The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-29
REQUIEM FOR 165TH
CROWDS CATHEDRAL
Sixty-ninth Regiment and
Ambassadorial Representa-
tives Participate.
SERMON BY DIR. INJURY
President Of FOrdham Univer-
sity Says Liberty and Equality
Is a National Principle.
SERMON BY DR.. MULRY

A solemn requiem mass was cele-
brated In st. Patrick's Cathedral yes
terday for the repose OF the souls of the
members Of the 1s5th Infantry who have
been killed in battle. The cathedral
was crowded from the sanctuary to its
great carved doors with members OF the
Sixty-ninth Regiment. New York Guard: .
relatives and friends OF the men of the
1s5th tnearly half the membership came
from the old SIxty-ninth), officers and
enlisted men from the navy and am
bassadorial representatives. The Bel
gian Minister. Emile De Cartier. and his
staff were present.
The oficiating clergymen were Mgr
Francis X. Wall. celebrant: Chaplain
George Wearing from Governors Island
and Chaplain Neil A. Cronin from Ellis
Island. The greeting was delivered by
Mgr. Michael J. Lavelle, rector OF the
cathedral. and the sermon was delivered
by the Rev. Joseph A. Mulry, S. j., pres
ident of Fordham University.
Throughout the ceremony a color
guard from the Sixty-ninth Regiment
stood at attention at the foot Of the
steps to the sanctuary rail. The regi-
ment marched TO the church In a body.
followed by a contingent OF sailors from
the Pelham Bay Naval Training Station.
Mgr. LaveIIe's Address.
Mgr. Lavelle directed his greeting
chiefly to the Belgian Minister and his
staff. ambassadorial representatives and
the officers and men OF the army and
navy gathered in the cathedral. He
said in part:
ct bid you cordial welcome TO this
cathedral, on this solemn occasion OF
mass for our dead soldiers and sailors
in the name OF all the Catholic people
OF this city and In the name of our late
Cardinal, who but a few days ago was
with us and who would have been so
happy to be here to-day to pay honor to
our glorious, heroic dead. Could he be
here to speak to you I know what his
message would be: Tell the men of the
army and navy that We know they are
the saviours Of not only our country but
of the whole world tell them that we
envy them the opportunity to fight
and to give their blood and their lives
II need be. that the world may be MADE
better for man and Christ
81 ask the God OF battle to keep our
souls and ourselves in good heart for the
work we have to do for man and Christ"
II was not until the United States
came into existence, said Father Mulry
in his sermon. that men made liberty
and equality a national principle. Now
our men are fighting for the preservation
of that principle just as they did in the
Revolution. The Germans, he said.
called US towards and thought that our
love OF liberty would prevent us from
making sacrifices, but they were not
aware that the spirit OF 1875 still smoul-
dered in the heart OF the true American.
u 90 10 rIeh
American soldier as attested by the rec
ord OF the ls5th.
A story OF SacriAce.
I'm the Irish heart" he said, as a
story of sacrifice given from heaven for
them to accomplish for the cause OF God
and man So to-day there is but one
spirit. one cause for the Stars and
Stripes. 50 that their victory may be for
and for our homes.
at was the Greek nation which gave
to the world civilization and its refine
ments. Then'the Roman nation came to
govern and conquer, and after them the
Jews to give TO the world Gods laws
And then Christ. WHO inculcated the
principle of liberty and equality. It was
was not till the United States came into
existence that men made liberty and
equality national principle, and our
men are out % maintain this principle
A divine principle that no nation ever be-
fore conceived. 1t is your principle laid
down by Christ and announced by our
President, that II is our part to lay
iown our lives for It, Some men have
gone because they were called. some be-
>auee they had been told to do 90. but
Millions have gone because God Called
hem to save this principle OF liberty and
equality.
II see among them men Of different
minds. ideas, hopes. ambitions but l |
also see these millions bound together as
strongly In this work that liz being done !
or God and the world as are the stones |
II a massive building.
What have they gone for? To fol- |
ow the principle given by Him who gave |
His blood and His life for man and his |
oul. Some to-day are listening TO the |
xhiz Of bullets and OF bombs. Rut ,
lbove the din they hear the voice OF God |
Ind see the face of Him who gave all !
or them. And as nude death ends their .
work they will hear the sweet voices of .
mothers, of wives and OF sweethearts In
heir ears-that they have done this for /
christ's liberty and equality" |