The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-10-19
A CARDINALS JUBILEE.
Imposing Ceremonies at the Cathe-
dral in Baltimore.
EMINENT CHURoHMEN PRESENT.


tion Of the twenty-flfth anniversary OF the
elevation to the episcopate Of Cardinal
(James) Gibbons. All Of the archbishops
in this country, nearly the entire court OF
bishops many monsignors, and priests
from far beyond the province of Baltimore
were here to do honor to the primato of
the Cacholic church.
The residence Of the cardinal is beau
tifully dressed for the jubilee. The lead
ing idea In the decorations is the repre-
sentations of the coat of arms of Mary
land, Virginia and North Carolina, the
states in which the cardinal has made his
iife's work. All the shields are surrounded
with the cardinals colors. United States
and Maryland flags and colors are freely
used
Admission into tho cathedral was by
card. Every seat was taken long before
the services were begun, and after the pro-
cession had entered hundreds OF people
were allowed to follow who had been lucky
enough to receive ticket giving them this
privilege.
An Imposing Procession.
Preceded by students OF st. Charles col
iege and the Seminary of St. Mary OF St.
Snlpice, and large escort of priests and
monsignors. the distinguished prelates
marched from the earchiepiscopal residence
TO the cathedral in imposing procession.
Every head was uncovered as the pro-
cession passed. AS the head of the pro-
cession reached the porch Hamerik's
"Marche Solennellen was performed by
the grand orchestra and organ. Down the
aisle to the sanctuary moved the long line,
the vast congregation standing. At the
owls the dignitar,es were received by the
master of ceremonies and his assistants
xrh IN aQatnnad eaph bar pf tho
sion to his previously appointed place. All
remained standing until the cardinal was
escorted to the throne, where he was robed
for the solemn pontiflcal mass, which was
celebrat ed with all the elaborateuess de-
manded by ritual and liturgy. For this
day of jubilee the vestments were of white
and gold Purple and scarlet figured amid
the flowers and in the decorations
After the celebration OF the mass Rev.
DIR. Rocker vice rector OF the American
college at Rome, read in the course of the
service the congrattlatory letter of the
pope to Cardinal Gibbons, which concludes
with the apostolic benedction.
Tho Archbishop's Sermon.
When Archbishop Corrigan ascendcd
the pulpit to preach the sermon every eye
was levelled at him, so great was the de-
sire to see and to know him. In the course
va hb borHnOu nt ub NOulu uHNb pre-
ferred that this event in his priestly career
had passed unnotced by men, and marked
only by silent communion with the su.
preme giver Of all good. OF the need OF
constant watchfulness he said:
"This loving guidance and supervision
necessary in every period Of the church,
history, were never more needed than In
eur own day, when. under the much
abused name OF liberty, errors are diff
fused broadcast and vices suffered to run
riot. Tho reign OF wlckedness is now more
defiant than ever; and, while there ia
Indeed no martyrdom Of flesh and blood
e,sst.. there Is still, and always will be, O
slsting OF llun Of the spirit, no less narrowing
isa II smsIn Eilous. Trials come not only from
settle tho but side the church, but, what il
apply totleplornble, also from those within
rrehenfirom whom least of all they should bt
IN. ed"
-zWssss- 1tee .aet-vise- at the cathedral tn,
cardinal and distinguished prelates entered
eoaohes aud were driven to the Seminary
OF st. Mary of st. Sulpice, where a ban
quet was given in honor of the cardinal
which was even q grander affair than thai
: which characterized tho centenary OF tn,
founding of tho institution.
Cardinal Gibbons in his address to tn,
assembled prelntes and priests said in part
my first determination was to have M
celebration at all, but the clergy kindly
rsmonstrated with ME and said that tn,
absence OF any observance of the day
would be construed as implying lndffer
snce on their part towards me, and | did
Dot wish that they should lie under such al
ftnputation. And when learned that thu
holy father in the beneyolence of his heart
had Rraciously condescended to commem
ofnte my conservation by gift and let
Ger of congratulation, was determined Il
tnyest the day with due solemnity, and tc
Snyite all my honored brethren of the epis
,-eopate.
VI fter referring pleasantly to Rev. DR.
hsSSoLd of New Zealand. Monsignor M.
gent Of Liverpool and the other distin
Euished prelates present, the cardinal con
tinued
His Tribute to satolli
"I cannot find words adequate to expires.
my profound sense OF the benevolenee o
the holy father In sending me, without an,
solioitation on my part, precious git
with letter. l shall always cherish the
gift not only because of intrinsic value
but far more because of my admiration
and fill al reverence for the august head o.
the church. And the value OF the pIft /,
still more enhanced on account OF my as
teem for the envoy who conveyed il. re
fer TO Rev. DR., Rocker. the worthy vlct
rector OF the American college In Rome
Nor can ! omit TO refer TO the presenc,
here of the pope's immediate representa-
tive-his eXcelleney the Most Rev Dr. Sa
TOLL. He is indeed most worthy repre-
sentative Of the sovereign pontir. He repre-
sents Leo XIII by his learning; he repre-
sents him by his piety; he represents hin
by his irmness of character; he represent.
him above all by his broad and enliuhtene or
policy. propose then the health OF Lee
XIII and Monsignor Satolli." Monsignol
Sntolli responded In Latin, and won tn,
heartbeat applause
'The Sec of Baltimore" was responded
to by Archbishop Kain. of st. Louis
Archbishop Hennessy, Of Dubuque, Ia.
spoke to the sentiment The Hierarchy 0
the United States
AT this point a phonograph messng
From his holiness was delivered, the dis
Einguished company all standing, out o
loyalty to the Holy See, and listeninl
breathlessly to the words of greeting from
the holy father
Archbishop Ryan, OF Philadelphia re
pied to the toast, our Country ant
President" Monsgnor Nugent, of Liver
pool, and Rev. DR. Ring, the latter tn
representative OF Saruinal IIogue oil AR.
nagh, Ireland, responded to volunteer
sentiments, and the banqnet was ended.
Archbishop Ireiand's Sermon.
Tho cathedral WAS crowded last night in
avery part to listen to Archbishop Ire
land, Of st. Paul. who preached sermon
and was only spared almost continued ap
plause by the condition that he was
speaking to a congregation and not to the
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