The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-06-23
EUCHARISTIC
CEREMONY is
IMPRESSIVE
Service For Men Starts I'm
der Rainbow and Ends in
Clean of Candies
$4,000 RENEW PLEDGE
Attendance al Congress Has
Already Swelled Beyond
Million Mark

high purple dome of it's open air
cathedral Chicago has witnessed one
of the most impressively beautiful
ceremonies of the Eucharistic Con-
gress, the service for men, which be-
gan under the glow of a rainbow and
ended in the mellow CLEAN of thou
sands of candles.
More than $4,000 pilgrims mem
bers Of the Holy Name Society re-
newed last night their pledge Of fidel-
ity to the church and to their order
ut Soldiers Field. under the soft
moonlight Of a calm summer evening.
At one point in the service, the
candles which they held were ex-
tinguished for Il moment of silent
prayer with only the red sanctuary
lamp before the tabernacle of the
altar adding Pickering CLEAN to the
light of the moon and stars.
Suddenly brilliant flood lights blaz-
ed and a hidden beam shown on the
huge crucifix above the altar. and
then, one by one, the tapers were
lighted again, until the vast field
was covered by bank Of light rising
columns. The sea of flame was car
ntNuuu 'Ht StutJuIIl WaitS, WHcTc
stood other thousands unable TO find
places in the huge structuSe.
Flood Lights Dimmea
As the flood lights were darkened
clergy on the altar officiated at the
ceremonials Of the blessed sacra-
ment, as the acfes of candles CLEAN
ed. After the services the lighted
candles were carried into the outer
darkncss--t0 be eXtinguished again
one by one.
Thus ended the third day Of the
great Catholic religious ceremony
which has brought pilgrims of high
and low degree from the uttermost
ends Of the earth, all bound by a
common tic--faith in living Christ.
As gathering has succeeded gather
ing, sthe pilgrims have swellcd tlus
attendance above the million mark,
as the pomp and pageantry Of nine
teen centuries have passed in review
Chicago today prepared to bid good
bye to it's multitudes Of visitors in
concluding programs in the city
proper after witnessing three Of the
most remarkable outpourings of re-
ligious fervor in the annals Of Chris
tendon. The exodus already is under
way to Mundclein. home of the beau
tiful colonial university northwest Of
Chicago. where tomorrow another
ceremony Of high dcvOtion--thc pro-
ccssion of the blessed sacrament
will conclude tho congress.
Huge Attcndances
Revised estimates Of the attend
ancc at the mass of angels on
Soldiers Field on Monday placed the
figure at 100000. OF this number
200. 900 were in the stadium while
100000 more surrounded the. lake
front cathedral; housing its white
altar under gilded baldachino. The
women's meeting Tuesday morning
brought together 250,O0O dcvotees,
while the candle light ceremony for
men last night was witnessed by
100000. In addition, four Coliseum
meetings have added 10000 moro to
the total, while each of the 22 sec
tional meetings of the language
groups have been attended by from
500 to 5000. As prelude to the
congress, 100000 persons attended
masses in the Roman Catholic
churches of the Chicago diocese last
Sunday.
Perhaps Of all the gatherings of
the faithful, last nights service was
tho most extraordinary.
Rainbow Appears
A slight fall of rain in the early
evening ended in a brilliant rainbow
which hung in the southeastern sky
for half an hour before the sun sank
from view. The empyrean spectacle
arched the east cOlonnadc of the stadi-
um as the procession of cardinals and
bishops in scarlet and purple moved
into the huge bowl for the ccremon-
ials.
The silent moments Of consccra-
tion and the singing moments Of the
"tantum ergo sacramentum cOmpar
sit laudatio," which preceded the
priests holding Of the sacrament high
before the congregation, passed in
relative darkness.
Then, at the sounding Of trumpets
and of sanctuary bells. the mighty
area of the stadium trembled into
flame.
The pledge to which the Holy Name
members gave voice and which was
repeated through the apnlifiers by
Bishop Hohan Of Chicago.*who presid.
ed. follows:
II pledge my loyalty to my flag
ard country and to the God given
principles Of freedom, justice and
happiness for which it stands.
pledge my support to all lawful au.
thority. both civil and religious.
dedicate my manhood to the honor Of
the sacred name Of, Jesus Christ and
believe that he will keep me faithful
to these pledges until death"