The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-17
BELOVED RYAN
RESTS IN TOMB
Imposing Funeral Ceremonies
Attended by Prominent Fig
ures in Catholic Church.
SERMON PREACHED BY
ARCHBISHOP GLENNON
Pontifical High Mass of Re-
quiem Presided Over by
Cardinal Gibbons.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. l6.-The
body of the late Archbishop Patrick
Ryan was today entombed in the crypt
beneath the high altar of the cathedra
OF st. Peter and st. Paul In this city
following funeral services that were
imposing.
1t was one Of the greatest funerals
ever held in Philadelphia. Practically
all the prominent figures in the heir.
archy of the Roman Catholic church in
the United States participated in the
services and hundreds of priests from
all parts Of the east were also present
The cathedral held $500 persons and
surrounding the building was a great
concourse of people, who witnessed the
procession from the church around Lo.
gan square and back to the edifce
The weather was cloudy and raw.
Clothed in Robes of Office.
With the exception of the. heavy
there were no flowers. The body of
the archbishop rested upon catafalque
IN front of the high altar, surrounded
by lighted candles and the guard of
honor IL was dressed in the full rich
purple vestments of the office of arch
bishop, including the mitre.
The services began with the chant.
ing of the divine office, made up of
excerpts from the scriptures. The anti
phonaerians who performed this Office
included Cardinal Gibbons, clad in the
scarlet of the sacred college, and sur
rounded by his assistants.
With the end OF the service the Off
ciating clergymen retired to the sacris-
ty, where the procession for the pontifi.
cal high mass of requiem was formed
Cardinal Gibbons presided at the mass.
In the procession were Monsignor Fal-
COMO, the papal delegate to the United
States, and Archbishop Glennon of ST
Louis, who preached the funeral sermon
One Vacant Throne.
There were three thrones. for the car.
dinal, the papal delegate and for the
archbishop. The throne for the arch.
bishop remained vacant. The absolu-
tion of the body was quintuple and was
prelates, one of them being the car
dinal. With this final rite of the church
concluded, the body was conveyed down
the main aisle to the front door, where
it was placed on a funeral carriage
Then with the features of the beloved
metropolitan exposed to view. a pro
cession was formed which moved around
the four sides OF Logan square, which
is opposite the cathedral and comprises
four city blocks.
1t is estimated that nearly 100000
persons saw the unusual procession
With the return Of the cortege to the
cathedral the body of the archbishop
was conveyed to the crypt beneath the
altar. where the final scene took place,
Archbishop Glennon. in his sermon. re-
ferred to the universal sorrow at the
death OF Archbishop Ryan. and said. in
part:
when Leo XIII, died some years ago
an artist furnished the illustration of a
planet banded around in crepe to tell
us that whole world wept by the ashes
OF the great shepherd and father who
had fallen. TODAY sorrow may not be
as universal. yet tears are falling i'll far
off CIoneyharp and Thurles. and regrets
arc spoken by the banks Of the Barrow
and Liffeyi prayers are said and requiem
masses are offered AT the Via del Umilta
and tho vatican; missionaries today are
speaking their regrets In faroff lands
where his generosity made il possible for
them TO 20; while in our own America
the tears OF the east are answered by tho
walls OF the west.
Catholics mourn him because he was
one OF the greatest of bishops while
Catholics and non Catholics lament his
going. for he was one OF the best ol