The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-01-11
FATHER M'GLY LYNN'S FUNERAL
Church of st. Stephen Was
Crowded This Morning.

| NEW YORK, Jan. II, Undoubtedly
the largest number of persons that ever
| assembled in the Church Of st. Stephen
was there this morning when seats, pews,
galleries. sanctuary and aisles were filled
with people to attend the religious cere-
monies in connection with the funeral of
| the Rev. Dr. Edward McGlynn. former
pastor of the church. Outside of the
church was congregated crowd so vast
that he streets was blocked with people
two blocks away, and the police with
| difficulty made the reuisite passage
| through the mass for those who were to
| be admitted to the church.
The people began TO assemble early, in
the hope of catching glimpse even of
| the casket in which the body of the dead
priest reposed. 1t still lay in state on the
| bier at the head of the main aisle and
| Just outside the gate of the sanctuary.
The head had been slightly raised in
| Difference to an understood wish that
everybody in the church might see the
] features of the beloved clergyman, from
different parts of the church.
| The purple robes of the priest, consist
/ ing of the alb, chasuble, stole and be-
| retta or head covering were worn and
| crucifix was clasped in his hands. The
| features wore the same benevolent ex-
preston as in life.
The chancel was in black and white.
| All the candelabra, altar fixings, pictures
and altars were clothed in these sombre
| colors, the white altar cloths having been
exchanged for black, with white fringe.
The scene which the interior OF the
church presented was a most impressive
one. To the left of the middle of the
| sanctuary, as one faced the altar, was
| a magnificent cross of flowers surmounted
| by a dove To the right was large
pillow of red carnations, forget-me-nots
and mignonette. Both were striking de-
signs.
| Long before half past nine, when the
service began, the church was jammed
with people, wsso were in every nook
and corner of the place. Among the first
! to push their way through the crowd,
with the aid of some of the 800 police
men, were fifty letter carriers from the
Letter Carriers Union, which has held
DR.. McGlynn in great respect since his
aid to them These men brought hand
some floral wreath, with old Celtic let
tering reading fSoggarth Aroon,'' or, In
English, "Our Beloved Priest
| In the audience were also delegations
| from the knights of Columbus, the Anti
Poverty League, the Holy Name Society,
Manhattan Single Tax Club. and other
organizations of religious and political
| as well as civil purport.
| Among the persons of prominence who
were in the pews were w. D. McCracken
president of the Single Tax Associations;
Mrs. Henry George. widow of the noted
political economist; Richard F. George.
Lawson Purdy and a host of others Tne
| honorary pallbearers who had been Sc
! lected from the Holy Name Society and
knights of Columbus were Arthur A. NC
Lean, John Hannigan, Benjamin Nc
Donald, Sylvester Malone, Patrick Hart
and James J. Dougherty. The regular
paeTbearers were John Fogarty, Patrick
Mcclure Cornelius Mulligan, Hugh Clark.
John Garner and Peter Mcclure.
| The beginning of the service was
musical programme sung by quartette and
| chorus The cantors were the Rev. T. z.
Mclaughlin, of the Church of the Trans
| figurataon, and the Rev. Thomas q. O'Con-
nor. Then came the reading of the lessons
4 by Bishop Farley the Rev. Michael j..
Henry. of the Mission of Our Lady of the
Rosary. and Rev. DR.. James T. Curran,
| of Peekskill
The mass of requiem which was not the
usual solemn mass of requiem, because
such mass may not be celebrated on the
Octave of Epiphany, according to the
rules of the Roman Catholic faith, was
| then celebrated by the Rev. Charles Nc
Cready. Rt Rev. Monsignor J. F.
Mooney, Vicar General, delivered the
euogy and the final absolution was given
| by Archbishop Corrigan, completing the
| programme.
Nearer My God to Thee and Rock
of Ages were sung as the body was car
ried out, to be taken to Calvary Gene
| terry in Brooklyn.