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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 34, 20 August 1903, Page 6

The RVquiem Mass for the repose of the soul of the late Pope, celebrated in St, Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, was attended by a congregation which filled the sacred edifice in every part. Among those present were Lord Richard Nevill and Captain Robertson Clark, the former representing the Governor-General and the latter the State (Governor, members of the State Ministry and Legislature, representatives of the University, City Council, and the foreign Consuls. The panegyric was preached by his Grace Archbishop Kelly, who, in his introductory remarks, said :— I beg to welcome you all, brethren in Christ ; in a particular manner I would welcome the Representatives of our Governors who so worthily represent his Gracious Majesty King Edward. I welcome them the more because his Majesty has of, late missed no occasion to testify his esteem, personal ' and official, for our late Holy Father. But I would extend my welcome far beyond the present congregation. The wide world condoled for Leo XIII. Our Australian compatriots of every creed and every rank have not been wanting in most touching manifestations of sympathy to us, they are present in spirit to-day. In the name of the clergy and of our people we welcome all ; we welcome them, and we thank them for their association. My words to-day will not be words of wailing. We have prayed this morning for the soul of Leo XIII. No doubt those who knew him not, and who know not us, may think that as an Infallible Pope he needs no prayers. He, like all others, was a servant of God, and as such he had to stand before the judgment seat of God to give an account of his every thought, word, action, and omission I heard him once- exclaim, ' Oh, the justice of God,' we know that he who lives in fear is secure, and while we pray ' forgive him for any sins he may have committed through human frailty,' we feel that our prayer is anticipated by Him of the merciful Heart, and Whose Vicar Leo was. Still we would fain repeat and repeat : ' Eternal rest grant unto him. O Lord.'