The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-30

To the churchman the pontifcal solemn
| high mass of requiem at the old Cathedral
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning was the
| most impressive Of any OF the services held
| in memory of the Pope.
Solemnity was the keynote of the oc-
casion. The 200 priests who filed the
sanctuary were Just from the early masses
| of requiem which were said in all the
churches at $50 O'clock Nearly all the per-
| sons who We're able to gain admittance to
the Cathedral had attended one of these
masses, where the great loss of the church
had been forcefully impressed upon them.
| 1t not a congregation of idlers or
curiousity seekers. but band of loyal
| Catholics who had come to pay the last
| respects to the holy father.
| The mass was sung amid silence and
reverence. During one of its most solemn
| parts an altar candle fell from its place
and struck the floor with sound which to
highly wrought nerves seemed uncanny
The celebrant of the mass was Bishop ].
]. Glennon. Coadjutor and at present adj
ministrator of the archdiocese. The as
sistant priest was the Reverend Father
Nugent. C. NJ. of Kenrick Seminary. and
the Deacon. the Reverend Father Banks
Rogers. S. j.. of ST. Louis University.
The celebrant and his assistant officers
were clothed in the black and white vest
ments appropriate to the mass. The other
priests wore white gowns, with the ex-
ception of two Franciscan monks. who were
covered with the dull brown habit of their
order.
CATALOGUE DRAPED.
Just in front Of the chancel stood the
empty catalogue. draped in mourning
colors. Six candles burned around it. and
the service was conducted as If the body Of
the Pope were lying on 1t.
The front pews were filled with Sisters
of Charity, Sisters of the Sacred Heart,
Ursuline nuns. Sisters of Mercy. all wear
ing their peculiar habits and lending an
added deeply religious air.
The service began at $50 o'clock with the
priests reciting the office for the dead. For
half an hour the rapid. but subdued chant.
with Its peculiar intonations and pauses,
filled the Cathedral.
When it had been finished and the candle
which each priest bore had been lighted
the Bishop arose and began the singing Of
the mass. The reciting of the holy cere-
mony consumed more than an hour.
During its pauses the priests choir in
the balcony at the back Of the Cathedral
sung the Gregorian chant. This chant Is
used only at masses of the character of the
one of yesterday morning. Although Its
words were perhaps unintelligible to the
Ol ptTsuliS AL lIle duuleiCe,
understood that it was a prayer for the re-
pose Of the soul OF the dead Pope, and
they were received with reverence.
When the first part Of the mass had been
finished the Bishops heavy vestments were
removed and placed on the altar. He was
then arrayed in the purple gown of a Bish-
op, and the sermon by the Reverend Father
2. w. Talon of the Church of the Holy
Name was commenced
FATHER TALLON'S SERMON.
Father Tallon's address was an eulogy of
Leo XIII, in which he pointed out the place
he occupied as the Vicar Of the Body Of
Christ on Earth and the great service he
rendered the church by his long life ana
wise administration.
After the sermon the vestments were
again placed on the Bishop and he follow
ing the cross led the procession to the cat
afGlque. Not since the mass of requiem for
Plus TX has an empty, unladen bier been
one end of IT the gold cross was stationed
upright and at the other sat the celebrant.
Around 1t stood the officers of the mass.
v Wee assigned s to them by by the Ceremony
The catafalque WAS sprinkled with holy
water. and around it each officer bore the
for a moment. on the hot. heavy air. and
then waited themselves out of the opened
windows, symbolically bearing q loving
peoples prayer to heaven.
Father Talon before beginning, his ser
mon, read the following from the Nine
teenth Psalm:-as indicative Of the life Of
Leo:
''Their line is gone out through. all the
earth, and their words to the end OF the
world. In them he hath set tabernacle
which is as a bridegroom coming out
of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong
man to run a race.
His going forth Is from the end of the
heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it;
and there Is nothing hid from the heat
thereof"
Father Talon said, in part:
POPE LEO'S GREAT WORK.
"As a giant Leo XIII has run his course.
The circle of his influence had girdled the
globe, and as the sun which God has set
in heaven he made himself felt in all parts
of the earth. His death has touched the
hearts of all.
THE Church is living organism. living
her own life, and drawing that life from
the indwelling of the Holy Ghost. The
Church is more than individuals: 1t Is more
than congregations. Peter was the rock
upon which It was built, and Leo XIII was
the successor of Peter.
vanced no new article of faith. but when
ever he spoke the naughty age gave audi
Biography OF Of Leo xiii is the history of
his age in the whole world. There is no
part of the earth that his life did not at
feet.
THE keynote of his pontifcate was the
reign of Jesus Christ; 1t was the central
thought OF his teachings his preachings and
this new age. as the earliest sunbeams were
kissing the gilded domes of St. Peters into
FURNISHED and purest gold he re-, dedicated TED the
and the Prince of Peace.
TT was not through fear that he was
driving his steeds stands with one hand
on the reins and the other uplifted, the