Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-26
CROWD IN RAIN At
PRIESTS FUNERAL
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began. Bishop O'Connor occupied a
dais in the sanctuary. Also seated
there were Monsignor Isaac P.
Whelan, Monsignor James +. Mooney
and Monsignor Patrick Cody. Very
Rev. Dean George f. Brown. of Nor
ristown, was also present.
At the conclusion of the mass,
Father Carroll pronounced the eulogy.
This is sad occasion for all of us"
he said. Bishop, priests and people
alike are gathered here to pay a
tribute of respect to one whom we
twenty years he labored for the upift
of the church and the people of this
diocese.
Coming at this time OF the year It
Is doubly sad The ring of the Christ
mas carols of joy in honor OF the new
born King can yet be heard. 1t is the
hardest task I have undertaken-to
bid farewell to friend of these many
years 1t was his express wish that
on this occasion.
Ellis wishes are disregarded, as his
superior considers there should be a
eulogy. Father Brothers asked that
I speak at his funeral il 1t was decided
there would be eulogy. Under this
pressure, and in loyalty to my friend
and In justice to him, l feel 1t my duty
to say few words"
"'Be thou faithful unto death was
the command he followed from the
first moment the divine invocation
came to him until death took him.
The call of death came to him early
in life. He was ordained twenty-one
years ago next month, and the day
was the most joyous of his life. He
was always hardworker and proved
himself a jealous priest of Cod"
when we see a priest stricken
down in the prime of life, while there
seem many years in store for him to
work for God and the church, 1t is
beyond our understanding, but God
knows best, and we bow our heads in
humble submission to his holy will.
We tender our sympathy to his family
and the members of his congregation
and say prayers that his soul may rest
in peace.
"It is not the custom of the
church to eulogize O departed
child. In requesting that there
be no eulogy pronounced over
him, Father Brothers was inspired by
the custom of the church. If his cold
lips could speak he would wish that
you might learn the lesson of death he
inculcated from this altar on SO many
occasions-the lesson the world does
not want to learn. The world wants
to enjoy things of the world and
put death in the background. Your
dead pastor speaks from the grave
the lesson all should learn. Today it
is /; tomorrow 1t is you; be always
prepared to meet your God.
His entire life was actuated by the
strongest kind of faith. He hated
sham and pretense In the perform
ance of his duty he never flinched.
You have lost a good friend and one
you will sadly miss Be loyal to him
as he was to you and this church.
One of his last thoughts was about
his church. He figured on placing the
finishing touches on an ediflce that
would be one of the most beautiful in
the diocese if not In the country.
His heart was In his work and in
his people. Ask God to have mercy
on his soul. Teach your children to
pray for him that he may be granted
eternal life with perpetual light to
shine upon him.
AS Father Carroll left the altar
steps many of those present were in
tears. Bishop O'Connor pronounced
final absolution. Priests present and
Sisters of Charity took last leave of
the dead rector. Others in the church
were then allowed to pay their re-
spects. Members of the immediate
family We're the last to view the body
before the lid was finally sealed.
A double quartet under direction of
Professor Smack, the church organist,
rendered the mass music. Schmids re-
QUEEN was sung. AS the offertory
Faure's "Pie Jesu' was rendered
Wiegand's Liberia Me" was also
sung. Professor Smack played the
dead march from Saul as the body,
on the shoulders of the active pail
bearers, was carried from the church.
The bell of the church was tolled
when the procession moved from the
edifice.
Hundreds of people Drawing the rain
stood with barred heads in front of the
church. A guard of honor lined up
from the church to Bloomfield avenue.
1t had been planned to have the men,
bers of the Holy Name Society march
in front of the cortege as far as the
cemetery. This was abandoned be-
cause of the inclement weather.
AS the funeral neared ST. Johns
Cemetery, Orange, the bell on st.
Johns Church, where Father Brothers
celebrated his first mass. was tolled.
At the grave a service was held and
the body was finally consigned to the
earth.
Among the priests present besides
those already mentioned were Rev.
John A. Westman, of Arlington; Rev.
Timothy j. Hurley, of Harrison; Rev.
W j. Baird, of this city; Rev. Ed
ward o'MaIley, of Ridgewood;. Rev.
Henry G. Coyne, Church of the
Sacred Heart, vailsburg; Rev. Louis
j. Boil. of Elizabeth; Rev. w. A.
Van Yale, of Hawthorne; Rev. II. J.
McEnery, and Rv. Il. j. Judge, of
Caldwell; Rev. Paul Lisa of Mont
clair; Rev. w. 7. Grady, of Ruther-
ford; Rev. Frederick c. O'Neill,
Church of the Blessed Sacrament,
this city; Rev. Il. j. McDermott,
onne; Rev. DR.. John Duffy, of Seton
Hall College; Rev. w. S. Congdon, of
Dover.
Rev. w. #. Mclaughlin, of Jersey
City; Rev. Thomas ]. Martin. of
Roseville; Rev. A. A. Murphy, OF To-
boken; Rev. William Mullin, of Nor
ristown; Rev. T. j. Daunehauer, of
Seton Hall College; Rev. Joseph Bris-
son, of Garfield; Rev. l.. r. Reynolds,
S. j., of Jersey city; Rev. G. w. Itch
Ter, of Bloomfield; Rev. Father Sera-
phim, of West Hoboken; Rev. c. Il.
La Ponte, of Paterson; Rev. Timothy
M. Donovan and Rev. G. A. Corcoran,
of South Orange; Rev. w. B. Master
son, of Caldwell; Rev. A. j. Camp
bell, of East Orange; Rev. Nicholas
A. Marnell, of Orange; Rev. w. j.
Mcdonald. of. Orange; Rev. James p.
Smith. of Belleville; Rev. Father Rob-
erts. o. S. b., of this city.
Rev. j. ]. Butscher. Of this city;
Rev. Charles Doyle, of Roselle; Rev.
William Keyes. of West New York;
Rev. Robert Dyer. of Union Hill, and
Rev. Andrew Kenny, of West Hobo
ken.
The active pall-bearers were John
Cox, Thomas Healy, Edward Shan
agher, John Finnerty, Patrick Nc