Evening star., 1921-03-31
By the Associated Press.

! who led with power of. spirit as
| well as power Of mind.
ArchbIshop's Closing Words.
| In closing the funeral sermon
/ Archbishop Glennon said:
| Our departed friend. whatever his
! titles. achievements. fidelities. was.
after all. but human: and wherever
humanity is there is frailty. error and
sin. Let us unite our suffrage with
the saints beseeching the Almighty.
so long his father. and now his
Judge. that He will look with mercy
and Kindness upon the one before
! Him. Let US pray that his will be
the joy of the Lord. For eighty
years and more. in much striving and
great fidelity has he walked in the
way of his Lord and Master. So
with and for the blessed Christ he
carried. that we fain' would believe
that Master permitted that His serv-
! ants last agony would synchronize
with His own. So olso let us hope
| that in the white light of the resur
the Savior triumphant, meeting His
servant in the garden there. may
greet him with the words of eternal
! life, T. am the resurrection and the
! life he that believeth in me, though
he be dead. shall live and crown him
with blissful immortality"
"Leader, Guide, Father
Though Cardinal Gibbons was at
once leader, guide and father" the
archbishop said. the departed prince
of the church was more to be remem
bered as "the kindly, gentle old man."
we cannot forget his unfailing
kindness. his prudent counsel. We
fear and we feel we shall not look on
his like again. The holy father him
self must have rsensed our loss as well
as his own, since from the throne of
the fisherman he voices at once the
sorrow of his own troubled heart and
the sympathy Of the Catholic world
"He was a great leader and soldier,
; whose sword was ever ready to de-
fend the Christ and His kingdom. He
was the great legislator. wise in coun-
sel prudent in action. just in his de-
Gator. who would have the world
know Christ was the Truth and the
Life. Lastly, he was the great pa
triot."
Scene From Middle Ages.
The service was like a scene from
the middle ages, like an altar piece
come to life. Numberless priests in
seemigly endlass procession filed
into the church. and in their stately
| orders. moved forward to the cata-
! fafque on which rested the late car
dinal in his archbishop's vestments
of purple. In few moments the
| body of the church was filled with
! this army of clergy and the atmos-
| dispe1led.
There was a harmony of color and
| sound as the light of the candles
around the bier fell on the brilliant
| the auditorium echoed to the meas
ured rhythm Of chanted prayers.
Mourners Gather.
| BY O'Clock, an hour before the
time set for the ceremony, streets
| surrounding the cathedral were so
| crowded with clergy and laiety that
not square inch of pavement could
be seen. At 10 o'clock the whole. city,
! by gubefnatorial and mayoral procla-
nation, was urged to drop every ac-
tivity for minute in respect to a
man 1t had numbered among it's most
| idisfinguished citizens. Every motor.
every street car. every wagon was
ldirected to stop in it's tracks when the
clocks Of the city tolled TO-
Early In the morning the clergy be-
gan forming In front Of Calvert Hall
thedral, for the professional
An ImpBessing Spectacle.
1t was an impressing spectacle.
Clergy in the colors of their respec-
ve7orders headed the line, and be-
hind them came the secular clergy.
followed by the monsignori, Cardinals
O'Connell and Begin. and Archbishop
John Bonzano. apostolic delegate and
celebrant of the mass. All the high
ler church dignitaries wore mourn
ing color Of purple.
Inside the cathedral. under the
gifted dome at the foot of the CEN
ter aisle. lay the body of James
Cardinal Gibbons. Archbishop of
Baltimore. He rested ON a purple
covered catafalque. dressed in his
archbishop's robes. wearing on his
head his aEchbishop's inter and on
one finger the ring that go many thou
rays of tall white candles lighted
his benign features. At the foot Of
the bier was the cardinals hat of
red.
/ 1t was obvious that only a small
part of the thousands who sought
entry to the cathedral would be able
to pass under the great portico, with
its tall columns draped in purple and
black. Most of the space was allot-
ted to the. clergy. and admittance
was by ticket only.
But this did not shake the great army
Of mourners in their hope Of attend
ing the mass or. at least, massed
around the great stone pile. of catch
ing the strains Of church music that
might be waited to them. Disappoint-
stood their ground with the same de-
termination that had been displayed
by the tens of thousands who yester-
day pressed their way into the edffice
to view the body of their devoted
leader.
Varied Flock Gathers.
AS varied as the flock to which the
cardinal had ministered in life was
the flock that sought to minister to
him in death. Men, women, the little
children he loved. stood in lines sur
rounding the cathedral. Some had
come in motors, some had Travelled
by street car. some had trudged long
distances, but all had come for the
same purpose-to show reverence to
the man they all had loved
Today really held two ceremonies
One was the great church assemblage
at mass-the church bestowing her
honors. One was the simple burial
service in the crypt of white marble un-
der the cathedral sanctuary-the rela-
tives and closest friends taking final
leave of one very dear to them.
Cardinal Gibbons is the seventh SOL
dier Of the church to be buried in this
vault, and to him was allotted a place
on the north side. The last time the
crypt was opened was in 1872. when
Archbishop Spaulding was buried there.