Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-04
mark the difference, if difference there

mark the difference, if difference there
be.
Yea, 1 will go further; and if I may
be allowed to penetrate into your hearts,
reverend fathers, whose sentiments
your beaming co%untenances so striking
ly betray, 1 am not afraid to declare
that these hearts of yours are with this
celebration precisely because of it's pa
ternal simplicity, so %congenial to he
country; it's people, its pastors and prel-
ate. This celebration, in the words Of
u beloved archbishop, was to be pre-
eminently 'une fete de famille, a sim
Pile family feast, whose especial privi-
lege it is that here the heart does speak
a language so sweet, so harmonious, so
fascinating, charged with emotions so
strong as to thrill every heart that
m under it's magic sway.
But be this as it may, in the grand
eur of the one and the simplicity of the
other, we behold two types whose pro-
totypes we find in Christ. At one time
we behold him walking upon the waves
of the SEA- that consolidate beneath his
feet as if spell-bound in admiration at
beholding their creator AS I contem-
plate this grand spectacle my heart
swells with ~unspeakable emotions, and
with Peter I fain would exclaim: I,
Lord, if it be thee, command that I may
come to thee walking upon the waves
AT another time we behold the meek
and gentle savior laying his hand divine
upon the little children, blessing them
as he said: Suffer the little ones to
come to me, for of such is the kingdom
Of heaven And when l contemplate
that picture my heart is overwhelmed
with such emotions that instinctively it
falls PROSTATE in alteration before him.
To-day, your grace, we are happy
because our holy father, Leo XIII, has
bestowed upon you the insignia of your
exalted dignity; if at such a sight u
hearts would remain unmoved, every
stone in yonder massive cathedral pile
would cry out shame upon us. No,
never!
Accept, then, most beloved archbish-
OPP, under the symbol of a bouquet of
living roses, the hearts of your devoted
children of the clergy of the province.
Behold, they are all ablaze with the fire
of love, symbolized by the color of the
rose. Rest your ear upon these hearts
and mark with what precision they beat
tho y, 100 cI1ra nf 1po,,r npifho In vo;,,r N {. tho
nuptial song wherewith, like the bards
of old, they fain would sing your solemn
nuptials with the church of Santa Fe!
Listen to that grand chorus as it pro-
ceeds from these combined hearts, re-
echoing from one end of the province to
the other, these words which first
struck your ears in this cathedral years
ago, and proclaim a grand and solemn
'ad multos amos What more can I
say? Hearts alone like these may feel
it; no words of mine shall ever be able
to express it,"
Archbishop Bourgade spoke eloquent
ly in conclusion, thanking the clergy,
the members of the archdiocese and all
others for their kindness in making the
ceremonies to-day a success, and for
the encouragement and assistance they
have given him in his work. He alluded
t~ouchingly to the many links which
bound him to New Mexico and Santa
Fe. 1t was here in 1869 that Archbishop
Salpointe raised him to the priesthood;
it was here in 1886 that he was ordained
bishop of Arizona, and it was here
again that he was installed as archbish-
op, and that to-day the pallium was
conferred upon him. 1t was no wonder,
therefore, that he loved New Mexico
and Santa Fe, and that he would do all
in his power for the spiritual and tenn
poral welfare Of his archdiocese, includ-
ing New Mexico and the loyal city of
Santa Fe.