The record-union., 1898-03-02
PRAYERS FOR THE VICTIMS.
REQUIEM MASS FOR THE MEN
OF THE MAINE.
Interesting Ceremonies to be Held
at the Cathedral To-,nor-
row Morning.

lHeFe VIII no DOUBT De a great tnfOnS
of people in the Cathedral tomorrow
morning by 10 o'clock, when the me-
mortal services for the men who lost
their lives by the Maine disaster will
/ begin. These services will partake of
! the character of a requiem high mass,
at which Right Rev Bishop Grace will
officiate
Special invitations have been sent to
all the clergymen in the city, members
of the Grand Army Posts and affiliated
bodies. but the doors will be open tc
all. The following address has been
issued by the commanders of the Grand
Army organizations to the members:
ITO the Posts of the Grand Army of
the Republic and their associate organ
izations Attention! Your members
have been invited to attend the requiem
mass at the Cathedral for the repose
of the souls of our sailors who were
suddenly killed on the Maine in the
harbor of Havana.
You are hereby asked to meet al
Foresters' Hall at $50 Thursday morn
ing, March Sd, and all veteran soldiers.
not m mbels. are hereby invited to meet
with US for the above purpose
The shock of this terrible event still
hangs over the whole world If it was
an accident, it will reveal the awful
perils eXistings in the magazines of
warships under every flag If it was
not an accident. then thousands of our
citizens may go out TO battle.
The sorrow that is now upon us, and
the serious events which may happen
in the next few hours, should cause us
10 look to the good Lord for consolation
and guidance
"(SigneD Frank Miller. Commander
Sumner Post; l.. S. Geitner, Command
/ er Warren Post; Mrs. Eta Morton,
President Fair Oaks Corps; Mrs. Jen-
ME Eagan, President Sumner Corps;
Mrs. Annie Codekas, President Ladies
q. 4. r
The requiem mass music will be an
important feature of the impressive GER
emory. The choir VIII sing Delcio
Months celebrated Requiem and
there IS opportunity in it for fine solos
and chorus effects. Mesdames Copper
smith and Sheehan, and Messrs. Walter
LongbOttom and j. G.. Genshlea will
sing their usual parts and will be as
sisted in the chorus work by an aug
mented choir of perhaps twenty voices.
Charles \. Neale and the members
Of the orchestra who assist at the Ca
thedral services ON important occasions
win be present TO swell the accompani-
ment for the large organ. The music
of the mass viii be of a high and in
spring character.
As stated, the requiem mass is for the
repcse of the souls of the men who
were hurried into eternity without
warning. The Catholic significance of
prayers for the dead was thus explained
by Rev. Father Ycrke in an address in
san Francisco on Monday evening:
There are three states-heaven. the
home Of the blessed; hell, the home Of
the unfortunate, and then the middle
state. where people, defiled by sin. hav-
ing repented must be cleansed by fire.
Mans belief in God must force him
TO the truth that the soul lives when
The body is no more As there are
grades Of punishment for crime on this
earth. the same plan of punishment is
followed in the future life.
Nothing defiled shall enter heaven,
IS what is taught US by the Catholic
church. and we know that souls do not
SO straight to heaven, but they are first
purified by fire. So it is that we should
pray for the dear departed
our church teaches again that we
can plead TO God to alleviate the suffer
ihss OF those that have gone before,
ana no thought is more beautiful than
the ore that by our prayers we can aid
- the passing of a soul from purgatory
to heaven,