Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1877-10-20
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ARCHBISHOP BAYLEY:
7n SCENES ABOUND MS DEATH BED.

1HB SCENES ABOUND HIS DEATH BED
TIE Most Reverend james Roose
velt Bsyley. Archbishop Of Balti
more and Primate of the Roman
Catholic Church In America, Va
slowly dying, last .evenin 8. in TIL
Epieo0pal residence IN the shadow
Of b. PatrichS Cathedral, Newark
He vas propped with pillows al.
mast into a. sitting posture in the
bed: yet he breathed laborcdly'-
He was only par TALLY conscious,
and in acute pain. At his bedside
were Bishop Corrigan. bic success
sor Is Bishop Of Newark; Arch.
bishop Wood Of Philadelphia, Vi
car General Doane, Drs. Isaac A.
Nichols and William O'0ormsn !,
his physicians, aud some Sisters Of
Charity, his untiring nurses.. TO
these faithful friends it was evident
that Bishop Bayley's vitality was
waning fast, and that he would
Aots see the dawn Of another day.
Tho golden cruee Of chrism, with
which Bishop Corr;Gan was to an
oiat the dying Archbishop in biz
laet moments, was in readiuess.-
archbishop Bayley lad prepared
himself for death by confession and
communion, and he viewed bis sure
approach without dread. In the
morning he said calmly to sister
Of charity in attendance upon him:
my death is now question of |
but . few hours"
James Roosevelt Bayley was born |
IN this city. August % 1914. He
came ofaseood stock. His grand
father. Dr.. Richard Bayley, was
ono Of the most eminent American
physicians of the . last century,
professor excessively of anatomy
aud surgery in Columbia College,
aud the FIRST Health Officer of New
York. The Doctors daughter,
Mn. Seton, was the founder Of The
Bistethood Of Charity in this coun> 5
by. The future prelate was edu-
'sted at Washington (now Trinity
College. Hartford, where he was =
or = short tine q tutor: studied 8
beoloGy with the Rev. Dr. Jarvis e
t Middletown. took orders in the- +
'rotcstaot Episcopal Church. and Il
nccessively served parishes in Har- v
N asa h Hsserstown, Md. Then
a.i;tss 'reosi~sd into the Roman
'athoIicF Gharch, prepared fortti
'e priesthood at st. Stephens in it
arts, and on March 2, 1912, was th
in this city by the late q q
rchbishop Chen Bishop Hughes. .;
ppointed prs1bseor of belles-let- 70 70
- in St Johns College, Ford
IN, he became President of that St
stitution in 1s45. The following r.
ar Archbishop Hughes made him p.
private secretary post which -,
held until 1853: On October St.
til of that year he was conse- 49,
tied first Bishop of Newark, N. OO'
For nineteen years be ruled AM
diocese with an ability and suc~ an,
8 of which Seton Hall College ine
the many lesser institutions of foil
rning, hospitals, converts, and tle'
riches called into existence by woe
ore lasting monuments. On o0p
, 80, 1872, the Pope raised him SAD
he Archbishopric of Baltimore I
the Primary Of the Church in Tho
United States. OF late years cnr
health has been very feeble, MT
quite recently the Pope gave trai
. coadjutor- Bishop Gibbons, fror
now succeeds him in the Arch> mo
opric. Dr. Bay1ey leaves a thTe
Der Of published works-a lite,
eteh 81 the History Of the Ca wee
e Ch4rch on the Island of New on
<: Memoirs Of Samuel Gabriel IN
.. h:st Bishop Of Vincennes; thei'
Pastorals for the Peonle.