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Show ROME AND ITS REIGNING SAGE. Baltimore, April 6. The silver jubilee jubi-lee of Tone Leo XIII was observed by solemn and unusually elaborate services at the cathedral today. The ceremony was marked by the . presence of two cardinals. Cardinal Martinelli, the apostolic delegate, who came over from Washington last night to take part in the services, pontificated, and Cardinal Gibbons Gib-bons preached the sermon. Notwithstanding Notwithstand-ing the inclemency of the weather a large congregation was present. The cardinal briefly outlined the personal per-sonal and ecclesiastical history of Leo XJ11, dwelling especially on his encyclicals, encycli-cals, of which he said: "The first encyclical to which I allude is on Christian marriage, which was published pub-lished in 1S80. The holy lather vindicated in strong and earnest language the unity! the sanctity and the indissolubility of the marriage bond. He tells us that the married mar-ried couple are the source of the family, the family is the source of society. Social life cannot be maintained in its purity and integrity unless it is sanctified at the mountain head of the home. The encyclical on the condition of workmen work-men was "promulgated in lsyi, and is an exhaustive document on the rights and duties 01 tnc laooring classes. -Never "i the redeemer of mankind confer a greater temporal blessing on humanity than by ennobling and sanctifying manual labor and bv rescuing it from the degradation which" has been attached to it. Christ comes into the world not surrounded bv the pomp and splendor of an imperial majesty, but he appears as the reputed son of" an artisan. 'Is not this the carpenter, car-penter, the son of Mary?' the people said to him. , , He has shed n halo around the workshop work-shop and has lightened the workman's tools bv assuming the trade of an artisan. If the profession of a soldier, of a jurist or of a prelate can be dlgnitied by tne examples of a Washington, a Carroll and a Tanev, how much more is the calling of a mechanic ennobled by the example of Christ. ,, . "A conflict between labor and capital is as unreasonable as would be a contention conten-tion between the head and the hands. The interests of capital and labor aro correlative. Capital without labor would be unproductive; labor without capital j would be unprofitable. What would it avail a capitalist to say: 'Behold this mountain of coal is mine', if there were no hardy sons of toil to extract the coal from its" recesses and send it to the market? mar-ket? What would it profit the laborer 10 exhibit his brawny arm and his skill if 1 there were no capitalists to give him employment? em-ployment? , . , "The third encyclical, to which I shall allude, apnea red in 1SS5. and treats of the 'Constitutionality of the Christian States.' In this document the holy father clearlv demonstrates that the Catholic church can adapt itself to all forms of civil government." The cardinal then related a number of incidents which had come under his personal per-sonal observation during his association with the pope, tending to show his striking strik-ing personality, his courtly manner and marked ability as a younger man and the wonderful clearness of his intellect and excellence of his memory at the present pres-ent time, in spite of his 33 years. |