Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-28
LAST TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD
FUNERAL OF JOHN b. BRADY, LATE
BUILDING INSPECTOR.
The Services Mt st. Dominic's Church
Largely Attended-The Pas
tors Discourse.

| John B. Brady, the inspector of buildings
| for the District, was evidenced this morn
| ing, when funeral services were held over
| his remains at St. Dominics Roman Cath
| Ollie Church. at 9th and streets south
west The edifice was filled with Mr..
Brady's friends as early as $50 O'Clock, al
though the solemn requiem mass was not
begun until after o'clock. Genuine sor-
row was expressed on all sides. The serv-
| ices were very impressive, and during the
| mass the choir sang Lead, Kindly Light"
and Nearer, My God, to Thee, in addition
| to the sacred chants.
| In the multitude which gathered to pay a
last tribute of respect to the dead District
officer were many prominent officials of the
municipal government including Commits
| sioner Henry B. F. mcfarland. together
with representatives from the Catholic So
cities to which Mr. Brady was attached.
His fellow church members were present in
large numbers. The mass was celebrated
by Rev. Father 7. P. O'Rourke, with
Father j. c. Kent as deacon and Father j.
X. Spearfng as subdeacon. Father Joseph
MCGEE. pastor of the Church of the Sacred
Heart, was also in the sanctuary. The pail
bearers were Mr.. j. T. Petty, the District
| auditor: Mr.. d. E. McComb, the superin-
tendent of sewers; Mr.. Snowden Ashford,
the assistant inspector Of buildings; Mr..
Thomas Francis of the building inspectors
office. Mr.. James +. Shea and Mr.. E. ].
Hannah, former president of the Carroll
Institute. A large delegation from Car
roll Institute was present at the services.
The Floral Offerings.
When the casket containing the remains
was borne into the church it was covered
with beautiful floral offerings. 1t was
placed at the head of the center aisle. An
altar boy, clad in pure white. placed can
delabra with seven burning tapers on the
casket, while the choir was softly singing
hymn. The compete ceremonies of the
solemn requiem mass were gone through.
AT the conclusion of the services pre-
scribed by the church Father O'Rourke
paid tribute to Mr.. Brady. He spoke first
of the sOlemnity and certainty of death. He
said the World was filed with many classes,
some rich, some poor, some lecherous and
wicked, some pure. There was reason for
all this, he declared, one could readily
perceive in perusiDg the first pages of the
Bible. In the destinies of all manner of
men there We're four inevitable certainties-
death. judgment. hell heaven. 1t is the
Judgment. it was declared which makes
death so bitter.
Why do / speak to you of this subject
with which we are all SO familiar today?'
continued Father O'Rourke 1T is the op-
portunity the church takes Of reminding
all of you who are within my hearing that
you must die. You We're not created for
this world. but for the world beyond the
grave. God has given into your care some
thlng that belongs to Him and to Him alone
the immortal soul. When He turned
Adam from the garden of Eden, when He
took from him all material things, there
was yet something left to the man-his
soul. God gives this soul over into your
hands and it is within the power Of man to
see that his soul is saved, or that it is not
Death, my friends. must come to us all, 1t
will come like the thief in the night. and
so l say to you, be prepared"
Catholic Teachfnx.
Father
ole doctrine Of purgatory and the herear-
ter. He said it was preposterous for any
man to say that the same hereafter awaits
the murderer, the thief the criminal, the
unclean as awaits the honest man, the man
whom all esteem and know to be good. 1t
is also impossible for any man to say that
his soul is so clean that he can stand be-
fore the judgment without further prepara-
ton and enter at once into the kingdom
of God. The Catholic Church teaches that
man, however good he may be on earth,
must go through some degree of purging
before he becomes the associate of angels
That, In a nutshell, is the Catholic doctrine.
The church teaches, he declared that while
the soul is being weighed, and being
prayers and their denials. He pleaded that
friendship should not end at the grave.
put should go beyond and continue to the
end.
Tribute to the Dead.
is it necessary said Father ORourke,
for me to eulogize this man about whom
We have gathered to pay last token of
friendship, John B. Brady? His supertors.
in the persons of the District Commission
ers. have bespoken his praise in an official
document. His associates have given ex-
preston to their estimate Of his character
as friend and man. AS son, as faith
err as a husband, he was an example He
was conscientious and true in all things.
and what more can be said Of a man? AS
a Catholic he was faithful to the church,
1 knew him as no other man did, for was
MS confessor. l say that he was a good
man. He was credit to his family, and a
credit to the community. His loss will he
deeply felt. Yet it is Gods will Weep nor
for him, for tears are unaVailing"
The lnterment was made In Mount OIivet
cemetery, only the family and immediate
friends being present.
Chrysanthemums Were Never Finer