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Show REQUIEM MASS AT ST. MARY'S IN MEMORY OF HOLY FATHER Solemn pontifical requiem high mass was celebrated at St. Mary's cathedral iast Sunday for the repose of the soul of his late Holiness, Pope Leo XIII. . Rt. Rev. Bishop Scanlan celebrated the mass, with Rev. Father Morrissey. deacon; Rev. Father Nasle of St. Paul and Rev. Father Roser, master of ceremonies. cer-emonies. The sermon was delivered by Rev. Father Harding of New Orleans. No one present will ever forget the magnificent and masterly eulogy delivered de-livered by the eloquent, scholarly priest. After Father Harding's sermon, Rt. Rev. Bishop followed with a brief but impressive address, in which he said: "As I was appointed by Pope Leo I feel that I .should give expression to my feelings. When I call to mind his glorious life and great example I am thrilled. He was born to riches, power, pow-er, position in the world and in society: but he. gave it all up to go into the j service of the church. This was th-3 i greatest and noblest thing he could have done, and. 'think you, how many men of today would do it? i "Every human being was his brother. He was as broad as Christ and can't you see Christ in him? Think of his material body and of his spiritual life. I How weak the former when he ly in I the Vatican on his deathbed, -but how j strong his spirit.- He was as strong in death as in life. His soul is imperishable. imperish-able. He died full of courage, hope, joy and peace: all of these he had on the brink of the grave. "From him we should learn how to live: to live so that we. too. will know-how know-how to die with peace and joy. And we should pray: pray, that the successor suc-cessor of Leo XIII. shall be a man strong enough, big enough and pious enough to follow In his footsteps, and go even higher than Leo. Pray that we may see Christ more plainly in his successor than we did in Leo himself." him-self." The church was heavily draped in 4 : : mourning and the musical service was grandly impressive. The singing: was perfect, the cathedral choir adding to their laurels by the finished" way in which they rendered the 'Gregorian mass. The "O Salutaris." by R. C. Dunbar and the quartette, .and "Pope Leo's Last Prayer," were particularly beautiful. Roy Williams, the talented violinist, assisted the choir. The pro- gramme rendered was: Quartet, "Pope Leo's Last Prayer" ......Rev. C. J. Smith, O. M. I., Miss Owen, Miss Hariey, Messrs. T. C. Crawford and Al Whiteman Reejuie,m Aternum .. Gregorian Kyrie Eleison Gregorian Dies Irae Palestrina ; Offertory, "O Salutaris," Browne.. j Soloist R. C. Dunbar Quartet..-. Mrs. A. White-man, White-man, Mrs. Rafferty.- Messrs. R. C. Dunbar and Al Whiteman fc-anetus V. Gregorian I Pie Jesu Gregorian Angus Dei 4..-j...iv Gregorian Libera Domine ...... v.. ..Gregorian Sopranos ..Mrs. Al Whiteman. Misses Owen, Harley, Gold- waithe, Berge, Weber, Fafek and Collins". " Altos, Mrs. Emily Hampson, Mrs. Rafferty, Mrs. Sladee and Miss Graves. Tenors. Messrs. Al Whiteman, Sherman Sher-man Abbott, F. J. Scarpa and Oswald Veltz. Bassos, T. C. Crawford, R. C. Dunbar. Dun-bar. J. P. Murphy, Thomas Ley-land. Ley-land. W- Hackett. Thomas Pagan Pa-gan and G. Soffe. Soloists, Miss Owen, Mrs.' White-man, White-man, Mi-s. Hampson, Miss Harley, Har-ley, Messrs. R. C. Dunbar, T. C. Crawford, J. P. Murphy, Al Whiteman and Sherman Abbott. Ab-bott. Miss Nora Gleason, organist and director.-Roy Williams, violinist. |