The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-01

| Inc last ceremonies over the late
Rev. ID. J. MacGoldrick took place yes
terday morning in st. Peters cathe-
| dral in the presence of an assemblage
which for magnitude has seldom been
gathered In that. ediflce. Those who
met together to pay the sorrowful duty
| to the dead We're not of one sect or
belief, but represented numberess
creeds and classes of society.
To many who were present, the inn
| posing service, so dignifed in charac-
ter, was strange and perhaps incom-
| prehensible. except that it seemed fit
ting that the most solemn rites of the
| church he had loved should thus be
| performed over one whose life had
| been tender, consecrated sacrifice.
The scene was wonderfully impress
i've. Far into the central aisle ev-
! tended the high catafalque, heavily
| draped, and above which, at an incline.
was lifted the casket. There were no
| flowers, and no hint of anything but
| the simplicity that had characterized
| the deceased in life.
From an early hour up and down
| the steps passed the throngs of people
| TO look upon the face of the dead,
/ while the Knights of Columbus stood
| near as loving guard.
DRAPED IN MOURNING.
Black draperies, with the purple of
| mourning, were hung at every point
| about the altar. At either side of the
| casket stood three tall candles, above
| black pedestals, from which depended
streamers of purple ribbon. The morn
ing sun sent a shaft of light through
the purple robes of a window saint,
and 1t fell in a violet flame across the
| brow of the dead priest.
! The body of the church was occu-
! pied by the members of the knights
of Columbus and the Catholic Histori-
| cal Society and Newman Maya
zine club, while at the right a large
| section of the nave was reserved for
the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart,
| who sat, a throng of immovable fig
| ures, their black robes adding solem-
| nifty to the picture.
Within the altar rail were the men,
| bers of the clergy in white chasubles.
| The celebrants of the mass wore the
| full vestments of black and silver.
Nothing more deeply impressive than
the chanting of the Office for the dead
| by the great assemblage of priests can
| be imagined, succeeded as it was by
the solemn high mass Of requiem. At
the conclusion of the mass the Very
Rev. Eugene A. Garvey spoke briefly,
as follows:
NO EULOGY NEEDED.
There will be no sermon today.
Father MacGoldrick will be buried ac-
cording to the prescribed rules of that
religious order to which he devoted
the best years of his life and to which
he was still attached. He does not
need the praise of men. His whole
life was his best eulogy. He did not
hide his light under bushel, but gave
the gifts and talents which God gave
him in performance of his spiritual
duties. and it was in his arduous
labor, unceasing activity in these
duties that he lost his health. Where
is the need Of praise of a man like
him?
He never sought the appreciation or
eulogy of men, except their respect
| and love. The presence of the large
congregation this morning shows that
he had that respect and love. He died
with all the consultations of his church.
| was with him when death came. He
was surrounded by the members of the
Jesuit Order, with whom he studied,
| and with whom he associated in his
chosen work, some of whom he had
known since boyhood. | read the
prayer over him, and when the end OF
that prayer was reached his soul took
its flight. May God give him eternal
rest Pray for him, preserve his men,
ory in prayer that he may rest in
peace"
FINAL ABSOLUTION.
Silently then began the final absolu-
tion of the dead as the celebrants
| odor of incense rose on the air.
Patheticaly touching was the slow
professional as all the priests took
their last fearful look at their CO.
worker. Then six of their number
carried him forth to the outer door,
| and in the priests plot in the Cathe-
dral cemetery he was laid away, while
the priests sang the benedictus.
Those who bore the body to the
| hearse We're Revs. j. V. Moylan, Frank
p. Walsh, Thomas O'Malley, j. j. Cur
ran, William OHara and d. j. Dustin.
| The pall-bearers We're selected from
| the nights of Columbus They were
| Messrs. Timothy Burke, II. j. Collins,
NJ. f. Sando, esq, NJ. ]. Horan, John
Brown, John j. Murphy, esq, and John
| Colligan.
The ushers. also members of the
knights, were DR.. f. l.. McGraw, F.
j. McCawley, Dr. c. T. Thompson, DR..
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