Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-16

proud; and so far were my original
anticipations from being realized that
| do not recall a single instance when
| | have not received courteous treat
| ment, publicly and privately. from all
IN Harrisburg with whom my duties
| nave brought me in contact. My eX-
perience, too. l may here say, coin
| cided exactly with that of the late
| Bishop Shanahan. Many of you will
recall the fine tribute of silent. re-
| spectful attention with which multi
tudes of Harrisburg citizens viewed his
| funeral procession: that was the spon-
| taneous tribute of an entire city TO a
man whom all held in the highest es,
] TEEN.
II trust l have been able thus.
briefly, to show you. right reverend
bishop, that YOU will find in the new
! sphere of duty opened to YOU by the
| decision of the Holy See, which we all
respect. splendid opportunities for
perfecting the various works begun by
| your predecessors. and that the condi-
! tons under which YOU will work for
/ the salvation of souls will be found to
! he most faVora ahle. That the Holy
| Ghost, the plenitude of whose Divine
gifts YOU received at your conservation.
| may bless your labors in His service,
in the territory which is to he the
scene of Your future career, is my
most ardent wish on this day when !
| gladly transfer to your shoulders my
/ little brief authority over the diocese
of Harrisburg"
| Other toasts were by the Rev. A
S Crist who spoke on "Our Diocesan
Clergy; the Rev. A. S. Bremen.
! whose subject was "Our Regular
| Clergy" and "our Guests" by the
Rev. a. Meuwese. Bishop McDevitt
made the closing address. In intro
ducing the final speaker Father
Welsh said:
Toastmaster's Address
| The toastmaster. the Rev. FIR. Fran
| els ]. Welsh, of Carlisle, in calling
upon the Rt. Rev Bishop McDevitt to
respond. addressed him in part as fol-
| lows:
"On February is, the electric spark
! flashed the sad news across the coun-
/ try that Bishop Shanahan was dying.
| Thousands of sorrowing hearts and
! lips were raised in fervent supplica-
| ton to the Father of Mercies that his
life might be spared, but the answer
came back, The Master is here and
calleth for him. The great man of
! God whose perpetual endeavor was to
| do the will of the Master said: I
have fought the good fight, 1 have
kept the faith" and passed from the
realms of unending bliss. The beacon
light was dimmed, the pastoral staff
was lowered, the bishop is dead
NO. the bishop lives. The house of
clay crumbles but the office of the
chief shepherd perdures. To-day the
| diocese lays aside the somber mantle
of mourning. We have a new father
in Christ. L will not leave you or
phans. Christ fulfilled his pledge by
| the grace of God and the favor of the
Holy See. We have for our bishop
man whose reputation for piety and
I Loo. t.,rr 1.
| reputation that has taken flight on
the wings of fame, and waited its way
across the billowy deep to the throne
| of our great White Father in Christ.
| AS consequence. the gentle, jealous
priest of God stands in our midst in
vested with the plentitude of sacerdo-
tai dignity. He has received the apos-
| tolic unction
"On the day of our ordination this
question was asked singly and
severaly. 'Promittis obedientia ac
reverentum ordinate tut ct successori
ejus. Promitto.' (Do you promise to
| obey and revere the bishop and his
scious, therefore, of our solemn obli-
cation before God and man, and
prompted by motives of sincerest filial
/ affection, we welcome you, right rev.
erend bishop, with all the cordial gen.
erosity of our being. Nor can we be
rifices which you. yourself have made.
! when in obedience to the mandate of
superhead of the church, you left your
beloved Philadelphia, the paradesial
spot of Catholic faith, Catholic cul-
ture and Catholic loyalty in this coun-
try to come to preside over our des-
TIMES.
i we cannot give you what you have
left. Like the Prince of the Apostles
we must cry out and say, Gold and
silver we have not. but that which we
have we give to you,' in unstinted
largeness-our love, our service, our
obedience.
MAY your joys be many. Your sor-
rows few. May your days be length
ened and when your sun of life sinks
into the golden West, may the blessed
master whose servant you are say to
you-'Well done. good and faithful
servant call upon you, the Rt Rev.
Philip r. McDevitt, Bishop of Harris
burg"
/, Visiting Priests
In addition to Bishop McCort of
Philadelphia, Bishop Jones, of Porto
4 Rico, and special committee from
/ the Harrisburg diocese. the following
priests accompanied Bishop McDevitt
from Philadelphia, and were guests at
the banquet this afternoon:
i Mgr James p. Sinnott, Mgr. Nevin
F. Fisher. Mgr M, J. Crane, Mgr Eu-
gene J. Murphy. Mgr. Peter f. Mason
and Mgr. Francis J. McGovern: the
Very Rev. E. j. Fitzmaurice. ID. d..
chancellor of the archdiocese: the Rev.
Francis ]. Clark. rector of the Cathe-
dral; the Rev. NJ. ]. McCabe, the Rev.
John J. Wheeler, the Rev. NJ. C. Dono-
van. the Rev. William j. Casey, the
Rev. T. j. Hurton. the Rev. Michael
A. Bennett. the Rev. Robert j. Thomp-
son. the Rev.. w. T. Brady, the Rev.