New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-15
DEATH or THE REV. JOHN LiRKEN.

Tie Ron 40 Catholic clergy OF ice have recently
lost ore Of tbeir most distinguished member u tae
person of the Rev. John Ls.kin cf tue Society Of
Je,us. who died cf apol.eXy in this city, on Satar a.!
the llth inst. at the college II his order 10 Sixteenth
street. He was born in the County cf DURAN, En.
gland about the year 1890 ard received his educ
chiefly 81 U-haw College. Roman Catholic institution
founded by few Engl-h priests WAC had withdrawn
from the famous College Of Dousy shortly before It's
dissolution. HIS tutor here was the historian, Dr.
Lrgsrd. sod among lis iel'owpups Wss the pfcseut
Cardinal W-senar, by whom, in sfte. LIE, he va,
slways treated with marked distinction. Ga complet.
ing lis studies he embraced the priesttol aud for
sorre time officiated secular clergyman. After ii
he ertered the Society of Sulptans-an asscci aton
which msy be said to hold middle position bet
the secular and reg ular STATE aud still later In life he
excl ped this for the hsbt Of the jesus which h.
wore uLt hi. desth IL this order, 20 no ed FOR the
learnrg of ts men bers his deep scholarship ani
varied sttairnents soon raised hin 10 enhance IL
was chosen to fiji succe,svely several import Ant pro
essorships and those vic have stoned to his lectures
bea. witness to his logical and comprehensive miod
hi great research and his remah able aptitude for
iupsItirg briefly sni clearly his own knou Ledge. He
was an acc ompl,hed log mist, aud the author Of
several textbooks much used in the jesuit college,
lie was employed .or seyeIal years as yisor among
the houses OF hs orderau office <hch fauks next 70
that Of General IF the whole Socety. He several
times de-ignaed az Ct person 10 the miter ant
at one time was chosen Bishop of Toronto but he de-
clt I'd II preferment ard bis rsssnstion after mucn
difficulty. vas accepted by the Pope. Having re-
NOV ed to this country he PfesIent from 1851 10
1854 of St. Johns College at Fordnam, this cty
shcrc 10 his ether dults he added for year ths' ..
Prof ssor of Rhetoric. AZ the expiration of his term
Of Office le was sent to Englanj where he labored
with great success amopg the rOOr in Ell obscure part
of London ard with bs'ely th- necessares of life.
About two years ago he returned to New-fo-k, and
was attached to TIE Church OF 81. Francis Xayier in
Sixteenth street, passing much of hS time, hoseyer,
in conductIg tie extraordinary religious exercises
called "retreais AID mis,iors, IN all parts of tie
country For this duty perhaps, man IN the C='Lo-
lie Church was better qualified. Al orstor, IL the
strict sense Of the term his preaching was remarkable
for power ra her tban brilancy, and addressed more
to the intellect than the sympa.hies but his Language
was model of elegsrce and Saxon purity, and his
control over an audience was sometimes almost unim'
tied But Father Lsrkin will be best remembered for
his Cpiioim gentleness, benevol3lce, sweetness ot
II amer and lofty virtues, which many who differed
from lin in belief among the foremost to honor
Iis fuoeral took place Monday, at tie Sixteenth
street Chur1h. solemn % Requiem was cele-
brated by the Rev Dr. Cummings, assisted by the Rev
NIessrs. Quinn and McCloskey and anamber of other
clergyman, with all the iuposicg forms of the Romeo
ritual; and discourse 10y DR.. Cummings was listened
to With manifestations of deep emotion by al audience
v bch filed every corner of the building. After the
ceremonies, the body was removed to Fordham, and
Inferred in the burial. ground of the College.