The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-07
POPE'S SILVER JUBILEE,
SPECIAL OBSERVATIONS AT WASH-
 INGTON AND BALTIMORE.
Two Cardinals Present at Services In Latter City--Sermon by Cardinal Gib- bons - Personal and Ecclesiastical History of the PontER Outlined Brilliant Ceremony at the Cath ollie University.


 Brilliant Ceremony at the Cath ollie
 University.
 Baltimore, April 6.-The silver jubilee
 of Pope Leo XIII was observed with
 solemn and unusually elaborate ser
 vices at the cathedral to-day. The cer-
 emony 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 and Cardinal Gibbons
 preached the sermon.
 At the conclusion of the pontificial mass Rev. Father ODonovan of Cardi-
 nal Gibbons household read a papal brief extending special plenary indul- gences to all Catholics of the archdio- cese who attended the iridium. Car dinal Gibbons in his sermon said:
 For nearly 2,000 years the bishop of Rome has been the most conspicuous figure in the theater of public life. The name of the sovereign pontiff is indeli- bly, marked on the pages of ecclesias- tical history. It is intimately and in- separably associated with the progress and the enlightenment of the world. The pope ever stands before us as commander-in-chief of the army of the Lord of Hosts. You might as well shut out the light of day from your daily walks as exclude the Roman ponuff from his legitimate and permanent sphere in the hierarchy of the church.
 His eminence then briefly outlined the personal and ecclesiastical history of Leo XIII, dwelling especially upon his encyclicals of which he said:
 "The first encyclical to which l shall allude is on Christian marriage which was published in 1880. He vindicates in strong and earnest language the unity, the sanctity and the 1ndissoubility of the marriage bond. He tells us that the married couple are the source of the family and the family is the source of society. Social life cannot be main- tained in it's purity and integrity unless it is sanctified at the fountain head of the home.
 '''The encycical on the condition of workmen' was promulgated in 1891 and is an exhaustive document on the rights and duties ot the laboring classes. Never did the Redeemer of mankind confer a greater temporal blessing on humanity than by ennob ling and sanctifying manual labor and { by rescuing 1t from the degradation which had been attached to it. Christ has shed halo around the workship and has frightened the workman's tools by assuming the trade of an artisan If the professions of a soldier, of jur- ist, or of a prelate can be dignified by the examples of a Washington, a Fancy and Carroll 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 con . tention between the head and the hands The interests of capital and labor are co-relative. Capital without labor would be unproductive, labor without capital would be unprofitable.
 "The third encyclical treats of the Constitution and The Christian States. This document clearly demonstrates that the Catholic church can adapt herself to all forms of civil govern llGIt w H6l l WdS lIlVIlCu lO IlOlIle Dy the pope in 1887 to receive the insignia of cardinal I delivered an address and as I took this encyclical for the text of my remarks I cannot do better than to give the following abstract of the sermon which was pronounced upon that occasion.
 Leo XIII, in his luminous encyclical on the constitution of Christian states that the church is not commit ed to any particular form of civil government She adapts herself to all. She has lived under absolute empires, lnder constitutional monarchies and in rec republics and everywhere she grows and expands. Sine has often been hampered in her divine mission She has even been forced to struggle or existence wherever despotism has ast it's dark shadow. But in the genial of liberty she blossoms like he rose For myself, say with deep ense of pride and gratitude that I be- ong to a country where the civil gov rnment holds over us the aegis of it's protection without interfering in the le- .itimate exercise of our sublime mission IS ministers of the gospel. Our country i ldS llDGlty WlltlOhI llGCliSt anu dltiiol ty without despotsm. She rears no wall to exclude the stranger from com ng among us. She has few erowning $ to repel the invader, for he is at peace with all the world, She l ests secure in the consciousness of her trength and her good will toward all. l Ter harbors are open to welcome the I onest emigrant who comes to advance | is temporal interests and find peace S ul home, while we are acknowledged e 0 have a free government, perhaps we I o not receice the credit that belongs to | s sor also having strong govern lent. o "T nav here remark parenthetically s hat since our war with Spain Europe ! as been impressed with our military g ower' 1 Washington, April 6.-The Catholic | was the scene to-day of a. l. brilliant ceremony in honor f the jubilee of Pope Leo XIII. The ope is the founder of the university, . ishop Conaty officiated in pontifical Il lass The sermon on the occasion was C reached by Very Rev. Edmund T. ll.. TN sf