Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-10
SOLEMN MASS FOR CORRICAN
II is Said in st. Patriok's Cathedral by
Cardinal Gibbons.
FUNERAL SERMON BY ARCHBISHOP RYAN
FIv Archbishops, sixteen Bishops and
More Than one Thousand Priests
Among Those who At
tend the Services.

tend the Services.
NEW YORK, May "a solemn requiem
mass for the repose Of the soul OF the most
Rev. Michael Augustine Corrigan, arch
bishop Of New York, was said today in ST.
Patrick's cathedral by Cardinal Gibbons Of
Baltimore. In the presence OF Ave arch
bishops, sixteen bishops and more than
1000 priests Of the church. The officiating
clergymen were:
Celebrant-cardinal Gibbons Of Baltimore.
Mooney, vicar general.
Deacons Of Ronor-Right Rev. John Ed
wards Of the Church OF the immaculate
Conception, and Rev. Father Cotton Of st.
Stephens.
Deacon to the Mass-Rev. Father McGean
subdeacon-Rey. Father Lavelle. pastor
of the Cathedral.
James Coneiiy Of the Church of our Lady
of Good Counsel and Rev. Father Thomas
F. Myhan of st, AIMS.
Preacher-Archbtshop Ryan Of Philadel-
phia-
At 6 o'clock, the hour for the hrst mass.
there were 5000 persons around the ca
thedral waiting for the opening OF the
doors. Five masses were said up to 8
o'clock, and as one congregation left the
building another took its place. At the
end Of the s o'clock mass the doors were
closed so that preparations might be made
for the final ceremonies. Father Lavelle,
rector, Of the cathedral, was celebrant OF
the 6 o'clock mass; Bishop McQuaid of
Rochester, senior Of the archdiocese,
ofBciated at $50; at 7 Archbishop Ryan
conducted the service; at 1880 Father
Serranti said the mass and at 8 o'clock
Bishop De Oca OF San Juan Potosi cele-
brated.
A wreath Of Easter lilies, white roses
and snowballs was received at the ca
thedral this morning from President Roose-
welt. Another wreath received bore the
name Of John w. Mackay.
Sermon of Archbishop Ryan.
The following is an abstract OF the SER
mon delivered by Archbishop Ryan:
Your Eminence, Venerables, Fathers of
the Episcopate and Clergy, and Dear
Brethren Of the taity: How impressive
before you today, "A great priest, who in
Behold him, clothed in the vestments of
his order, as he stood at the altar to offer
sacrament and prayers ior you and yours.
funeral pulpit. But yesterday, 1 may say,
he proclaimed the great conservative
society from socialism and anarchy.
Being dead, he yet speaketn" in the elo-
Quence or highest example. |
For two purposes, then, are we here
this m~orning-to honor the dead and pray
for the dead: As the public journals have
the late archbishop it is not necessary
that 1 should repeat 1t. But the external
ACTIONS Of men are not adequate evidences
motive and purity of intention. and disin-
terested sacrifice, that constitute the
spired by ambition and tinted with vanity
count .as nothing. before God. and very
so9n sink Al into T nshisni6e csadp and are gdfSr for
ness, and honors the magnanimity that de;
spises its ephemeral praise. The deceased
tive of action was. to please God and
benefit, not merely please, his FELLOW man:
solitude and communion with God. We
daily hear of men who know not. or know
ing, ignore the true philosophy Of sanctity,
IN the middle ages, but that in this TWEEN
tieth century we need not a%scetics, but
the combination OF both, but IL they are
not found united, the ascetic is preferable.
Most Successful Churchman.
ascetic at home will be the most success.
full churchman in public. The motive OF
our beloved and holy deceased friend END was va
worked for God, and in His presence, and
never thought he could do enough. know
his labors. He performed them, not only
with patience, but with almost a boyish
thusiasm is out Of place in advanced age
and that 1t belongs to youth alone. Nc. II
belongs to motive alone. The young, fred
or, higher still, human philanthropy, are
ali afame until their ends are accom-
or dead, from disappointment,
when philanthr1Ry Is chilled by The base
enthusiasm dies, but as God can never
change and the ambition to serve and love
Him and aid our brothers in distress
becomes perennial, Hence, Tertullian, in
men ~boys-senes pueri. Hence. also the
Of the deceased when circum-
The three archbishops Of this great see
virtues. The most Rev; John Hughes
needed. Cardinal McCioskey was dis
he conquered without lighting.
Traits of Dead Archbishop.
Archbishop corTdgap seemed to belong to
%Sya6iss Ds az AFQRR sish Rsa Hayes e. Lord H 4
MY Rock" was first that OF the meek but
brave patriarch Moses. The archbishop
on rm tse surface MrS cs but uf' Beneath m e a 4n1 S sne'oih Inn.
movable. He was brave. with the courage
Of God, for whom alone he acted and sui
His humility seemed to make him
timid. ! know, on the testimony OF
McCloskey, that he did all in his
power to prevent his name being sent to
Rome for the dignity of archbishop OF New
York. He feared the awful responsibility. j
So did some OF the greatest bishops that
ever lived, but when they had to accept
the ONCE they became the bravest. So did
st. Ambrose, who sfterward resisted the
Roman emperor, TheodOsius, and ST.
a Beckett. who braved the anger
OF the English king, Henry IL. In the
combination, of gentle modesty and fear
his great model, the shepherd and bishop
OF our souls, Jesus Christ.
What, after all. is death to such a man
as this2 What but a liberation, an illum-
nation, a. upiont A liberation from most
duties and responsibilities, an IL
Elimination when the tight of Gods face
shall shine upon him and he will behold
the solutions OF the great problems OF life
and the length and breadth and height
and depth Of Gods love. and a union with
the Divine Original after Whom he was