The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-07
CARDINALS PONTIFICATE AT ELAD-
TIMORE CATHEDRAL
GIBBONS ELOQUENT IN PRAISE
Over 1000 Persons Received Conf
nUniOn and the Papa1 Blessing
at the First Communion
of the Iridium
MARTLNELLI AT CEREMONY

BALTIMORE, April 6-The silver jubi-
lee of Pope Leo XIII. was observed with
solemn and unusually elaborate services
at the cathedral today. The ceremony
was marked by the presence of two
= cardinals. Cardinal Martineln, ths
apostolic delegate who came over from
Washington last night to take part in the
Eervices, pOntiicated, and Cardinal Glib
bOns preached the sermon. NotWith-
standing the inclemency of the weather,
a large congregation was present.
At the conclusion of the pontifcial
mass the Rev. Father O'Donovan, of
Cardinal Gibbons household. read a pa
pal brief, extending special plenary in
dulgences to all Catholics of the archdio
cese who attended the iridium.
AZ o'clock this morning Cardinal Glib
bons celebrated mass at a special service
for the cathedral sodality, at which 1000
persons received communion and the pa
pal blessing.
Gibbons Eloquent in Praise.
His eminence said in part:
For nearly 1900 years the bishop OF
Rome has been the most conspicuous
figure in the theater Of public life. The
name of the sovereign pOntif is indelbly
marked on the pages of ecclesiastical
history 1t is intimately and inSeparably
associated with the progress and enlight-
eminent and the Christian civilization of
the world The pope ever stands be-
fore us as the commander-in-chief of the
arm of the lord of hosts. You might as
well shut out the light of day or the
air Of heaven from your daily walks as
exclude the Roman pontih from his le-
gitimate and permanent sphere in the
hierarchy of the church. The history of
the UnitNd States with the president left
out woVId be more Ineligible than the
history OF the Christian religion with the
omission of the name of the vicar OF
Christ"
His emlnence then briefly outlined the
personal and ecclesiastical history of Leo
Kill, dwelling especially upon his ency-
CSicals, Of which he said:
The first encyclical to which I shall
allude is on Christian marriage which
was published in 1880. The holy father
vindicates in strong and earnest lam
guage the unity, the sanctity and the in
dlssolubilty 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. SociaI life can
not be maintained in its purity and integ-
rity unless it is sanctifed at the foun-
taln-head of the home. For the stream
does not rise above it's source.
Jesus Dignified the Workshop.
''The encyclical on the condition of
4 workmen' was promulgated in 1891, and is
an exhaustive document on the rights
and duties of the laboring classes Never
did the Redeemer of mankind confer q
greater temporal blessing on humanity
than by ennObling and sanctifyng man
uaI labor and by rescuing it from the
degradation which had been attached to
It. Christ comes into the world, not sur
rounded by the pomp and splendor Of an
imperial majesty, but He appears as the
reputed son of an artisan. is not this
the carpenter, the son of Mary?' the peo-
pie said to him. He has shed halo
around the workshop and has ligbtened
the workmen's tools by assuming the
trade of an artisan. If the professions
OF a soldier, Of a jurist, or of a prelate
can be dignifed by the examples of a
Washington, a Taney, and a Carroll.
how much more is the calling of a me-
chanic 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 it
avail capitalist to say, Behold this
mountain of coal is mine if there were
no hairy sons of toll to extract the coal
from its recesses and send it to the mar.
ket? What would it profit the laborer
to exhibit his brawny arm and his skill
II there were not capitalists to give him
employment?
Church Leavens All Government
THE third encyclical to which shall
allude appeared in 1885 and treats OF the
constitution of the Christian states In
thls cocument the holy father clearly de-
monStrateS that the Catholic church can
adapt herself to all forms Of civil govern
-4ment When I was invited to Rome by
the pope in 1887 to receive the insignia or
cardinal I delivered an address in the
church of Santa Maria, in Trastayere. nv
utular church, and as L took this encycli-
cal for the text of my remarks l cannot
do better than to give the following alb
'stract Of the sermon which was pro-
rounced upon that occasion:
Our holy father, Leo XIII, in his lun1-
inous encyclical on the constitution Of
Christian states declares that the church
Is not committed to any particular form
OF civil government. She adapts herself
to all. She leavens all with the sacred
IeaVen Of the gospel. She has lived under
absolute empires, under constitutional
monarchies, and in free republics, and
everywhere she grows and expands.
:" She has often, indeed, been hamper
ed in her divine mission She has even
peen forced to struggle for existence
Wherever depotism has cast its dark
shadoW, like a plant shut out from the
blessed sunlight of heaven. But in the
genlaI atmosphere Of liberty she blossoms
nRe the rose. For myself, IS a citizen
of the United States, and without closing
my eyes to our shortcomings as ma
ton, l say with deep sense of pride ana
gratitude that 1 belong to a country
where the civil government holds over ne
the Aegis OF its protection without inter
terlng with in in the legitimate exercise
OF our sublime mission as ministers of
the gospel of Christ
Liberty Here without License,
Our country has liberty without H.
ce9se and authority without despotism
She rears no wall to exclude the stranger
from coming among US. She has few
1roWning Notifications to repel the in
Vader, for she is at peace with all the
: world. She rests secure in the conscious-
ness OF her strength and her good viii
toward all. Her harbors are open to
MelcoIhe the honest emigrant who comes
TO advance his temporal interests and find
peaceful home, but while we are ac-