The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-02-24

Ewhom he had in pain and sorrow, launche
: the lesser aDathema of the Church, lay upo
!, bis death bed. he, forgetting the past, an
Ewitb heart filled with tenderness and affec
Etion, bestowed upon that King the Apostolic
Bbenediction, and prayed To Lne Almighty Il
Eforgive him as he himself oped to be forgiven
N Endowed with an intellect ss bright IS tn
Bnoob-day sun, and with au innate love of al
Ethat is pure, he pursued every error and vice
Rende eavoriug to uproot them from the human
heart. As the bright orb of day dspels dark
{ness, destroying nothing bot substituting tn,
8efu lgsnce of ito rays for the shade VS. of night
lover flowing with benevolence, he cast tn,
mantle of charity over the faults c f others, and
while rightfully claiming infallibility as th'
head of Christ's Church upon earth, he daily
knelt before fellow-man, in humble copfes
Ssion of his sius as an individual.
Firm as the rock of Peter, yet gentle as the
dove, spotless as the snow upon tine mountain
top, and guileless as the newborn babe, Plus
Hl4 stands forth q monument of the glory and
8dignity of human nature. and his name will
Never live upon the page of history as the great
Ni and good man of the nineteenth century.
l& Fortunately the duty of eulogizing the Illus
'#trioUs deed devolves upon sbler mnds than
Hmy OWE. and have perhaps already trs sspass
Eed upon their domain. but when recall TO
4 mnn the angelic expression of his oopntenapce,
3 and feel tinglipg through my frame that mex
#pressible emotion which C c,nrsed through my
vets as laying his hand upon my head, he in
\ vok ed DDS blessing upon me- aud mne q re-
$collection which in the dark hour when
shall pass from time in to eternity, will iliu
mine the way with the bright star of hope, I
i coud not say less
Mr., Chas. Gayarre, Chairman, then read the
following
RESOLUTIONS
the Almighty TO ieosll from This world of those
men who have bsen the glory of their respective
war. and by the manifestations of any superexce
grand e1amI los of self saorices and e1traordpary
sshl bitions Of virtue. charity and holiness have en-
hsen vouehsafed by frovidence IL has been the
nations testify their grief sense OF their loss BY
psbic demonstIatons dne to the memory Of the illus
have been left object Of tber
States Of wS Sues OF ohess
-FOUR brethren who may be temporarily among ssf
impulse, rsspsosins spSmssS. hoWeSer
ss' S sanction and Of our 6s
bishop Of this DIOCESE and in formity with
portapoe and solomnity in the run Of human events
have dSsIed proper to meet on this day the goth Fob
dence OF United States the asd
possiSo the o. one
spnere OF action In its religions and moral amplitude
nation but embraced the oroumfsr Of the earth
.hs aa se of
aai adviser and guardian OF two hundred mions of
back to ST. PsteP through nineeen
turiss @ and long and august succession of two huu
Wbereas in opinion, the best tribute of justice
Father and reason we can give for the depth
of our q ief at bis oss is in few lines the
main features of life whose grandeur is
LecSolred. That with loving hearts and with the
calm appreciation of unpr.judiced minds, unani-
moHsly hold the following facts to be setevdent
l. Plus the Ninth, from his infancy to have
+. IN Of 9d 70 mp
priest to the supreme Poutif, through the several
step With uninterrupted holiness humility and With
10urdaGGe Of charity and
elther IN sickness or in tealth either in atversity
Dgelical temper az never ceased to combtl
oo9rsse of the hero with the genteness Of the dove
he Show ed hnsslt an ened and
political Which thsy desred
VIM %nen 20 mere eompa bic with the maintenance Of mora
any with leaning too much towards concessions ef
nSI liberal hatnre Ssngerously harmon nS With the ex
As pontta as the supreme head of the Catholic
q ieldng in disch .RinG his sworn outy msintau
as ASs s nsa ss the
and induEent in the exercise CT his temporal
T. Str pPed of all ea,thly possessions, he rich IN
the love % of the tnnumerabe flock whose shepherd he
the torrid and whose devotion him increased
E by bis ea 's bs
virtues by his trials by his suorings the
z. .se of sublime and spotlsss spendor which it had
of
to the aenith of the csestal atmosphere
athouGh aga obstinate and f.Fce opposition into
elevation TO better destinies
s. through HIM and throu gh his affections We have
perm ted to tie most sublims epectacle
be the world-the incessant struggle
under bis auspoes, of spiritual against brute force-o
the Iians Of the earth against the of heaven
e struggle against the insane attempt of rspud
ate his Creator TO be his and Soe God, smenable
only to his own tribunal. accepting other respons
thar to the pnoertain conscience OF his own eSo
stical sef in his brief passage from temporary
accidental animation 10 eternal Annhilation. On Cne
side the conspiracy Of the and
striving to dsbase and mAteriali1e themselves
Hu Ia @ rs9eiIion sgsinst the immortal and
their birth. denying its exsionce, ambitious to
prove themselves nothing but the 6ecetonu persr
able IN after. On the other side old a prison sr
between four walls physically tee BILE child whose
life SCENE TO have been proyioentaly prolonged be-
yond the usual term allotted to human existence
ering up as the champion of God, ucder every blow
aimed at his lcred putting his loot every
stone flung to crush him, ascending higher and higher
with the assstaI OF the very pile of miss
ating before him. until reaching tho Alpine altitude of
moral sub.imity, without htnohing under multi
Piled cTosses of human iurie0 and looking
. low, he tereney smiled: forGAve and blessed his
enemies ana pronounced these words eternal dura
tion and truth Peter, thou art rock and on that
shall not pcevail against it -"
Summing up this Lecessariy concise view of the
merits OF our Holy Father, 1t remains for con