The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-09
MINNEAPOLIS
PAY HIGH TRIBUTE
TO DEAD PRIEST
Archbishop Ireland Pronounces
Eloquent EuIoay Upon the
Late Father Danehy.

The funeral Of Rev. Father sDanehy
took place at the pastors late field Of
labor, st. Stephens church, yesterday
morning. The ceremonies were an elo-
quent tribute to the beloved priest.
Archbishop Ireland in his funeral ser
mon said in part,
1.-TWO weeks ago he who now lies lin
the embrace of death was strong, vigor-
Gus and had the promise of many years
of usefulness before him. He suddenly
Upon this earth death is supreme. He
speaks and all obey; and SO he who walk
ed among US in health and strength
little while ago was suddenly taken away.
Truly the ways. of Cod are inscruta-
Bile. We know not why the pastor of
this church should have been taken away.
He was one who seemed to be necessary,
who had accomplished much and who was
destined we should have thought, to ac-'
complish much more in the years to come.
Were we questioned we should have said,
Leave him.
I'm whatever position he had been
placed he had wrought, and wrought sue.
cessfully: Yet he has gone; gone in the
midst of the years usually allotted to
of his life had that life been heightened.
God is powerful infinitely wise and in
finitely just. We live or die according
to His will. He it is who rules and moves
the universe and we cannot doubt that
it is better for us.
"He who is gone lived for God and
wrought for God. That is our sweetest
early life he said to himself: I shall go
and offer myself to Christ, that I may
be His messenger His desire, for self
munication with God led him to the
priesthood Daily he assembled to the altar:
all day long he was the messenger OF
Christ, going out among His people, 1iv-
ing cons family under the same roof with
Christ.
You who have listened to the words
of the gospel passing down to you from
his lips, you who in sickness have re-
ceived his ministrations, know that he
honored his faith. He did all that he
could, and SO in confidence we trust the
whole to the Almighty. God saw that he
was ready and took him.
MAY the Almighty grant that we may
again meet the pastor of st. Stephen, s,
for that is a beautiful teaching, the com :
SPAR. Death does not separate us. May
Gods blessing fall on all of us this morn
ing, and when death comes to us as it
has come to our friend there, may we
judge
The sermon lasted almost an hour
The interment was at st. Mary's cerne-
terry Tko,o ,,,o,, nro.on+ eo,,r h,s,,ons ptsbon
James McGolrick, of Duluth; Bishop John
Stanley. of Fargo; Bishop, Joseph B. Cot
ter, of Winona, and Bishop James Tro-
beck. of st. Cloud
Solemn requiem high mass was celebrat-
ed. Archbishop Ireland gave the last abso-
luton. Rev. James SelisKa conducted the
Offices for the dead and the choir of priests
under the direction of F. x. Bajec, sang.
The services were under the charge of Rev.
Fathers James OReilly and James G.
Byrnes.
The clergymen who took part in the
mass were:
Right Rev. James McGolrick, D. D., of
Duluth, celebrant; Rev. Patrick ONeill,
assistant priest; Rev. J. F. Dolphin dea-
con; Rev. j. Harrington, subdeacon; Rev.
g. A. Arctander, Rev. H. Pendergast,
Rev. H. Mccall Rev. J. Fahey, assistants;
Rev. F. Schaeffer, D. D., master of cere-
monies; Rev. P. Boland Rev. T. F. Glea-
son, Rev. A. McNulty, Rev. c. Corcoran,
Rev. P. Kenney, Rev. T. j. Gibbons, Rev.
j. M. Solnce, Rev. j. M. Cleary, honorary
pallbearers.
The active pallbearers were ]. E. Nc.
Gee, Hubert Kelly, L. S. Donaldson,
Matthew Mcdonald. A. A. Kane. Denis
Quinn, Daniel Woolsey and jeremiah Mon.
ihan
Following the suggestion offered by.
Archbishop Ireland in his letter of last
Sunday. the floral offerings were not elab-
crate, and the number of carriages which
followed the casket to st. Marys cemetery
was comparatively small