The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-13


THE FUNERAL GRAFTON
was then delivered by Archbishop McCl0skey or
New York, from the following text
Most gladly will spend and spend myself for your souls
and for the souls BY the 3ree0ss blood OF Jesus
Once again. beloved brethren. this metropolitan
See Baltimore Is deprived OF its chief pastor.
Again tins venerable metropolitan. Tins mother OF
saasaar ws Ise hs TasS ssInes mgns
plication ana prayer, 20 up from around her
altar. Venerable bishops devoted clergy, faithful
NOBLE people are in tears. lnsunctlvely. almost
wistfuly, we turn our eyes to that Ponuhcal chair
VINO so worthily 1ed II, he who so Well adorned It,
Will never be seated there again. There he now
lies before us, all at least that is mortal OF hlm
sleeping the cold sleep OF which there shall be no
waking until the last accounting day; anu yet but
very few short years ago you welcomed Nun
among you with open arms and with exulting
heart II was but a Few short weeks since you saw
him among the splendor and the pomp and glad.
his pace as the Archbishop OF this see. How great
Is the contrast between that scene and this We
given US long enough to love him to eel the sweet
ana holy influences OF ms words, OF his life and OF
Tn Tne answer answer is. ' Beloved wed brethren, A God has
so willed 1t. His holy Will be DONE
order methinKs / see it written in characters OF
light upon that bier OF death. The answer s the
words have Just quoted 10 you OF me great apostle
for your souls, for the souls redeemed by the pre-
ciOus blood OF Jesus Christ" These were the words
OF the great apostle, which nc made his own,
adopted Them as his motto; he realized them In the
whole course and conduct OF MS life. There is the
compensation and consummation at least for tnls
earth. But there ia
A HIGHER AND HoLIER COMPENSATION,
a cOnsummatlOn In another world. HIS body died,
noble IN him Is not dead; all that gave dignity 70
that brow, all that gave lIsre to those eyes, all tnat
and beauty 10 that countenance all that moved and
throbped within that neart-n q word, all that
w a
bishop. the object Of our veneraton, of
Why. tnen, shall we repinea Why, then, shall we
grlever Our II we 90 grleve let 1t not be as those
VINO grieve and mourn without hope. We are
Taught TO think ana believe that the spirit that the
immortal soul not only lives, but lives IN happier
and brighter sphere, In o holier and better COM
pani0nship than mere. Brethren, we grieve indeed
now. because we feel that our loss has been great
evident by THIS cOncOurse that Is here before me,
by the mOurniul ahd solemn countenances on which
loss TO the clergy and the people OF this arch
diocese and not to them alone, but to all tue
ana S ana 70 ., @
people Tar beyOnd for IL Is q loss not merely to q
single diocese, or & single g pr province, but to the
TO you OF one VINO Is to US all loss ike this, and to
none greater loss than TO him VINO stands before
your How shall then raise my poor voice III this
presencei here before bishops SO much more capa-
ble 80 much more worthy here before priests SO
labors, and OF the fruits or his peaceful lie,
far better than l cOuldp l dare not, brethren
to appear before you did not know your indulgent
minds and hearts; did not know that 1t was not so
much my lips that were speaking to your ears as
my heart that Is speaking 10 yours, ana tnat how
ever feeble however 0issOnant may be the sounds
that are uttered FORTH within our breasts In
harmony, IN unison. IN sympathy and In love.
ARCHBISHOP sPALDING
was not, as you know, by birth Maryander, but he
was descended OF those who claimed Maryland for
ber and IN that Catholic Dand that emgrated from
It's borders to what was then considered and called
the Far West to be among the hrst who were to aid
In planting the seeds OF the Catholic faith in the
State OF Kentucky IN mis- early years he gave evl.
@ dmce o1 the pet a19 Tsgo9 wcn S grew upon
mother In the domestic circle and being sent to
college he here conserved and formed the wish and
determination to cOnsecrate himself TO God IN
classical course completed he was sent to Rome.
ganda, at the end or which he graduated with It's
highest hOnors, and afterwards was raised to the
dignity Of the priesthood IN the Holy City. enjoying
the privilege and consolation OF celebrating his first,
or almost MS nrst, mass at the tomb OF the Apostles
Gong forth thence TO return 10 his native country,
he received before his departure the blessing of the
glorious Pope then relgning Gregory the sixteenth
II tss was 1s tes paS aqta 81 sne obn opSn 81
cousin, Mr.. Lancaster, arrived in the city OF New
York from Rome remember the day ana date
full WELL because MYSELF was then just ON tie eve
OF my departure for that Holy City from which he
came anu IL was during the lew days OF his sojOurn
In that city New York; that first made his &C
quaintance, which acquaintance soon rlpened into
friendship, and which friendship grew and strength
the diocese in which ne to labor and the peO-
pie to whom he was to cOnsecraJe his services O
devotion, piety and faItn and burning zeal for the
conversion of souls. 1t was not long before the
n % ns S0%h% % the seen Fa9 d
called him to be near himself, under whose eyes
earliest years had been passed. and now his early
priesthood was formed under his example and
guidance. Those VINO remember Bishop Faget-
and there must be some now listening 70 me who
remember him-must have been more than once
struck with how much this young Spalding mad be-
come imbued with mis- spirit, and how this.
HIS EPISCOPAL CHARACTER
became strongly impressed upon his character |
through all the future days OF his life. IL
was seen especially in that fathery Kindness
shown in his making himself all to ali, |
order that he might gain all to God. 1t was not
quence, ms learning and great ability spread lar |
beyond the confines OF Louisville and beyond the
ton Of the West the Of his eloquent voice were
heard ringing from diocese to diocese and from |
church to church, and those VINO did not listen to
the benefits which his hearers enjoyed by be.
ing able to read and study his beautiful and |
Instructive works that came one alter another from
his face pen. His lectures, his sermons, his con-
trbutions III various forms 10 the periodicals. OF the
the most valuable Contributions In the Catholic lit
erature Qf tps Country: He was called to be coad.
tutor In the time OF Of this, TINS Pope. - He regned
and then as the actual Bishop OF the see, leav-
ing in this high sphere monuments OF his energy
where through Its borders he has left his bright and
lasting memorial, ana every where his name is held
III honor and benedict0h. 1t was at period criti-
cal above all others in the history OF our country at
a moment when civil dscOrd and war ragged
through the .land; when here in this city, as In
so many Others, hearts were filed with gloom and |
dark toreb0dings. tnat one morning rumor spread
through the country which soon became confirmed
as q truth-a rumOr tnat struck more CONSERVATION |
In Catholic hearts than would nave struck In them
the cannon's roar itself. 1t was the news
OF the sudden death OF the great and
good Archbishop Kenrlck. The light Of the
American hierarchy, the pride, the ornament the
glory of the American Church, was dead. Who was
to Ill his placer 1t was for the Pope OF Rome say.
HIS eyes, as those OF many others, were turned TO.
wards the still youthful Bishop OF Louisville. lie In
due time was appointed. lie In due time came, as I
have already said, to take possession OF his see He
came INTO 0 diocese where one would say there was