,
the daughter If heaven, has been truly wedGed
to Christian art, and that the painting,
sculpture, architecture, poetry aud elo-
Quence have all been enlisted as powerful
auXillaries to draw mems souls 10 BIN, who
is the author Of all that is beautiful, refined
and sublime on earth; and who is himself
essential ar
the source Of infinite, eternal joy In
deed the Cftholic Church, inspired by the
Spirit Of God abiding in her midst, has been
the celestial crucible. In which human art
has been purified and adapted TO the service
of religion.
1t has indeed been we'll said, added the
speaker, that the fine arts with all that is
charming, eleVatlng, sOui-lnSpirin2 about
them are like crumbs fallen from the royal
table Of our Heavenly Father upon this land
of exile to remind us of the far deeper joys
and more TaVlshing delights Oh which we
shall one day feast at his banquet, in the
palace Of his glory and in the SplrndOr of
his kingdom; where the creature shall be
admitted to see face to face the majesty
of the Creator, when the intellect is fed
with infinite truth and the will embraces
everlasting good, then indeed human happi-
ness is supreme and the restless soul of man
can crave no more. Let the architect task
his great skill; let the sculptor and the
painter come to his aid; let the
richest stuffs be brought from the
produce of the loom; let tbs mines give up
their gold and silver; let the rarest flowers
display their hues and shed their fragrance
around his altar; let clouds IF incense ex-
press the language of mems prayers whilst
hundreds of tapers declare the light of their
faith and the gladness of their hearts. Our
God lowers himself TO a state of humiliation
and concealS the immensely of his glory
within the narrow precincts Of the taber-
nacle the earthly home built for him by
human hands. Then let him be lifted up
on high and seated on a throne glitterng
with gold and the rarest of gems; let US
show to the world that if our God chose to
be a prisoner he is prisoner of love and
that even in his prison house he is the
sovereign of our hearts. He is silent; then
let us raise our voices; let the sounds of
the sweetest melody be heard; let US pro-
claim IN canticles and hymns this great
truth, that the more Jesus humbled himself
for our sake, the more should we delight to
honor him.
On this day, throughout the length and
breadth Of ChristendOm, in thousands OF