New-York tribune., 1902-05-10

sanctuary sat the bishops and the dignitaries OF
/ the diocese The deacons. sub-deacons and hon
orary deacons occupied fold stools TO the right
and left Of the high altar. The collects were
sung, and then followed the Dies Irap whereupon
the deacon sang the Gospel. At the close of the
Gospel the Cardinal celebrant laved his
hands and later he assumed a cope OF black and
gold
The Right Rev J. f Mooney, Vicar-GeneraI
. was the assistant priest. The masters of cere-
mony were the Rev. Thomas +. Myhan, of St
Louis, and the Rev. James y Connolly of the
Church of our Lady of Good Counsel The Rev
John Edwards Of the Church OF the Immaculate
Conception. and the Rev. Charles II. Cotton, of
st. Stephens, were the deacons of honor; Father
Mclean of st. Peters Church the deacon
of the mass, and Father LaVelle pastor Of the
Cathedral, the sub-deacon.
The white ray of sunshine had swept the whole
length of the body of the Archbishop, when
Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia. mounted the
pulpit to deliver the sermon. The sudden ap-
pearance and continued strength of the sun
beam seemed 10 have heralded the thought Of
the preacher. Pointing first to the empty arch
iepiscopal throne. he said that death was indeed
only a liberation. and then gIancing upward
at the stream of light, he added "and II is also
an Illumination"
Following the sermon came the preface of the
mass Then The SanCtus'' was sung followed
by the canon Of the mass. Returning to the
throne the Cardinal divested himself OF his
outer robe and in alb stole and cincture per
formed the first absoutiOn. The monks and
brothers followed the crucifer and thurifer from
the sanctuary, and with burning tapers in their
hands gathered at the head and the foot Of the
bier. The Cardinal. attended by the priests Of
the mass, approached the body and sprinkled il
with hold water. repeating the office Of absOlu-
ton. the responses coming from the bow choir
With the thurifer the Cardinal inCensed the
nodF- AFTER the CardlnaI had resumed the
throne the office Of absolutiOn repeated four
times in order by Bishops McQuaid, of Roches-
ter; Ludden, IF Syracuse: Gabriels of Ogdens-
burg. and Burke. of Albany.
THE MUSICAL PROGRAMME
The musical programme was as follows:
Reauem f1ternan ............. Cherubini
Dies lTa and Domino JeSu Christi.
Recordare Verdi
seprano-Miss HIKE; alto Miss C1ary: tenor Mr.
Kaiser bass. Mr.. Humes; organist. William f.. Pecher
Among the high dignltaries of the Church who
present Cardinal Gibbons. Arch
bishops Ireland, Ryan. Williams. Feehan. Elder
Keane, Chappelle Kahn and Brauchesi. Bishops
T. j. MuIdoon. J. F. Horsmann. Henry j. Rich
ter Richard Scannell. Thomas NJ. Burke. Joseph
E. Quigley, John J. O'Connor. Henry Gabriels.
B. J. McQuad, p. A. Ludden. J. A. McFaul,
Z. A. Garvey, J. w, Shanahan. and NJ J. Hoban.
Archab bbott Obrecht and the Right Rev. Thomas
]. COnaty, rector of the Catholic University at
Washington, and MonsgnOrs Loughlan of Phil
adelphia; Barrazzi of Washington; Doane Of
Newark, and Fox, of Trenton
SOME OF THE PRIESTS PRESENT
Among those in the large gathering of priests
were the Rev. DIR. Richard L. Burtsell. Dean
McNulty of Paterson, n. j.; Fathers John ].
Hickey, Kingston, n. Y: T. j. McDermott J. A.
Shepard and James A. Kelly of Jersey City;
w. f. Grady. Newark, y. J.; NJ +. Lotus,
Scranton Penn; T. J. O'Malley, Newark. n. j.;
James I. OReily, of Lawrence. Mass; T. F.
Smith, or Poughkeepse, \. Y. Edward J.
O'conneil OF Philadelphia; p. Carey, United
States chanialn at Plum Island, Conn; Joseph
A. Rgney, Washington, y. j; n. j. Quinn. of
Utica, \. y; MonsignOr OGrady. of New Bruins
wick, n. u T. J. Donohue. of the Parochial
Cathedral; brooklyn: George Meyer. Bayonne,
n. J.. ana the Rev. DIR. ]. s La Boule. of Mil
waukee.
Among the representatives of the New-York
clergy were Fathers j. +. f. Mcguire Thomas
F. Murphy, ID J. Mcmahon. L. F. Wall James
H. McGean. Thomas f. Myhan. Hearn Dolan,
Vincent, Canppel Wynn Hughes, Doyle and
Powers, of the Paulist Fathers