The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-10-05
LAST RITES FOK%7HE
BELOVED PREAATE
Church Dignitaries From All Over the
United States Join in the Impress
i've Ceremonies Wednesday.
Eight Archbishops, Forty-three Bishops
and Several Hundred Priests in
Attendance at Cathedral.

which marked frequent periods Of
solemn quietude.
High tribute to the life of Arch
bishop Ireland was sounded in the
funeral sermon delivered by Archbish-
op Keane following the gospel of the
mass. A prince uncrowned," he call
ed him, and asserted that America to.
day honors him as one of the greatest
men in her history
Archbishop's EuIogy.
20 Lord, Thou hast tried me, and
hast known me."-Ps. 1873, i.
Reverence for his person and the
| custom of the church demand that
some words be spoken at this time in
the presence of all that remains of
earth of Archbishop Ireland. regret,
as you must, that the celebrant of the
mass feels too deeply touched by
sense of loss to undertake the delicate
Office to which have been summoned.
A friendship of most intimate charac-
ter, such as between brothers, was
! one of the joys of both their lives from
boyhood till death parted them for
while. My own predecessor of sanity
| memory, his fellow soldier in so many
conflicts for church and country,
might do justice to this occasion, had
God spared him for this hour.
Splendid Achievements.
ut would not be easy for any one
to bring into orderly review the strik-
ing events of a life distinguished by
such rare talents, such strenuous en-
| deavor, such high ideals, such splendid
| achievement. 1t would be impossible
! for any one to tell to your satisfaction
what he was to many of you who
knew his rare excellence by long and
frequent intercourse; to this city
! which he loved and served so long
| and we'll, and which gained in fame
by the incorporation of it's name in
his official title; to this Northwest,
where for half century he has been
a leader in all that made for the best
forms of Christian citizenship; to the
country generally whose life, religious,
social and political, has been power
| fully Influenced by his 1abors and life
| The manifestations of sorrow seen
! here and witnessed to throughout the
! country by the national press, speak
of sense of loss which is genuine and
| universal
Exceptional Gifts.
Archbishop Ireland was given
long life for the great work to which
Gods Providence called him. He pass
ed his 80th birthday the 18th of Sep
tember. He was ordained to the holy
| priesthood on Dec. 21, 1861, and IA
years later to the day he was conse-
Grated bishop.
He brought to the work of his vo-
cation very exceptional gifts. He had
a splendid mind, a very remarkable
memory and a physique equal to the
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zeal and zest for work His masters
| in the French schools, in which he pre-
pared for the ministry, recognized the
brilliant talents, the lofty aim and the
spiritual vigor which marked him out
to inspire, to lead, to govern.
"At his ordination he was assigned
to the Cathedral, and until his death
he remained associated with it as as
sistant, rector or pastor.
Idol of Soldiers.
I'm June, 1862, moved by zeal for
souls and love of country, he enlisted
in the 5tK Minnesota volunteer infan-
| try, and in a brief term of service in
the South he won for himself that
gratitude and admiration of officers
and soldiers which made him the idol
and the hero of the old guard till this
day.
ION his return from the South his
soul was panied with the obtrusive-
ness and the prejudice and vices Of
intemperance which menaced the very
existence of most of the young COM
munities in this new country. He or
ganized a crusade, which swept over
the entire West like purifying fire
famed by his irresistible eloquence.
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