The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-01
PAUL G|LARDON|
 |S LAID ID REST Services Conducted Yesterday Afternoon at St. Paul's VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE Father coyIe offIclated at the Resi- dence and at the church-Prlest
 Pays Loving Tribute to
 Deceased.

Paul Gilardoni who died on Wednesday was laid to rest in Elmwood cemetery yesterday afternoon At o'clock the body was borned from the residence on South Eighteenth street to St. Paurs church where the principal services were held.
 The Rev. Father Coyle officiated. At the residence the priest recited the De Profundis and the Miscerere. AS the cortege approached the church the bell was toled and as the procession moved through the aisle the priest, preceding the coffin read the following versicles: "Subvenite Sancti Dei'-"Come to his as- sistance, ye saints of Godl Meet him. ye angels of the Lord! Receive his soul, and present 1t to the Most High.
 May Christ who called him, receive him, and may angels lead him into the boFom of Abraham
 The body having been deposited before the sanctuary the priest continued: Mon intres in judicium cum servo tuo Domino" -"Enter not into judgment with Thy servant, o Lord: for In Thy sight shall no man be justified unless through Thee he find pardon for his sins.
 .'Deliver me 0, Lord from everlasting death on that dread day when the heavens and the earth shall be moved. and Thou shalt come to judge the world by fire
 External rest grant unto him. o Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon him."
 Lord have mercy on us''
 "Christ have mercy on us."
 "Lord have mercy on us.'
 The priest recited portions of the Dies Irae and the Lords prayer. He then sprinlled the coffin with holy water and incensed it.
 Father CoyIe's Address. After versicles and responses Father Coyle delivered an address. He began by saying: We are here assembled to pay the last sad tribute of respect to one we all knew and loved, to one who, a short while ago. was as full of life and energy as any here today; and 10, now he lies before Gods s altar in the church cold, helpless dead!'
 The priest then gave short discourse on life and death, explaining in the course of his remarks certain doctrines of the church, touching right living.
 And how did he, our friend.' asked the priest, fulfill the law of God?" Contin- uing, the speaker said. First of all. in his duty to neighbor, he was well-nigh perfect He was an ideal husband, an ideal father, an ideal friend. You knew him, you loved him. To know him was to love him. for he had for all, without distinction, the kindly feeling. the warm. generous grasp of friendship; for all was the cheery word, the cordial smile. Sum shine radiated from him and all who knew him were bettered thereby. In this re- spect he fulfilled the law to the letter; he could be written down as one who loved his fellow man. Your presence here today to mourn him Is an eloquent tribute as to the manner in which he filled the precept of love of neighbor'.
 with regard to his duty to God we must confess that some of the worldli- ness and indifference that is characteris- tic of these latter years. was evident. The grand old days when religion was all in all, when men lived up to their re- ligious convictions. are gone; and the world pushes madly ahead in search of wealth while God and duty to Gods church have a secondary place.
 The Browning Mercy.
 But thank God for His crowning mercy of many mercies shown the de- parted When the last days came on him, when he went to that bed from which he was never to rise, his own good works, his many kindly deeds, and above all the fervent prayers of his excellent family, gained this grace-may we all have It. the grace of repentance; the grace of return to that old faith of which his an- cestors in the fair land of Italy were staunch adherents for nearly two thou sand years God gave them this grace. He had with him minister of God and he received the rites and consolation of the church: the rites that strengthen the soul for it's Journey to the world be- yond. May we all q1ave the consultations he had at the hour of death.
 "Our friend is gone; gone. but our nravers can follow him. His kindly deeds and our prayers and sacrifices will plead trumpet toned at the seat of the merciful God. Let us then all remember him. Let us recite the beautiful words of the ritual. whereby the church comments her departed dear ones to fine mercies of the Judge of all: Eternal rest grant to him, O, Lord. and let perpetual light shine on him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God. rest in peace. Amen" A largo concourse of men and women attended the services at the church and hundreds followed the remains to the cemetery The Rev. Father Goevert ac- companied the body to the grave and there concluded the burial rites. The last words spoken over the coffin were: May the angels lead thee into paradise. At thy coming may the martyrs greet thee and bring thee into the holp city Jeru- salem. May the choir of angels receive thee and with Lazarus. once a beggar, mayest thou have eternal rest"
 The mound was covered with flowers brought by sorrowlng friends. And as the grave of Paul Gilardoni will be kept green. so will his memory long be fondly chAxiahad-