The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-10-12 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF THE LATE BISHOP GOSS.

The interment of Dr. Goss, Late Roman Catholic
Bishop of Liverpool, took place on Tuesday at Ford
Cemetery, Liverpool, us the presence of large crowds
of people.
The mourners—a large congregation —firstassembled
at Copperas hill Chapel, Liverpool, 'the pro-cathe-
dral," where a solemn requiem mass was celebrated,
and where Archbishop Manning delivered an eloquent
eulogium upon the deceased. Amongst other digni-
taries of the Roman Catholic Church present were
Bishops Ullathorne, Birmingham; Brown, Newport;
and nearly 'our hundred ecclesiastics.
Archbishop Manning, who delivered his address
from the altar, said that the two great apostles' thrones,
of the north stood empty. Both of threw who had
died were good so!diers of Jesus Christ in heart and
deed, in truth and reality. They were detached from
the world—dead to self,—men of obedience, therefore
men of commami ; rows whose whole souls were offered
for the flock of Jesus Christ. Their death was a death to
pray for. Sudden indeed it WAS in the world's eyes, but
not sudden in the eyes of God, for they were fully
prepared, their lamps were burning, and they had
on the armour of God. Alluding more especially to
Bishop Goss, the speaker said that, were kw to relate
the history of some great warrior in this world's
battle, to describe the fields of his energy and his
victories, his long years of contest, of peril, and of
sucess, it might indeed require a long narrative;
but when he spoke of a pastor who folded one
flock in one place, who ploughed, and sowed, and
reaped in one field, and that field calm and tranquil
under the light of this weistern sun, there was no
long history to tell, no biography to draw. Those
who were present and belonged to the diocese of the
late Bishop knew far better than he (the speaker) did
the virtue, the piety, the nobility of soul which shone
through the manly form and open face of the deceased.
There was a solidity of character which belonged
to his nature a nobleness of heart betokened in
his visage ; as a child he had true characteristics
which seemed to foretell his future character. He
had a loving mother, who taught him two lessons—
always to speak the tiuth, and always to do her
bidding. In carrying out those two simple precepts
lay the whole depth and breadth of his great
character, lie was a just man, not only in deeds' but
in words and thoughts. Though Dr. Goss was not the
first prelate, it was to him that the formation of the
Liverpool diocese was due. By his labours during the
last sixteen or seventeen years the churches of the
diocese had been increased by one-third; many new
ores had been built and others enlarged or restored;
the convents had been increased and matured; schools
bad been multiplied and increased in efficiency, and
£75,000 had been obtained on their behalf.
•

The procession to the cemetery was a very long one,
including 31 mourning coaches and 136 private vehicles.
It occupied 27 minutes in passing a given point. At
the cemetery nearly 50,000 people were assembled.
The chief celebrant was Bishop Errington, assisted by
the Bishops of Birmingham, Nottingham, Beverley,
Clifton, Southwark, and Dr. Vaughan, the Biehop
elet of Salford.