The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-12-20
ITO be Continued.)
THE LATE JUDGE LORD, OF ST. LoU1s.-The
st. Louis Rcpub1ican gives the following partic-

THE LATE JUDGE LORD, OF ST. LoUIs.-The
st. Louis Republican gives the following partic-
ulars of the obscquies of this eminent jurist
The services in st. Joints Church We're con-
Quoted by the Rev. p. j. Ryan, who chanted
High Mass The church was, crowded, and
every one seemed to feel the solemn impressive
ness of the occasion. At the conclusion of High
Mass the Rev Z. j. Ryan delivered DISCOURSE
at the commenc enent of which Ire stated:
The three objects of the Church i'll her burial
service-praycr for the dead, consolation for
the bcreaNcd, and warning TO the living. lie
entered into an account Of Judge Lords con-
version to the Catholic Church, eighteen months
ago. AT his first interview with nm the Judge
stated that all the preiudices of his life were
against the Clurch-that his father was a Pres
byteIian clergyman of strong puritanleal anti
Catholic convictions; that three of his brothers
were Protestant clergymen, and his associations
fu.for years had been non-Cathollc; but that,
nevertheless, as the divided sects outside the
Catholic Church could not, individually or col
lectively, trace their origin to the time OF
Christ, he willing to hear what claims
could he brought in favor of Catholicity. The
preacher said he gave him two works, (alnongst
the ablest in the English language, both writ
ten by members of the American bar, and con-
verts to Catholicity-Judge Baine,s Reason
and Revelation" and Judge Burnetts F" Path
which led a Protestant Lawyer to the Catholic
Church." After entering or the motives which
convinced the deceased. and speaking of his
remarkable power of analysis his thorough eX-
animation OF this great question on which he
was now judge to decide his own eternal des-
.,, .n ; ,,Ga in feeling terms to his
great humility and pciliteiite, and said Re was
never more edited than the occasion of the
general confession of the deceased, and that he
could envy the deep contrition of that good ole
man, who bowed his gray hairs in penitentiGa
sorrow. and asked pardon of God and his min
lister. His faith of the most unquestionins
and childlil<e simplicity after his entrance int
the Church, though previously he was the mos
searching and thorough of cross examiners, ant
seemed constitutionaliy sceptcal on religion
matters This perfect security in matters Q
religion, the preacher said, was not the mer
reading and conviction, but was the effect o
the gift of faith. He described the death-be'
of the deceased Judge-so patient and resign
ed and characterized by such faith and conf
dence as he had never seen surpassed, rarel
equaled. He said, however, he was not Their
to praise but to pray and begged the congre
CATION to unite in praying for the soul of thei
deceased friend according to the recommends
ton of Scripture that 7" it is a holy and
wholesome thought to pray for the dead" III
concluded with the third object of the Churc
in these services-warning to the lving-an
begged of the sceptical who might be preseu
not to deceive themselves by procrastinatioI
but to initiate their friend-to pray, and reat
and consult, to find out Gods TRUTH on belie'
ing and practising which their eternal SAWS
ton depended when they, too, should one da
appear before the Judge of Judges.