, 1876-07-23

Funeral Sermon of Archbishop PURCELL
Special Dispatch to The Tribune.
| CINCINNATI, O., July 32,-At the funeral o1
! George E. Pugh to-day, Archbishop Purcell, in
the course Of his remarks at ST. Xavicr's Church,
| said:
George Pugh was go devoted to the Pope that,
| when ! came back from, Rome, he.sk'd to me
asosy f wSy pa ao{ IN
PToeans It ana asserting it's x
hye "a t a{s believed and f naf
opportnne At ,thit moment to proclaim it."
So with regard to the Immaculate conception
MI; Pugh @ sud he did not understand That; Ire re-
marked That the doctrine meant, Ihat as Eve,
our hrst mother, was born immaculate ana came
without spot or bIen,isl from the plastic hand Of
:" ne mother in
as Christ was, but born like other women, though
G5ss saPad Of w IT, M s1sn 6cS 1as N
Rome Mr. Pngh sent me ?, 900 or ?, 500 francs,
to be placed as ehould dcsm best in the interests
Of religion, but expressing desire that the Pope @
flnncs IN gold to His Holiness, Of which hr. Pugh
himself received the acknowledgment Atanother
time, without my solicitation uor never solicit M
such favorsl, he obtained f ME from another ci-
zen gold chain and cross which afterward gave
to the orphans, to obtain for him that grace which
an sure he has received.
that we cannot approve the burial Of any Of our
members in other than contccruted ground. One
a,hn1 81 ts most Intelligent ons and dssoted OF
American Queen she deserves to he considered.
has built q beautiful obituary chapel on our con-
secretated sec graveyard. She was the godmother of
cemetery; hnt his occupations were such
s o TO Eject nteIsFs is des With y a syns in n
the Catholic Church could not interfere With the
rights feelings of anybody, Catholic or Protest
ant bat We do wish all cur psbpe should be buried
s an old-tinie rule Of our Church, and you will
the reason the Church has for this enactment.
Every scholar hnows bow many fsuds there was
against family, and the church, to ,provide:
down @ :. ,,!! a!asling; made s, the Jaw fiat No
murderer Or robber kied in n IN act should bc
buried in consecrated ground. There was no
higotry i'll this. Il was TO prevent these crimes.
terry and in Heaven he should live and die good
Catholis The worst man who eyer lived and
worst ab hn s be ts else
he :, wished his wife and child removed
in u cemetery that is not consccratcd. We wish
nomination We ean 90 as fur as the nltar bit do
Saxa where ,t ~ Eeapsn spFinscss and others
41'G L4Cll 4aA!ly FaultS% AHu LUCIE nlI.
Pugh would like his remains to be,
Mr. Pugh was sometimes asked why lie
did not. join the comEo1nion of the Protestant
Church, there being no great men belonging to the
Catholic Church. Well, he was great man him
self, and he belonged to that Church. | attended
Senator Ewing in his last hours, and heard him
give the homage Of high and broad intellect to the
truth Of the Catholic religion. His remark was
that, testing It BY the great fact Of cisilizaton
what otlicr religion could compare with the civil
zation developed by the Catholic religion:
''This is proof enough, +" he said, ''for
me-" There was DR.. B7ownson, the
American philosopher, and other great men in
the Catholic Church who could be enumerated. The
memory OF Mr. Pugh would never suffer any dis
=r7ace when he was found in such company.
At the conclusion Of the discourse theburial
service was read, and the coffin was then re-
moved By the pall-bcarers to the door Of the
church, where the assembled visitors, rs they
passed, took farewell look at The familiar
Of its occupant The hearse aud
:arriages thc2 moved to Spring Grove, where
5hc body of the great lawyer was inferred.