The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-06


auditorium and Archbishop Kahn, OF
! St Louis, ascending it, delivered the
! following sermon:
KAINs SERMON.
Let the priests. that rule well, be
esteemed worthy of double honor; es-
pecialIy they who labor in the word
and doctrine. IL Tim. V. II.
"Eminence, Most Reverend, Right
Reverend and Reverend Fathers and
Dear Brethren-This venerable cathe-
/ dral-the mother church Of America
has been the scene of many imposing
/ celebrations. Hosts of inferred prel-
ates and legions of supplied priests
! have again and again moved in solemn
procession through its halloWed aisIes
and beneath this majestic dome. In
/ the grand ceremonial of our holy
/ church there is scarcely to be found d
sacred rite which has not been here
performed amid the solemn splendor
that BELTS the service Of the all-great
and all-holy God.
Only once before in it's long and
eventful history has it witnessed the
impressive ceremony of this day Nine
years ago the second American cardi-
nal. your own reverend and beloved
/ archbishop. here received the insignia
of his new and exalted dignity. That
was. indeed, a glorious day for the
church in America and unceasing have
been the benedictions invoked upon the
! illuStrious pontiff, Leo XIII, for that
gracious recognition Of America s
claim TO representation in the august
senate Of the church universal Never,
perhaps. has the Christian world given
so spontaneous. so unanimous an in
dorsement to any act Of pOntif1cal au-
thority as it has given to the elevation
of the METROPOLITAN of Baltimore to
the sacred college of cardinals.
Once more has the sovereign pom
tiff resolved to honor the youthful
church of America. and today this
time the solemn inVestiture of a
prince OF the church with the sacred
purple that betokens his cardinalitial
rank. hope to show you that in his
elevation from the high rank of dele
gate Of the holy see to the church in
our great country to the higher rank
Of a member of the sacred college of
cardinals we have practical illustra-
ton OF the Scripture principle laid
down by st. Paul in the words L have
just Quoted.
We Americans are justly proud of
our republican form of government
We are convinced that it is the most
perfect system that has ever been de-
viSed for the preservation and develop
ment Of the inalienAble rights of man
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness. Hence, it is with no small de-
gree Of pride that we recognize the
striking resemblance between the con-
stitution of the church and our repub-
Hcan institutions
Archbishop Kain said that the office
Of chief ruler in the United States, as
in the Roman Catholic church, is
elective, yet not by popular suffrage,
but by an electoral college in the one
case and by the college of cardinals in
the other. He said also THAT the col
lege of cardinals is in the church what
the Senate is in the United States.
He states also that in the church, as in
the United States, the highest offices
are within reach of all her sons, and
the rule holds good that promotion goes
by fitness and preferment.
The speaker next paid high tribute
to Cardinal Satolh, saying: 1.-THE holy
father, who has watched his career
from boyhood's days, has not only ad
mired him for his intellectual gifts,
but has loved him, for in him he has
seen g. model of solid sacersdotal virtue.
Are not these good grounds for the sim
cere affection which the holy father
cheriSheS for him? Now these and the
successful discharge Of his mission in
America are, as [ am well aware the
reasons which have Induced our holy
father to confer upon him the high
honors into which he is today. amidst
this glorious pageant, inducted."
Archbishop Kahn further said that
Cardinal Satolli's promotion was not
only a recognition of his learning, but
of the use he had made of it, fact
which had not escaped the notice of a
pope who had few equals and no superb
or as a pontiff of vast and varied
eruditon and a patron of letters.
1T is no secret" continued the arch
bishop, that at the outset, the first
apostolic delegate to our country had
to encounter and overcome some most
perpleXing difficulties. Suddenly trans
ferred from his study and lecture room
and clothed with the judicial ermine.
called on without previous experience
to pass on intricate cases of ecclesiasti-
cal jurisprudence, required to inagur-
ate an entirely new tribunal, with no
presidents to guide him, among a
people with whose language and Gus
toms and traditions he was unacquaint-
ed, and to exercise the plenipotentiary
powers of an ambassador from the
Holy See to the most f1ourishing and
progressive church on the face of the
globe, he had intrusted to him mis-
sion demanding abilities of the highest
order. The difficulties of his position
were enough TO dishearten a less
courag eous soul. But, far from being
he seemed to draw in
spiration and courage from the very
of the task which had been
assigned him. BraYely he set to work
to discharge the onerous and perplexing
duties of his office and to master the |
difficulties which doomed up so ominous |
before him. The eyes of the nation I
were upon him, and his every act was
from ocean to ocean, Catho- |
lies and non-Catholics watched with I
ill-disguised feelings of misgivings his |
every movement, ready, the former as
well as the latter. Any serious mistake |
committed by the personal representa-
tive of the Holy See might have result |
ed in disastrous consequences to the |
church in the United States. No one
was more conscious Of the delicate posi- |
ton in which he had been placed than |
the apostle delegate himself, and no
one could have passed through the try
ing ordeal with such wonderful prud-
7nce and consummate success The
church of America owes a debt of last
ing gratitude to the new cardinal and
to Leo XIII. for intrusting to one
so well qualified the establish
nent Of the apostolic delegation in
these states. The beneficient influence
IF the delegation is already felt and
recognized, and this happy influence
will be continued and be multiplied if
the successor of Mgr. Satolli inherits
his admirable tact in the administra-
ion of the Office. Whilst we rejoice in
,he elevation to the cardinalate of one
20 every way deserving of that exalted
dignity. we deeply regret his prospec-
i've departure from our midst. Not
)nly has he justly endeared himself
% the Catholics Of the country as the