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Show TRAGEDY OF CHRIST IN GRAPHIC WORDS BY ELOQUENT DIVINE Services at St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral of Most Beautiful CharacterThree Char-acterThree Masses, One of Them Pontifical High Mass, Celebrated Holy Communion Administered to Hundreds. (Salt Lake Herald. April 1.) Easter services in St. Mary's Catholic pro-Cathedral yesterday were of an unusually un-usually impressive character. Three masses were celebrated, the principal on being at 11 o'clock. At this mass the Right Rev. Bishop Laurence Scanlan Scan-lan was the celebrant. He was assisted assist-ed bv the Rev. Father A. J. Guinan. president of All Hallows college, deacon, dea-con, anif the Rev. Father M. J. Deneaf. sub-deacon. The Very Rev. Father Dennis Kiely was master of ceremonies, with the Rev. Father W. K. Ryan as assistant. Fifty acolytes were in at- tendance. The mass was Daehauer's cardinal miss, dedicated to the late Archbishop Hughes of New York. The Credo included the plain chant, recently recent-ly ordered introduced by Pope Piux X. At the close ot the pontilicai mass pa-j pa-j pal benediction was bestowed by Rish-1 Rish-1 op Scanlan, assisted b"y Father Kiely. Great Throngs Attend. Th - little cathedral was crowded to the doors md many hundreds of worshipers wor-shipers were unable to gain admission. These remained on the sidewalks, in the street and in the tiny yard until the services were concluded. The musical program was easily the best that has ever been given in a church in this city. The cooii comprised com-prised twenty-five voices, among them th-se soloists: Miss Ryan. Miss Owen. Miss Fitzpatrick. Miss (folding. Miss Harley. sopranos: Miss Holland and Miss Cloves, contraltos: Tints. Ashworth tenor .and J. W. Curtis, George Soffe and Philcas Goulct. bassos. Solos that are worthy of more than passing notice no-tice were by Miss Ryan, who sang the "Christie;" Miss Owen, the "Benedio-tus," "Benedio-tus," and Mr. Curtis, who sang "Veni Creator," by Giorza. The choir was assisted as-sisted by Edward Fitzpatrick and Van Midgley. violinists. All of the music and song service were under the direction direc-tion of Miss Nora Gleason, the organist. The Finest Ever Heard. At the close of the service Bishop Scanlan paid the choir a high tribute, "It was the finest service ever heard in the pro-cathedral." he said earnestly, 'and was well befitting the last Easter in the old cathedral." At the S o'clock mass the Rev. Father W. K. Ryan was the celebrant and preach d an excejition.-.liy fine sermon. It was a sermon filled with practical advice. He scored those who neglected the duty of confession and communion. At. this mass more than 4"0 received communion. The Very Rev. Father Denis Kiely. vk-cr generr.l of the diocese, celebrated tile 9 o'clock mass. More than "50 partook par-took of holy communion. This was es-sertiallv es-sertiallv the children's mass. St Cecelia's Cece-lia's choir of fifty children's voices sang beautifully a number of Easter carols. Among the soloists were Eugenia Mer-cier, Mer-cier, Anna Springman and Lorctta Roehlc-r. Violin accompaniment was by Walter Aures and Carl Springman. In the evening solemn vespers and benediction was conducted by Father Deneaf. St. Cecelia's choir again sang at this service. , The decorations were beautiful in the evfreme Calla lilies and daffodils there were in profusion, as well as a wealth 0 fpalms, ferns and potted plants. Sermon by Dean Harris. At the pontifical mass the Rev. Dean Harris, a noted Canadian divine who is visiting in Salt Lake, preached the sermon, ser-mon, which was altogether out of the beaten and usually -traveled path. It was not so much a sermon of the old orthodox lype. with which all are familiar, fa-miliar, as an intensely dramatic rendition rendi-tion of the scenes and incidents inti- 1 mately associated with the resurrection I of the Savior. It was altogether out of ! the ordinary channel of sacred discourses, discours-es, and to attempt to give an epittom-ized epittom-ized report of the eloquent and descriptive descrip-tive history of the sacred events, separated, sepa-rated, from the intonation, inflection and elocution of the speaker, would be doing an injustice to the dramatic treatment of the subject and unfair to the distinguished distin-guished orator. The descriptions of the suicide of Judas, the interview between Pilate and the ancients and priests of the Jew s when they asked for a guard of soldiers to prevent the disciples from stealing the body of the crucified Savior: Sa-vior: the dream of Filnte's wife and the suicide of the Roman governor, were given with an intensity of emotion and a j tower truly wonderful. The verbal panorama'of the apparition appari-tion of the angel of the resurrection; the terror and mental paralysis, like unto death, of the guard of the sepulchre: sepul-chre: the intrusion of the captain of the guard and a companion into the sacred assembly of the Jewish elder on Sunday morning, and their account of the angel, "whose fall was like lightning light-ning and his garments white as snow," but above all. the emotions, passions, Hi-i,-lrt runninnc: of Ibe Tpu'fi loiiebin the divinity of Christ and the singular and unwonted quiet that settled upon Jerusalem and its people immediately after the crucifixion, and the preternatural preter-natural signs and omens, the darkness, the earthquake, the apparition of the dead in the streets of the doomed city, was of appalling and pathetic interest. But perhaps the most wonderful piece of word painting of the sacred oration was the interview at Cesarea between King Agrippa, Fustus the governor, and Paul, the apostle of Jesus Christ. The apostle, who is in chains, is permitted per-mitted by the king to plead his cause, and does it so eloquently and with the language of the prophets touching the ! crucifixion and resurrection of the Savior Sa-vior that Festus interrupts him. "Paul. Paul, thou art beside thyself: too much learning hath made thee mad." "I am not mad. most excellent Festus; 1 speak the truth in all sobriety." Agrip-ra Agrip-ra rises from his seat, and is so moved by the eloquence and sincerity of the apostle of the Gentiles that he exclaims ex-claims aloud: "Paul, in a little while thou persuaded me to be a Christian." Apart from the instructive lesson on a great subject the sermon was an oratorical feast, served by a man who has a mastery of 'anguagc and a great control over the emotions and feelings of the audience. The entire program was: Voluntary "Andante" ..Thome Violin and Organ. Dachauer's Cardinal Mass was sung by the choir. Kyrie Dachauer Soloist, Miss Ryan. Gloria Dachauer Soloists Miss Clowes, Miss Owen. Messrs. Ashworth, J. W. Curtis and George Soffe. "Credo" Dachauer Soloists Miss Owen. Miss Ryan, ' Miss Golding, Messrs. J. W. Cur- tis and Thomas Ashworth. ' i" ' " " -' - ' "Veni Creator" Giorza ' J. W. Curtis. Offertorv "Regiaa Coeli" Tedesco Soloists Miss Owen, Miss Ryan, J. j W. Curtis. "Sanctus" Dachauer "Uenedictus" Gounod Soloist, Miss Owen. "Agnus Dei" Gauss Soloists Miss Harley. Miss Holland, Miss Ryan, Thomas Ashworth. "Haec Deis" Haintnerell Sopranos Misses Lottie Owen, Agnes Ag-nes Ryan. Margaret Harley, Lily Whalen. May O'Neil, Pearl Golding, Gold-ing, Mrs. C. Slade. Miss Kathleen Kath-leen Fitzpatrick. Altos Misses Rosemary Holland, Emily Clowes. Alice FarreM, Mrs. G. W. McAIeer. Tenors Messrs. Thomas Ashworth, Osw ald Veltz. J. Pfister. Bassos Messrs. .1. W. Curtis, George Soffe, W. J. Hackett. G. Gauhn. F. Lehman, T. C. Crawford. Craw-ford. Phi leas Goulet; violinists, Edward Fitzpatrick. Van Midge-Organist Midge-Organist and director, Miss Nora Gleason. At the 9 o'clock mass the members of the Junior choir, fifty voices, sang: "Regina Coeli" Bordese "Alleluia" Weigand "At Easter Tide" Adams Violins Carl Springman. Walter Aures. Vespers were sung at 7:30 in the evening. The St. Cecelia chorus sang. |
