Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-09-25

F is LOT me Ah nGNaaioN OF jog ana
gladness. 1t Is with feelings Of the
greatest pleasure that | accept this
beautiful chaiice from you, my par.
ishioners. as token Of your love
and confidence. No more valuable
present could be given to priest
than chalice
One OF the rewards of a priest is
the gratitude OF his people During
my nine years Of administration in
this parish your good example your
spirit of generosity and your 10y atty
have always given encouragement
+ and qualification Whatever good has
been accomplished is due to your
spirit of love and sacrifice in the
cause Of religion. The greater part
/ OF my twenty years in the priest
hood has been spent in Nevada, and
4 / always found the people Of this
state faithful, generous and broad
minded. When first came to Gold
field, nine years ago. we had to start
from the foundation We had no
church, no parochial residence. We
had nothing. except poor set of
yestments to celebrate the holy sacri-
flee of the mass. Since then two
substantial churches and parochial
residence have been erected at a
cost Of over forty thousand dollars.
Our non-Cathoic friends of this com
munity, to whom we owe great
debt of gratitude, have always been
very generous in their contributions.
and have at all times manifested to
wards us a spirit of friendship and
good Will During the past few years
of depression quite number Of fam
lilies left here to seek employment at
the sister silver camp Of Tonopah
Our loss is Father Flynns gain. But
we expect them all back before next
Christmas.
1T will be of interest to you tc
know that, according to a recent cen
/, sus, we have still residing in this
: parish one hundred and eighty-thret
Catholic families. as good and as sin
, cere and practical as you will find ii
: any parish of Nevada To put i
palmer. we have over one thousant
Catholic people in this parish
= Judge Peter J. Somers then mad,
an address on behalf of the parish
, toner's.
your life in Goldfield," he said
has been one Of labor and priya
tion. as is nearly always the cas'
with the Catholic priest You ha,
this life fully in view when yol
joined the sacred order to which yo
belong. Your life. since you came t
Goldfield, has beeen closely inter
woven with that of the people of thi
town. From the very day of you
= arrival here by your purity of chai
aeter, your manly presence, you
piety and zeal in your work, you
high standard of morality, your cha
ity and your great labor for Coz
you have had the respect, love an
affection of every one Catholic an
. Protestant alike
e You have needed the cry of tn
u poor You stand in the relation {
y pastor. adviser, guardian, protectC
Y and friend Of all your flock Yol
y vocation can be compared to nor
= other upon earth in the relief of su
= fering humanity You are at the be
of sickness where agony is lyin
and when the presence of death
II near, you are to be found Fro
morning to the night, and from Mig
~ to the morning. you have been su
70 iect to the call of the lowliest
well as of the highest Throui
u storm and darkness, through gulch
q and over desert waste. to the exp
~ ing sinner you felt bound to ma
your way Neither business n
o pleasure could supply you with
~ excuse for an omission i'm your
- borious and exhausting task. Yo
life is devoted to those whom G
has placed in your charge. A
when the hour of death arrives
the sick one, and the spirit h
flown, you charitably turn to the
| who are left behind to try to c,
j, sole them to the win of God
FATHER FLYNN's REMARKS.
Father Flynn was next introduce
20 as the Live wire from Tonopah
said:
THE first words which find utt
anee on this occasion, prompted
,er feelings of the heart, are words
ac. congratulation to your highly estee
ed and beloved pastor, the Revere
cd Father Dermody Twenty years {
be Father Dermody left his home in
II land He bade farewell to a k
father and loving mother, and e
since that memorable day he
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