The Archbishop of Adelaide.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 18, 1 May 1902, Page 6

The Archbishop of Adelaide.

L^rof^AT -- 1 Bket ° hi Bh i 8 tak6n fr ° m ' A - N A,'aSydnev of a?p1 B S r?Ce th 68 « ReV ' Dr< John O'Reily.Catholio Archbishop of Adelaide, pomemes five great attributes in hia favor— the eolid earmngof the theologian the piety of the priest the sagacity of a lentTemT' H« f*£ ° f Trea8 ™*> ™* the poHsJ of a gentleman. He has the rare faculty prominent in one of KnirS* !f c f teßt «tate«™n-Jotan Bright, of being able to prognostl rhJLhr 3 yea ftßf tB It th6y ha PP en *d-a sort of prophet who is thought more of after the event than before. The Archbishop has bean .dissevered from his flock so far as sustained appearances on the altar go, because of the huge tax that has been placed upon him in the exercise of his exceptional anancial ability which largely redeemed the diocese of Port Augusta from abject poverty Ind debt, and which is now also being directed in effect ng a similar result in roSut? h Ub 86 °JJ T Adelaide - He *' »bout but does not en joy Itl \ rf« • .? oweve k r ' Wlth tha * determination which was Bucri a distinguishing characteristic of the ancient martyrs he suffering. "** at th ° eXpeUSe ° f c o n^erable physical This peer of the Church is an excellent after-dinner speaker, who know* how to fit the occasion by throwing rich Irish wit and "I 01 '^toh.s wise and cultured utterances. The Archbishop is a profound musician, but is somewhat bevere in what he requires fur the musical services of his church, preferring the lugubrious Gregorian tone, W the more sparkling or, as he calls it/ wanJon music' of the modern masters. We remember hi 8 once suggesting the sweeping of the works of Haydn, Mosart, et sui generfs^into a wneel-barrow and burling: them out of his church choirs We are with him in the beauties of the Gregorian music when rendered by the lips of 40 or 50 studious mon*B. such as we find at New Norcia who-e lives have been spent in the adoration of their God in holy songs of joy, but not when qualified by the introduction of female voices m many insts,n.-e 8 inadequate to the requirements of the Mt-jatsou Ine Archb.shop wields a facile and effective pen in timely and vifforcu- advocacy of question affecting the welUbeini? o. tne community and of his church. He is beloved and revered by his people, and deserves to be— by reason of his great gifts, his position, and deep concern for the welfare of his flock Dr. O'Reily is a first-class amateur architect.' He designed hi» own residence at Glen Osmond, known as ' The Retreat,' whioh is by no means the home of a reclupe. He is exceedingly fond of trardeniDg, and spends many hours of the week in attending to his we.l-kept flower beds and fruit tr3es. The only polite request he has beeu known to refuse is to give you his photo. ' I don't care to have my photo in print or on mantel-piece,' he has often remarked U n not b.-cau.e he w not good looking, for the Archbishop has a h :e, noble f-cs, keenly sympathetic, pleat-ant, kind, and refined, but b-cause ho duhkes anything that might tavor of personal display.