St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-26
MEMORABLE SERVICE
At st. Paul Catholic Seminary
Large Attendance Of
Clergy
HEAR THE ELOQUENT WORDS
Of Very Rev. j. c. Byrne, OF
st. Thomas Col
lege.
BISHOP C0TTER, WINONA,
Celebrates the Mass, Assisted
by Newly Ordained
Priests.

the early morning was evidence thaI
something unusual was about to take
place III GroVeland Park. the day was
none other than the feast of ST. Paul tine
brilliant and enthusiastic Apostle o. the
Gentiles. st. Paul is the patron saint OF
the new seminary, a full description OF
which was set forth in the columns or
the GLOBE a few weeks ago. The cele-
bration Of yesterday gained additional
importance from the fact that 1T was the
first patronal feast since the opening OF
the institution. The invitations sent
out by the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Caillet, preSl-
dent of the seminary, were freely re-
sponded to, as might be seen from the
large concourse of clergy. About $50
O'Clock the students and visiting clergy
were all astir preparing for the solemn
functions. The students. vested III
caSsock, biretta and surplice, went to
the administration building to accom-
pany the celebrant of the mass to the
seminary chapel. At 10 o'clock sharp
all had taken their places and pontifical
mass was commenced. The solemn
strains of the music, the manly voices
of the singers and the warm air of the
chapel produced most soothing effect.
The celebrant of the mass was Rt.
Rev. J. B. Cotier, bishop of Winona;
Rev. Mr.. Cahill, one OF the newly Or
dained clergymen, acted as assistant
priest. The deacon and subdeacon or
the mass were two students, Rev. Mr..
Doyle and Rev. Mr.. Gleason, respect
lively. Another student, Rev. Mr..
Walsh, acted as master of ceremonies.
Among those present were noticed
Archbshops Ireland and Grace. and
Bishop Cotter Rev. Fathers Hebron,
Starika, Koeberl. Trobec. Cotton,
Ward. GEMS, Byrne, Illig, Turner, May
er, Majer, Lawler, McNulty, Gibbons,
O'Neil, O'Reilly, Dolphin, Cunningham.
Casey, Christie, Vaeth, Harrington,
Gleason, Boland, CIeary, Lawson, Nc
Intyre, Hrackosky, Hart, Robert. Ryn>
da. Limberg. II. Fitzgerald. j. FitZger-
aid, Venn, Jung, OBrier, Lucy, Gaugh-
ran, Sullivan, Burke, Guiliot.
The sermon Of the day was preached
by Very Rev. j. G. Byrne. rector OF st.
Thomas college. The subject, 1.-The
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self TO the highest forms OF orat0ry. and
the preacher rose to the dignity of the
occasion.
The following extracts are taken from
the excellent sermon preached by Rec
tor Bvrne:
Flung as it were from his horse into
all the muddle Of nascent church,
which still retained the garb and cele
brateu many rites of Judaism, it was
his to grasp the central truths OF Chris
tianity and to reduce them to their log
ical consequences. In that flood of light
he saw the Incarnation as to many Of its
effects pass the limits Of ChriSt's body,
and Incorporate soul after soul into
mystic union through which gushed a
life and spirit divine. He did not hes
itate. therefore. TO apply to the faithful
an attribute of God. as if they were a
| part OF God, calling them necessarily
| saints or holy ones. Nay, they were
| part of God, for they were members Of
| Christ His BRETHREN 'coheirs of the
| kingdom:' their souls cried out Abba
| Father their bodies were the temples
| of His Spirit. Christ was the new Adam,
| lot of the earth earthly, but of God, III
! fuSing Goodness and gaining for US by
| His obedience all that the first Adam
|
! ence was expressed by the words
Christ cruclfed,' and to bring this
truth home to men the Apostle bent all
the energy of his soul and, later on. ap-
piled all the Vigor Of his pen. These
! principles are commonplace now, but
I then seem scarcely to have been fully
| graSped by the apostles themselves.
There is certain class OF Catholics
| who, Boosting that they follow the un-
| compromising attitude of st. Paul, seem
on the one hand to hate any good work
that is not, will not say commended,
but strictly commanded by their faith.
and. on the other, to defend the faith sc
acrimoniouSly that to nGn-Catholies
they make IL hateful. No deluSion can
be greater than that such exclusive
teachers are true disciples Of the great
Apostle. They, as rule. never &C
out OF the circle formed by their own
people, while he was ever in search OF
new cOnquestS. They ever breathe the
atmosphere of the higher classes, which
they know well, while he moved among
the lowest of the loWiy, whom they
know not at all. They are uncom-
promising in the application Of princi,
pies, while he-unCOmpromlSing as to the
principles themSeiVes-waS all things
TO all mem in their application. LIZ
was answering in his belief that the
law was superseded, yet he circumcsec
Timothy. He stoutly proclaimed free
dom in Christ, but if it would Scandalizt
his brother he would not eat meat for
ever. He FASTENED to the highes
authority to shield his people from {
condemnation; we do not read that hi
busted himself 10 obtain one.
"Diminutive in stature. plain in fea
ture, rendered SO unsightly by disease
that he thanks the people for not hav
ing scorned or dis0Wned him, he viii
ever teach that worldly glories and ac
c0mpliShmentS are not essential to sue
cess in one whose heart is infamed witt
charity. 1t WAS this that gave his soul
magic power and imDetuosity whicl
changed plainnesS into winning grac
and made his words and his pages burr
with eloquence.
He was the apostle born out of du
time cast among the crowd Of inspired
fishermen to give them poise and bal
ance. As in the heavens above whel
the giant planets chance 10 gravitat
together and threaten TO overbalanc
the system, 10! from afar, from tn
very depths Of space, as if from God
there haStens with majestic pace
luminous messenger, and arrives i
time to restore poise and equilibrium
He departs, but when lost TO view,
trail of light indicates his passage. ST
Paul was i'll like manner counterbal
ancP to the JudaiZing influence of til
other apostles, and his life, his deed,
| and his works still ilIume the church c
| Cod"
After the sacred ceremonies wer
over the visitors were entertained q
dinner III the spacious dining hall of til
st. Paul seminary.
Fire Boards New Secretary.
The board Of fire commissioners hel
special meeting last night and accent
ed the resignation of Secretary Charlie
Il. Williams and elected Alfred $. Ha
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