National Republican., 1883-06-27
BURY1NG A BISHOP.
Impressive Rites at the Funeral OF Arch-
bishop Wood in PhGadelphla Yester-
day.

Impressive Rites at the Funeral OF Arch
bishop Wood in Philadelphia Yester-
day.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, June 26.--This morn
ing, in the presence Of the dignitaros of the
American Catholic church and of grand au-
dience and with all the sacred ceremonial be-
fitting his high rank, the final rites were paid
to the mortal remains Of Archbishop Wood
By dawn this morning the approaches to the
cathedral wero througed with people. The
pioneer corps OF the Catholic Total Absti-
nonco union were in line first and proceeded
at once from Sixteenth street to the cathe
dral Shortly after s o'clock the invited
guests began to arrive, and filled every pew
In tho church before the public were admitted.
The invitations to city officials were limited.
Among those present were Mayor King, Presi-
dent Of Common Councils William III. Lex,
Judges Allison, Ludlow, Elliott, Arnold, and
Ashman, and Comptroller Page. They occu-
| pied seats near the remains. Beside these there
| were present many prominent men, including
Franklin b. Gowen, Dr. Nolan, of the
| Academy of Natural Sciences cx-Gov. Pol
lock- Furman B. Sheppard, Daniel Dougherty,
| DIR. Andrew Nobinger, and Edwin Nj. Lewis.
| All who came in by tho side door were al
| lowed TO walk to the head of the catalalque
| and view the remains. The lay orders, in
| Guiding every sisters society of the diocese,
were present, as were also the orphans of the
st. Vincent's home, who were attired in deep
| mourning,
After tho priests and higher church dig
nitaries had filed in Bishop Shanahan fol-
lowed and took his station in front of the
altar, and then tho "oiiice of the dead'' was
soemnly ohanted. Archbishop Gibbons, of
Baltimore, was the celobrant and Fathers
Power, of St. Patricks, and Ward, of Bristol,
| bn AZ
mathis divided into three nocturnes each
nocturne having three psalms and three les
sons. The psalms were sung by the united
clergy, and each lesson by u representative
Catholic pastor Of the diocese. After mathis,
lauds were sung by the clergy. The lauds
are composed Of hymns from the Psalms OF
David the canticlo of the "Three Chill
dren of the Fiery Furnace" and the
benedictus of Zachariah, and then followed
prayer by the presiding dignitary of the
office. Here the picked choir of priests and
seminarians began the solemn pontifcal high
mass of requium for the deceased archbishop
Right Rev. William OHara, ID. D., bishop OF
Scranton, was tho celebrant, with Rev. John
r. Elcock as assistant priest; Rov. William
Kieran, d. D.. deacon, and Rev. Ignatius
Horstman, ID. d., rector of St. Mary's, as sub
deacon. Revs. ID. A. Brennan and p. Burke
were the masters of ceremonies. The music
of the mass was without accompaniment, and
|
being the same which was sung at the funeral
ceremonies of the late pope, Pho Mono.
At tho conclusion of the mass Archbishop
James Gibbons, of Baltimore, assembled tn,
pulpit and delivered the funeral eulogy, pre-
missing his remarks by reading from the
scriptures the lament in which the inspired
king of Israel bewailed the death of Saul and
; Jonathan. Whom Archbishop Gibbons ha,
finished, tho five bishops and archbishop
who were to pronounce tho absolutions of th
body assembled the platform. They encirclot
the body. They raised the cross ut tho heat
| of the dead prelate and read tho Office of alb
solution, tho choir taking up the re
of tho church who took part il
this Office and in the othe
/, services were Archbishop Williams, of Bos
!, ton; Archbishop Corrigau, of New YorI
Bishop Becker, ofWilmington; OF Bishop Shana
han, of Harrisburg; Bishop Mullen, Of Eric
4 Bishop Elder, Of Cincinnati; Bishop Kan'
/. of Wheeling, w. Va; Bishop Watterson, {
r Columbus, Ohio; Bishop Wiggin, of Newark
: and Bishop Farrell, of Trenton. Archbisho
\ Gibbons primate of tho Roman Catholi
church in America and the highest occlesias
}. tical dignatary in tho country, outrankin
!. even Cardinal McCloskey, pronounced tn
h final absolution. A grand procession wa
then formed in the center aisle of th
cathedral, headed by crossbearer. and h
n followed by acolytes the monks and chiefs {
q various orders, the great body of the clerg,
d seninarians, and brotherhoods, and finally th
IS bishops and archbishops, all moving to TIL
y music of funeral march executed on tn
Z organ. Tho honorary pail bearers moved j
d front of the remains, which were borne b
}. twelve priests of the diocese. The funori
y cortege moved out and around the squaI
y, into Eighteenth street and through Summe
. street, countermarching on Eighteenth stree
T, and re-entering the cathedral by the mai
N door. The body was thon borne to the vau
= in the crypt near the altar and finally burie
= with the simplest ceremony.