The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-08-21
VESPERS SERVICE
AT THE CATHEDRAL

Scarcely had the Angelus sounded
when worshipers began to gather at
the beautiful new st. Marys cathedral
for the vespers service at $3.50 o'clock
Sunday evening. The congregation was
not so large as at the morning services.
but the spacious auditorium was well
filled. Many We're Catholics, but
number of their Protestant friends had
come to hear the splendid music and
the magnificent address Of the Rt. Rev.
]. ]. Keane, bishop of Cheyenne, who
preached an eloquent sermon on THE
March and Victory of Faith"
A burst of melody from the organ and
the lighting of the candles on the altar
announced the opening of the services.
The altar boys, with lighted candles,
led. the procession to the altar, followed
by the choir boys, all dressed IN dark
purple, with white surplices. They
were seated facing the altar. Next came
the church dignitaries and priests, who
formed a semi-circle within the chan
eel. His eminence Cardinal Gibbons,
was present at the opening of the serv-
ices.
The vespers were sung by Archbishop
Dennis J. O'Connell of San Francisco.
Father Kiley acted as deacon at YES
pers, and Father Thomas D. Moriarty
of Omaha as sub-deacon.
In the sanctuary choir were Rt Rev.
Bishops Seaman, Glorieux, Carroll and
Keane, Monsignor Hartnett and the
many visiting clergy.
Opening of Services.
The Gregorian chant, which opened
the service with the low monotones of
the priests and the responses of the
choir, was solemn and impressive. The
superb choir of seventy voices, with
Professor ]. J. Mcclellan at the organ
and Miss Nora Gleason leading, which
furnished music in the morning, was
also present in the evening. The pro-
gram was triumph of artistic musical
skill and inspiring religious effect.
The round. full tones of the solemn
Ave Maria Stella" and "Veni Gre
ator" of Weigand, filed the large au-
ditorium with melody passing descrip
ton. The ''Veni Creator was given as
a male chorus.
20 Salutaris, by Browne, was sung
by the choir, with Mrs. Halle Foster
Sutherland as soloist Mrs. Sutherland
has voice of rare sweetness and pow
er, peculiarly adapted to religious mu-
sic. "Tantum Ergo" by Verdussen,
"Laudate Dominum," Gregorian, tie
Deum," .Gregorian, and Holy Cod by
Haydn, completed the superb musical
offering.
Bishop Keane made an address of
power and eloquence. His theme was
Faith" and he paid a splendid tribute
to the faith that had made beautiful
st. Mary Magdalene cathedral pos
sibility.
Faith the Foundation.
Bishop Keane took as his text This
is the victory which overcometh the
world, our faith"
After defining faith as essentially a
complete trust, he argued for its ne
cessity from human and natural analo-
gies.
Without faith in men, life and pray
ers were impossible, life a burden, and
unsatisfactory motion between the
gates of doubt he said.
Take confidence away in the word of
men, faith in the work of men, reliance
in the possibilities of men,. and the
achievements we call history, the prog
ress of our pride were impossible. In
faith the sailor crossed the unknown
waters and discovered new worlds: in
faith the miner delved into the earth;
IN confidence in the word, the loyalty
of men, nations were built and the edi-
And shall we have trust in men,
faith in the word of man and none in
Our Father who is in Heaven? With
hearts and instincts that cry after the
unseen, the spiritual, the immortal, with
intellects eager for truth, adapted to
its discovery and reception. shall we
degrade ourselves to the earth and call
it our father and our brother?
There is a God. a Creator a Faith
er, our beginning and end; and pitiable
and distracted his condition who should
think that Father careless of our fate
and ways. He has spoken and trust in
his speech and reliance on his word has
been the sole glory and greatness of
our race.
$50 in the Old Testament that great
child of faith, Jacob, the Patriarch, an
vile and lonely in the desert, strong in
faith, saw the heavens opened, the an
gels ascending and descending And
a marvellous history and a more mar
velous lineo spiritual descent, Jacob
received the reward of faith.
Missionary's Staff.
I'm faith the young missionary of
the west many years ago passed up and
down this great state; he had little of
the winning things of the world, nothing
of wealth, nor name, nor family in
fuence, nor fame. But he had with in
God; he had belief in the unseen things
of that Father; he had message to
1t was the message of the
Crucified. Twelve simple men long ago
brought that message to a pagan world
and the pagan world rejected them and
put them to death even as their Mas
ter. Here and there 1t was heard and
and it was music that charm
ed into civilization and purity of life
into homes and cities and governments
such as the world had neither known
nor dreamed.
THE victory that overcame the world
was Christian faith-knowledge of and |
belief and confidence in Jesus Christ, |
the Son of the Living God
Cross UpIifted.
To-day we dedicate here to Him an
other splendid temple, /LoI yesterday
there was the desert and then came edu- !
cation and civilization and the Cross
of Christ uplifted by the humble mis-
sionary. Today we have this splendid |
temple, this witness to firm faith in the |
crucified. Surely it is a day of rejoic- |
ing for your great pastor, and you. It |