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I On P'riday, the 2Gth of SepttMubcr, liis Grace Archbishop McKinuon expired at his residence in Antigonish. On the previous Weihicsday he had an attack of paralysis, which rendered him unconscious until he breathed his last. The last rites of the Church were administered to him by Father H Gillis, his confessor. At his last moments, and during the three previous days, he was surrounded and attended upon by Bishop Cameron and a large number of his clergy. The funeral took place on Tuesday, the 30th September. No sooner did the holy and illustrious prelate surrender his soul to Cod than messages were sent to the neighbouring bishops, announcing the sad intelligence of his death, and although all of them were far away from their homes, on their episcopal visitations, and had to travel over difficult roads;, yet such was their love, respect, and veneration for him that they strained every point to be present at his funeral, to pay their last homage to their noble and kind-hearted friend. St. Ninian's Cathedral was skilfully draped for the occt^ v i. The services for the dead begun at {)h a.m. A Requiem High Mass was celebrated by Rt. Rev, Bishop Cameron, assisted by the Very Rev. Neil McLeod as Archdeacon, Rev. Canon Power of Halifax, as Deacon, and Rev. Fr. Martell, as Subdeacon and Rev. Edward Murphy, as Grand Master of Ceremonies. In tlie Sanctuary were present. Most Rev. Michael Hannan, Archbishop of Halifax ; Rt. Rev. Peter Mclntyre, Bishop of Charlottetown ; Rt. Rev. Dr. Rogers, Bishop of Chatham ; Rt. Rev. Monsignor Frein, of New Orleans. Domestic Prelate to His Holiness ; Very Rev. James McDonald and Dr. Chaisson, of Charlottetown ; Revds. Canon Carmoily and Fr. Kearns, of Halifax ; Rev. Mr. Morrisey, of Chatham ; Revds. W. B. MeLeod, J. V. McDonell, H. Oin-oir, R. McDonal.l, A. MeOilli- vray, R. McGillivray, H. Gillis, W. Chisholm, Dr. A[c(}iv-()r, J. Chisholm, M. Tomkins, W. Leblanc, A. McKenzie, R. (Jiaiit, A. J. McGillivray, P. Fiset, Dr. A. Cameron, Dr. A. Chisholm! James Frasor, James Quinaii, D. Cameroi), R. McDorjald, W. McPherson, D. J. Mcintosh, F. Broussard, T. Richard! M. A. McPherson, M. Laffin, Dr. Joseph Qiiinan, Wm. B. McDonald, and P. Foug-eron, of the Diocese of Arichat. I beg leave to introduce to the public the sermon delivered on the occasion of the solemn Requiem, by tlie following remarks, slightly changed, which had been written by mysell' and published in the Halifax Morning Herald of March 1, 1877, on the occasion of the lamented deceased's resignation of the See of Arichat. The testimony of works is an excellent test for passing judgment upon anybody's life. It is a test to which our Divine Master himself appealed ; a palpable evidence to which an apostle was forced to appeal in vindication of his life. It is a principle to whose award no friend of Bishop McKinnon need fear to appeal. His life stands out prominent for its works. At his accession the country was now, churches few, and the clergy fewer still. The causes which induced the Scotch to quit their highland homes and the Irish to become exiles from their native soil, exerted still a baneful influence upon them in their new homes. They belonged chiefly to the poor and illiterate class. At the time. Catholics had but few, if any, representative men. But the reproach lias been removed from us by the educational zeal of Bishop McKinnon. Early in his priesthood, he founded a School at St. Andrews, which sent forth several clever and distinguished men. Shortly after his consecration, he founded St. F. Xavier's College at Antigonish, which soon became the centre of learning and emulation, and higher aspiration for the whole diocese. It has sent forth representatives to every department of life, a numerous clergy to the diocese, a judge to the bench, an orator to the Senate of the Dominion representatives to the local and general Parliaments, lawyers to tlie liar, })liysicians and teachers to the country, 'i'lie impulse which he lias given to education, the status to which he has i-aised his people, is the most noble and enduriiig work of the Prelate's life. Every parish, every corner of the diocese, possesses its church and its pastor. The glory of ids Episcopal See, and the crowning work of his successful admin- istration, is the beautiful cathedral of St. Niuian, Antigonish. And with the most i]iade([uate means, he has achieved all the work by his personal zeal and spirit of self-sj-critice, and the magnetic influence his own busy, ea.nest life exerted upon everybody who worked with hiui. Every work to whieh In- set his hand, has prospercil. Noble and brilliant is the recortl of his g( od works. And now that he has finished his course, and entered upon his rest, his memory will be long preserved in the urateful affections of clcrgv and laitv. H's beautiful and exemplary life is appropriately limned in the words of the ecclesiastical poet : " Qui, plus, piudeiis, humilis, prudicus Sobiiaiu duxit sine labe vitam." R. M. G. St. Joseph's, 8th October, 1 879. SERMON. . Rpnierabcr your iirclatos, who havu spoken tli.; wonl of Ooil to yor. ; whose tnith lollow, coiisulcring tlie end of thuir conversation. Ileb. XIII. v. ". Tlio plaintive dirge wliicli yet rpsouiuls in om- ears, the eiiil.lein.s of inoiiniiiig on every .side, tlie presence of .so many of tlie clergy in the Sanctuary, your own sorrowful and subdued countenances l)ear testimony to the great lo.ss which w(; all liavo .sustained. All this .soh iiin ceremonial tells of the extinction of a bright and shining light in our midst. It is the hist .sad tribute of nature and of religion to one whose presence in thd Sanctuary .so often lent dignity 'ami grace to the ofKces of religion, 'i'he crosier, the cross, the mitred head too plainly indicate who it i.s that is laid there. The most conspicuous figure in Eastern Nova Scotia for the la.st forty years is no niore. The model priest, the good l)ishop, the gimtle, patient, merciful fathcM'-confessor has passed away to his reward. He who lie.s before us in the .still majesty of death and arrayed in the insignia of his high and sacred ofHce, was our own pa.stor,"guide and personal friend. Our sorrow deepens in intensitv as its object comes the nearer to u.s. The .slow but fatal malady which t.-rminaied his eai'thly existence' withdrew from our eyes for several yeai's the once familiar and dignitied pr(>.sence. But we cannot forget his life, his works, his usefulness. He has traced the impress of his character upon materials more durable than the thoughtless hearts of men. Truth indeed liids me say that his own i)rovident care for us, his practical wisdom, has made, for his .sad, inevitable event, provision which takes the .sting from our grief, the bitterness from our bereave- ment. He is gone, but he has not left us oiphans. E . , passed away, but he has left us another pastor and guide. Human language is not the o!dy medium whereby we can reach and touch the mind and heart of man. A picture sometime conveys more than a volume There, my brethren, lies before us a picture which conveys in itself a volume, a history, a life The last word is spoken, the last chapter written, the end is reached. Still forever is the tongue that so often addres.sed to us words of kindness and en- couragement. Pulseless »ind sealed in death the heart that so often throbbed in kindly sympathy for us in our trials and dithculties. Cold the hand that was so often extended to us ia acts of charity and of blessing. The intellect that conceived, and the strong arm' that 8 \\ j'oii,t;lit for us, arc ] ovt'ilcss f ( r t'urtlifr ( xeition in our licliuif. Ilis Hcot.uiit is (•]< s(il, liis lot tixtd foicvei-. Ho lias {lassed lmv(,>!'.rl the icaili of jiriiii^c niul of ccuHuri' ; liut it is in accoi'il M'ith a dictate of iinr iiatiiif and a tiiiicdionored custom of religion tliat we should leview his ld'('\\itli ail tli<' lidelity of tiutli and with all tlie cahnncss uhicli the |iresence of death insjiires. In fonning a just estimate of his lite t'lul cliaraeter, it is hut just that we shoidd look at his life as a whole. It is luit just and fair that we shotdd look at its rise, its piogiess, its woiks and its residts, (iiatefid pity views with gentle tenderness the inlirinitics of the aged servant of Uod as li(> descended into tl'f d.ifk shadow of tlie valh y of death, worn out by his hdionrs iu the sei'\ ice c f his J)i\ ine Master. Charity pauses with compassion (j\fr that short period, whicli, with its eiusvitabh^ decay, closed the histc ry of his hd.oiirs and usetulness, ..liile truth paints in hold relief, the works and the charities wluch his busy, fruitful life achieved for religion and society. J cannot adeipnitely delineate the life and labouisof the illustrious dead in the space of time allowid nu; on an f)ccasion like this. 1 .-.hall liut aiiii to call up licforo your minds, the impress which he made upon that ]'.ortion of the Loid's vineyaid, which Holy (Church ciimmittry atmosphen! of the Spiritual City. The history of ev(!ry country under the sun is represented in the persons of the young votaries of learning from evi'iy part of tlie world. The masters of every science and of every language occupy the chairs of instructiori. The true tradition of doctriue is tauunt nud handeil down bv tlie nioat gifted and culti- vated intellects of the age. There away from the mist and din of life, er of tJatholics in the country. The Catholic soldiers of the RJth Highland Hegt. dia- bounded at Halifax in 1 78.'?, settled in various count i( of the tlioceso. The Acadians returned from St. Pierre and settled in Kastern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. In the year 1790 l)egan the important How of Catholics from liotli Ireland and Scotland, which continued under the influence of various causes to the time of the passing of the Emancipation Bill by the Briti8l! Parliament. Up to the vwir 18! 7 the nascent mis-sions were ruled from (jueboc. In that year tlio Rov, 11 Edmund Jiurke, a man of great zeal, jncty and learninir, was appointed Risliop of Sion, i. p. i. and Vicar Apostolic of^Nova Scotia. WlH>n Bishop lUirke xWvA in the year lhi20, there were no more than five missions with resident pastors, namely, Arichat, Arisaig, Tracadie, Sydney and Ciieticanip. From the death of l.ishop Burke until the year 1S27, Nova Scotia was under the jurisdi, tion of Rev. John Carroll, and Cape Breton under that of Kt Rev. Aeneas MacEacharn of happy memory, hi.shop of P. E. Island, in ]X27 Rev. William Eraser, who in ISl'2 followed his countrymen fro"ni Scotland to Nova Scotia, was made a l.ishop of Tanen, '/. p. i. and Vicar Apostolic of Nova Scotia, compi'isini,' now the diocese of Halifax and that of Arichat. In 1842. lu'. itcv. Dr. Walsh was cons( crated in Duhlin as coadjutor to Dr. Frasor. In \H\\, tiie Vicariate Apostolic of Nov.a Scotia was divided l,v the Holy' See into the diocese of Flalitax and t'lat of Arichat. Dr. Walsh, whose memory still snr\ ives in the affections of the faithful as a man' of rare intellectual -lifts, exten.sive learninn;, deep humility and i^reat zeal in the propagation of the faith, hecanu' the first hi:- hop of the S.-e of Halifax, and at the same time Dr. Er.iser was transferred to the newly estahlished See of Aricliat: In the fall of ]8.")I Bisho]) Eraser died at his residence. Antigonish, and on the L'lth Kel.ruarv of the following year Dr. .McKinnon was consecrat.Ml at Halifax u.s Bishon of Arichat. ' I have left myself hut little space to till in the hare outlines which I have sketched. Our forefathers in the faith came to this country with the shadow of the penal laws upon them and although they were men of faith, they were liut poir and illiterate, Eifrv-seven years ago, the good Eather William Eras.T. whos<' character was as nol)le and grand as the towering mountains of his native country followed them. I Fe at once l.ecime their father, friend, protector and counsellor. In his day he performe.l an imperishahle work for his creed and his adopted c(nintry. When he had tinishi'd his cor se and entered upon his rest, Holy Church made choice of him whom we mourn to-day to succeed him am! to continue his work. 1 1 is gifts of nature and of grace pointed him out at once as the man of Provi- dent;e for the needs of tlu" time and the country, In the prime of manhood and in the full vigour of his intellectual power, tin! youti" atid polished hisliop stood forth thoroughly erpiipped for the gre,»t work before him. He could now with graceful ease draw upon the treasures of knowledge which he had garnered into the chamlKMs ot his memory in the schools of Rome. ITe spok.i and wrote Latin with a purity and elegance which pleased the classic taste of Home itself He wielded his pen to .S(mie effect in the exposition of the dogmas of his faith and in dissipating the misrepresentations which ignorance or niaiice tilienipted to fuist upon it. Ho preached tiio Gospel wich a simple., manly, persuasive eloquence. His mind was 12 tliortuii-lily inil»uf'd with the true ecclesiastical spirit. He cherisher? iiolile aiins, iiiisellish aspirations, and a liigh, generous ideal of what vvas lietitting the public woisliip of (iod. J cai- never tor^ct the iinpri'ssiou which his dignified jiresence made npoi; my miml when for tlie first time 1 listened to him in the sacristy of the (jld church below [ileading ))ef'ore a committee of the men of Antigoiiish tlie cause of religion and educatio)i in a "ready flow of vigorous English. He s( t to work at once to cultivate and beautify the young vine\ ;ud commilted to his care. As all reform must begin from the souice, he lic-an liis greut work with his cleigy. iShortly nftei' his consecra- tion he snnimoitid around him at Tracadie his clergy — thev were l»ut^ ;i small band, a jaisillus. grex indee(' — and preached a retreat whicli is yet remendiered and sjioken of as one of the best and most ppicticMl ever yiven in the diocese. To cairy out the regulations of the < 'tiuncil of Trent and to meet the growing needs of tht; dioces(i, he founded the ecclesiastical Seminary and sacrificed his own ea.se and h(>alth in training and educating a body of native clergy into whom he wi.^lied to infuse a portion of his own generous uiiseltish spirit. At tile same time he rai.sed up, educated aiul encouiaged a iiody of youni,' men who in time became the representatives of his pcojile in pulilic iind luofcssional life. Fiom poverty and obscurity in many iustnnce.sho raised tlieni, encouraged and watched over them until he saw tliem fairly started in life. With gen(>rous lumd he a.ssisted in builiiing neat and commodious churches and presb\ teries in every parish in tlie diocese. Wlien tlie needs of nearly every parish had been provided for, lie set about building this fair edifiee where now he lies in death, this proud monument oi his liurning zeal which shall perpetuate his name and his fame so long as the cross which sur- mounts it w-ill continue to glitter in the sun. His confidence in divine providence was truly wonderfid. Jt was a subject of aiiiaze- lueir to tliose wjio knew the limited means w hieli he could command, how much good he achieved with so little. He always acted and worked upon the firm, unwavering conviction that whenever any work is reipiired to promote the glory of (Jod and the salvation of souls, (,'od will .surely second our own active eflbrts to accom|)lisli it. When some priest came to him })leading tln^ poverty of his peoi)le, he encouraged, consoled and cheered liiin on, and sent him -way happy with a hearty '(Jod l)l(!.ss you' to begin some work for reli- gion which wa.s sure to prosper under his magnetic benediction. Well do I remember how he con.soled and encouraged a young priest whose spirits hud been for the moment crushed by seeing a church ho was engag(>d in building destroyed by the storm. He encouraged and consoled him not only by words, lait handed him a iiandsome sum of money to begin the work over again. And my admiration for the good and kind bishop was increased by learning as I did incident- Jiliy from the pastoi- of Antigonish that the bishop himself was a tow 13 days afterwards ol)liV'e(l to boi-row monov to iiipft tlie curront oxpar- ses of his household 1 h-.ivo. seen him" .giving uway to poor nriUts wresthn,cr a-auist difficulties on the missions the very vestments he luniself had been usin-r in his own little chapel in the colleao Me died penniless— the best possible proof of the unselfish ends to wiiich he had consecrated his life. How successful his administration has been is visible everywhere. He benran his administration with s,.ven- teen priests, nine of whom were natives. He left behind him sixty secular priests, forty-seven of whom are natives, and besides there is a flourisinng Mon.istery in the diocese with eleven re-ular priests of the great Order of La Trappe. He began with sixteen missions, and now there ar(« in the diocese forty-three parishes with ei favorite volume. He is dead but his spirit lives. He lives in the great and im- perishable works which he achieved for religion and society. He ives 111 the priesthood whom he instructed, iii the juous institutions he reared, in the wi.se laws and regulations he establish(.>(l, and in the bright example of nol)le, generous zeal for religion he has given to us all. Oh. my brethren, forget him not. Remember your prelate who has spoken the word of God to you. Remember his faith prize It above oil else, and follow it. Remember him in the iinita' tioii of Ins virtues. Remember him in the charity of your prayers, tternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine npon him. May Cod receive his spirit into the peace and r«'st and gloiy of Heaven. Amen.