Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-24
DEDICATION OF NEW
PITTSBURG CATHEDRAL
FULLY FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE
HEARD THE ELOQUENT SER
MON OF CARDINAL GIBBONS.
Special to the Herald.

Special TO the Herald.
Piusburg. Pa. Oct 2l-The mag
nifcent new St. Paul's Roman Catho-
lie Cathedral. at Fifth avenue and
Craig street, was formally dedicated
today amid much pomp and ceremony.
and the eloquent sermon by Cardinal
Gibbons that followed was heard by
fully four thousand people. The dedi-
catory services proper were COM
menced early in the forenoon, when
His Eminence, in his scarlet robes,
attended by archbishops and bishops
CARRIED in purple, and scores OF white
ROBBED priests. entered upon the for
NAL duties, according to the require
ments Of the church ritual for such oc
casions The stately walls, roofs. pill
lars. and every part of the massive
building. were blessed and spfinkled
with holy oils and perfumed waters
On the floor ashes were strewn in the
shape of a cross, and therein Bishop
Canevin inscribed the letters of the
Latin and Greek alphabet, symbolical
of the fact that the edifice was conse-
Grated to God for and on behalf of
the people of all nations.
When the formal ceremonies had
been concluded the doors wer,
thrown open to the public. and the
crowd began pouring in. Mass was
then celebrated in the presence OF the
cardinal and prelates The music was
conspicuous part of the ceremonies.
The musical program was under the
direction of Professor Joseph Often.
boys choir a priests choir and the
Capuchin Fathers choir figured in
the event.
Description of the Cathedral.
The new cathedral has been over
two years in building, and an almost
fabulous sum of money, and an almost
spent in its construction. The edifice
has two large spires. and in this and
several other respects closely re-
sembles the celebrated cathedral of
Cologne. It is an example of pure
Gothic architecture. II is the only
cathedral in America to have the
double clerestory arrangement. The |
pulpit stands in the middle of the
building, between the entrance and |
the sanctuary. instead of at the end |
To enable all members of the congre.
CATION to face the pulpit the backs of
the pews between that point and the
altar are reversible.
From The face of the towers to Vie
the distance is 900 feet, and
the inside width OF the transepts is
12S feet. The width between the main
walls is 100 feet, and the height from
the floor to the apex of the nave is 70
feet.
The walls are of a pale ivory tinge.
while the affairs. are constructed, of
Carara marble. In contrast with
them is the rich dark beauty of the
woodwork, which is of Tihony, import.
ed from Ireland. The pews are richly
and the confessionals are en-
5ellished with exquisite scroll work
and traceries. The memorial windows
are massive and many colored. The
main white marble altar OF the sane.
uary rises 81 feet To the right ana
eft is a forest of white columns.
which support each clercstory.
Three heirlooms from the old cathe-
lral occupy prominent positions in the
lew edifice. One is Gherardi's paint.
ng Of the Crucifxion. secured IN
Rome in 1857 by Bishop O'Conncr.
which hangs above the main altar:
mother is the Sistine Madonna. pre-
'ented by Andrew Carnegie thirteen
ears ago, and the third is the main
moth pipe organ, also presented BIZ {
,lr. Carnegie