The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-01-19

When the casket mad been placed n
the hearse. the procession began. the
carriages containing the relatives aitd
the mOurners preceding the hearSe.
| Several of the societies also W2lked /
ahead. A detail of mounted policemen
cleared the way and the League OF the
Cross Band led. Down Van Ness ave
nue. the cortege moved, between the
Thousands on the sidewalks,
As the procession moved along The !
bell in the tower of the Siavouian !
Catholic Church on Fell street tolled |
a. intervals of fifteen seconds. When /
Oak street was reached the bell ni /
Sacred Heart Church took NJ tne
mcurnful sound. Up O3E street l"
Octavia the cortege went. and tnen the
turn was made fort the line through
the Mission. At Haight ani Octavia
streets the band vas drawn un ara
as the hetrse passed the funeral m2rch
was again played.
AT Twenty-fifth and Valencia strects
the honorad palIbearers. tEe Hipef-
mans, the knights Of ColU'Hbus. the
Society of 81. Vincent de Paul ana tnC
several others were drawn in single
file along both sides Of the street. vita
the League Of the Cross COMPANIES m
advance The ne3rse passed h'tWee<
Il was after O'Clock when incl
funeral train started fol- dolly Gross
Cemetery.
Three thousand people met theI
funeral train bearing the remains OF
the late Archbishop as it pulled into
the station al Holy Cross .CemetcIE.
They lined the main path leading lTor
the gates and they swaTned over ;he|
lawn to the vault. Twenty diviniJ:
students from the college at Memo
Park awaited in their black cossdc.s
; and white surpices. The train StoDp ID
and the priests and ac1lvtes aitghtet
The casllet was gain placed IN d
hearse, the students began thrlr cnanl
Of tie lIisererc Mel Domino and thc
procession began it's march.
Slowly ii wound its way through ttlc
two rows Of mourning spectators. Fol
lowing the heaIse We're nuns and
priests and the dead prelate's rela-
and the priests from the college
! chanted the Benedictus.
:. The archbishC p's nearest surviving
, relative is a brother, Plus Montgomery,
who resides in Seattle. Th2 latter has
several sons. One of the cousins of The
Qecea seG is Professor John Montgom-
, cry of Santa Clara college. VINO at
taiGed prominence as the inventor Of a
a flying machine. The archbishop was
nephew of Zachariab Montgomery,
. formerly a prominent attorney Of this
. city, who was assistant attorney gen.
f eral during President Clevaland's se2-
= ond term. The deceased was honorary
CHAPLAIN of the Young Mems institute
T and took great interest in the work Of
2 the Catholic Ladies Aid society and st.
r Paurs Society for Relief Of the Poor
= Expressions OF deep sympathy for
o Archbishop RioTdan in the death Of his
g sanity coadjutor, Archbishop Mont
s gomery, were sent by all the prominent
p churchmen in America. III San Fran
: cisco he was beloved ny all classes.
S Last Saturday the Rev Or. r. VI.
e Kaplan rabbi of the Bush street tenn
pie replaced the regular Saturday ser
o mon with highly eulogistic discourse
:. on the late Archbishop Mont gome-y.
The church was filled to the doors with
IS the deyout OF all denominations, anx-
e ious to hear the rabbits sermon on thg
n Catholic archbishop.
l. DR.. KaDlan has always been an ad-
's mirer of Archbishop Montgomery, es-
!, peeially beoalse Of the work OF thf
IS archbishop in maintaining friendly re-
IS lations between the Catholic and jew
IL ish churches of the city.
= 'I will speak said Rabbi kaplan n
d the outset of his sermon, ''in honor o1
5, q picus man who loved God by SHOW
l. ing no prejudice 10 any man. reiel
Is to the late Archbishop George Mont
ID gomery truly righteous man, who il
q his life enjoyed the esteem and respec
Of every one who knew him, and wiz
le in death is incurred by all, irrespectiv'
ID of creed or denomination.
'p "a truly good man. like truth. be
le longs to ALL As truth. charity an
le justice are universal ideals, so the mai
lie who stands for these ideals is uniyeT
N sal Greater than Mohammedan. Jew
y, Catholic or Protestant is the man-th
d. true and good man-who loves all mel
in as brothers of the same human famil,
and children of God, the Father Of al
Such a man was the late Archbishop
e, Montgomery. He had sympathy fo
re anyone in sorrow or distress. irresDec
is tive of the religion to which he be
re longed. When an appeal was made il
!5 this community for funds with whicl
II to help the prosecuted Jews in Russia
ct he was one Of the first to send con
ID tribution. and his contribution was ac
At cCmpanied at the same time by YER
20 sympathetic letter expressing his pro
a foEnd sympathy for the suffering Jew
in Pussia."
d, Touching in BELIEF ir the hereafter
the rabbi said:
I'm the Jewish conception there is ~
r. division in tho realm OF eternity. TIL
a righteous Of all creeds and beliefs
to and NE look upon Archbishop Mont
81 gCHfery as righteous Han-dCCOIutItI
y. to Jewish teachings may share tn
le eternal bliss.
to "The friendly feeling that exists be
Sc tween the Jews and Catholics of thi
III city is due to men like Montgomery
81 He has done much toward the eradi
Id cation of prejudice. He was the kin
Sc of man who believes that in religion a
ir in a family, for instance. it makes II
ld difference how one may name tn
is Father, so long as he lives up to wha
he knows to be the proper attitude t
d, his God in the one case. and the sathe
IN in the other.
"The Jews, of all religions. take prid
er in making sacrifices to their beliefs
ne and for that reason we appreciat
tie Archbishop Montgomery as one VIII
III lived up TO the ideals Of his church an
IS made great sacrifices for tEat church.
T. The following beautiful tribute
er from the Episcopalian bishon Of Sa
in Francisco:
lb MY own feeling is that we have los
III one of our best citizens, 4 man of tru
ac principle and of high public spirit an
OF forceful religious conviction an
he life All religious people can we'll fec
ce that we have lost a leader and ca