The Jersey City news., 1901-12-30

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| Last Sermon.
| HIS EXCELLENT RECORD
Father Smyth Will Find the
| Parish Out Of Current Debt
and 1000 to the Good.
| That there is no more loyal Or patriotic
American than the Rt. Rev Monsignor
Seton. d. D., The retiring rector Of Sc,
Joseph's f. G. Church, has long been
Known Every opportunity to show his
! love for his country and TO inculcate pa
/ triotic sentiments he has seized.
| Since 1883 the Monsignor has been asso-
/ ciate comrade Of Zabriskie Post, No. IS,
| G. A. r. and when the members OF that
| organization learned of his intended de-
| parture for Rome they prepared sur
| prise for him.
| At eight O'Clock on Saturday night
about thirty members of the Post assem-
i bled at the Avenue House and, under
command of Commander-elect Sol Briggs,
marched to the rectory on Pavonia ave.
nue.. They were escorted to the parish
hall adjoining, where Or. Seton soon join
| ed them.
1 After the Monsignor was seated, Past
Commander Charles r. Vale, who had
left sick bed to be present was intro
duced by Commander Joseph Locke. Mr..
\ Vale said
| Right Reverend Monsgnor. arise to
address you with mingled feelings of
| pleasure and pain. Pleasure at the duty
have been delegated to perform and
pain that we are so soon to lose you, our
associate comrade. Some years ago,
| think in 1883. zabriskie Post honored it.
self by creating you an associate COM
rade--an honor endorsed by the Com
mander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of
| the Republic
For years before the Post had honored
and respected you as their friend. You
had been consistent friend. In making
| you an associate they conferred upon you
the medal of membership
You may have forgotten-but there was
time when the doors Of Catholic
churches were closed to the Grand Army
of the Republic, when they sought to
bury their comrades of your faith from
their own churches .
| The speaker then told of the able as
sistance rendered by Monsignor Seton in
getting memorial through the Baltimore
Council by which pastors OF churches
were to determine whether an organiza-
inc ~ ovfo fba of
| the secret order prohibited by the Church
In a great measure we are indebted to
you for this result" Mr.. Vale continued.
There have been many instances in
which you have shown yourself devot-
ed friend of the Grand Army Of the Re
public. zabriskle Post, recognizing tae
fate ard honoring you for it. nave pre-
pared this souvenir to show how they
have loved you. Take it. Monsignor.
wear it over heart so pure. so patriotic.
so brave, that 1t may be an Incentive 10
others and to yourself a beacon to guide
yon to practice right and justice to all
mon.
If the Holy Father, when sou reach
Rome. asks you why you wear it, tell him
that in far of America there is an or
ganizetion of men Of every faith whn
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