Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-11-18
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A Remarkable Career.
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died - Mercy Hospital. near Iris city.
Saturday moFnsug, II tbe ere knaaredane
/ 6flh year a bis age. Rev. Father Geo
/ ns&phF has passed aHav Tksnk Iof ftl
1D af n
wtll-being. bic has Witnessed 4 skeirh
ot lhe caree( Of such man must prove
Of more thar ordinary interest. lie bad
personal acquaintance with some OF the
greatest mes in history.
George Hkophy was born near the
city Of Kilkenny, in ireland. ia August
i775-the same year that gave birth 10
Daniel O. 'CosDelf FIe was one ofa fami-
" Of twelve sons and sone daughter. His
father was n ardent Irish patriot. and
took parfin very outbreak that occurred
in his time bich i'd for is object the
liberatioa lreland. In the great rev.
olntioH Of k#9S be was a soldier on The
| patFlDsic e, and after the battle of
Vineg II vas captured by the Brit
lisl. a - uted. With him was cap
tured tiis her Of Cardinal Cullen: he
was also c9pdemned 10 death, but es-
capped that sPnalty at the last moment.
Young George BEophY was early IN
tended for The priesthood, and was care
fully educated 10 thalien Alter grad
luating at Qaslow college, he went TO
IPars TO purfne his theological studies,
but there wks 50 much disquiet and dan
ger there because Of the effects Of the
bloody FeT0 ation, that IN less than
year be reI.byed to Madrid, and there
remained util ready4nr the priesthood.
Al -. a A = A
dained as pestin 1799. He was pro-
icient in the French, Spanish, and Itsl-
ian as we'll as the English language, and
so eEtered upon a career of missionary
duty in Pare aad vicinity, seeking the
families WHO bad wandered from the
fold during he awful period Of the rev.
olutiOn. Hessaid several years ago. that
he remembeed distinctly many Of the
leading inri9enls of The terrible rein of
terror in Paris. in 1893, and had seen
Danton, Rollespierre and Marat--snd
speaking Of mem said they "were hu-
man Eends ~ ishput parallel in histo-
fry."
Falher ByopLy saw and eonversed
ERiahAhe Rrhaa ppolren ,aEeai numher
OF times. Ia 1873, when Napoleon was
about 10 leave France for bis 81. Hele-.
ma prison, Father Brophy was among
the concourse that listened to the last
address on French soil OF The man OF
destiny. Again. in 1888, when the re-
mains offhe grea. emperor were brought
from st. Helena to France, the Father
assisted at the the obSequies, which be
| described in the enthusiastic manner Of
Frenthnian as the grandest spectacle
that could be conceived Of. A week af-
ter this imposing event was the attempt
upon the lie Of the king, LOUIS Phil
lippe, By Freschi. Father Brophy was
standing upon the Boulevard when the
immense procession. passed. As the
king came in front ofa certain building,
a terrible, internal machine, which had
been prepared for that purpose, was DIS
charged. II killed not The king, but one
of his ministers, who was riding by his
side.
Father Brophy was at the bedside 81
Lafayette for a week before his death,
which occurred on the Goth Of May,
1884. Father Brophy and Archbishop
Duponton were his last spiritual atten-
dants, and the former sat at the bedside
Of the dying statesman night after night
until the soul took its fight. The faith
opinion Of the ability, virtues and devo-
ton TO noble principle Of that brilliant
Frenchman.
He left France about the year 1S43A
and came 10 America. He landed IN Nevk
York, and became pastor Of 81, Paul
church there, and afterwards bad charge
of other parishes in that city. He buill
no less than nine churches there, and
was constantly exerting himself 10 the.
utmost to promote the interests OF bis
denominations. In has parish was the.
Rev. Mr.. Bayiey, rector ol an Episcopal
church. The priest and rector metby
chance, and an acquainianee, warm and
friendly was The result. Their favorite
and never exhausted theme wasreIigion
and their difference Of beliefs. There
were learned and prolonged discussion
between The two. The Protestant had
become a warm TREND Of the priest, and
spent yeryiarge share Of bis time 10 the
library Of the latter. Finally, one morn
ing, the minister came into Father Bro
phys presence with the announce nenf
that he had studied and thought the
whole subject over, earnestly and pray
erfulIy, and had come 10 the settled con
victlon that the Roman Catholic religion
was the only true faith, aud that he
would henceforth be a Catholic. By
Father Brophy's advice he went to
Rome, and was there baptised and re-
ceived into the Church. Such were
the circumstances oi the conversion
from Protestant to Catbolicism Of the
eminent and renowned Archbishop Bay
ley, oI the diocese of Baltimore, whose
death took place only a few years
since.
Father Brophy was on terms Of friend
ship with Presidents Taylor, Polk, Fill
more. Pierce, Buchanan, and Lincoln.
He met Lincoln al the Astor House,
New York. when Oh his way 10 Wash
inglon 70 be Inauguraied, and gained an
excellent opinion Of bin. He used 10
saw that as a patriot. aman OF lofty aims,
devotion 70 duty and conniFy, a. al bon
est nan, he was 81 surpassing imPor-