The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-15
Archbishop Montgomery Is Laid at
Rest in City of the Dead

funeral Grafton in an impressive voice
that carried to the farthest corner
of the church. Bishop Conaty preached
on text from the second book of the
Maccabees. and eulogized Archbishop
Montgomery as man, as a priest and
a bishop, and as a citizen. He said
in part:
Most Rev Archbishop: We are face 70 face
with the dead. Our hearts bowed down with
grief lamentation responds to lamentati0n for
a beloved bishop is dead. mighty leader has
fallen. In the presence of a beloved one dead
sorrow chills the heart and makes the voice
tremble with emotion. Earthquake and fire have
done work Of mighty devastation and ruin in
this great city OF San Francisco. The day of ter
ror and anxiety seemed over. but before the full
dawn OF the new day the blow is struck which
takes from you the one who held all your hearts
people. father of the faithful. a high priest.
an Onias, good and yirtuous man who prayed
a Christiike a priest. man OF broad
humanity and deep sympathies ideal bishop.
herd. a martyr 10 duty-Archbshop Montgomery
is dead and all who knew him feel the heart
breaking at the loss. Shocked though we are
at his death. unable TO fully realize its meaning.
yet I'm the presence OF the dead there comes 10
ms the hope OF the blessed The one great con-
ISOLATION in all our sorrows is the knowledge that
blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
Death is but the gateway 10 life
Like good shepherd he gave his life for
his sheep: like brave soldier he fell on the
held Of battle with his face to the foe. No one
tested mems souls I'm this city during the past
six months. Indeed they have done much toward
destroying the life or our beloved friend for In
the day Of anxiety and difficulty it was as true
Of him II had been through his life that the
The years spent IN Gaiifornia aed hm Ire mis-
sions are marked with devotedness 10 ideals.
with an energy and earnestness OF faith and with
Kindness and gentleness OF manner which have
made him beloved by all who knew him. Nearly
twenty years OF the twenty-seTen of his priest
hood have been passed in your midst. a
priest OF this diocese. the secretary OF its arch
bishops, and afterward the Coadjutor Archbishop
Of Tho DrOVinPn lnaur hot4
words OF mine could describe. Almost nine wears
passed as Bishop OF Monterey and Los Angeles
were years of plenty in the goodness and virtue
Of his life. spreading throughout the length and
breadth OF that vast diocese the sweetness and
zeal and charity. teenning with ben.facttons INV
which souls have been led TO God and religion
sight OF men. 'e"'o AZ '"e
Archbishop Montgomery was a man of praver
and obedience, and the sacred priesthood i'm ifs
highest form a second nature to him he
lived under the influence OF supernatural grace
and loved to consider himself as one OF Gods
sanetihed. He set himself out TO do well the
heart and soul into everything he did never 70
shirk always to labor and TO study. When face
TO face with difficulties. with faith as his guide
he always had courage TO meet them C,onscions
that God had sent him he dinched at no oh
tnat pc o1d was supernatural BE cared little
for the praise of and sought only IN ID
what he regarded as duty. He was always Iiv-
ing example OF good priest OF a man OF God
the apostolic messenger the ambassador az
Christ The secret OF his success was in his
fidelity 70 his vocation, for always felt that
he was a minister OF the spirit Of God realizing
with St Paul that ''our sufhciency is from God
who made us at ministers Of the new tesla
ment"
THOROUGH AMERICAN
he was thorough American. He hated mar
rowness and big0fry something essentially
IN American. lie was proud OF his country and
his State. Deeply interested in everything that
tended TO civic virtue and civic pride he Ia
bored 10 ennOble our citizenship by standing for
the ideal and urging all TO strive and attain
H. He loved his country, which gave him
an Amercanism broad humanity. and no
public man was stronger successful in
guiding the people along the highest and best
lines He went upon every platform he ap-
peared at every society, but always with a mes
sage Of truth, always the ehurchman and cftf-
zen whose words were listened to with adj
miratlon and whose character was admired. He
was devoted 10 all the interests OF California
and bis name viii always be inseparably linked