The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-11
THE CATHOLIC VIEW
Easter Services Held at Saint Mary's
Cathedral.
THE P0NTIFICIAL MASS
1T WAS CELEBRATED BY BISHOP
LAWRENCE SCANLAN.
Father Kelly Preached the Sermon
The Mission of Jesus Christ-A
Day of Joy and Gladness-The
Musical Exercises Under the Di-
rection of Miss Nora Gleason.


Day Of Joy and Gladness-The
Musical Exercises Under the Di-
rection of Miss Nora Gleason.
Easter at st. Mary's cathedral, apart
from its religious features. presents q
better study of human nature than any
other place in the city where people are
wont to congregate. Because there is
but one Catholic church proper in the
city Est. Patrick's being regarded as a
mission chapel only, all the Catholics
of the Anglo-Saxon and the Latin
races, together with a few of the Afri-
can race. make their appearance on
that festival 1t is no strange sight
to see an Irishman in the same pew
with an Italian, a Mexican or Chilean
with a German or Frenchman, while
the native American is easily discerni-
bic all over the church. Then, Easter
who are fond of Catholic music and
crafty their curiosity by eagerly fol-
lowing the ceremonies surrounding a
pontifical mass. Taken altogether, it
was a remarkable display of mingled
curiosity and devotion. a gathering OF
the upper and lower crust of society,
in which the least pretentious were not
devoid of some adornment of Easter
fashion.
The decorations of the three affairs
were most elaborate, comprising Easter
lilies, white carnations, hyacinths,
marguerites. feur de lis and Califor-
mia roses, with an abundance of palms
on the high altar.
Pontifical mass was celebrated by
Bishop Seaman, assisted by Rev. D.
Kelly as deacon and Rev. William Nor
rissey as subdeacon.
THE SERMON.
After the reading of the gospel. Rev
D. Kelly delivered the Easter sermon,
following:
Be not affrighted; you seek Jesus of
Nazareth, who was crucified; he is
risen, he is not here; behold the place
where they laid him.
Two events in the life of our Lord
are annually celebrated with great
pomp. Between these two events his
entire life of 80 years is embraced.
Both events are sources of gladness to
the Christian world. These annual Gel
ebrations take place at Christmas and
Easter. On the former occasion young
and old participate in the joyous fes-
tiYitieS. Children in particular are
made happy; Christmas day fills their
youthful minds with pleasant recollec-
tons of past gifts bestowed by gener-
Gus friends, and its return every year
awakens anticipations which cause a
spontaneous outbreak that is pure,
simple and artless. These feelings are
shared alike by the young and old. The
joys of Easter. whilst as great, are
different. The events which precede
give them q. graver and more Subdued
aspect. The scenes of Good Friday,
mourning over the thorn-crowned head
of the Savior, and the fasts prescribed
for the Lenten season, from which the
joys of Easter spring. make those joy
Gus feelings more suppressed and cause
them to sink deeper into the soul. 1t
is the last feeling awakened by life
so wonderful and eventful.
Without penance and sympathy with
our Lord during the preparatory season
there is no real joy today. For only
those who have grieved in Lent can
rejoice at Eastertide.
The life embraced between those two
extremes, Christmas and Easter, when
we remember who Jesus was, must
necessarily elicit our sympathy. If we
follow him step by step from Bethle-
hem to Calvary, the heart can not fail
TO be touched with contrition and re-
ceive a powerful incentive to virtue.
He, the begotten of the Father, and
who, without robbery. could declare
himself equal to God, became. for love
of humanity, poor, as manifested by
his lowly birth. His life of AFFECT want
did not prevent him from going about
and doing good. though he had not
whereon to lay his head. BY man, for
whose sake he took upon himself the
form of an humble servant, ne was re-
jected and despised. The world, selfish
and ungrateful, scorned him. His own
apostle, selected by himself, betrayed
him, and his friends abandoned him
at the most trying moment of his life.
as a criminal, he is crucified
between two thieves; and without a
murmur, he patiently and meekly sub
mits to all this humiliation and suffer-
ing and, by grace divine, forgives his
enemies and prays for his execution
ers. With these thoughts deeply i'm
pressed on the soul by the church,
through her ceremonies and reading of
during the week just end
ed, the sorrow and sympathy of the
Christian soul are naturally aroused;
but today, when sorrow has passed
away. and angels smile, his victory
over death brings heavenly and solid
joy to the believing soul. He was sent
by his Heavenly Father to bring us to
the knowledge of the truth, this being
the fountain of living waters. He died
to give us hope and draw US closer TO
the living heart, this being the fire he
desired to see enkindled. But he arose
to confirm our faith. IF Christ has
not arisen then is our preaching vain,
and your faith also is vain
He is risen, he is not here. The trend
of human thought, as well as the ten
dency of novel religious views during
the present century, has been to bring
Jesus on the same level with the rest
Of humanity. 1t is true that his great
over all men whose names
are recorded in history is admitted.
Renan was not only profuse, but even
in his praises of his vast
over all other men; yet he
denied his supernatural character. In
his life of Christ, he openly avows that
he was a man of greater naturalRen-
iowments, of more sincere, solid piety,
truer and real love and sympathy than
any may that ever lived; that his bene-
fetal influence on society has never
been equalled and will continue for all
time. But his divinity or the divine in
deposition of providence he denies. No
ess fatal to religion and inspiration
are the religious views which would
deny him to be in the strictest sense a
nan of providence, sent from God to
be the Redeemer and Savior of the
world. The words of the Holy Ghost.
God so loved the world that he gave
MS only begotten son to die that who
soever should believe on him might
not perish, but have everlasting life
ire treated lightly. To harmonic their
views with open and avowed infidelity
he Bible itself ceases to be a book
iivinely inspired. or a book of any
weight and authority on matters lying
L.. arfa fr~ao
t as a good book. replete with striking
passages. containing some genuine