The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-21
funeral OF father kelly
Solemn High Mass Of Requiem Ccle-
brated at st. Peters Cathedral.
SERMON BY FATHER COFFEl
ELOQUENT Tribute That lie Paid 10 inc
spotlcss Life of the Young Priest.
Priests Who Wcrc Present ut
the Muss--Thc Pail bearers.

At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the
requiem mass over the remains OF rev
Edward j. Kelly was celebrated AT. 81
Peters cathedral Rev. L. j. Goideh'
of Wilkes Barre, was celebrant; Kew
j. ]. B. Feeley, of the cathedral, dea-
con; Rev. John Healey. of Pheasant
Mount, sub-deacon, and Rev. Thomas
Carmody, of St. Peters, master OF Ger
emonies.
Rt. Rev. Bishop O'llara was present
In addition to the priests already men
toned there were present Rev. FATHERS
McAndrew, Broderick, ORourke ana
Bidlingmater, of Willtes-Barre; Cor
oner. Forest City; Pagan, Great Bend
Griffin. nonesdale: Comerford, Arch
bald: snaulcy, Dickson CITY; GreVe
and Kelly. Pittston; McNally ana
Dunne, West scranton; Melley ana
Monitt. South Scranton; Crane, AVo'a'
Phillips. Plains; Kiernan, Parsohs'
Smoulter Olyphant; Dunn, Green
Ridge; Aust, Prospect avenue y DON
nell and OToole. North Scranton;
Cough, Susquehanna; Donahue ana
Winters, Plymouth; Moylan, HaHleloh'
Enright, LapOrte; Green, MinooNa'
IIussie, Bentley Creek; Colligan, Llttie
Meadows; Shields, Towanda; Mcliait,
Kingston; Donlan, Dunmore: Sah'a''
Athens: Hoban. Ashley; llanley, over
ton: Nealon, Carbondale; O'Reilly, NC
Uugh, Millane, and Quinnan. CamppeIi
and Carmody, Scranton.
Sermon by Father Coffcy.
Rev. Thomas r. Coffey, of Carbon
dale preached the sermon, taking lor
his text the words found in Deuteroh-
omy. XXXiiii. 5: "And Moses, the ser
want of the Lord. died there In the lana
of Moab, by the commandment OF the
Lord. and he buried him in the valley
of the land Of Phogor =" ana the
children of Israel mourned for him in
the plain for thirty days" During the
course of his remarks Father Corey
| said.
"The life of our Departed friend may
| have been deficient Of incident, as the
world understands life. There are but
| few here present who have not known
his brief career. Here he began-here
he finished. You know it ALL Briefly
he was born in this city. He was bap-
tized in this church. A. an altar boy he
| attended the priest at the altar, ana
those who knew him in that service
may say how he showed ever the re-
spect and fidelity that even this calling
may make manifest in boy of the
| sanctuary.
"In his home, under the happy influ-
erce of exemplary parents, he proved
true, and the members of that family
| ever considered him their comfort and
their hope. In the college. in the semin-
lry. in the pursuit of divinity studies,
from what we knew Of him and from
what his companions and superiors
have said of him, he proved himself at
all times worthy aspirant for the holy
station to which he felt God had called
| him. His amiabillty of manner and
| sunshiny temper Won the esteem of all
who knew him. His piety was real, not
ostentatious, and it may be said of him
he was a meek and humble follower of
the meek and humble Master. This
genial temper was but the CLEAN of the
genius of his mind, for in the effective
ness of work he always ranked among
the first of his classes. He was snap
| ing himself into one of these men who
| enter an argument as seeking informa-
tion rather than to lmpart knowledge.
Great Trial CaInc TO Him.
at was a great trial for him when he
found his health failing and it Is parti-
cularly here that he displayed his Chris
tian fortitude. There are some of us
here today who may yet feel this trial
then we will know what it means.
In spite of all he felt himself sinking,
and then the truth of his condition was
revealed to him. Death does not al
ways come in the clash of battle or
from the hand of the assassin,
or from those many violent external
causes which are nowadays becoming
too frequent. There are seeds of death
as well as Instruments of death, and
these seeds are sown on the hills as in
the ValleyS-they are doing their work
in every walk of life. With all this,
through the great kindness of our
bishop, our departed friend was Or
dained priest. If he could but cele-
|