The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-07-03
ARCHBISHOP JANSSENS.
Lust Hours of the snin,l, rrclntc.

Rev. FIR. Thebault, chancellor of the
diocese of New Orleans. was with Arch
bishop Janssens on board the Creole
when he died, and he gives the following
pathetic account of the Archbishop's
death:
"At o'clock he told the waiter to call
me, and as | reached him he gasped
out:
1T is finished; am going to die;
please stay with me now; | am too weak
to move; am sure l will die
IL assisted him to the bed, and he
rested there n while, but all the while
he suffered About o'clock he wanted
to get up again, and go to the sofa in
the dining room. Two pillows were Sc
cured, and, with the aid of one of two
gentlmen who had volunteered to remain
up with me. we raised him up, and al
most carried him to the sofa. When we
brought him TO again, he opened his eyes
in bewilderng way and asked, oh,
what is the matter?
81 told him that he had tainted
'how's this?
IL explained how he had asked to be
escorted to the sofa. He then remarked,
Father, without you ! would be dead.
HE was then in Il cold perspiration,
and seemed very weak.
AT 4 o'clock he tainted again. When
he recovered he saw that his hands were
cold and called my attention to 1t. He
asked me to put them around my neck
and warm them, which did. He claspeh
tried to warm him. but 1t was no use.
Just before o'clock he saw that the end
was nearing, and asked me to hear his
confession. did so. He had no sooner
been absolved than he fell over In an
other dead faint, which l thought was the
last. 1t lasted fully fifteen minutes.
When he recovered he was nppreciably
weaker, and then he asked me to put
him to bed again. We lifted him up, he
clasping me around the neck, while the
others assisted him to walk.
He rested until about a quarter of 6,
when he called me: Come quick, quick
father; die Give me extreme JUNCTION;
I die
HE had grasped me around the wrist
and would not 60 until told him would
have to go up stairs to the other room
to get the holy oil and the chalice. got
them and administered the sacrament tc
him, but In anoiting him with the oil
Twas so excited and nervous that cout
hardly frame the words which are ut
tered us the oil is touched to the five
senses When l touched his mouth
hesitated and could not think what thu
word was, and when he saw my condi
lion, he quietly whispered loqutonen.'
repeated the word mechanically, and HI
held out his hands for the anoltment
This sacred duty finished, he began pray
ing, and continued so for several min
utes. When he had finished, he raiset
his eyes and said: Jesus, Mary ant
Joseph, everything is finished. l an
ready to die; can die in peace
HE then asked me for the indulgence
for happy death, and gave it to him
And he again said he was ready to die
He prayed for while, and then asked M
to help him to get up. l protested, but h
insisted, and the other gentlemen an
myself assisted him to get up. He clun
with one arm around my neck and kne1
beside the bed He raised his eye
heavenward, clasping his hands and said
Il am ready; thanks be to God An
his head fell over to one side and hi
eyes closed He was unconscious, and g
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