New-York tribune., 1910-10-06
mgr. FARLEY OFF|C|ATES
AT THE CONSECRAT|ON
Princes and Prelates OF Church
Gather at ST. Patrick'S IN
Honor of Occasion.
IEGGTE OF POPE ASSISTS
Cardinal Gibbons Pontificates,
Archbishop of st. Louis
Preaches-Hundreds OF
Clergy Attend.

-,---,ea-ed 6, pa--ick's Cathedral vester-
dav IN conservation of that mystic monu-
mont BEGINNING in the dim light OF dawn
and continuing until after noon the chnro"
rareant wound about and in and ou' "l III,
>difce. breathing upon Il the dignity "'
Fore's vast authority and the mello"ne-S
., sncient p-eeedent. The cancelatioH % -'
mortgage originally amounting q" seS'-'''
Asd made the celebration possible
To honor the greatest province %
s-hurch on so great an occasion area. ID
1yocae came from ireland. Cardinal GlH-
g,one from Baltimore. Cardinal Nannuielii
,f,-o,,, r-sl, and the Mos, Rev Dlomeue
-Falcor1io Apostolic Delegate from WASH
sne+on NOT 10 mention fifteen archhishops'
aeizrv bishops and monslgnors ano 'hou-
isand priests from ali parts OF the -1ni'eo
rStstes and Canada and even from such
Adistant spots as South Africa
In the .plerdor of their official vestments
shese rrelates spellbound the thousands
who watched them slowly march from 1he
iCz-hedral College. 81 Madison avenue aIlo
,k1et street; down Madison avenue oioeh
Nsi,rr through Goth street and around - the
IMAM entrance Of the cathedral on fl1th
l.,,s,,,,e This PROCESSION preceded the cele-
ADrs4ion of the rontihcal mass ar II O'Clock.
IN, this in turn WAS preceded ny five hours
80 balf of elaborate ritual. most Of II
ioui % doors.
v-i6s roiice lines embraced all the ter
.i-or-- p-5thln tRo blocks of the cathedral,
shiished nv Deputy Police Commissioner
lF3ncFer ana chief Inspector Schmit;9erSer'
In she dark of the early morning tWo
ghou~s before the beginning ~ the
ceremonies. the five hundred patrolmeh.
-erzesnts and lieutenarts arrived 10 keep
the crowds back
Women Waited All Night
d, ,-sr-sin Teor7i7ics Henry found score
.,r v-or,en many II them old women and
t-rsrz- of then, aeleeD. encamped under the
shadow ~ the main entrance of the cathe-
lr5-al They had been there since midnight
some of them ssid. nat he vas forced 70
iougr -hem al vehicular traffic Was pro-
.nfnited on fifth avenue.
The rising sun was tintinE the few feecN
trloude in the sky end casting long shadows
lover the streets and across the lawn ol me
ics-bedral when Archbishop Farley aP-
ls,eared. preceded by one hundred snd hI'N
klta~ hovs and seminarians IN MACK cas-
l,-o,.t,e and white slIrpiices. Then followed
khe --iests who were 10 take paTi N 'ne
i,onsec-a1ion. tie Rev. Luke j Evers
,aascon- the Kea- Bernard ?. McQuade
l,,.,- -doscor. the Rev Patrick \. Breslin.
lx,b-aeacon Of the cross. and the Rev john
* tsrans the Rev Thomas II O.keefe. the
Pc, lanes F-stzsinmOns and the Key
tJan,es =. NcEnryre. bearers Of the sacred
relics
These relics o. the martyrs, which were
.-a-riei from the. cathedral al O'Clock the
might before ami guarded all night on an
ernprovisad altar ia the Cathedral college
,dsfe almost from the birth Of 'hristianlJE
F4selr 10 longing % Saints Beate ana feAel-
Ia. who were mar5yred in Rome heo"eeh
E70 an - A u The Pope sent them TO
.Arcrtishor FARLEY q year ago for the con
recra ton service.
The Circuits Of the Walls
Id nv the boys and leaving within the
.-s-,a5-.I the Rev William 3 Martin.
-5es-or Of the door the Archbishop and his
-~ls--, heran slowly the three circuits OF
she corri- nile which must ne made before
..,,--srce could he effected. The Archbishop
~ clothed in the purple robes Of mis- high
,neHce. with cope and mitre. nut the priests
were somhrelv CARRIED in black casSocks
hand lace surplices-
Z A thin Iine Of Humanity watched from
.s7ehind the police lines. and fe" sleepy
lones rol1ed their heads from the windows OF
IL 7e H,iel Buckingham and from the houses
F--orud about None OF the princes 81 the
t.~huron or other distinguished members OF
f.be hierarchy assisted the Archbishop IN
tshis mart - TIE ceremonies.
! rac- rollpd of the cathedral grounds con
.sur7ed half an hour. on the first the Arch
tnishop srrinkled tho walls as high as mis-
t-n7 could reach with holy water On the
i-econG round he sprinkled in similar man
rnr- the walls al hts feet and on the third
.,nzr r-ri or = level with his face. The
f7rirle circuit and sprtnkling OF the walls
.scoordins 10 the blessed Yves Of ChartTes.
svnnbolized the conservation oi the soul as
1he spiritual temple Of God
: Al the end OF each circuit me Archhishop
s5ored his mitre and struck the doors OF the
Lra+oedrsl with his gold crozier. exclailnins
b. thar those IN tf,e street could hear him.
, ,.1fft no your heads. O ye gates. and be
- lifted ur. ve everlasting doors; and the
iJ<inr ~ glory shall come in.
Three times Father Martin. guarding the
hrrrranoe and opening the heavy doors only
~ few inches, replied:
. Who H. this King or glory.
The Lord strong and mighty. the Lord
t-nEhty in battle answered Archbishop
fT-srIev on The first TWO rounds. and on the
lsbird. The Lord Of armies, he is the
kling of glory.
The Conservation Within.
Immediately the doors swung wide and
irne lutte procession entered. chanting
I-.venI. Creator Spiritus.' and later reciting
S7ne Litany Of the Saints
Inside the Archbishop traced IN a NAM
t,uoth cross Of ashes on the floor the Greek
tand Latin alpha bets. while the choir chant
b. The "Benedictus.'' Then he blessed the
lSreeorian water a mixture Of water, ashes.
tsslr and wine and Traced with il the sign
tof tn. cross on the upper and lower parts
t.f the doors on the inside, and five crosses
lstn tne altar He also sprinkled the support
lznd the table seven times, and seven times
ne moved around the altar. while the
,.bsuFe-f recited The ''Misererc-"
The circuit Of the interior OF the cathe-
s.,.si uas naade three times. the Archbishop
tf,-iDkIins win the consecTated water first
-n. walls - he feet. then those Oh "a level
Win MS face and lastly those a. high Cp
Is ne could reach. He then sprinkled the
7.oor IT, The form of cross. The cathedral
i-ss nov ready for the installation of tie
ra-rc1 relics.
The Archbishop and has attendants then
--r.ired 70 tnc Cathedral College and le-
-.~red IN PROCESSION. bearing ;Ee relics into
s.e consecrate1 building. Then followed
'-re conservation = the great altar Of the
Z osees. altar cloths. vases and the orna-