The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-22

Catholics and non-Catholics alike
crowded st. Mary's cathedral last even
ing to hear Rev. Elias Younan, the
noted Paulist father. The little church
was filled to its doors. with aisles and
choir thronged with standing worship
ers, and even the chancei made to do
duty to help accommodate the crowd.
A strong, aNmasterful man is this
noted priest. Clad in a plain black sur
plice. which rather accumulated the he
role mould of his frame, with a brass
crucifiX upon his breast, he lowered in
the chancel, an impressive figure. His
face is dark, almost, as Weathered
bronze; mass of black hair crowns his
head; his features are heavy, his lips
full, his eyes almost majestic in the
strength and fire of their glance. AS
he spoke, his deep voice rang strong
and clear and full, until the little
building almost seemed to shake with
the intensity of his passionate feeling;
and again his words came soft and
sweet, tinged with the musical foreign
accept, like the murmurous notes of a
great organ.
And as his mood changed, as he rose
20 heights of oratorical utterance, or
sank to tender pleadings, he swayed
that great congregation. packed in the
little chapel, and it breathed with him,
sighed with him, prayed with him.
Never did he lose command of every
man, woman and child in it.
1t was a simple sermon, couched for
the most part in the simplest language.
An exhortalon, pleading, prayer,
to turn from that which is base and
low and sinful, to follow the right; to
leave the broad and easy way of I'M
Goodness and enter upon the narrow,
toilsome path which leads to Christ and
to God, The dignity of the soul was
his theme. Man is a creature built in
the likeness of God" he said. Man is
a creature fashioned of clay, but gifted
with the divine attribute of reason,
endowed with an immortal soul. OF
soul and body, to which do we give the
most thought? In the morning we rise
up with a brief prayer, perhaps, to
turn all day from spiritual things to
the sordid things of the flesh. At night
we breathe a word, perhaps, of prayer,
and that is all.
Most of our time we give to things
Of earth, not of heaven. We are chill
dren of God, because we are Chris
tians. Whatever of good or of bad that
we are, we still have that right to call
God our Father. And are We worthy
to do this? All that We have comes
from him. All that we ever shall be
we owe to him. And are we living as
paths of destruction, or do We. tread in
the narrow way of Righteousness?
I'VE are accountable to God for all
that we do. If we sin, we disobey him,
for he laid down the laws for us to
follow. We must go to God to ask for
the power to turn away from sin and
walk in the right way. Many there are
that know they are not living Alright,
and yet they go on and on, saying, per-
hapS, that it will be time to go to God
when they are settled in life, and when
gray hairs come upon their heads.
Let nothing come between us and
God" Numbered the preacher. Let
nothing separate us from him and his
mercy. We are not here to make money,
to amass fortunes. We are here for
something higher, something nobler,
something grander than that. To be
like unto his image, to be like unto
God himself. is our end
Following the sermon, Bishop Scan
Ian gave the benediction of the blessed
sacrament, and this concluded the
services.
Father Younan preached three times
in the morning to large congregations,
explaining the purpose of his mission
here in the city. Each evening this
week he will continue his work, this
evenings subject being THE. Neces- !
sity of Salvation"