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

y great.-Judge O'Neill Ryan.
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. cate that has been rich in works for
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st. Louis mourned Yesterday for the death
| OF Pope Leo XIII. Services of requiem were
| held morning. noon and night.
At $50 o'clock in all Catholic churches of
the city the pastors said requiem masses,
and persons attending received holy COM
munion.
The greatest church function was the
pontifical high mass of requiem in the old
Cathedral at 10 o'clock.
Catholic and Protestant citizens Of st.
Louis paid homage to the memory of Pope
Leo XIII at the service held last night In
Music Hall.
Although 1t was a solemn occasion, the
audience was 30 stirred by the speakers
recountings of Leo's great works and deeds
that 1t gave way to spirited applause
Mayor Rolla Wells and David r. Francis.
both of whom were on the programme for
addresses, were unable to appear. Their
places were taken by Joseph L. Hornsby.
president Of the City Council. and Judge
Jacob Klein. The other addresses were by
Bishop Glennon and Judge ONeil Ryan.
The chairman was Julius 8. Walsh An
orchestra and chorus under the direction
of Professor A. c. Elmer provided the
music. The programme was opened and
closed by funeral marches, the first by
Handel, and the last by Chopin. The Ii.
bra De Profundis, Benedictus and Paradise
Gloria, from Eimer's 'Resurgam." opus go,
were sung.
Among those who were seated on the
stage were the Reverend Father Edward
Fenlon, Judge Daniel Dillon, William h.
o'Brien, Joseph Dickman. James Dawson,
the Reverend Father o. ]. Mcdonald
August Schlafly, John Schroers. the Rever-
end Father Robert, Virgil Harris. Patrick
Mulcahy, Michael McInnis, G. D. Kings
land, Edward Dewey. George W. Wilson,
W. c. Gilmore, William H. Thompson, X.
NJ Scruggs, Doctor Robert O'Reilly, LOUIS
Fusz. George r Lockwood and P. P. Con-
nor.
MR.. HoRNsBY's ADDRESS.
The chairman explained that the Mayor
has been unexpectedly called from the city
ard would not be able to address the meet
ing. Mr.. Hornsby, who filled his place. said
that the effect of Leo's works would not
die with him, but would influence the
whole world for years to come. His death
affected not only the Catholic Church. he
continued, but the church at large.
A telegram was read from Mr.. Francis. in
which he expressed regret at his absence
and which told OF his sympathy with the oo-
1ect of the meeting. Judge Jacob Klein,
who had not been called on to speak until
he came to the hall. made short address.
In which he said that the dead Pope, In an
age OF great men. stood equal to any one OF
them. He ranked him with Bismarck.
Gladstone, Abraham Lincoln and Tennyson.
Judge Ryan's speech struck the audiences
fancy and he received much applause. The
memorial. read by the Reverend Father w.
Banks Rogers. s. j.. OF st. Louis Univer-
sity, expressed the sentiments Of the meet
ing, and was adopted.
Bishop Glennon's address dealt mainly
with Leo's attitude toward the common
people and the service he had rendered the
lower classes Of humanity. The Bishop said
in part:
TRIBUTE TO THD DEAD.
Tho world to-day regards the dying and the
dead as the unsuccessful ones and processes to
have time to devote to the discussion Of them.
To let the dead past bury its dead is above all
things the dominant strain In our modern psalm
Of life. For We claim We are too busy to discuss
dead issues We are for the present and the
future: the past ceases to interest us. Even the
pomp Of the funeral march fails to arouse Gu
riosty; It Is but one more unfortunate gone
to his DEATH
And II It be mentioned that we too shall die
II, as the grim medieval painter represents 1t.
the journey Of life for each Is but "a dance OF
death" still walk though its every hour
were filled with Joy and the ending Of 1t SO
mote that to think Of It were q needless specula-
ton.
And yet my friends when Just a few days
ago the news was flashed throughout the world
that an old lay sick unto death by the
banks Of the Tiber this world Of ours with all
its modernity and all its restessness and heed
lessnes gave pause; its eyes turned to Rome:
Its heart df It has hearty began to throb in
responsive sympathy.
1t must hear from Rome. It must know II Leo
- ,In
the long-drawn-out agony, the tension and anx-
Lefty grew. frst Impotence. then hope. then de-
spair-Leo XIII was dead.
1t was I think. in Cleveland paper that
saw q sketch that conveys more accurately than
words could the conditions have Just rehearsed
This sketch represents in the background a large
building with massive columns. half-closed
doors. and many guards around them Beside
the great column. near the center door.
represented the draped figure of woman, who
expressed in her countenance anxiety and fear
Through the half-closed doors came from time
to time white doves bearing messages. AS these
messages were dropped at the feet Of the watt
ing woman you could read the varying character
Of the reported. Now It was bright and
promising. now It WAS dark and threatening.
MORE THAN PoNT1FT
Easy II IS to read the meaning Of the sketch.
The anxious waiting woman represents the
world. and the place where she stood was the
Vatican portals and the news she sought was
''what Of the dying statesman Of Israel7''
How comes 1t that a dying man should 30
arrest the Wor1Q' s gaze! How comes IL that for
once thoughtlessness and heedlessness gave way
to deepest interest. and then sympathy and then
reverence, and when the bells Of Rome tolled his
requiem. regrets and tears?
am answered. because he was PontifY-sunre,no
head of the worldwide church-because triple
crowned he ruled hundreds Of millions of spirit
ual children. And admit there is much tn at
tract the world to the supreme office OF the
papacy Its history is long and renowned The
space is 80 long between the first Pope, ST. Peter
whose ashes rest in St. Peters Church. to Leo
XIII. whose body lies within a hundred feet OF
the first of his line. Ali conspire to draw the
worlds attention to the occupant of a chair so
historic and permanent.
But my friends this will not itself explain the
unique position held by Leo XIII. For, first OF
all, the very perTnanence and unchangng char
acter Of the papacy suggest to thoughtless
world little except the commonplace Destroy
ing that very idea of novelty the world loves
to exploit and exhibited.
In this grand succession the institution ap-
pears first: the individual occupant is soon for
papacy becomes more and more. And. again. we
know from history that many Popes have come
and gone while the world at large appeared to
neither know nor care.
ALL MEN HoNoRED HIM.
No. Leo was Pontiff; but not for this alone Is
he SO well remembered He was Pontin, and he
was more. He the holy father. and while
as Pontif he ruled the church wisely and well,
as Father his great heart went out to all hui
mainly.
As Pontir. prudent in action. wise in leader
faith: as such all Catholics honor and revere
him. But as a father. solicitous for his chill
dren. giving to the lowliest to the highest his
tenderest soIic,tude, his fatherly care-as such