The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-06-28
MORNING STAR AND CATHOLIC MRssKHGKR
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DEATH OF THE PASTOR OF TRINITY CHURCH.
= This is, 10! the day of DOOM.
Wherein men from ashy tomb
Unto judgment shall arise
Sporc him. ord who mercy cries

the rays of the morning sun as they emerged
from the Eastern clouds just then. slow
and solemn. ,lirge-like and mournful :ls the
voice of weeping. and as though they spoke
wi severance and were heralding the fight
OF all immortal soul to the dread Judgment
seat of the Most High. rang ont the bells
from the towers OF the Church of Trinity.
The pastor, Rev. Mr.. Frecke. some two or
three hours ante1iorly, had breathed the
last sustaining breath that proclaims disco
lmtion-had yielded up his life to the God
who had wisely impaired it 3; and the do
lOrOus chimes that broke on the fep0se of
those around. who were wrapt in. the enl-
brace of mimic death. ann0unced to his
,prrowing congregation that the tic between
pastor and people was somewhat unexpcct-
..lly dissolved, and that the mundane
mission of the former had Terminated for
ever. ~
Exemplary pricst--nlre, holy, and faith
fml-but n week prior to- his demise, we
were rather startled, as we knelt to hear
his mass. ON pcrceiN ing that his throat was
day subsequent to the Feast of Corpus
Christi-having been. on that festival, much
exposed to the felvid rays Of the sun--in-
cautiously Invested himself OF his under
clothing, and fever ensued: thus proving
how guarded we should he in our action as
regards the preservation of health. But,
this sentence is rather vague, and, we fear,
alas we are little more than Ilominally
nme--we should remember, that, perhaps,
at that very instant, the fat of the Omnis-
rient' had gone fOrth--the irrcvocable de-
cree had been uttered-that he should
speedily die-that he should, ere another
tythe of days had come and gone, be sum-
moned to the mercy-seat of the .\ii-diSccrn-
ing and Wondrous Judge!
The deceased clergyman w;ts native ct
the city of Munster, in We>tplalia, and
aged about fifty 1.-TWO years. He was new
to our cline, his residence among rls having
been scarcely six months. AT the instance
of Archbishop Odin, he resigned his pastor
ship, left his native Prussia, and, with his
curate, Rev. Mr.. Trevis, voyaged over the
atlantic to our city, and took charge of the
parish of Trinity, vacated by the demise of
the much rcvered Father Schifferer; and
now, after few brief days of illness, his
mortal remains decompose beneath the altar
of ST. Joseph; whilst the immortal, that
knows neither decay, corruption, nor death,
exists for aye, we trust, with Him whose
faithful and Jealous priest, according to the
order of Melchiscdec, he undoubtedly was.
His inaRimatc remains were borne into the
church from his residence adjoining by sew
eral members OF the Society OF st. Joseph.
Inc altar boys, in black soutanes and sui
pices, one OF them carrying cross, primally
entered the sacred editice; they were fol-
lowed by the Rev. c. Moynihan, Rev. Mr.. Re-
'iOnot, Rev. Mr.. 1'revis, and another reyer-
end gentleman. whose name we could not
ascertain. In tln. vestibule, the solemn
procession halted, while n hymn was being
chanted !; then, reverentially and with slow
and measured pace, the coffin was borne up
the nave to the sable draped catafalque,
around which i.i,,z4sl numerous waxen
lights, typical ct the rcfulgent light Of
heaven, that never wanes. Placed thereon,
Manyof the congregation grouped around
/ {hni1.
\ solemn high mass was immediately
commenced. The Rev. Mr.. Trevis acted as.
high priest, and very judicious was the
selecticn, for the reverend gentleman, we
understand, has been the curate or coadju-
tor Of the deceased since his ordination ND
Ia the present time. Calm, serene, and de-
Won't, but apparently feeble in health, we
thought, as he offered up the august sacri-
tice for the repose of the soul of his almost
father, his earthly. father, that his voice
more than once faitered. and that his tones
were blended with q sadness which even
the minister OF God, who abandons parents,
relatives, friends, and the world, cannot
wholly iliyest himself of on such occasions.
Father Cornelius Moynihan, having been
the senior priest, acted as master Of cers-
monies, the Rev. Mr.. Redonot, Of st. Vincent
dc Paul las deacon and Rev. Mr.. - as sub
deacon. We could not, even during the
naass-f0r the cold, pulseless form of the dead
priest rigid i'm death, lay near to us-pre-
vent ths idea, from occupying our mind
that there, calmly sleeping the sleep from
which naught but the thunder sounds of
the trump of Michael will arouse, rested
him, who but . week OF days previously we
had looked on, active, energetic, and robust.
What a lesson to peruse and ponder onl
FOrShe volume--life's volume--lay extended
and open before Ills, and on every page of
it's fifty two or more years was legihly en-
craven the brevity of existence, the worlds
uncertainty, its littleness, and its flaeting
shadows! To all those present, save one,
But % his curate, who would mot be severed
from him by any change save the final one,
who had journeyed with him from his far
eff home in Westphalia, he was known,
esteemed, and revered. As the latter in
eensed the coffin, and rs rain drops fell the
holy water on its outer lid, his heart must
have felt even more than his grave counte.
q nrasainn To and