The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-19
Rev. Father .CantweIl Declares
Faith DispeIs All Fear Of
the End. J
CATHEDRAL AGAIN FILLED
WITH MISSION ATTENDANCE
Services of Redemptorist Faith.
ers Continue TO Interest
Immense Throngs.

Before a congregation that again filled
St Marys cathedral 10 overlooking Tues
day night, Rev. Father Cantweil delivered
an impressive sermon, taking for his
subject. Death" Father Cantwcll said;
NO man possessing reason denies that
he must die. but the strange thing Is that
man pays so little attention to the awful
fact that he must some day meet his
maker Everything in nature reminds us
OF death. We look around and We geo
the morning with it's respondent bright
ness; then thc MONDAY calm. and. finally
the leugthchins shadows that end IN tho
blackness Of the night. Death 10 the
balancing point upon which eternity
rests. but we place too much value upon
tho things OF life. Solomon never spoke
with more wisdom than when he SAID.
Vanity OF vanitieS and all is vanity
The origin of death was through sin,
and j do not believe that God could have
devised more terrible punishment for
the disobedience OF his command. The
day that thou shalt eat OF this tree. then
thou shalt die. Never until Adam and
Eve looked AT the cold, dead face. felt
the still heart Of their beloved son. Abel
only when Eve. in the anguish OF her
mother heart cried out oh, God. this IS
death did our first parents realize the
chastisement meted 10 sinful and rebel
liou3 man.
Robs Death Of Terrors.
TO those who look at death with the
and terror does not exist for them They
leave this life with lively sentiments OF
faith. hope and charity. believing and
trusting in the great mercy of God and
1he boundless compassion OF Jesus Christ
How different is the death OF the unre-
pentapt, who go through life. careless.
neglectful. blasphemoqs OF all that is
beautiful and holy. i will come like
thief III tlle night. said the Divine Ono.
so without knowing the time Or the place
the unprepared soul goes TO his maker
ID
and deeds of misspent life. Il life which
is ledger, each page filed with wrong
doing
With impressive gesture, pointing to
the large. black, white draped cross. Fa-
ther CantWell concluded: 20, dearly be-
loved friends, let your lives be written
! In Gods beautiful book of gold. not the
purple OF sin and shame As you pass
into the lenSthenins shadows, let the
Angel Death. close your eyes With gentle
hands and take your souls upward white
with Gods own peace, love and forgive
ness Il,
Al the conclusion Of Father Cantwep,S
sermon the choir sang hymn. and fhe1.
Rev. W K. Ryan gave benediction s4E
the blessed sacrament. while the cho1f
sang the Greeoriau chant sFI3
Services of Tuesday.
The regular mission services began ~
| $50 o'clock In the morning with &c
mon by Rev. Father Mahoney, and the
O'Clock mass with a sermon by Rev.
! 10er ldUtNGI. 'oUIGSSlDnS were
! from to - o'clock i'm the morning. frd
! ) TO o'clock in the afternoon and .frd
! : 10 10 o'clock in The evening. The m
! sion for the children closed at o'cld
/ with solemn benediction, to be resuu1
next Saturday morning at 10 o'clock,
Rev. Father Mahoney recited the rosd
| last night and then announced that
| suecial instruction will be given Wedne
| day afternoon at $50 o'clock for thd
! 1arried women and widows OF the pa rish. j
! with their friends. both Catholic and nom
I f-,1l, ufo
! nounced that alI holy articles. such AZ
Z rosary beads, medals scapulars and holy
pictures will be blessed by the mission
| fathers during the week. The services
will continue to be held at $50 and s
o'clock in the morning. T:25 o'clock in the
! evening, while confessions viii be heard
at the same hours as Tuesday. He also
announced that confessions will be heard
| i'm German for the benefit of those whose
mastery of the English language is not
perfect.