LATE CARDINAL MORAN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 50, 21 August 1911, Page 5

LATE CARDINAL MORAN

MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY. By Cable—Press Asßocktion—Copyright. Sydney, August 19. Messages' of sympathy and tributes to Cardinal Moran have come from all parts of the Commonwealth, and from all classes of the community, including the Anglican Archbishop. The impression is prevalent that if the Australian cardinalate is to be continued, Archbishop Carr, of Melbourne, will succeed Cardinal Moran, he being senior to Archbishop Kelly. PRELIMINARY FUNERAL OBSEQUIES. Received 20, 5 p.m. Sydney, August 20. The preliminary obsequies for the late Cardinal Moran's funeral took place yesterday, including a pontifical requiem high mass. It was very largely attended, the mourners including several members of the Ministry, the Lord May«r and Mr. Redmond, the Irish delegate. Several prelates of the Roman Catholic Church participated in the service, ■which was of a most solemn and impressive character. In the course of a eulogy of Cardinal Moran, Archbishop Kelly said, "Who docs not feel his loss? In loving Ireland, his Motherland, and Australia, his adopted country, he loved every indiyidual citizen at Home and here. If possible, he had a more tender sentiment in regard to the interest of those outside his fold than those within." As a successor to Archbishop Vaughan and Cardinal Moran, continued Archbishop Kelly, he would try to obliterate the impression conveyed by certain publications that the late Cardinal Moran dealt harshly with Archbishop Vaughan's relations in regard to the ktter's interment. Cardinal Moran had informed him that he paid the full bill for Archbishop Vaughan's funeral expenses, and advised him to let the matter rest till the day of judgment. A STATE IN MOURNING. | x , THE FUNERAL. Received 21. 1*2.55 a.m. Sydney, August 19. It is estimated that nearly a quarter' of a million of people viewed the late Cardinal Moran's funeral procession. The hearse containing the remains, on leaving St. Mary's Cathedral, proceeded via ' Liverpool, Elizabeth and College streets, and thence returned to the Cathedral, followed by church dignitaries, clergy, members of Catholic societies and guilds in regalia (including a representative of the New Zealand Hibernian Soocietyj, children of the Catholic schools, the Irish Rifle Regiment. Representatives of the Governor-General and the Governor, Mr. Hughes (representing the Commonwealth Ministry), several members of the State Ministry and official heads, and many public men were present at the obse- I quies as a token of respect to the departed Cardinal. An immense crowd thronged the Cathedral. Archbishop Kelly performed the last rites as the coffin was placed in the vault. The service was simple, most solemn, and impressive. The choir rendered subdued dirges, and the Cathedral bells were tolled. IN MEMORIAM. A prince, a gifted man, hath passed away, His once familiar form has turned to elay; And yet the face in memory's picture lives. And photographed in many hearts survives. Sad the remembrance, sorrowful the thought. Of those who listened spellbound while he taught In strains persuasive, eloquence divine, Arrayed in splendor at the sacred shrine, Whereon the symbols of God's holy f-*e With fervent zeal the preacher would inspire.

The stalwart scion of a pious Tace, With power endowed and sanctified by grace, Fervid in zeal, sincere in his belief. His every act proclaimed the gifted chief. Unscarred by foes he wav'd his warriors on. And o'er evils' opposing host a victory won. Indeed, such strrength of purpose and of will ' Is seldom seen with gentleness combined. His absence leaves a blank too great to fill. His equal we would half despair to find. Weep not for him, but oft with fancy's flowers Cull'd from the brightest of thy mental bowers, In verdure and in loveliness embalm His distant grave, and, when the soul is calm, Emplant the type of the forget-me-not, That flower which tells of lasting love, nor blot From thy remembrance the good that he hath done, In teaching how the battle of our life is won: Thus his grave shall bloom, 'midst floral hopes and fears, Rooted to the heart and watered by mem'rv's tears. "Austral," 18/8/11.