Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-21

perfect blue, in a soft atmosphere full
of the charm and poetry of an early
autumn day, the Cardinal Legate i'm
parted the papal benediction at the
pontifical high mass, which was cele-
brated out Of doors on the slope of
the mountain, in the presence OF
nearly two hundred thousand devOut
worshippers. The celebrant of the
mass was Archbishop Farley of New
York. Archbishop O'Conneu of Bos.
ton preached the Eeglish sermon. 1t
was a powerful sermon, and was one
of the great features Of the congress.
The Eucharistic procession &C.
cures Sunday, September II, and
gress. Tongue can not tell, nor pen
describe the wonderful glory of this
magnificent pageant. 1t was the
grandest spectacle ever seen on the
American continent.
There were more than forty thou
sand men in the prOcession-no wo'
men. Three cardinals. one hundred
thirty archbishops and bishops, in
Vulnerable priests and lesser digni-
taries, members of different parish.
es, different Catholic societies and
church organizations formed the great
line. The procession started from st.
James cathedral at 1890 p. m. and
the last of the line did not leave the
cathedral until 4:3O p. m. 1t was 1920
p. m. when the last of the procession
had reached the depository. or end OF
the line of march. The distance
marched was about four miles. At
the depository the Cardinal Legate4 i'm.
parted the papal benediction. The
Most Blessed Eucharist was borne
through the streets by Cardinal LIE.
gate Vannutelli from the cathdral to
the depository.
The people that lined the four miles
of streets traversed by the process
sion were crowded together as thick
as they could stand. The streets of
Montreal are rather narrow in some
places. but in the most narrow of
all Bishop Wehrle counted them
standing twenty-four abreast.
Il never in my life saw such a
said the bishop, land all so
we'll behaved The people who wit
nc ssed the procession were obliged /
% stand in one place from noon until !
six and seven O'Clock, yet at all times
hey remained in a quiet and rever-
entail attitude" j
People from all over the world par
icipated in the pageant. State and !
officials with their stats. ;
Ill in glittering uniforms, were in the i
inc of march There was one gov
,rnor from the United States, the
governor of Rhode Island. who is of !
french Canadian descent. and his staff
n the procession. In no other man.
Ter could the universally of the ,
Catholic church be- shown than by i
his magnificent spectacle. where peo-
lie from all nations marched side by |,
side, having this one great truth
n common and being united in this
me act of alteration. The people of
he various rlationalities grouped to-
:ether and marched as body. Thus
here was a group of Catholic Chin
se, different Canadian Indian tribes,
,roups of Poles, Bohemians, Italians,
Germans and other nations, all march
ng in the procession. /
"A person could not attend such
n assemblage," said the bishop,
without being proud of his church,
nd without being proud that he was (
Catholic" =
From Montreal. the bishop went to
Jew York city. where he visited for
day. and then he went to Newark,
7. J. At Newark he attended the
nnual convention of German Catho-
cs, where he delivered an address (