, 1874-08-17

England tho world over aro bonding with US ovor
enow'mado Rraye ovcr all that IN mortal u tho
Mahop OF Illinois. 1t 1nny wol bo 10, for truly
tpeso ID Prlneo, and groat man fallon this
aAS: a man hna fallon; man made aftcr
uoas own Image, q man who had mind anl
lnsollcct. nnd used It; wl1oso heat. wns purified
ny tlo Divine spirit who carod not for dolr 1,us
In Justice. generosity, anl maghanlmlty was
great enough to moot all emergencies groat
oiough 10 first mako IN occasloi,, md tlen provo
equal to II; lnnn to dafc and to bear; q man
who coMla m,t oo eitlor thnndorholt Or 4 drupo Of
H to 1s @ glos NUS mst ss 1st tqsn 1s n sGs R.on
Whitollo.iso HaB not merely pasalyoly great he
wns great In tioca Ind actto, !; ttuiy sdofondcr
Of the faith; calm and aeff-consoiuus
teachrr Of his Clergy In tlio Iuietmlos s Of
I'll the sroaler through Ills torbsalancS '%ast VIII our
littleness. But WHOM lie wnH called unon ID deal
III hid cldquoneo. lie uan In favor of tlio iafg!-
est logroo of toloration. High Church md Low
Church .fared nike undor hisoyenls administered
Justice, and oach received Ills patornal sanction
lIo was too lnrgo in nature to DO " partisan In
majority stood roady to rnas roaolutionB cehsur-
ing rlt ua'lssn, B,sllop Whitcllouso becatno tho
champion OF tho minority. and raisod bis power
fu! voice in buhalfuf tlloyo who woro endcayor-
the c,rc acrvicn .e@"'! a ~ ~ s. "
lIo was groat In that puaso Of his onlco which
males Bsiiop q trno father In Gdl.- .We"nll
know bow poorly the prosont Cathedral corre-
s7as but n bcginning n foundation laid for.
l,is, Successor. Aiay God Benl us ono to
build as he began. Io roso to hiH oxalted place
and powor BY hts inauront yirtuo, -6von attan-
woro natural to linn. IN tho exorrise Of his
high functions le WIS IL Prince; priuco in quiet
dignity. calan, fnaomitablo resolution, ill., utter
disregard Of Consequences to tiinlself:: Who
great mnn has fallen thts lav"? 'Ho il gone; ;aud
wo aro loft; loft with our duties nmons ino,i our
responsibility to God, our invaluable trust ua
cliurchmeu, IA Catholics, as men who hold and
must keep tho faith once delivered to tho saints.
TlIis fb no placd for 'rlafso Or Hibrc culdEy, Wo
do not latter. Wo toll what grace was wrought
IN him us VIC toll over tho lives Of tho saints Of
God, aid from thcEn draw example md iustruc-
tior. If ho could speak ut tllis ,nonont he
would toll US to. cease from him, and turn 70
the trusts and duties which he lived
aud icd serving, and which atiil lio upon uH, for
ho b9ro largo .ahnro Of the burden which NO
Of Bishop Wbltohousos was: to tho Dfuceao Of II
ltiois IN tncnlculabl6 loss. liB aoenlsd h~man
for tho tiuo. man to stana IN tho gap. md
meet tho crisis Not that he had any toar OF q
manship. T cannot, however, be denied, thu!
wo Layo fallen upon M age'of uphcaval anl
oha9ge, and wo ''cod . strong, good mnu tt
guide Via safely among tho shonla and breakcra
n mini whom no popular cry can asarm on change
T. man of great integrity and iuonlitable lrm
msss. Such man was Bis,o Wh'tolonso M .,s
that that ali " nature might atansd,' MP and say
This was a mall Ne sHhall not asaiu 'set
! hin, as lo stood every whit q Bishop II
our ohancels and Ut our altays, STORMY robnsinI
sin, but ful! Of consolation and encouragement
= to tho faithful.
:: all that Ia loft Is bis godly example aud th
\ grace Of his apostolic bellediotion. It become
a liz to bow in all humility to this aatounan
stroke. Wo have been too proud mud exalted
aud God has roproyed us from Ills lofty thronc
l'ad the world is, 1t Is still true TINT borrow
n Sacred gift. Lot III arcopt and net upon til
LESSON that. Us our sympathy makes US one be
side tho glavo, 80 may wo be ono in tho Church
We must foe1 that III the delth Of tho Bisho
J, death has come worry noar to lie all 1Ie: ri
: como noaror still, and We should bo roadY t
J. go forth mud meet him" 4 shont1 Ill booono M
God, " .s'' -