The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-12-28
FINAL SERVICES
ARE IMPRESSIVE
Bishop Seaman Celebrates
PontificaI High Mass at
St. Mary'S Cathedral.
HOPES OF CONGREGATION
PRAY FOR SPEEDY COMPLETION
OF NEW EDIFICE.

Solemn pontificaI high mass yester-
day was the farewell service in the old
st. Marys Catholic cathedral. which
VIII be abandoned by the Catholic con-
gregation. Beginning next Sunday the
services will be held in the basement
OF the new cathedral until the compile
ton of that edifice.
The Ri. Rev. Bishop Laurence Scan
ian was the celebrant of the mass The
Rev. Father Cornelius Barth was the
deacon and Rev. Father Thomas Can
nlng sub-deacon. The Very Rev. Father
ID. kiely, vicar-general of the diocese
Nof Utah, was the master of ceremonies.
1he sermon was by, the Rev. Father W.
*. Ryan.
The services were particularly beau
tIful and the last mass in the old cathe-
dral was easily the most impressive
service ever held in that church.
Father Ryan's Farewell.
Father Ryan in his sermon babe the
old church, in which Catholicism had
its birth in Salt Lake, a touching fare
well. He sketched briefly the incidents.
pleasant and pathetic which made the
associations of the little old church dear
to the parishioners. While Father Ryan
was making the little farewell to the
old church. many of the older members
of the congregation wept at the thought
Of leaving the church, even to go to the
magnificent edifice that will hereafter
house the Catholics of Salt Lake.
Father Ryan took occasion also to pay
an eloquent tribute to the zeal and piety
of Bishop Scanlan. He said that he
could not refrain from comparing the
poverty, humility and self sacrifice ex-
hibited at the stable in Bethlehem on
the birth of Christ, with the self-denial,
honesty and piety practiced by Bishop
Scanlan. He called attention to the
bishops devotion to duty, his plain
manner of living and self-sacrificing
disposition as the indications of one
mans endeavor to follow the divine ex-
ample of the Savior.
Of Divine Origin.
The subject of the sermon was 1.-The
Birth of Christ" Father Ryan began
with a criticism of recent views eX-
pressed in certain quarters which at
tackled the Christian idea of the divin-
ity of Christ. Father Ryan took up the
subject, carefully giving scriptural and
historical evidences of the divinity of
the Messiah. He contrasted the birth |
of Christ as a poor child in manger |
at Bethlehem with the births of the |
kings and queens of temporal empires |
and said that probably because the Lord |
had decided to come to earth in this |
manner instead of in the manner in |
which temporal rulers are born, the |
critics of Christianity had attempted to |
dispute his divinity.
Music Is Beautiful.
The music for the mass was beautiful
and impressive. Dachauer's Mass Sol
enelle," was sung by the choir, with |
violin and cello accompaniment. ''Veni
Creator" by Gloria, sung by ]. w
Curtis, and the EFT Incarnatus EST of
the mass, sung by Mrs. Corinne Ham
mer, were two solos beautifully rem
dered.
Miss Nora Gleason was the organist
and director of the choir. The soloists
were Mrs. Corinne Hammer, Miss Kath-
leen Fitzpatrick, Miss Rosemary Hol-
land, Miss Mae O'Neill, Miss Alice Far
rel, Miss Delpha Seren, George Soffe,
A. ]. DuQuesne, ]. w. Curtis and Os-
valid Veltz. The mass sung was the IA
vorite mass of Bishop Seaman.
Benediction by Bishop.
At the close of the mass Bishop Scan
Ian gave the congregation the papal
benediction. In a few words the dlSt1n-
guished prelate expressed Christmas
to the members of his diocese,
them on their zeal, and
thanking them for the way in which
hey had assisted him during the many
years he has had charge of the diocese.
He expressed regret at leaving the old
cathedral and said that in a few
months he hoped that the dedicatory
mass would be said in the new cathe-
lral.
At chiIdren's Mass.
At the children's mass in st. Mary's
1T 9 O'Clock yesterday a choir of seven
.y-five children sang the service. The
lymns were "Adeste Fidelis," by No
,ello: 'Ring, Happy Bells by Jordan;
Gloria in Excelsis,'' by Bordese, and |
Sweet Jesus, Bless Us Ere We Co."
The last mentioned hymn was sung
beautifully by Loretta Boehler and was /
lpropos Of leaving the old cathedral. s
Another mass was said at o'clock yes {
erday morning.
Salt Lake Herald, Dec. &c. }