The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-23
SISTER PETER RICHARD, OF CATH
OLIC ORPHAN ASYLUM, LAID
AT REST
FoRTY-FIvE YEARS OF LABOR
Father Campbell Delivered nm Flo
quent EuIogy on Her Life of I'm
selfishness and Devotion
to Her Work.


in life.
Yesterday without ostentation she was
laid to rest. Several score of her closest
friends and admirers gathered at the
chapel of ST. Joseph's orphan asylum,
to see the last sad rites performed and
listen to an eulogy pronounced by her
nearest brother in religion, Father Camp
bell, in an attempt to sufficiently honor
her memory.
Among the incidents which lent en-
phasis to the sorrow and sadness Of the
occasion were the queries and startled
glances of the little ones to whom she
was a gentle ~44a loving mother, as they
stopped to kiss or were lifted to kiss the
cold and ashen cheek of the guardian
who was lost to them for ever
A few flowers served to relieve tho
sombre plainness of the plain pine coffin
symbolic of her powerful, yet simple life
Grand old hymns were voiced again
by choir of sisters from ST. Joseph's
academy and at-the offertory and at the
close of the benediction, solos were rem,
dered by the sisters.
Requiem mass was celebrated by
Father Cahill, with Father Campbell as
deacon, Father Law1er as sub deacon and
Father Fitzgerald as master Of cere-
monies.
In the sanctuary were Father HART
son of st. Josepf's church and Father
The remains were borne from the
chapel by six sisters who had been the
! close companion of the deceased for
many years. Their names were: Mother
Josephine, Mother Jane, Sister Pauline,
Sister Ignatius, Sister Agnes and Sister
Agatha.
The interment was at the sisters plat
at Calvary cemetery.
Father Campbelfs address was most In
teresting. He said:
FATHER CAMPBELL'S ADDRESS.
''These are they whom we had some time
in dishonor and for parable of reproach.
We fools esteemed their lives, madness
and their end without honor. Behold,
how they are numbered among the chill
dren of God and their lot is among the
saints" Wisd. ", to s. Dear Sisters,
you have come together today to assist
at the holy sacrifice of the mass offered
for the repose Of the soul of one of your
sister companions; you have come togeth-
er 10 pay a last tribute of respect to the
mortal remains of Sister Richard; you
and your friends have assembled to do
honor to one of those whose lives are
by many considered without honor. In
fortunately there are many deluded by
the world, many sdeluded by the attlac-
tons and the pleasures of the Werld
For these attractions many live, many
work and some even die, A life without
such attractions is not worth living in
the estimation of many. Hence it hap
PENS tudC the young SdIHOllC SISTER di-
ways receives an amount of sympathy
from even the trustworthy, but it some
times happens also that there is an ele~
ment of derision intermingled with that
sympathy. So rK-.s-
The young Catholic sister parts from
friends and kinsfolk; breaks away from
goodbye to brother and sister 10 father
and mother. and passing by life Of COM
parative enjoyment, she enters upon a
life Of poverty, chastity and obed ence to
o. VEThO
you wish to enter life everlasting, keep
the commands; if you wish to be perfect
sell all and give to the poor and come
follow me" For the sake of that Savior
the yoUns Catholic sister renounces all,
ranuunCes herself and devotes all the en-
erg1es of her body and all the faculties
OF her soul to the interests of the poor,
the afflicted, the outcast and the orphan.
Forty-five years ago Miss Grace isis
ter RicharO put aside the attractions Of
the world and entered upon a life of pow
erty, obedience and chastity For fo-tv>
five years she faithfully kept those vows
that imply so much sacrifice. Twenty five
years she spent in miniStering to the sick
and the afflicted in the hospital of ST.
Joseph in the city Of st. Paul. 1t is not
for me to speak of the minstering an
gels of the sick wards. 1t is only those
who have experienced those ministra tons
who can realize that constant attend
ance, morning, noon and night-no rest,
no frown, no murmur. no complaint, al
ways ready, always cheerful, day after
day, week after week, today one poor
sufferer relieved and dismissed, tonor-
row another received, and so on from
week to week and from year to year for
twenty-five years.
Twenty years Sister Richard spent in
nursing, attending and instructing those
little ones whose lives can never be
frightened by fathers approving smile,
and whose troubles can never de dis
PEELED by mothers loving kiss. This
she did for Him who said Suffer little
children to come unto me, for of such is
the kingdom of heaven "As often as
you did 1T to one of these the least of
my little ones, you did it to me-" Is
death after such a life without honor?
No. truth crushed to earth rises again,
and truth crushed for a time by the
weight of prejudice or passion asserts
itself at intervals, and the most cynical.
the most skeptical, the most selfish and
sensual, at times admit that compared
with the butterfly life of many of the
of Sister Richard is life for which it
is worth while. living. There are so
many made happy even though one be
sacrificed, and to secure the happiness of
others is that motive in life which stands
highest in the natural order The al
truisms of the Catholic sister must re-
ceive admiration. reverence and respect
so long as humanity remains What it is
or ascends to any higher plane.
DOCTRINE OF CHRIST.
But, dear sister and friend the wisdom
Of selecting the life of a Catholic sister
would be problenatic were it not for the
doctrine of Christ, 81 am the way the
truth and the life" st. John. II am
the resurrection and the life he that
believeth in Me, even he be dead, shall
live; and every one who lives and be-
lieves shall not die forever" st. John.
These are the words of Him who came
among men to redeem mankind; who
came among men to teach mankind
Christ did not pretend to teach the
physical sciences; he did not pretend to
teach mathematics; he brought the sci
ence of those things which SurpaSs the
things we see with our eyes He taught
science that surpasses the science of
quantities. He taught the science of
sciences, the science of man.. He taught
that man is a creature of God, created
with a spark Of the divinity inclosed in
mortal body. Man is not so much car
bon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen. Man
is not a mere animal to be satisfied for
any length of time with mere animal
the image and likeness of God is SUI
persenslble, spiritual. It perceiyes trutbx
that are independent of time or place
independent of this world or of any
world. 1t perceives truths that are ey-
erlasting and eternal. The soul of man
Is capable of, self. examination; 1t IS ca
pable OF self direction; it is not satisfied
with anything. this world can offer it
Nothing but the knowledge of infinite
truth will satisfy It's will Once Gre
ated 1t will never cease to live; it is inn
mortal; intellect and will await COM
plete satisfaction in the never ending
life to Gomez
CHRIST TAUGHT WITH AUTHORITY
This is the doctrine Christ taught with
authority. Behold this man telehes with
authority and not as the Scrjbes or phar-
sees. Christ Id not come into he wCri /
saytng:s'I am sent from on high to teach
man what he is, where he came from.
and what his destiny is" Mans natlls 3
is so and so his origin is SO and so his
destiny is so and so. Believe me, L speak
the. truth Had He done so we might
perhaps reasonably have refused to be-
lieve Him. To the discirles of St, John
the Baptist. who came TO Him to inqu re
If He were the true Messiah. and who