The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-08-23

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THE LAST BAp R1IB.
Amid Borrowing Friends All The. Was
Mortal Of John BOYLE o. Reilly Vas v \
Laid 70 Rest.
In the last issue of THE IRlsH STAaD-
ARD it was impossible to give the facts
in connection with the funeral Of the
late John Boyle O.Reilly, 80 to-day the
friends Of the cause he worshipped are
given the full account Of the last sad
rites over Ireland's dead hero.
John Boyle O Reilly loved the people;
how deeply they loved him may be
judged by the immense throng that SUR
rounded St. Mary's church, Charles
town, Wednesday morning, satisfied if
only glimpse could be obtained Of the
edifioe wherein rested the remains Of the
great hearted child of Erin and friend OF
humanity. It required all the efforts OF
| corps Of policemen to keen back the
saddened crowd and make way for the
carriages containing the family, relatives
and friends from all parts of the United
States. Nobody was there out of idle
curiosity. It was the tribute of love
love such as few mon In the worlds his
tory have elected, either living or dead.
Men were there who have left their i'm
press on country, state or city; men
whose vast business keep them ordinarily
close to their desks; men who knew him
personally; men who had never known
him except through his potent writings
all willing to attest their love bv their
presence.
The railing in front of the altar was
piled high with sweet .embems made
from choicest flowers; there was minia
ture of the Gazelle, the brave ship that
carried the exile to our shores, and it
spoke volumes of the dead mans love
for gallant Capt. Clifford. There were
broken columns, crosses, wreaths, gar
lands, floral pages whose colors voiced
the genius of the dead and spoke more
eloquently than words OF life that was
| fragrant flame. Pillar and ceiling were
draped in black. for with all the JOY of
memory was entwined the loss that death
surely brings. ..u
John Boyle O'Reilly loved the church;
her faith was his; it was the faith of his
fathers, and he loved to speak of 1t as
the '|ancient faith" So with all the
symbols of religion around his bier the
body of the mourned lay as that of a
Celtic chief might have lain when the
harp Of the bards was draped in black,
! and the soggarth aroon invoked the aid
of the Great Giver of Life. He lay as if
pillowed on two worlds. Many OF Erin's
staunchest friends, their heads bowed ia
prayer, sat in the pews and took from
the lesson of death before them inspira
tion anew for their .countrys glory. And
there were also representatives of the
colored race, than whom none loved
their friend more sincerely, crowded
around the coffin. Well might it be said
that the tribute that loving hearts paid
to John BOYLE O'Reilly was such as
crown or coronet never received--such q
tribute as he himself would have desired,
as it came from the big heart of the PEG
pie where are no selfish discrimination,
no hostility of race, or creed, or color.
About 1890 o'clock the immediate re-
latiyes OF the deceased entered the
church, accompanied by the following
pail bearers: Captain Hathaway, who
planned Mr. O'Reilly's rescue from Aus
tralia; Patrick d )nohne, Hon. Patrick
Mcguire, of the Republic; Managing
Editor John FL. Holmes, of the Herald !;
Colonel Charles FL. Taylor, OF the Globe;
President T. B. Fitz, of the Catholic
Union; General Francis A. Walker, pre-
sident of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology; General NJ. 7. Donohoe,
president of the Charitable Irish So
ciety; DR.. j. A. Mcdonald, Health Com
missioner George F. Babbitt, James
Jeffrey Roche, Of the Pilot, and Thomas
Brennan, formerly secretary Of the [. n.
L. in ireland. &
At length the celebrant. Rev John w.
Mcmahon, ID, the pastor OF ST. ary'a,
entered, followed by Rev. Charles
O'Reilly, DID,, Of Detroit. deacon; Rev.
Richard Maggie, chancellor Of the arch
diocese, sub-deacon; Rev. VIM, j. Mil
lerick, mas or Of ceremonies; Rev. P. Fl.
Callahan, of Foxboro; Rev. Louis
Walsh, OF ST. Johns Seminary, acolytes;
Rev. M. j. Doody, Cambridge, censor
bearer. at the termination of the mass,
Rev. Robert Fulton, s. j., president Of
Boston @ ollege, assembled the pulpit and
pronounced the eulogy, which is given
below:
even in the stiffness OF the Sabbath
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