The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-12-02

herent and q necessary right to the godance
Of the education Of her children, for what 10 !
knowledge without Godf Wherever is was |
possible he put the sacred work Of instruction
in the hands Of those oouseorated to God, and |
he, whose whole priestly life was spent in in |
struction and teaching the Divine eciences, |
loved still more as a Bishop to labor for the |
little ones until that was formed in them. He
was true father to the educating monks be
established in Killarney branch of the an
oient educating institute of the Blessed Virgin
Mary for the purpose of higher education he
found bat seventeen Sisters of Mercy in the
diocese, and he left 200, whilst amongst those
who will mourn bis loss for many a day, none
will grieve with deeper and moro deserved sor-
row than the daughters of st. Glare and the
children lthe sanity Nano Nsgle. hayipg
thus amply provided for the education OF the
people, there remained the great work OF pre-
pairing the Levites for the sanctuary and
succession of the good and faithful priesthood
who, from the days of onr fret great spost!e,
have been the best beloved, As they were the
truest, servants of the Irish race. Well did
the holy Bishop know how careful must 90 the
sanotuary, and whose hands are to touch the
Lord. The legeud of St. Ninnins Of the clean
hand, who, when he heard rs onlid tnas ne
right hand 80 rs to mover touch anything I'M.
tir the day of his anointing, was beautiful
symbol of the mind of the Church, who seeks
for in her miniaters virgin eonls IN virgin
au ght unolean, ears that have never been
suiiied by q profane sound, hands that have
never touched defilement, souls in whom grace
has been preserved, developed but never lost.
To secure all this for God and the people,
the servant of God was fsin to bring the
ecclesiastical students who aspired to the
that from their earliest days they might be
brought up under his own eyes and guidance.
His Chrlst-like love for the young and bis
jealous thought for the honor of God and the
4 wants of the people, and his profound Obe.
dience to the voice of the Church 1mpelled
| him to build an episcopal seminary, and the
| beautiful College OF st. Brendan's arose IN
i the midst of all his other lsoOrs the crown of
| them all.
The only reference made by Father Burke
| to the subject which has made Bishop Moriarty
unpopular with many of his oountrymen is as
| follows:
Thus did he adorn his bride of Kerry. For
her, for her sltars, her sanctuaries, her people
he lived, and serving her he died for the
| angel Of death coming to see him found him
| working for his church of Kerry, orozier in
hand, mitre on head, as If he had put on pom
tificais for Heaven. For hia poor he impov-
them masters of the little that remained to
him. From his people he "kept back nothing
that was profitable" and hes sacrifsed not
only his time and life in their service, but be
also consented to sacrifice his popularity and
favor with many of them rather than conoea
what his honest convictions approved to hit
mind and what his fearless courage and 10y
atty to truth urged him to utter. 1t II
written prov 27)-"Better are the wounds o.
q friend than the deceitful kisses of an enemy
If the Bishop loved his people less and him
self somewhat more, he might, perhaps, bav,
measured his words with greater niosty, ant
psltered with his convictions for popula
favor. But nature and grace in the man re
open questions of the day, no man asserted hi
mind with greater honesty, fearlessness, ant
freedom, and no man granted more largel!
J and literally to others all that he claimed TO
} himself. Great was the sacrifice demanded o
his kind and loving heart, when many Of tn
first and dearest OF his friends, even OF hi
brethren in the episcopscy, who loved hir
} | sineerely, who mourn for him deeply to-day
and who would die for him, were forced b.
convictions deep and honest as his own, t.
adopt and assert opinions widely differen
from his; but those who differed from hin
: most widely still admired the uprightness o
| his noble character, and the love of sil ri
people came back to him agaiu.