The age-herald., 1902-04-07
SILVER JUBILEE
 IF POPE LED XIII
Two Cardinals Present at CeIe-
 brati ,n in Baltimore
GIBBONS AND MARTINELLI
His Eminence Says for Two Thous- and Years Bishop of Rome Has Been Most Conspicuous Fig
 ure in Public Life.

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 Baltimore. Apri. 6.-The silver jubilee 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 car dinals Cardinal Martineli, the apostolic delegate who came over from Washing ton last night to taken part in the serv- ices, pontiicated. and Cardinal Gibbons preached the sermon
 At the conclusion of the pontifical mass the Rev. Father O'Donovan of Cardinal Gibbons household. read a papal brief extending special plenary indulgence to all Catholics of the arch diocese who at tended the iridium. At o'clock this morning Cardinal Gibbons celebrated mass at a special service for the cathe- dral solidity at which 1000 persons ceived communion and the papal bless ing.
 Most Conspicuous Figure.
 His eminence said in part:
 "For nearly two thousand years the bishop of Rome has been the most con spicuous figure in the theatre of public life The name of the sovereign pontiff is indelibly marked on the pages of ec- clesastcal history. 1t Is intimately and inseparaby associated with the progress and enlightenment and the Christian civ ilzation of the world The Pope ever stands before us as the commander in chief of the army 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 pontiff from his legitimate and permanent sphere in the hierarchy of the church. The his tory of the United States with the Presi dent left out would be more intellgable than history of the Christian religion with the omission of the name of the vicar of Christ.
 His eminence then briefly outlined the personal and ecclesiastical history of Leo XIII. dwelling especially upon his en- cyclicals of which he said: Christian Marriage. "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 language the unity the sanctity and the indis solubilty of the marriage bonds. He | tells us that the marriage couple are the source of the family and the family Is the source of society. Social life can not be maintained in its purity and in- tegrty unless it is sanctified at the foun- tain lead of the home.
 "The encyclical on the conditions of workm en was promulgated in 1891 and is an exhaustive document on the rights and duties of the laboring class. Never did the redeemer of mankind confer a greater temporal blessing on humanity than by ennobling and sanctifying man. ual labor and by rescuing 1t from the degradation which has been attached to | it.
 1 Christ comes into the world not sur rounded by the pomp and splendor of an imperial majesty, but he appears the reputed son of an artisan. Is this the carpenter, the son of Mary?' The people said to him. He has shed halo around the workshop and has frightened the workmans tools by assuming the trade of an artisan. If the professions of a l soldier. of jurist or of prelate can be dignified by the examples of a Washing ton, a Laney and Carroll, how much more is the calling of mechanic en- nobled by the example of Christ. Adaptation of Catholic Cuhrch. "rhe third encyclical to which I shall ailude appeared in 1885 and treats of the | constitution of the Christian states In this document the Holy Father clearly l demonstrates that the Catholic church can adapt herself to all forms of civil l government
 Cardinal Gibbons then quoted from the address he had delivered when he was invited to Rome by the Pope in 1888 to receive the insignia of cardinal. He had taken this encyclical for the text of his remarks, and had said that the church adapts herself to all. She leavens all with | the sacred leaven of the gospel. She has l lived under absolute empires, under con- stitutional monarchies, and in free re- l publics and everywhere she grows and l expands"
 The cardinal then related a number of l incidents which had come under his per- sonal observation during his association with the Pope. tending to show his strik- ing personality, his courtly manner and marked ability as younger man, and the wonderful clearness of his intellect and excellence of his memory at the present time in spite of his 93 years He l concluded as follows:
 T know not whether Providence will spare me to pay homage to other su- l preme pontiffs, but whether my life is 1 short or long, or whatever may be the future line of popes sitting in the chair of Peter, I shall always cherish a special 1 filial affection for and the tenderest mem- | orles of Leo XIII"
 ASHVILLE