Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-09

HE death of Father Kelly creates a
void in the order to which he belonged
and in the ministry of the church he
served that cannot readily be filed.
Simple and unsssumiug, modest, but earn
est, he pursued the purposes of his life
with the zeal of missionary and The de-
votion of saint. Elevated several Tin es
to very high places in the church that ia
SO jealous of her honors, and distributes
them only to those OF approved ability
and experience, he resigned them all, pat
them away one By one in order that he
might remain IN Memphis and be near
the orphans he had made his special
care. He, like his Master, suffered
little Children to come unto him and
forbade them not His heart was
large enough TO share with them
the generous and never-failing warmth
thet he had for all he was brought in con.
Eact with, but especially the poor and
NEEDY, the helpless and forlorn above
them all. During his eventful ministry of
twenty-five years at the altar of St. Peters,
Father Kelly had seen this community
brought to the profouudest depths of sor-
rev in war and pestilence many timer.
he closed many eyes, dimnaed in the vain
contest with feyer, and had his heart
pierced by the tragedies of woe that each
day brought to his notice. He
wept with those who wept, but not
as one without hope. The Christian doc
krines, in which he was 70 we'll grounded,
sustained him through all these trying
times. A pillar of strength, the very GEN.
ter OF hope for the Iespairing, and though
in 1878 he fell himself victim to the epi-
demic, he survived the dreadful ordeals
and re1nsined to be a father to the father
lers, guide t. the weak and lamp to
light, the faint-hearted and the weary. Far
from the land where his forefsthers rest,
he never ceased to regard it with affection
and its priests and people with reverence
and love. His patriotism was deep and
abiding, and he cherished the influences
OF his old home in Ireland as
only less sacred than the gifts OF
faith once delivered to the saints.
He did not countensnce the etfervescing
and irothy patriotism that gives Iaeland
mere lip-service, nor would he lend his
influence to any of the many measures
begun in incoAsiderate and doubtful ways
that end in Aothing but the wasteful ex-
penditureg of the hard earnings OF the
poor. Dignifed ia all his dealings with
the world, he set an example of love oi
country that was almost as worshipful as
the earnestness he gave to the ministry
A gentleman always, he never failed to
make friends with cultured and thought
full people of other faiths and of 10 faith
at all, and he left an impression with these
as with the people Of his own communion
of a gentleness that could not be broken
in upon, and that "a IBf sgainst all
temptations and r1O,e--Ions. He wa
practical in his estimate of and dealing
with the world. and his sense of humol
and keen wit, COZ joined to his unsssailabl'
amiability, made him an enjoyable com
panion and the most lovable OF friends
This good priest, this just man, this hon
ored citizen, will be laid TO rest to-day il
the little mound in Calvary, where 81
many martyrs of his faith sleep the sleeI
of the just. and he viii be followed by th'