THE BISHOP OP GRAHAMSTOWN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 78, 24 October 1874, Page 14

THE BISHOP OP GRAHAMSTOWN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Ihich aS£IT- be ° P r ing ° f , St - Aidan ' 8 Seminary, an account of 'SemK' U yi COl /,r 8 - aft5 T Week 9 Bine6 > th ° »rahamßtown iSSSr T gI?S ** fo " oww e Bhort »tetch of the most Rev. Dr. Like the spirit of a youth, That means to l)e of note, began betimes msssm tmmmm Among new men, strange faces, other minds

—greatly to the joj and advantage of the Roman Catholics of fch* Province, a«d certainly to the honor of South Africa. Space does no? admit of giving even a fair synopsis of Dr Rieard's labours in the itTcSnV'T f . Wi^ hiBLor dship to conceive anytSg promo. Om doubts are traitors, Of such a man the Colony may well be proud. Dr Eicards is not ?^T ar S le *? «*P^ o^ Reject, *>«* he has the ££?■ /a^ofreadjy and successfully imparting something at least of those gifts to less favored capacities. In the Western DistrictsTwhich he has never yet visaed ly the way) he is known, by repute Sly as a popular lecturer and reader. As a public reader he isfsaid bTsome humofouf fiST 1 " theC °W, whether the subject bep&Kr Delivers in suoh apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at Ms tales % And younger hearings are quite ravished • ■« « - , . . So sweet and voluble in his discourse. ' lull of classic lore and scientific knowledge, the Bishop has neverfcW less, in his conversation, withtothers, all tL deferenffiSmiSn and simplicity of a student. Of singularly happy temperament himse?f h» sr^u^^jrs *-— srcs He is gracious if he be observed ; Having a tear tor pity, and a baud Open as the day for melting charity