The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-11
CARDINAL SINGS MASS
IN ST. PATRICKS CHURCH
Receives the Congregation
After Services.
SERMON BY DR.. STAFFORD
Speaks of Underlying Unity Between
Church and Republic and Pleads
for Patriotism.

cardinal Gibbons oficiated at the sol
emn high mass at ST. Patrick Church
yesterday and later received the CON
grega i'm the rectory.
Special preparations had been made
for this visit OF his eminence. and
every detail was carried out in ex-
cellent order. The altar was ablaze
with lights and prettily decorated i'm
greens and cut flowers. The Cardinal
occupied a throne to the left of the
altar and was attended by the Rev.
Jerome Daugherty. president of George
town College. and the Rev. James
Burns. president Of Holy Cross College.
as deacons of honor. and 10y the Rev
Thomas Michigan, assistant pastor of
St. Patrick's. as assistant priest
Mgr. Denis o'COnneH rector of the
Catholic University Of America was the
celehrant OF the mass with the Rev.
Father Stickney and Mr.. Jessups. S. ).
as deacon and subdeacon respectively.
DR.. Stafford preached the sermon.
Sang Gumprecht's Mass.
An elaborate musical program was one
of the features Of the service. and con-
sisted of Mr.. GumpreChts Second Mass
sung by an augmented choir and an
orchestra of eighteen pieces. The solo
lists were Mrs. Annie Grant Fugitt. So
pranO. Mamie Grant. cOntralto. Melville
Hensey. tenor. and Charles Goodchild.
bass.
At the conclusion of the mass the
Cardinal made short address in which
he wished the members of the con
gregation the blessings of the new year
The entire service was under the di-
rection OF a committee selected from
the mems societies of the parish Pre-
ceding the mass the procession formed
IN the priests house and filed out. along
Tenth Street and into the church. The
men societies formed a guard Of honor.
Wnen the service was over the cardi-
nal, accompanied by the clergy and the
Hllar boys, returned TO the rectOry bv
way OF Tenth Street.
Dr- STAFFORD entertained at dinner an
houor OF the Cardinal when the addi-
tional guests We're the Austrian minis
Ter, Dr. Hengelmuller- Senator Kearns
ex-senator Carter, Surgeon Cen. O-Reil-
", Captain Potts. L. 5. A: Judge O'C'on-
nel. solicitor Of the Treasury: Mar
GConnell; Mgr Marchette the Rev.
James Burns. the Rev G. NJ Bart the
Kew j. -. Mari, the Rev. Father Stick
ney, the Rev George Dougherty Col. 9
G Reid Col. A. A. Wilson. nj &, Seck
endorff. Scott. g Bone. JlIIes T5oe7lr,-I
the Nicomte de Chambrun. lanes n
Shea, president OF Carroll Institute: Il
hannan William Schwing. and James
Dr.. StafO1d's Sermon.
In the course Of an eloquent sermon
Dr Stafford referred to the underlying
unity between the church and the Re-
public 10 the magnificent intellectual
progress and material achievements OF
the times, and reviewed the part which
Christianity is taking in this work re
deprecated the pessimistic philosophy Of
the day and entered plea for higher
patriotism.
"Oh. my country" said he how great
thou art How bOundless in territory.
how eXhaustless in riches. how beauti-
ful IN scenery, how strong in thy peo-
pie, how divine in the truth and iustfc.
OF that principle upon which thou ara
buildedi Who does not love thee is base.
VINO would not die for thee is craven
who would injure thee let him perish
Thy heroes We're Gods chosen serv-
ants in establishing this home Of free
dom. and should IL ever which God for
bid. be Imperfect. every man, and espe-
cially every Catholic would stand forth
ready to pledge in thy defense life lib
erty. and sacred honor,
Church and State One.
Between the Catholic church. then.
and the American Republic there is a
perfect conformity. nay. an absolute
identity. OF principle. and il the found
ers of the Constitution had been Catho-
lies. bent upon founding a government
conformable 10 the Catholic Church
they could not have done better. The
American Government. then. is not only
the most. but the first real Catholic
government in history The man who
wrote the Declaration of Independenco
cOntradicted his own philosophy for ho
was follower Of Rousseau and Rous-
Seau asserted the OmnipOtence of the
many. whereas the Declaration asserts
that power comes TO the people from
God through the natural law and that
by the natural law the rights Of the
individual are inahenable
Inc euunciating of this principle and
It's incorpOra ton into the civil orders
POUNDS the civilization OF the future and
IN that civilization the two great fac
tors are the Catholic Church and the
American Republic. The Puritan in sign
ing the Declaration of independence
signed the death warrant Of his relie-
lon. which was directly opposed TO free
dom and the natural law one or thu
other had 10 go-Puritanism went
Church, Age, Country.
The church, the age. and the coun-
try May God bless the church: may
God direct the age; may God save the
Republic Whatever comes upon us.
may God save the truth and goodness
which are I'm the age. and. whatever
catastrophes befan as may God save
the principle which is the essential
principle of America. This saved. all
f. saved; this secure. an IS secure: this
vouchsafed as. the future is ours. Dis
aster may sweep our commerce from
the seas-anOthcr generation viii renew,
it' the harvest may fail but another
spring VIII come, and we will again wait
for the blessing on our labor. pestiIence
may decimate our people, but another
generation viii succeed. and an viii
go on; but once let bigotry impugn this
principic-viOlate the rights OF any
and who VIII save the country
Blessing on America.
But this viii not be- That kind Provi-
dence that has blessed us so far will
stilI be mindful Of us Oh God. save.
and bless, and protect America. When
others fan uphold America When
thrones totter. and dynastfes fall
strengthen America When Liberty is
banished and Tyranny reigns. OH save
America. And when. out Of the fast
ncsses Of the North. comes. revoIu-
ti0n-like. a devastating storm swcep-
ing over the world. and thrones arc fall