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archiepiscopai palace and for the hftieth
time referred to the story of the way the
priest found Job for him.
Sometimes" said the Cardinal, his
eyes twinkllng, when I read about tho
wickedness down In your Wall Street
wonder II put you on the right road
Al any rate. some Of the money Is going
In the right direction"
One morning Father Farley was sum-
moned for a sick cali. He found par
ishioner dying OF a stroke of apoplexy.
Knowing that the man was the only
wage Garner in the family he made some
inquiries OF the wife and daughter to
learn what provision the dying man had
made for them. Ho was told that the
man was a member OF a mutual beneft
association in which he had on insurance
Of $4,000. but the latest assessment was
overdue. and IL not paid by noon Of that d
very day the man was liable to suspen-
| sion, in which case the family could not
collect the money after his death.
The priest administered the sacrs-
ments for the dying Wife and daugh-
ter were In such a state of mind that
they were Indifferent for the time being
to the possibility Of losing the life in
| surance. But Father Farley quietly
| gained possession Of the assessment slip.
learned the address OF tho treasurer OF
1ne lOuBe anu HurTieuly petOOh niHisch
| thither. In q few minutes he had adj
justed the matter so that the family
| were relieved of their necessities.
Personal gifts Of money always went
| to his heart, because his charities re-
CURED SO much. And his generosity was
| 40 boundless Once q politician went to
| see Father Farley in the middle of a
close local campaign. The priests pas
torate extended over his political field
| and the politician wanted help with that
parish. He had the effrontery to APP
preach Rather Farley.
''If you help me and win will give
you $500 for the poor OF your parish"
said the politician.
They do need money" replied Father
Farley in his mldest voice, but they do
| not need 1t that hadlyl"
He was n man Of peace and gentIe-
ness, but his success In governing the
largest Roman Catholic diocese in Amer
| lea involved an executive frmness which
| was distinctly his on occasion. He had
remarkable success In his choice of
priests, revealing indeed that strange.
almost mysterious faculty for tho unerr-
ing selection Of lieutenH nts that marks
all really great and successful men.
| An Accomplished Linguist.
He war an accomplished linguist. able
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people in their own tongue. He was not
a great preacher or speaker. 30 far as
oratorical ability went, but he had q
very, sweet and sympathetic voice and
a strong one. and his sermons were in
tenesting and convincing always They
| were consistently levelled at evils which
never ceased to trouble the Cardinals
Observation-Disclosures theatricals, Sab
bath Dissertation and Socialism.
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and money that the Cardinal displayed
real genius. his character. revealing a
remarkable combination Of the practical
and the idealist. He displayed intense
vfgor in carrying out his plans for the
founding OF Catholic institutions and in
fostering those already established. I'm
der HIS administration six or seven new
churches were built in the diocese every
year, home missions were extended and
phenomenal gains made in donations for
all church purposes When he went to
Rome. as he did about every other year
until the war began, he carried with him
an offering Of Peters Pence that was
said to be larger than came from any
other diocese in the world. On the oc-
casiQn Of the fortieth anniversary Of
Archbishop Farley's ordination the clergy
and laity Of the archdiocese made him
the princely gift Of 100000 with which
to pay of the indebtedness against ct.
: Patrick's Cathedral, and which enabled
him to consecrate II, as he said, In fact
as well as In name as the House OF God.
When the war began there was never
doubt as to where the venerable Car
dinars sympathies lay. as to how swiftly
: he detected the brutality and lawlessness
OF the German purpose and with the
entry OF America into the field his whola
J tremendous influence was brought 10
: bear on war work. principally. of course.
In his general furtherance of the work
Of the knights OF Columbus.
In connection with his elevation to this
! Cardinalate in 1911 he took. as Is GUS
tomary, titular possession of one of the
, churches OF Rome. This church was the
Sancta Maria Sopra Minerva, from
which came the first Catholic bishop of
New York The edifice is dedicated to
Mary. under whose patronage is the
whole church in the United States. and
as its name further indicates, II is built
, above the ruins Of a pagan temple to
, Minerva