The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-08-15
Making America Catholic

tory by the choir, the most solemn
part of the mass began. AS the Off
eating priest lifted the chalice and
host over the heads of the kneeling
multitude at the elevation of the
mass, the notes of a bugle rang out
three times in the silence.-Wash-
ington Times.
Under the shadow of the monu-
ment erected to the great first presi-
dent of the United States, in the
presence of his illustrious twenty
sixth successor, President Taft, with
all the splendor of ritual, glory of
liturgy, eloquence, and earnestness
OF its celebrants that the oldest of
Christian churches knows so well
how to display, there was paid
tribute to those who died to help
preserve the civil and religious
liberties that citizens of the nation
enjoy, which, in all of it's varied as
poets, marks religious event un-
rivaled in the history of the city.
From black cassock to the purity of
alb and surplice, there ranged every
color and color combination. and
the crowd that pressed tightly to
the restraining ropes was dazzled
with the purple of the cassocks Of
the choir boys, the golden chasu-
b1es OF the ceiebrant and his assist
ants, the scarlet of the acolyte, and,
beyond the military uniforms, the
cOlors of the civilian dress, while
throughout it all and above it all
waved the restless red, white, and
blue from the thousands of flags
hXy ho 04xos0
men, women, and children who
marched in kaleidoscope billow-
ings over the spacious grounds, that
were all too SMALL as, with bands
playing, thousands of schoolgirl
dren, marching two by two, Corco-
ran cadets, national guards, sol
diers, United Catholic societies.
veterans of the Spanish
war, poured into the Ellipse from
all directions. :. On his 1.-THE
President'sl arrival, Rev. James
Smyth, who was assigned to special
attendance upon the President, took
his place. Flags waved from thous-
ands of hands, and lusty cheers re-
sounded from all parts of the great
field in greeting of President Taft.
Near to the Presidents box was a
company of the national District
guard, detailed as bodyguard, while
near to the altar, and on the
clergys side, was drawn up mill
tary company that aided in the cele-
bration.-Washing Herald.
To one who is familiar with the
history of the Papacy, these para
graphs will be very suggestive
They call to mind some of those Old
World exhibitions of pomp and
splendor which have marked the
growth of papal influence in those
countries where the State has been
subservient to the church, but they
make new reading in the history Of
this republic. This public mass will
have much greater influence over
the future of those now living than
over the condition of the patriotic
dead. Having gained this vantage
ground, the Roman Catholic HER
archy will use it as the basis for
futher achievements in the same di-
rection until the representatives of
the nation will find themselves in
extricabiy entangled in the snares of
the Papacy.
The preacher of the day, Rev z.
D. Mcdonnell, did not confne him
self to eulogy of the dead, but as
was to be expected, took advantage
of the occasion to exalt the Roman
Catholic Church and to place his
own Interpretation upon the pres
onco Of tbo Of