The Irish standard., 1908-01-11

district, he was in mucl, danger dur
Ing the Indian Mutiny. Ha prepared
himself for tho worst by arn1ine tho
students Of the college His courage
so much pleased Nizam, head OF the
Parsees, that lie sent his own men to
protect the bishop and priests and the
students.
quarter of d. century under the
burning sun of India. which no British
soldier is supposed to be able to stand
for n succession Of years, told OH his
conStitutiom, and he became a. physf-
cal wreck. He returned to Ireland
scarcely able to walk: he could witt,
difficulty stand at the altar.
But his native air had Il marvellous
effect, and in Il short time he rcccv-
crcd his lost strength He then put
himself absolutely in the hands Of
| Plus IN. refusing TO make any choice
Of IL mission The Holy Father ap-
pointed him second Bishop Of Hobart
Town. having Tasmania as his episco-
pal territory,
In 1876 DIR. Murphy, by a. most evil
dent protection of Providence, escaped
death in the wreck of the London, in
which he had engaged his place, cir
cunstanccs forcing him to wait for
the next vcsaoI for Australia. He was
formally enthroned OH May 3, 1855
Untiring In his devotion to his flock,
| tho bishop worked INCREASINGLY till
| 1883. In June came the golden jubilee
Z, Of his priesthood. The Cardinal Arch
bishop Of Sydney. bishops and priests
in great numbers grared the OCCASION
In that same year His Holiness
raised Hobart to the dignity Of an
archepiscopHl see, with DR.. Murphy
as first archbishop. In May, 1889, Car
dinal Moran, as delegate OF the Holy
See conferred on Archbishop Murphy
| the paIlium.
| His cathedral and numerous church.
es and schools that dot that beautiful
island, the Catholic spirit that prevails
all toll of unsIccping energy and un-
tagging zeal on the part of the la
mentcd prclatc. In the question Of de-
nominational education he was most
active, and In season and out Of sea-
son denounced goddess state schools.
Astronomy had peculiar claims for
him. and able essays periodically ap-
pcarcd from his pen on that and kim
dred subjects. In 1895, OH the occa-
sion Of the second Plenary Council Of
tho Australian Church, held in Sydney,
many of tho sessions were presided
over by Archbishop Murphy, who
proved himself an able co-operator Of
Cardinal Moran.
Rev. d. J. OSulIivan, writing Of
some "reminiscences Of Archbishop
Murphy in 1905, said
what has been the secret of that
marvellous longevity and unimpaired
vitality? No doubt a life OF absolute
regularity has been q powerful factor
among the causes or such wonderful
results.
"'Qui reguIe vivit Deo witt Now.
as ever, this is and has been the
theory and the practice of the Arch
bishops life. From early morning un-
til 10 ut night every hour of his daily
routine has it's allotted duties-those
OF recreation as well as those Of
prayer and toll; and the program Is
always adhered to with scrupulous
exactness. ...
"He, no doubt, owes much 10 the
vim-giving elixir of the Tasmanian
climate: but more, perhaps, to the
strenuous physical vitality transmit
ted to him through a long succession
of Irish chieftains reaching backward
in unbroken lineage for 700 years. Our
Irish genealogies place the name Of
Archbishop Murphy in such lineage.
and give fact and name and date. CEN
tury after century, in proof of his per-
feet right and title to the clan Of.
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