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RJ Americans differing In .red. awR I ,; united I" their love for the iR I I churchman wjl .v-- .. for a inAf'g, RjRJ ' ' ' j matched In the eccleslasticjV 6dRJ I RRjRjR (Continued uu l'ge ' BR I I Loved Priest at Rest Under Church Altar Continued froin Page One.t the Vnited States, for In addition to all the honor? (hat lh- Koin.m Catholic Cath-olic church In m.-rlc.T could shower Ion n servant olil and tried, there wis I bestowed on the denrl a specl.il gift i from the vatlc.m. In sperlal recog-1 nltion of th AmfHoan prelate's Service Ser-vice to the church the pope decreed1 that the Or--Knrian - horal society of iSt Mary's seminary should sing at to-1 d H s m.iss a solemn Gregorian chnnt! Iprcvlouslv heard only at the funeral, I of a sovereign ruler of the Catholic! ichurch In the Pistlne rh.ipol In Rome. I 1 IM I "T S I K t'l D Bv ? o'clock, an hour beforo tho time for the ceremony, streets sur-Iroundlne sur-Iroundlne the cathedral were so crowd-1 led with clergv and lalety that not aj square Inch Of pavement could be seen. ' jAt 10 o'clock the whole City, bv gubernatorial gub-ernatorial and mayoral proclamation waa urged to drop every activity for al minute In respect to a man it had! numbered among its most distinguished distinguish-ed cltlsens. Even' motor, street car; nnd wagon waa directed to stop In its tracks when tho clocks of the city toll-1 ed ten. Early in the morning the clergv hegan forming in front of Calverthallj collage, diagonally opposite the ca-J thedral for the proceMional- IMPIUS88I1 l SPE Ti I l Jr mi an Impressive spectacle. Rep-, ular clerg- in the colors of their re-, peottve orders headed the line, beside them the secular clerg, followed fol-lowed by the monslsnorl. Cardinal O'-ronnell O'-ronnell and BeMn. and Archbishop j John Bon7Jno. upostollc delegate and celebrant of the mass. All the higher i church dignitaries wore mourning col -1 or of purple. Inside the cathedral, under the gilded home at the foot of the center j aisle, lay the body of James Cardinal Gibbons, archhl&hop of Baltimore. Mel rested on a purplc-coverad catafalque, dreeaed in his archbishop's robes, I wearing on his head his archbishop'' mitre and on one ringer the ring that so manv thousands had kissed during his life. The rays of tall white can-1 dies lighted his benign features. Atj the foot of the bier waa the cardinal's hat of red. oo |
