New-York tribune., 1902-05-10
THE FUNERAL SERMON.
ARCHBISHOP RYAN'S EULOGY OF THE
DEAD PRELATE
The sermon of Archbishop Ryan was in part
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The sermon of Archbishop Ryan was in part
follows:
He sancthed him in his faith and mcekness and
chose him of all flesh. A.d placed a
graved Holiness an ornament OF honor a work of
power and delightful to the eyes for Its beauty.
PeaGf 10 b M ne dignity Of the rs fd d b I ms
be to him and to his seed forever.-C -CEcclesiastcus
Your Eminence, Venerable Fathers of the Epsco-
pate and Clergy. and Dear Brethren OF the f.aity
How impressive IN its eloquence of silence is this
scene, and how saiutaTy IN IT'S lessons! Behold be
fore YOU to-day "a great priest who In his day
clothed in the vestments of his order, ne stood
at the altar to offer sacrifice and PRAYER for you
proclaimed the great conservative Christian truths
which alone can preserve society from socialism
and anarchy. Being dead. he yet speaketh" in
the eloqUence of highest example.
But. brethren. we are not here this morning
merely to honor the deceased prelate, much as he
deserves II. The Pontihcal mass celebrated is not
one of THANKSGIVING, for his virtues and achieve
here this morning-to honor the dead and to
already given in detail the biography of the late
5 M & IT tbs is not that at should G
adequate evidences OF their real worth II is the
fs Cd aacce "h that tit he
ness Of goodness Great deeds. inspired by ambi-
tion and tinted with vanity count as nothing be
fore God, and very soon sink into insignihcance
and are forg9tten by men. The world knows Its
weakness ana hon0Fs the masnanmity that de-
spses its ephemeral praise. The deceased prelate
was TO please God and benedt-not merely please
his fellow man. Here you find the secret of his
love of solitude and communion with God.
The man who acts and prayS the ascetiC
home will be the most successful churchman IN
public. The purity of motive of our beloved and
holy deceased friend was also the key to his most
laborious life. He worked for God and in His
presence, and never thought he could do enough.
l know from personal observation how extraordi-
nary his labors. He performed them not only
with patience. but with almost a boyish enthusi-
asm. Some has said that enthusiasm is out
o. place in advanced age. and that il belongs L
youth alone. No; Il belongs TO motive alone. The
young. fired by the enthusiasm of ambition or love
or, higher still. human philanthropy are all ahame
until their ends accomplished.
Hence also the fortitude of the deceased when
circumstances called for its exercise The three
Archbishops of this great were tvpes of diff
ferent characteristic virtues. The Most Rev. John
Hughes stands out the most striking exemplif-
cation of courage when courage was much needed.
Cardinal McCloskey distinguished for his mar
veous prudence by which he conquered without
fighting Archbishop Corrgan seemed 10 belong
rather TO the Cardinal McCoskey class OF men, but
when principle involved he was immOyabe as
Archbishop Hughes His motto 'Dominus petra
mea' (''The Lord is my rocky was frst that OF
the meek but brave patriarch Moses
The Archbishop himself was as a rock-mossy
and yielding on the surface but beneath firm and
immovabe. He was brave with the courage of
God. for whom alone he acted and suffered. His
the testimony Of Cardinal McCloskey, that he did