Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-01
:B!l}RY CARDINAL GIBBONS
/: /: WITH PR|ACELY H0N0Rs
isss
,Rrclates OF Equal Rank. Diplomats
A. and Statesmen Attend Ohsc-
quics in Baltimore.
THOUSANDS STAND IN RAIN
Service rs Hicttreful ms Tapestry
..of Middle Ages Suddenly Come
ITO Lifc-.Archbishop Gicnnon, q
ik,St. Lonis, Eulogizcs Dead.
, !By Associated Press. ]

-. IBy Associated Press.l
s.BALTlMoRE. March 3l.-James
Cardinal Gibbons. archbishop of Bal
,ttmorc, was buried today with all the
.hohors that the Roman Catholic
Church could bes;ow on one Of it's
,nrinccs
Unto the Cathedral OF the Assumption
'of the Blessed Virgin Mary-thc great
stone pile about which the cardinals
whole life revolvcd-poured prelntes
gt equal rank. diplomats and states
,nfn from Washington. high Official Is
OF the land and state he had served
and thousands who. unable to press
INTO the church stood revercntly for
three hours while the pontcial re-
.9piem mass was being sung.
.~a EuloEizcx Dead Churchmnn.
,.,During the lon; scrvice--as picture
fnI az a tapestry Of the middle ages
,s9ddenly become acknowledgements
bishop John 7. Gicnnon. Of st. Loui..
took the pulpit and looking down on
the bier OF a fellow churchman. culo-
,gizcd the late cardinal as tho rrca,
leader and soldier. the great IegiSla-
tur. the far-visioncl educator. the
great patriot, the kindly. gentle old
man
,-,Thc services ended shortly before
r. O'Clock. and the long rcccssional
strcamcd from the cathedral. rh.u
game dusk. With the FAN OF ovea-
ing. tender hands lifted the fraii liz;
tle body sof the churchman from tho
great purple cataiafaquc. on which
,N had rested in state for four DAYS.
ana Placed IL In simple coffin az
cardinal purple. The caskct then
WAS borne 10 the white marble cryHt
under the sanctuary. in which six
.othor archh:shops already were
sealed. simple ceremony witness
ed by the closest and dcarest-aud
then the door OF the vault swung TO.
ti. Youngest bishop 81 Ills Fine.
s''n this manner Jam,s Card.nn,
Gibbons was laid to rest hcnea,h the
en- thcdral in which he had been hap
sEod. !n which he had been consc-
Grated to the service OF God, in which
hf had been named the youngest
'HShop in his time, and In which In
Z, later years he had been elevated to
Prchbtshop and cardinal.
,-,Thc last requiem was thing of
htauty--a symphony of sound and
Color The cathedral was half filled
; eqtercd the doors shortly before 10 |
o'clock. The laity were seated from
The rear az the church rorwrr;, to the
foot OF the candlc-lighted bier on
Thich rested tbs cardinal in his area
, bishops Tes.mcNts and mitr@ The
nrtire forward na"t of tho cathadra!
Z WAS reserved for the rtargy
.nThe orran ne"led, Into tho church
F.. NED dnuMl" column Of seminary
c. oiristeks Behind them CAME priests
utmost without number. There were
tic white surnliccd secular clergy
ava thou me-'bors OF various re'f.-
Jus ori""s-Pnulists and redomn,or-
Isis. su!nicians. ANA .Iesuits. p,'ssion-
ISIS in their black cassorhs. domlnl-
Gems in white. and snrdciind Fran
'ciscan mnntS ~ ropc- giried robes.
RnIn Changes rIhns.
: "a R+i". falling ne the procession
(, Started. capscd slight change in
Mans, Instead ~ march,H. into tho
Np6 thearal from Calvert Hall College
'Hsith tho priests Of Lesser rank as had
been intended. the abho;s arl arch
'rhh"ts biehoNs and archhishcns
~ rdinal Uccnnc'l anh Cardinal
Ehri'. md Archbishop John Romano
.iH""tol!c delegate flsd in from he
bird tho altar aftcr having entered