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Show ' 1 SALT LAME ' j CATHED3AL NOTES. : j Mrs. Donald Morrison and Mrs. J. , t M- M0J"e are .the . ladies appointed to . attend to the altars this -week. ' The members of the Sacred Heart league, attended Holy Communion in a ! body Friday morning. The members of the Altar society of ' ' St. Mary's cathedral will hold their regular monthly meeting next Monday at 2 o'clock at the episcopal residence, i . AH the members are requested to attend, at-tend, as election of officers for the com- i ' ing year will occur. I ' The meeting of the Guild of St An- : thony will take place next Tuesday, Jan. 5, at the new Wilson hotel. The meeting will be called to order at 3 i ; o'clock and the officers for the ensuing , ; year will be elected. f I : ; John O'Donnell, the highly esteemed . ' ' ' old gentleman who kindly officiates as : usher at St. Mary's, was ably assisted i on Christmas day by Edward McGurrin I and George Murphy. I Tit. Rev. Tihop Seanlan has re-1 I ' : ccived the following official document, I ; j which dispenses Catholics from the I 1 law of abstinence next Friday: I I ' "Washington, D. C, Dec. 22, 1903. I ; 1 . "Your Lordship I have received a 1 . , j cablegram from His Eminence Cardinal I I . t "R. Merry-del-Val, through which he in- I ' forms me that, as New Tear's day falls I j i on Friday, His Holiness Pius X has I ':'.'- been pleased to grant on that day a I 1 . r general dispensation from abstinence to I all the faithful throughout the United i .',). States. I , ! ; j "In making this communication to I your lordfhip I beg leave to offer to you I , f. the compliments of the season, praying 1 nft holy infant Jesus to bestow upon : i ' 3'0U and the laitluul committed to your care his choicest blessing. I "Most faithfuilv vours in XI, : 'D. FALCONED, K "Archbishop of Larrissa, Apostolic . ' Delegate." c S. Miss Lottie Owen, loading soprano of ' ' the cathedra! choir, is visiting her par-' par-' . . cuts at Willard. . The members of the cathedral choir j were (h-lightfully enfrtained last Sun- : day at t'ao reside nc-o of Mips Nora Glea- ' f son. Dainty refreshments were pro- ; . I vidrci by Kt. Kcv. Bishop Seanlan, and all had an cnicvab'c time, i ' George Fa pan of the cathedral choir I has been called tu his home in Iowa on account of the serious illness of his sister. Miss Goldthwail. one of the excellent sopranos of the cathedral choir, has been seriously ill over since Christ- 1 mas. Edward Fitzpatrick. the young violinist vio-linist of the cathedral choir, won much . . merited praise for his work on Christ-: Christ-: ; mas. ; ; ! The promoters of the Sacred Heart I " " league met last Sunday afternoon. . ! The music at the 9 o'clock Mass on ; ; ' Christmas day was excellently ren-; ren-; dered by the junior choir. i Rehearsals for the members of the 11 i o'clock choir will be resumed on Fri day, Jan. S. '':,'- . 4 . .. ; . Masses were celebrated at T and 9 o'clock on New Tear's day. Rt. Rev. ; Bishop Seanlan delivered a short but impressive sermon to a large congre- i gation. I Rehearsal for the children of the choir will be held on Saturday after-' after-' noon at 3 o'clock. The advanced class j ; meets at 4 o'clock and the young ladies la-dies meet Sunday morning at 9:30. The I bov? will practice this week at 4:30 1 ! o'clock. . . ' Thomas Fanning assisted the choir 1 on Christmas by playing the violin- j I cello. Mr. Fanning is an excellent musician end his services were highly appreci-eted. appreci-eted. ' I Rehearsals for the children nf the I Junior choir will be resumed Saturday J 1 afternoon at 3:13 and Sunday morning I at 9:30. . ; New Tear Greetings! j I ' "Sovt is the time to resolve. Self in- 1 teiest comes iirst. Are you in doubt I I what to do with your little capital! I yet in your hands? To avoid the temp- I . ' tation of spending, loamng unwisely, or I ''' investing foolishly, place it with Mc- 3 Gurrin & Co., whose securities are gilt-f gilt-f edge, and who will send you your Jn- terest in gold every eix months. Ad-I Ad-I , 3rss, t call to ?ee us at 134 South I J Mam. I ' Or you may want to secure a home. ! I Jf so all the capital needed is what vou ran PPare at preeent. Pay balance to u 'r earnings. If you sum up what you could have saved, but did not, last year, you will realize the benefit . , of having a place to invest, with the advantage of knowing that it is fructi- ! Tying day and night. a CHEISTSTAS AT ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL. CA-THEDRAL. : Solemn pontifical high mass was celebrated cel-ebrated at St. Mary's, cathedral on Christmas day at 11 o'clock by Rt. Rev B,shop Seanlan. assisted bv Rev. Fa-1 Fa-1 lher Guinan of All Hallows college deacon; Rev. Father Bulf a mmte. sub-deacon: sub-deacon: Rev. Father Kiely, master of i ceremonies; Rev. Father Morrissey, as- ' fist ant master of ceremonies'. The music was excellently rendered Iby the choir: Voluntary Grie Violin, Mrs. J. H. Remairs. I Organ, Miss Gleason. 1 ' Military Mass in F Gimarosa. I . Jvyrie Soloists, Miss Harris, Miss Dunham; Messrs. Ashworth and 4 Soffe. I Gloria Soloists, Mrs. Whiteman, 5 Mr. Ashworth. I Credo Soloists, Miss Owen, Miss j i ' Dunham: Messrs. Whiteman, I ; Crawford and Dunbar. I ! : Offertory. "Adeste Fidelis" Npvello I Miss Goldthwait, Miss Jorcs: I Messrs. Whiteman and Crawford i "Veni Creator" J. Lewis Rrowne I Mrs. Whiteman, Miss Jones; I Messrs. Dunbar and Whiteman. 1 6a net us Soloist, Mips Julia Jones. I Benedict us Gan.s I Mrs. Whiteman. Messrs. Dunbar 1 and Whiteman. 1 Agnus lei 1 j . : Miss Owen, Miss Jones j I Exulta Sion llamm-rel ' J Sopranos Miss Owen. Mrs. White- I man. Misses Golthwaite. Wcher and I Harris. ; Altos Misses Jones, Dunham. Kane and (7rave?. Tenors Messrs. Whiteman, Ashworth and Veltz. Raw;.s-Messrs. Dunbar. Crawford. Sofie. Leyland and G. Pagan Violinists Mrs. J. IT. Keimars and Master Edward Fitzpatrick. Organist and Director Miss Nora Gieaxon. , After mass, Rt. lie v. Bishop Seanlan (rave a brief but eloquent sermon, a few words of which are here quoted: "Jn order to celebrate the Feast of Christmas as good Christmas we must first of all get the spirit of the feast I . ini:' U!- It is a spirit of jov, peace, 1 thanksgiving and glorv to God. "Re- I ' 3oieo in the Lord alwavs, again I say, I - rejoice. . . . The Lord is nigh." This 13s what holy church says to us, as the flemn Feast of Christmas draws nigh. Asain, we hear the angela crying out, ' - ' :. . . .:. l - . ... . , . !1t " ""f ' "i ''1 - r : v - J . v -'. ' ' A" " . - - V ! ' i - - - ,r j-r . l f ' v 1 f- W"'' y-v ; i v- -;,' . , s " ' - . 4 VERY REV. D. KIELY, V. G. ' j i ' Glory to God in the highest, and; on earth peace to men of good will.' : "To dispose and prepare ourselves for Ihe true joy and peace we look for, we , must cleanse our souls . bv, a fervent confession and beautifythem by-a still more fervent communion. "Thus with a clear conscience and a Pure heart we prepare ourselves for that joy and peace which ' the "angels and the church prays should be. ours at this holy season. 'Peace 011 earth to men of good will.' "But it is not a peasoru of peace and joy only, it is also one of thanksgiv-. ing and glory to God. "In order to enter into this spirit of thanksgiving and praise, in a befitting manner we must seriously, reflect on j the infinite wisdom and goodness and I love of God in becoming man for ou-j ou-j redemption and salvation." j 1 he lit. Rev. Biihop then administered adminis-tered the papal benediction. ! The sermon of the day was preached I by Rev. Father Kiely. It was most im- pressive and masterlv effort- . SERMON. : ' t "Peace on earth to men of good will." ) Today the joyous greetings ol twen-ty twen-ty centuries are repeated in. every land. : It drops dozens of times from th" lips : or millions of paople. Old friendships are renewed and revived'. the wandering wander-ing child goes back in spirit to the old homestead, worldly cares are forgotten, and all, whether resting- or engaged in the business of life, wish peace and happiness to their neighbors Unlike any other day in the year, that expression expres-sion df good will I wish you a merry Christmas is the greeting heard 'on every side. But why this today? Why this universal exchange of good Avilf? Because on this day we are eeleirrating' ! the birtlr cf a certain child, who was born 1903 years ago. The memory of his birth, which was simple, is still re-I re-I tained. It aw akens ." glad "feelings ' in' I the heart of humaiity. In the 'history I of the human race, since time began, j thre is no other anniversary of a birthday birth-day that commands such universal re-spect re-spect arouses such enthusiasm, and cjicits such feelings of joy," peace: and. happiness as that of the Infant Savior, bcrn in Bethlehem twenty . centuries ago. The long lapse of time" instead of diminishing or blotting out the mvirrfory of that event, increases the respect .and intensifies the love of the young and the old. the rich and the poor, the learned and unlearned for the child born "on this day. and that irl every civilized land. The memory of others who grew up to be great men either as scholars, statesmen or liberators, of their"country -are soon forgotten. Philosophers and other? perpetuate their names through their writings, but only the few, who have recourse to their books know them, and seldom does the knowledge of these great men awaken sentiments of love and veneration for their memory. mem-ory. The memory of the liberator of a luu"" i; ceieoraiea, DUt tne evtnc is confined to the nation in which he lived. Such memories seldom extend beyond the century in which they lived; Who thinks of celebrating the birth of Aristotle. Aris-totle. Alexander, Napoleon or other great celebrities in the twentieth century? cen-tury? It is entirely different with Jesus, who was born on this day. Again the question suggests itself, a question which has, in every century, arrested th thoughts of sages and philosophers, I'tthy this universal celebration of one that was helpless, and devoid of power and influence when he was born, as testified to in the little narrative which you have just heard? A great and profound pro-found question is this. The answer Efiven heramu n Viic t born in a stable at Bethlehem, only suggests other questions. Who was Jesus? What did he do? On the -first question volumes have been written. To it the greatest minds and most-profound philosophers of the .past 1,900 years have directed all -the energies of their mind. In their verdict, they disagree. dis-agree. Following the gospel narrative, he was the son of Mary, an humble virgin to whom an angel from heaven and: "The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most high shall overshado w thee. And therefore there-fore also the holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the. Son of God." Upon these words also the claims" of Jesus when he publicly proclaimed himself him-self God, together with his wonderful works, and suffering death because" of I his claiming to be God are founded the verdict of those who believe that the Jesus was God. To the second query, "Whv did he come? we go back to prehistoric times ana ask the children of Israel. They ....... uoui me oeginning joci Ptomised to send a Redeemer. They sighed and prayed for the Messiah. I heir presence today in every quarter 01 the globe is the strongest proof that the Redeemer was promised, and' that he was needed. Tim has not changed -ihe faith of the orthodox Jew in his expectations,, hopes an J "prayers that the Messiah wi!l come lo redeem th? human race. The reason" then why he came was to redeem mar.- and restore him to his lost inheritance. Even unbelievers un-believers proclaim the fallen state 'of the human race. On this . Proudhou . the great French infidel writer, has' said: "The doctrine of the fall is not merely the expression of a particular and transitory state, of human reason : and humar morality: but it is moreover more-over the spontaneous though-symbolic confession of the fact (which is as astonishing as-tonishing as it is undeniable) of man's culpability, ab ovo, and of its natural nat-ural inclination to evil. Woe is rael I Vor I have sinned, cries the humani conscience, con-science, in all tongues and from all quarters." Other reasons might be given giv-en why Jesus came, i. e., why God the Father sent his eternal Son in the. flesh to satisfy the craving of our senses. What did he do? This question te answered an-swered Jn the gospel U:five words: "He did all things well.'" , lie dirpelled the darkness of 4.000 years, elevated humanity hu-manity to a new sphere of civilization and made ell men equal as children of a common Father.-We eee-the -effects of his teachings, and example -on all sides. No wonder his praises are sung in every known, language and that people peo-ple throughout the world unite in celebrating cele-brating , his . birthday. Through his teaching and example the song of the angels, first heard by guiless shepherds shep-herds finds its counterpart in the hearts of men. "Glory to God on high and peace on earth to men of good will." His war cry, "peace on earth to men of . good will," was never heard of before. be-fore. "He did till things well." He madeipea.e between God and man. between be-tween man and man who are naturally prone to quarrel, and between man and his own conscience. This triple alliance, otherwise impossible, shows how complete com-plete his work was. and that "ho lid all things well." Because he did all I this the world rejoices today, and just in proportion as our souls enjoy that three-fold order of peace, so can we truly rejoice and exchange Christmas gi'eetings. In the name of the church which has been preaching peace for twenty cen-turies, cen-turies, and of his hardships the representative rep-resentative of that great church, I wish w,ish you all this morning not only a merry but a joyous and happy Christmas. |