Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-26
Father CrowIey,s Eulogy

Timothy M. Crowley. pastor of St Thomas's R. c. Church. who express nos his appreciation of the friend { death has taken from him as fol- lows:
 To sketch the life of Monsignor 6locum in newspaper article is well nigh to attempt the impossible. He vas A many-sided man and possesser { . variety of talents, all so well de- veloped, that 1t would take a master hand at character description to do adequate justice to one who has left the indelible impress of his own strong personality upon all classes Of men. To meet the man but casually was to recognize a strong character, and toknow him intimately and enjoy his friendship and his confidence was . pleasure not to be lightly esti- mated. ..,-.,.. -.--..
 To his fellow citizens of Water bury the news of his death, although { for some time expected, comes as a rad blow and distinctly municipal loss. and without distinction of race or creed there Is sincerest regret that death has removed so honest and upright man, so kind and agreeable and charitable citizen, so learned and exemplary an ecclesias- tic, one who never spared himself nor stinted his bounty when either his talents or his purse was needed for the welfare of his fellowman. Conscious that his gifts of mind and fortune and body were given him by his Creator, not solely for him. self, but for the uplifting of his fel- low being, he served his generations well in a manifold capacity.
 An ardent champion of the Catho- lie faith in which he believed so strongly, never passing down it's doctrines to square with modern materialistic tendencies, he was nevertheless the broadest minded of liberal men. His benefactions knew no boundary line of creed, his sym pathies had no horizon save the ills, the aff1ictions of the sinful, the sor- row laden and the oppressed. His tongue waxed as eloquent in plead ing the cause of the Jew downtrod- den by Russian cruelty as it did for the sons of the Emerald isle who had no more sincere or ardent champion than Monsignor Slocum. Big hearted and generous he con- tributed liberally of his means to benefit humanity as was evidenced in the bestowal of his last dollar for the furnishing of our hospital where humanity's ills would be ministered unto by religious consecrated hands. He was 8 practical believer in Bea- tric's words: ... sFrom the prayer of want and the
 paint of woe -
 Q never. never. turn away thine
 ear."
 And with his large minded idea of true Christian charity it may we'll be supposed that his good deeds were not measured by credal tests. To none more fittingly than to him could be applied the words of Morse:
 Shall I ask the brave soldier who
 fights by my side
 In the cause of mankind, if our
 creeds agree?
 Shall I give up the friend I have
 valued and tried
 If he kneel not before the same
 altar as mel"
 Indeed, some of Monsignor Slo- cum's most cherished friends were those not of his own faith. The late Dr Parry and he were known to en- joy each others friendship and for our estimable fellow citizen and kindly Christian gentleman, Dr Dav- export, he entertained the highest admiration and warmest feelings of friendship.
 A man of singular honesty of character was Monsignor Slocum. His was that brusque, bluff sort of honesty that could not withstand any thing that savored of cant or hypo- crisy. Whilst he was kindness itself and had learned that:
 "Kindness Is wisdom. There Is
 none in life
 But need it and may learn"
 There was nothing that stirred him to the very depth of his soul like the snivelling knavery of the man who, 1"seemed saint when most he played the devil.''
 Of the weakness of poor human ity he was we'll aware and for the sinner he had a Christ-like love and | St Paul's zeal to lift him up again and lead them back to the path Of virtue; but for the hypocritical knave he had but the deepest scorn and him he could lash with a sa. tire Hike polished razor keen" It made but little difference what position in life they held, if 1t be- came his duty to unmask their hyp- ocrisy and once he turned the bat tories of his biting sarcasm on them, he fiayed them unmercifully. Though folly robed in purple, Tho vice exhausts Peruvian mines Yet. did they tremble and turn pale When his satire yielded its mighty
 nail.
 And 1t was undoubtedly this innate honesty that gave him his strong in' diyiduality. Conscious of his own honesty of purpose he dared to think for himself and act independently oven when he dreaded the clash that must necessarily follow. He was the man of moral courage. ssWhose noble soul it's fears subdues And bravely dares the danger nature
 shrinks from"
 Whatever the attendant conse- ouences his life was regulated by keen sense of duty. He felt that in doing his duty he was fulfilling the purpose of his Creator. With him duty was not a mere sentiment, but | . principle prevailing his whole life. ] In his duty to God and man he em- i bodied the highest ideal of life. It was the abiding sense of duty that seemed to round out his whole ca ,oar that mado him zea1ous in un-