The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-07
ROME AND ITS
REIGNlNG SAGE
EncyclicaIs of the Pope Dis
cussed With Due Reverence.
ON THE DIGNITY OF LABOR
PREcEPT DEDUCED FROM THE
sAVIoR's HUMBLE TASKS.

lALfIMORE, April 6.-The silver jubj-
lee Of Pope Leo XIII was observed
BY solemn and unusually elaborate
services at the cathedral today. The
ceremony was marked by the presence
OF two cardinals. Cardinal Martinelli, the
apostolic delegate who came over from
Washington last night to take part in the
services, pontihcated. and Cardinal Glib
oons preached the sermon. Notwithstand-
ing the tnclemeney of the weather a large
congregation was present
The cardinal briefly outlined the per
sonal and ecclesiastical history of Leo
. Atd, dwelling especially on his encycli-
I Gals, OF which he said
The first encyclical to which I allude is
( on christian marriage. which was pub
hsned 10 1850 The holy father vindicated
N SIrong and earnest language the unity
the sancuty and the indissOlubility Of the
marriage bond. He tells us that the mar
I REQ couple are the source of the family
the family is the source OF society.
social life cannot be maintained in its
purity and integrity unless II is sanctifed
ar the mountain head of the home
Inc encyciical on the condition Of work
men was promulgated in 1891. and is an
exhaustive document on the rights and
duties of the labOring classes. Never did
the redeemeT of mankind confer a greater
temporal blessing on humanity than BY
ennObling and ssnctifyinz manual labor
and by rescuing IL from the degradation
which has been attached to IL. Christ
comes into the world not surrounded By
the pomp and splendor of an imperial
majesty. but he appears as the r6outed
son OF an artisan. Is not this the car
p5lter' the son of Nary the people said
10 him.
lie has shed a halo around the work
shop and has lghteued the workman s
tools By assuming the trade of an artisan.
If the profession of a soldier. of a jurist
or OF a prelate can be digniied by the
examples OF a Washington. a Carroll and
fancy, how much more Is the calling Of
a mechanic ennobled by the example of
Christ.
a conflict between labor and capital
IS as unreasonable as would be A cOnten-
ton between the head and the hands.
The interests of capital and labor are
correlative. Capital without labor would
be unproductive; labor without capital
would be improbable. What would il
avail capitalist to say: Behold this
mountain Of coal is mine, If there were
no hardy sons of toll TO extract the coal
from its recesses and send il to the mar
ket2 What would Il profit the laboreT Ia
eX llbit his brawny arm and his skill il
there were no capitalists TO give him en-
pi0yment?
The third encyciicsI, to which I shall
allude. appeared I'm 1855. and treats OF
the 'COnstitutionality of the Christian
States In this document the holy father
clearly demonstrates that the Catholic
church can adapt itself to all forms of
civil government
The cardinal then related a number Of
incidents which had come under his per-
sOnal observation during his association
with the pope, tending to show his strik-
ing personality, his courly manner and
marked ability as a younger man and
the wonderful clearness Of his intellect
and excellence of his memory at the pres
ent time. in spite Of his SO years.