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Show VESPERS SERVICE AT THE CATHEDRAL Scarcely had the Angelus sounded when wrorshlpers began to gather at the beautiful new St. Mary's cathedral for the vespers service at 6:30 o'clock Sunday evening. The congregation was not so large as at the morning services, but the spacious auditorium was well filled. Many -were Catholics, but a number of their Protestant friends had come to hear the splendid music and the magnificent address of the Rt. Rev. J. J. Keane, bishop of Cheyenne, who preached an eloquent sermon on "The March and Victory of Faith." A burst of melody from the organ and the lighting of the candles on the altar announced the opening of the services. The altar boys, with lighted candles, led the procession to the altar, followed by the choir boys, all dressed In dark purple, with white surplices. They were seated facing the altar. Next came the church dignitaries and priests, who formed a semi-circle within the chancel. chan-cel. His eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, was present at the opening of the services. serv-ices. The vespers were sung by Archbishop Dennis J. O'Connell of San Francisco. Father Klley acted as deacon at vespers, ves-pers, and Father Thomas D. Moriarty of Omaha as sub-deacon. In the sanctuary choir were Rt, Rev. Bishops Scanlan, Glorieux, Carroll and Keane, Monsignor Hartnett and the many visiting clergy. Opening of Services. The Gregorian chant, which opened the service with the low monotones of the priests and the responses of the choir, was solemn and impressive. The superb choir of seventy voices, with Professor J. J. McClellan at the organ and Miss Nora Gleason leading, which furnished music in the morning, was also present in the evening. The program pro-gram was a triumph of artistic musical skill and inspiring religious effect. The round, full tones of the solemn "Ave Maria Stella," and "Veni Creator" Cre-ator" of Weigand, filled the large auditorium au-ditorium with melody passing description. descrip-tion. The "Veni Creator" was given as a male chorus. "O Salutaris," by Browne, was sung by the choir, with Mrs. Hallie Foster Sutherland as soloist. Mrs. Sutherland has a voice of rare sweetness and power, pow-er, peculiarly adapted to religious music. mu-sic. "Tantum Ergo," by Verdussen, "Laudate Dominum," Gregorian, "Te Deum," .Gregorian, and "Holy God," by Haydn, completed the superb musical offering. Bishop Keane made an address of power and eloquence. His theme was "Faith," and he paid a splendid tribute to the faith that had made beautiful St. Mary Magdalene cathedral a possibility. pos-sibility. Faith the Foundation. Bishop Keane took as his text "This is the victory which overcometh the world, our faith." After defining faith as essentially a complete trust, he argued for its necessity ne-cessity from human and natural analogies. analo-gies. "Without faith in men, life and prayers pray-ers were impossible, life a burden, and unsatisfactory motion between the gates of doubt," he said. "Take confidence away in the word of men, faith in the work of men, reliance in the possibilities of men,, and the achievements we call history, the progress prog-ress of our pride were impossible. In faith the sailor crossed the unknown waters and discovered new worlds; in faith the miner delved into the earth; in confidence in the word,, the loyalty of men, nations were built and the edifice edi-fice of law, and justice reared. "And shall we have trust in men, faith in the word of man and none in Our Father who is in Heaven? With hearts and instincts that cry after the unseen, the spiritual, the immortal, with intellects eager for truth, adapted to its discovery and reception, shall we degrade ourselves to the earth and call it our father and our brother? "There is a God, a Creator, a Father, Fath-er, our beginning and end; and pitiable and distracted his condition who should think that Father careless of our fate and ways. He has spoken and trust in his speech and reliance on his word has been the sole glory and greatness of our race. ' "So in the Old Testament that great child of faith, Jacob, the Patriarch, an vile and lonely in the desert, strong in faith, saw the heavens opened, the angels an-gels ascending and descending. And a marvelous history and a more marvelous mar-velous lineo f spiritual descent, Jacob received the reward of faith. Missionary's Staff. a "In faith the young missionary of the west many years ago passed up and down this great state; he had little of the winning things of the world, nothing of wealth, nor name, nor family influence, in-fluence, nor fame. But he had with in God; he had belief in the unseen things of that Father; he had a message to convey It was the message of the Crucified. Twelve simple men long ago brought that message to a pagan world and the pagan world rejected them and put them to death even as their Master. Mas-ter. Here and there it was heard and believed, and it was music that charmed charm-ed into civilization and purity of life into homes and cities and governments such as the world had neither known nor dreamed. "The victory that overcame the. world was Christian faith knowledge of and belief and confidence in Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God. Cross Uplifted. " "Today we dedicate here to Him another an-other splendid tern pie. Lo! yesterday there was the desert and then came education edu-cation and civilization and the Cross of Christ uplifted by the humble missionary. mis-sionary. Today we have this splendid temple, this witness to firm faith in the crucified. Surely it is a day of 'rejoicing 'rejoic-ing for your great pastor, and you. It connects you wi th all the ages; the Man of Galilee. Is . here In more than memory. He is in love and power; apostles and martyrs and confessors are all here and now; the ages of persecution, persecu-tion, the ages when worldly power bowed down to the church: the glory of the centuries is here in this beautiful church; it is the latest symbol and not the lowliest of the heritage of faith." Erection of-Altars. He poke of the altar erected by Jacob and of the more lasting altar later erected erect-ed by Christ. The last was built on sacrifice and the suffering of the cross and was consecrated to. the salvation of humanity The bishop said in substance: sub-stance: "We are here today to consecrate an "altar in this magnificent new building, symmetrical, beautiful, whlGh will remain re-main a lasting tribute to the faith that built It, through untold sacrifice. It will challenge attention as the cathedrals of old and symbolize the faith which Jn, spired It. ' "The Christian's creed is based on faith. Everything depends upon it. The man who will not live by faith, can not really live at all. He will never delve into the mysteries of nature, or discover anything worth while. "He has no social influence, for the whole fabric of society is based upon trust or faith in one's fellows. Why does a man trust his fellow man? It is becauBO he believes in moral law. This leads to the conclusion that there must be a moral governor, and this results re-sults in belief in a Supernatural Being, to whom man Is responsible for his acts. Value of Faith. "It is only through faith that anything worth while is accomplished In a worldly sense. Faith in the leader makes success suc-cess in battle and the greatest things in the world are accomplished through it. Columbus alone believed in a world In the west. He could not prove it by any system of reasoning and yet behold the reward of his faith. "Faith leads to action. Without it, the world would stand still. "Every faculty of a human being reaches after God and cries out for Divine Di-vine revelation. If there were no God, what would the morrow furnish? It creates the hope of man's existence and makes living worth while in the promise prom-ise of something better in the future. "Instinctive love for the beautiful calls for the unseen. Need of Divine revelation causes one to expect it. "Aside from this testimony of the longing of the human heart for something some-thing higher, the truth of Christianity Is proved by the testimony of those worthy of trust; those who lived and waiked with Christ, witnessed His miracles, His death upon the cross, and His triumphal resurrection. "Then the growth of Christianity, also, defies all denial of its truth. The most cultured of all nations have embraced em-braced it and its power and influence have grown steadily through the ages. . Wonderful Creed. "Then it is such a wonderfdl creed; too wonderful to be man-made. Christ is the only one who has ever dared say, 'Abide in my love,' and he lives today to-day In the love of a vast host, Including the men of the keenest intelligence, as well as the simpler worshiper. "This love Inspires heroism and makes men go to death itself for their faith. For it, they endure sacrifice for the good their lives to Christ's service. "Christianity has stood the test of time and is as 'vital today as it was In the days of Christ. "This magnificent temple is a confession confes-sion of faith of the Catholics of Salt Lake. Families will come and go. Revolutions will arise, but temples such as this remain as lasting monuments to those who build them; monuments to the living faith in human hearts." Attendance Is Large. The attendance of prominent Catholics Catho-lics from Utah and adjoining states was large. There were also many non-Catholics present, including Mayor Brans-ford, Brans-ford, Rabbi Freund and other well-known well-known Salt Lake men. Governor and Mrs. William Spry and Senator and Mrs. Smoot and others prominent in the Mormon church also were in attendance. |