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Show CARDINAL GIBBONS DELIVERS ADDRESS - - " At the conclusion - of " the solemn '.- Pontifical mass, His Eminence, Cardinal James Gibbons, arose and briefly addressed the congregation. The words of wisdom and counsel from this eminent man, the prince of the Catholic church in the United States, were eagerly absorbed by his auditors. v The cardinal paid a glowing eulogy to Bishop Scanlan, on the completion of his great work in the erection. of the handsome St. Mary's cathedral, 'lie told how the kings of Israel delighted in building build-ing temples to God ; how the early kings of England, the Canutes of Sweden, the Henrys of Germany and the Louises of France had exhausted the treasuries treas-uries of their nations in building magnificent cathedrals, and how they had drawn upon the. resources re-sources of their countries to embellish and sustain them. 'Tn the past," he said, "the building of temples to God has been a royal privilege, but now that privilege has become the cherished possession of the democratic peoples of the world. It has passed from kings to the people, who still have the intrepid faith which prompted the wearers of the ermine to make the great sacrifices they did." . ' In his tribute to Bishop Scanlan the cardinal said: "When we study the character of this great and good bishop to determine- the characteristics which have qualified him for this great work, I find that his sweet humility that rare virtue of great men stands out most prominently." His Eminence complimented the bishop on the courage which he had displayed in coming into this country of hardship and trial and danger, forty years ago; a country, however, which is now so fertile and beautiful. He spoke of the charming disposition of the bihhop and of the charity which enabled him to attract to him all people, without regard to color or race, and almost without regard to religious persuasion. "This cathedral," he continued, "stands as a monument to that good bishop; as it looms over and eraces the incomparably beautiful city of Salt Lake." Thfi cardinal turned to the bishop,' and looking steadfastly at him prayed feelingly and with intense in-tense earnestness, that the Lord, with his goodness and might, would grant him many long years of peace and happiness. At the conclusion of the mass His Eminence pronounced the benediction over the congregation v Very Reverend "Dean Harris, arch priest at the mass, read in Latin, afterward translating it into English, the apostollic faculties conferred by the holy sec at Rome on Bishop Scanlan, empowering him to impart the pontifical benediction and plenary indulgence to his congregation. |