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IN MEMORIAIIi, 
 
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 RECOLLECTIONS OF FATHER DAWSON 
 
 BY 
 
 HENRY J. MORGAN. 
 
 (RK-I'RINTRD KKOM "THE OWL.") 
 
 TO WHICH ARE ADDED A PORTION OF THE SERMON 
 
 PREAIHED HY THK 
 
 REV. W. T. HERRlDtiE, B.D., 
 
 PASTOR OK SI. A.NIIRFAV'S (PRESBYTERIAN) CHl'K( H, OTTAWA, >v 
 
 REFERRINC, TO DR. DAW.SON'S EXAMI'LE AND CAREER, 
 
 AND OTHER TRIBUTES TO HIS MEMORY. 
 
 Life 1 we've been long together 
 
 Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 
 
 'Tis hard to part when friends arc dear ; 
 
 Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear ; 
 
 Then steal away, give little warning. 
 
 Choose thine own time ; 
 
 Say not " gocjd night," hut in some brighter clime 
 
 Bid me "good morning." 
 
 OTTAWA : 
 
 PAYNTER & ABBOTT. 
 
 1895. 
 
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 RECOLLECTIONS OF FATHER DAWSON 
 
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 ' HENRY J. MORGAN. 
 
 (RK-l'lilNTEU FROM "THE UWL.") 
 
 TO WHICH ARK ADDKI) A PORTION OK THK SKRMON 
 
 I'RKACiiKii ifv i-iir: 
 
 KEV. W. T. HERR1])(;E, h.d, 
 
 I'ASrOU OK SI. ANUKKW'S (rUKSHYTKRlAN) (;iii;k('ii, oriAUA, 
 
 REKERRINC. TO DR. D.UVSON'.S KXAMI'LK AND CARKKR, 
 
 AM) OlIIKU IKIHUTKS TO HIS Mr.MOKY. 
 
 Life 1 we've liC'.n Inn;; los^ether 
 
 Throiij^h pleasant ancl throiifjh clouily weather : 
 
 'Tis hard to jiart when friends are dear ; 
 
 I'crliaps 'twill cost a sij;li, a tear ; 
 
 Then steal away, give little warning. 
 
 Choose thine own time ; 
 
 Say not " !;o( id night," Imt in some brighter clime 
 
 Iiid nie " good morning." 
 
 \ OTTAWA : 
 
 PAYNTEll & ABBOTT, 
 1895. 
 
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TO 
 
 SANDFORl) FLILMING, KS(J['IHE, 
 
 C.M.fi., LL.l)., .M.I.C.K., 
 
 CHANCELLOR 
 
 oi- riiK 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, 
 
 CANADA. ' 
 
 Dear Dr. Fleuiiug, — 
 
 As one of Father Daivsons oldest and most 
 valued friends, and one, moreover, iclio did so much 
 to secure for tliat sterliiio- gentleman the recognition 
 due his many literary merits, 1 ask you to accept 
 of the dedication to this brief ami inadequate tribute 
 to his memory, begging, at the same time, to be 
 alloiL'ed to ex/ress to you the sentiments of pro- 
 found respect -with tvhich your character has alzaays 
 inspired me, whether as a private citizen, or in 
 your more enlarged capacity as a public man. 
 
 IVishing you many years of added usefulness, 
 prosperity ^ and honour, 
 
 I remain, '.■ ] 
 
 Dear Dr. Fleming, 
 
 Yours faithfully, 
 
 HENRY J. MORGAN. 
 
 4Sj h'anh Street, 
 
 Ottawa, fanuary, [8gf,. 
 
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IRccoUcctions of dfatbcv IDawson. 
 
 (RKPKINTEI) I KOM 'Till'; OWI,. ') 
 
 " Ktud the tl.jck of Cioil, 
 which Ih :iiiu)nK Vnu, 
 lal^iiiK '''>• I'Virsiifhi ihrri'of, 
 mil liy r.>n-.ii.inil, hiU wi|. 
 liriKly ; imI for liltliy Iik re, 
 hul of a rcaciy iiiind , iirliher 
 ns liciriK liriN ovrr (lod's 
 h^ritatie, Iiiu ln-iiiR i-nsaiiipl*?-, 
 I ) ihi- lUiik. And wh-n tin- 
 idiief Slu'plicrd -.liall aiipiar, 
 >e shall rtcfixe a i.rowii of 
 ({lory th It fadcth mn n»ay." 
 
 I I'l- i>.K, v., , 
 
 l-WINC. been aske.l by 
 the conductors of Thk 
 Owr, to furnish theiii, 
 for publication in their 
 jjopular periodical, with 
 some of my recollec- 
 tions of our lately 
 deceased and widely lamented townsman, 
 the \'ery Reverend Dr. Dawson, \'.(I., I 
 have thrown into the following pages, and 
 now submit, the impressions left on my 
 mind, after an acquaintance of over thirty 
 years, with that eminent scholar and 
 divine. I think I ,"]■ heard of leather 
 Dawson in i86_V4, when prepar-ng for 
 publication i.y liihlioilwca Cauadinsis. 
 In that work will be found in account of 
 his various literary undertakings from 
 the time when as a very young man he 
 made his fust essay as a w iter. I was 
 then living in (Quebec, but before the 
 ajjpearance of the book, being then as 
 now, a member of the Civil Service, I 
 came to Ottawa, on the removal hither of 
 the seat of government, and on that 
 occasion had the pleasure of meeting Dr. 
 Dawson for the first lime. It was in the 
 autumn of 1865, and the friendshi|) which 
 was then formed between us, he, a man 
 well advanced in years, and I but just 
 come of age, remained firm and un- 
 broken until the end. There were as 
 members of the public service at that time, 
 as there are at i)resent, many ripe scholars 
 and men of fine literary tastes, among 
 whom I recall the late John Langton, the 
 late Dr. Adamson, the late Dr. Alpheus 
 Todd, the late Dr. Tache, the late A. 
 Gerin-Lajoie, the late Fennings 'I'aylor, 
 the late Etienne Parent, the late R.S.M. 
 Bouchette, Dr. E. A. Meredith, Mr. W. H. 
 Griffin, Mr. G. W. Wicksteed, Mr. 
 Arthur Harvey and Mr. J. C. Patterson, 
 
 the present Minister of .Militia and 
 I )efence, and it was to many of them, 
 as it certainly was to the younger mem- 
 bers of the fraternity, like myself, a matter 
 of sincere pleasure and congratulation 
 io meet among the residents of the new 
 Ga|)ital one with Dr. Dawson's refine- 
 ment and l)reeding ai.d high claims 
 to intellectual excellence The oppor- 
 tunities, however, were not many, for 
 cultivating new ac(]r ititanccs. Owinc to 
 a lack of accom ' tion, many < . the 
 public employees were unable as yet to 
 remove their household go'i.. to Ottawa, 
 and there were few, if ar,>, agreeable places 
 of resort, beyond the Russell House and 
 I'at O'Meara's eating-housc across the 
 Sapper's Bridge. But I'ather Itaw-son 
 was a prominent member of the f)ld 
 .Mechanic's Instiaite and .\thenaeum, 
 where he frecjuently lectured in company 
 with the late Mr. .\. J. Russell, the late 
 .Major Perry, the late Mr, Henry j. I'riel, 
 and our present distinguished towns- 
 men. Dr. Thorburn and Sir James 
 Alexander Grant, and it was in the 
 reading-room and library of this venerable 
 institution that the niore serious minded 
 of the new-comers accustomed themselves 
 to foregather during the long winter 
 evenings, either to discuss philosojjhy or 
 talk over the events of the day. 
 
 Father I )awson made everyone at home, 
 and was always much in reiiuest in this 
 circle. He, as I have remarked, was a fine 
 .scholar, and read largely and diligently in 
 general literature, and, in addition, kept 
 himself remarkably well informed on all 
 that was trans])iring in our daily world. 
 He possessed also, what is so seldom seen 
 in one from the land of Macallum More, 
 a bright and ready wit, which was rarely if 
 ever found to be out of place ; but what, 
 
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 in my opinion, gave him so firm a hold 
 on the affections of men was his broad- 
 minded, liberal, Catholic spirit, so free 
 from all manner of bigotry and intolerance. 
 Such a man could not fail of impressing 
 his personality most particularly upon the 
 mind and heart of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, 
 then in the zenith of his fame, whose 
 especial mission in Canada seems to have 
 been the cultivation of a spirit of unity and 
 brotherhood among all creeds and nation- 
 alities. The poet-statesman was at this 
 period a member of the government, and 
 in the prosecution of his duties, came 
 frequently to Ottawa. He formed a feelmg 
 of the deepest .regard and friendship for 
 Father Dawson, Snd when in town would 
 have him constantly near him, along with 
 others of similar worth and merit. I 
 recall an incident at the delivery of one of 
 his lectures in Ottawa, I think it was the 
 last one of a delightful series given by 
 him in illustration of public ojiinion, life 
 and character, in the old Theatre, 
 Wellington street, not long before his 
 barbarous assassination. Mr. McGee had 
 on either side of hmi, on the stage, the 
 Venerable Archdeacon Lauder, rector of 
 Christ Church and our departed friend, 
 Dr. Dawson. Rising at the commence- 
 ment of the proceedings, with a merry 
 twinkle in his eye, he invited attention to 
 the strength of his support. " With 
 Father Dawson on one side of me and 
 Father Lauder on the other, I think," 
 said he, "Church and State will be found 
 to be well represented here on this occa- 
 sion ! " Later, in 1869, we had the 
 Ottawa Literary Club, of which the 
 late Mr. W. McKay Wright, a young 
 and popular M. I'., was President, 
 and Father Dawson ist \'ice President. 
 Among those who took part ui -j'jr winter 
 course of lectures, was Dr. Bourinot, the 
 present clerk of the House of Commons, 
 Col. Gray of New Brunswick, Mr. Alfred 
 Wheeler, Mr. Benjamin Suite, Mr. H. B. 
 Small, Mr. A. J. Christie, Q.C., Mr. 
 G. H. Macaulay, and Mr. Carroll Ryan, 
 but undoubtedly the worthy Father's 
 contribution — on McGee — was the chef 
 d^ceuvre of the series. Father Dawson 
 was at this time an occupant of the 
 Bishop's Palace, doing duty with that 
 exemplary priest and excellent gentleman, 
 Vicar General Dandurand, to whom, 
 with the late Bishop Phelan, the 
 Catholics of Ottawa owe the erection of 
 
 their handsome Cathedral church. After- 
 wards he moved into private lodgings on 
 Ashburnham Hill with the late Father 
 Collins. I frequently visited him and he 
 as often came to see me at my bachelor's 
 quarters, at Matthew's Hotel, now the 
 Rideau Street convent. We took many 
 pleasant strolls together, and I may here 
 remark, as an evidence of his nice sense 
 of deliccy, that never during ^the entire 
 period of out long and close acquamtance, 
 did he at any time bro.ch m conversation 
 any matter of a controversial religious 
 character, or seek in any way to influence 
 my judgment in a religious way. He 
 knew that I belonged to another Church, 
 and like the true gentleman that he 
 was, respected my individual convic- 
 tions. Sometimes, however, I questioned 
 him, and I remember on one occasion 
 asking him to describe Heaven. His 
 reply was characteristic of the purity and 
 simplicity of his nature. "To my mind," 
 he said, " Heaven is like a beautiful 
 garden, full of lovely plants and flowers, 
 and where we walk about and hold con- 
 verse with samts and angels, and all is 
 endless peace and joy." How fitting it 
 was that at the last his pathway to the 
 grave should be strewn with the rose, the 
 lily and the laurel leaf. .VLany a dainty 
 and pleasant little repast I have had with 
 the dear old gentleman either at his private 
 rooms or at Matthew's or O'Meara's 
 aforesaid, the latter of whose fame as a 
 chef, like the flavor of his dishes, lingers 
 fondly in the memory of many of h-'s 
 tormer guests. Alas I how few remain 
 with us to-day of the many delightful 
 f, iends and companions of the past. 
 Gone to liis reward is the good Bishop, 
 a'-,d gone his devoted secretary, the 
 ex-priest of St. Patrick's ; gone also Dr. 
 Tabarat, and Father Bennett, and that 
 other faithful servant of Christ, Father 
 Molloy ; gone the Donaldsons, gone the 
 Douglasses, and gone the Armstrongs, 
 Wrights, Skeads, Curriers, Thompsons, 
 Goodwins, Sherwoods, Fellowes, Lyons, 
 Friels, Bells, O'Reillys, Cruices, Wallers, 
 Himsworths, Ixes, Powells, Lindsays, 
 Harringtons, Wises, Mackays, Montizam- 
 berts, Stevensons, Russells, Forrests, and 
 others whose well remembered forms 
 come back to us not infrequently in 
 memory. I remember, especially, one 
 notable gathering at Matthew's, a build- 
 ing having some political associations, in 
 
that it was the home of the Nova. Scotia 
 ' Repealers " at the dawn of confedera- 
 tion, and later, witnessed within its walls 
 the birth of " Canada First," Foster, Mair, 
 Haliburton, Schultz, Denison, Father 
 Da^vson and the writer being present to 
 rock its cradle. The occasion was a large 
 public banquet- having for its two fold 
 celebration the departure from Ottawa of 
 Benjamin Suite the historian, and the 
 arrival here of Sangster the poet. His 
 Worship Mayor Friel, an old journalist, 
 occupied the chair, and there were i)resent 
 with us many other representative men. 
 Father Dawson favored us with an origi- 
 nal poem in Sangster's honor, and subse- 
 quently resf)onded to the toast of " The 
 memory of the Hon. Thomas D'Arcy 
 McGee," which was drunk in solemn 
 silence. George Henry Macaulay, after- 
 wards killed at Papineauville during an 
 election contest, also spoke very eloijuenlly 
 at this gathering on the " EiUeiite cordia/e" 
 between the French and Knglish races. 
 About this time Dr. Dawson was induced 
 to join the Rideau Club, his projjoser 
 being Mr. Under Secretary Meredith, 
 before mentioned. He remained a mem- 
 ber of the Club until his death, and as 
 such was daily brought into contact with 
 some of the most eminent of our states- 
 men and public men. He knew inti- 
 mately all the great political leaders of his 
 time, including Sir John Macdonald, Sir 
 George Cartier, Sir Charles Tupper, Sir 
 Leonard Tilley, Mr. Howe, Mr. Mc- 
 Dougall, Mr. Archibald, Mr. Mackenzie 
 and Mr. Laurier, as well as 'he several 
 Governors-! Jeneral, and was oftentimes 
 an honored and priviledgod guest at (lovern- 
 ment House. As an Imperial Federa- 
 tionist and an unwavering ujjholder of 
 everything tending to the strength and 
 solidity of the Empire, he enjoyed the 
 particular Iriendship and regard of such 
 men as the late Archbishop Connolly of 
 Halifax, the Very Rev. Principal Grant, 
 Bishop Macdonald of Harbor Grace, 
 General Lowry, C. B., Hon. ex-speaker 
 Miller of the Senate, Senator ,\[acdonald 
 of British Columbia, of Lieut. -Governor 
 Schultz, and last but by no means least, 
 ot our eminent fellow citizen Dr. Sandford 
 Fleming, Chancellor of Queens Univer- 
 sity. 'Phe marked respect accorded to 
 him was the tribute offered by old and 
 young to one of his years, position and 
 merit. On one occasion Principal Grant 
 was lecturing in Ottawa. He was in the 
 
 midst of one of the finest passages in his 
 address, when the door opened and there 
 passed slowly up the centre aisle a bent 
 and venerable figure. It was Father 
 Dawson, come out in the midst of a 
 violent snow-storm to lend encourage- 
 ment by his presence to the cause in hand. 
 The lecturer, recognizing the new-comer, 
 instantly stopped, and walking half way 
 down the hall to meet him, cried out as he 
 grasped his outstretched hand : " Father 
 Dawson, I am proud to welcome you 
 here ; you have paid us a great com- 
 pliment in coming out on such an incle- 
 ment night." 'J'he good priest was led in 
 triumph to a post of honor on the stage, 
 but so loud and frequent was the applause, 
 that it was some considerable time before 
 the lecturer was enabled to proceed by 
 the audience. I recall many similar acts 
 of attention. Regularly each summer the 
 late Senator Price would forward to him 
 several choice salmon, the first fruits of 
 the fishing season ; and then, how thought- 
 ful and full of courtesy it was of Lord 
 Lansdowne, Lord Stanley and Lord 
 Aberdeen never to allow the venerable 
 gentleman to walk any portion of the way 
 on returning to town from Rideau Hall. On 
 these occasions the vice-regal carriage or 
 sleigh would be brought into requisition 
 for his benefit, and an A.D.C. or orderly 
 be dispatched to see him safely to his 
 ciuiet lodgings in ^he Upper Town. 
 
 In 1886 Dr. Dawson was selected for 
 appointment as Roman Catholic Cha|)lain 
 to the Queen's troops, Ottawa in that year 
 becoming .1 garrison town by the arrival 
 here of the right wing of H. M's looth 
 Regt., or Royal Canadians. 0;i their 
 departure, he fulfilled the same duties in 
 connection with the several other regi- 
 ments that successfully followed, among 
 which were the ist Batt., Prince Consort's 
 Own Rifle Brigade, Col. the Right Honor- 
 able Lord Alexander Russell, C.H. ; the 
 I St l}aU. 60th, or King's Royal Rifle 
 Corps, I>t. Col. R. ]. E. Robertson; and 
 the 4th Batt. P.C.O. Rifle Brigade, Lt. 
 Col. H. R. L. Ne.vdegate. Service for 
 the R.C. troops was held, with the per- 
 mission of the Bishoj), in the crypt of the 
 Cathedral, now the Basilica. As chaplain, 
 Father Dawson was regularly invited to 
 dine at the officer's mess, and as there 
 were always among the officers of the 
 regiments >me who professed the Catholic 
 faith, the scions of old English county 
 families like the Wickhams, Bunburys, 
 
^airfields and Cliffords, tk-i chaplain 
 never found himself otherwise than com- 
 pletely at home on these festive occasions. 
 Sir Francis Turville, Lord Lisgar's Secre- 
 tary, who was here at the same time, 
 belonged also to the Catholic Church, 
 and artended Dr. Dawson's services for 
 the troops. I have been told that the 
 venerable father was a great favorite with 
 both ofificers and men, and exercised no 
 little influence, especially in the orderly- 
 room when pleading " in arrest of judg- 
 ment " for some erring warrior. His was 
 ever a good kind heart, overflowing 
 with love for his fellowmen, always open 
 to the cry of sorrow, and always ready for 
 any work of mercy either fur the bodies 
 or the souls of men. I could relate many 
 stories in illustration, but two will suffice. 
 One of these has reU'rence to his exertions 
 in behalf of a condemned convict in the 
 West. The case, to my mind, was an 
 aggravated one, but the good priest, after 
 an examination of the p.ipers, felt con- 
 vinced there was a miscarriage of justice 
 somewhere in the premises. Acting ujion 
 this idea, he left no stone unturned tu 
 secure a commutation of the sentence — 
 going frequently to interview Lord Li, .gar, 
 the Governor General, on the subject. 
 The prisoner was a friendless Irish Catho- 
 lic, having no claims upon the priest 
 save that of being a fellow creature in 
 distress. Father Dawson could not save 
 him, however, and at the apjiointed 
 time, he was duly executed. The other 
 case was that of a [K-rsonai friend — 
 the late Mr. \V. L. Gane, known in 
 the annals of literature as "The I.owe 
 Farmer" — wiio lay at tiie point of death. 
 Mutual '"-iends urged J'alher Dawson to 
 vis't Gane, but as the sick man was a 
 Protestant, the fcnner, with ihal nice 
 appreciation of the situation I 
 previously touched upon, hesitated 
 
 held back. At length word came 
 
 have 
 and 
 that 
 
 l)Ut- 
 
 the 
 iting 
 
 Gane was in extremis, and then 
 ting all other considerations asidt 
 Fathu- no longer hesitated. In re 
 the circumstance to me, he said ; " I just 
 went to the .door of the room, and looking 
 in, saw our poor friend Gane in his bed all 
 propped up with pillows. I waited until I 
 caugiit his eye, and then, without entering 
 farther, I said to him : 'Oh ! Mr. Gane, 
 have faith in God— jiut \our whole trust 
 in God ! ' He nodded his head in assent, 
 and I knew that he had heard me." 
 
 Then, who has not heard of his many 
 efforts as President of the Society 
 for I he Prevention of Cruelty. It 
 was acts of kindness, of gentleness, of 
 mercy such as these which made the old 
 man's life beautiful and blessed, and diat 
 doubtless led my friend Robert Halibur- 
 ton to observe to me, that when he should 
 himself be /;/ extremis there was no one 
 he would sooner have near him at that 
 supreme moment than "dear old Father 
 Dawson." Hut I must hasten with what 
 remains to be told. After the de- 
 parture of the troops. Father Dawson 
 resumed his duties at the Palace, and 
 later, was appointed by the late Bishop 
 Guiges, to be parish ])riest of Osgoode, in 
 succession to the well-known Celtic scho- 
 lar, the Rev. Thomas O' Boyle. Here he 
 remained for eight years, and as he had a 
 comfortable presbytery and was surroun- 
 ded by a jjrosperous, intelligent and 
 contented ])eople, I take it he was reason- 
 ably hap|)y. Indeed, I am sure of the 
 fact, judging from the tone of his letters 
 to me. Wriung July i6th, 1873, 'i<2 says: 
 " Should I miss you on coming to town, 
 the only remedy will be th:it you come to 
 spend a few days with me in the country. 
 My notions about town and country are 
 tar from i)eing Canadian. They are 
 rather /loine^mn, and to many people 
 must ai)pear so in more senses than one. 
 I hold to them, hr.wever, and would have 
 everybody brought to believe that there 
 is more enjoyment as well as more ele- 
 gance and refmement in rural abodes than 
 m crowded cities. Nobis placeant ante 
 (I III Ilia sy/vce." 
 
 No doubt, tiie leisure he now enjoyed 
 was turned to good account in more ways 
 than one, and we i)ri)bably owe to it the 
 prepar.Ttion of one of his masterpieces : 
 " /'i//s JX ami His Tiiiits." On exam 
 iniug the li^t()f iiis works in 'I'he Owi, for 
 June, i<Sc>2, it will be seen that he con- 
 tributed to literature a very large number 
 of translations, essays, poenis, histories 
 and critii al writings, many of which are 
 of great value and merit. His literary 
 fame, as I have said elsewhere, will not 
 unlikelyrestupon the work first named, and 
 upon " 7'//(' History of ilie Catholics of 
 Scotland," and his " Temporal Sovereignty 
 of the Pope,'' the latter of which on its 
 appearan.;e was highly eulogised in the 
 London press by one of the Wilberforces. 
 Dr. Dawson wrote with elegance force and 
 
i 
 
 his many 
 ; Society 
 lelty. It 
 tleness, of 
 ie the old 
 , and .hat 
 t Halibur- 
 1 he should 
 as no one 
 im at that 
 old Father 
 with what 
 ;r the de- 
 er Dawson 
 *a]ace, and 
 ate Bishop 
 )sgoode, in 
 Celtic scho- 
 
 Here he 
 is he had a 
 is surroun- 
 ligent and 
 was reason- 
 ure of the 
 
 his letters 
 73, he says: 
 ig to town, 
 oil come to 
 he country, 
 country are 
 
 They are 
 any peojjle 
 
 than one. 
 would have 
 
 that there 
 s more ele- 
 ibodes than 
 l.aceant ante 
 
 ow enjoyed 
 more ways 
 ve to it the 
 isterpifces : 
 On exam 
 HK Owi. for 
 lat he con- 
 rge number 
 s, histories 
 which are 
 His literary 
 re, will not 
 : named, and 
 Catholics of 
 Sovereignty 
 hich on its 
 ;ised in the 
 VMlberforces. 
 ce force and 
 
 vigor, and he had the power of compressing 
 an immense amount of research into a 
 small compass. On looking over some of 
 the papers which have come into my jjos- 
 session, as his literary executor, I find 
 among his early poems one on the massacre 
 of Oszmiana in Lithuania, which he was 
 induced to write by a friend of Poland in 
 1844. Although the lines were intended 
 merely as an expression of sympathy with 
 the unfortunate Poles, the late Lord Dud- 
 ley Coutts Stuart, then the vice-president 
 of the Literary Association of the Friends 
 of I'oland. deemed them of sutiHcient 
 importance to indite a letter of thanks to 
 their accomplished author. " The Chris- 
 tian and truly noble sentiments," writes 
 His Lordship, " with which this short 
 |)oem is replete, and the vigorous and 
 ])oetic language in which it is expressed, fill 
 me with admiration, and I determined 
 to take the liberty of convejinu to you 
 directly my thanks for the gratification 
 which I had derived from the perusal of 
 it. It is always most gratifying to me to 
 find others sympathizing with me in my 
 feelings for I'oland, and that sympathy 
 is still more grateful when it comes from 
 men of reflection, of learnini:, and of 
 talent; and I can add most sincerely, that 
 I am never more gratified than when it 
 comes from members of that sacred pro- 
 fession to which you belong. =i= * t: 
 It gives me the liveliest ])leasure to find 
 that that great cause has in you a friend 
 who^ appreciates its merits so fully, and 
 who expresses them so felicitously." 
 Among others of his many poetical pieces 
 which 1 have always admired are the well 
 known lines on ihn'^Heroine «/ Vetcheres," 
 ''In Defence^' and the poem in blank 
 verse, '^ Zniohia" Here is also a very 
 heautiful poem iidajjled to Moore's "/'//c 
 World is all a Flcilim^- SI/r'TO " : 
 
 Who'd not this traiisiiiit world forego, 
 
 And longing looU liiroiigh l-';iith to Heaven?-- 
 
 To Heaven heyond 'ife's lleeting show. 
 Where joys that peiisii not are given ? 
 
 No tears are there the eye tliat dim. 
 
 Nor false the smiles which light that spiiere ; 
 The lii)s are true that raise the hymn — 
 
 The hymn of rapture sounding there. 
 
 Its glory knows no llick'ring llame ; 
 
 Like brightest morning aye it glows; 
 To-day and yesterday the same, 
 
 No fading hues it can disclose. 
 
 -And love is there and beauty's bloom. 
 
 Not blossoms gathered to decay ; 
 Deceitful hupe hath there no room, 
 
 Nor pleasure's lure to block our way. 
 
 There tossed no more on stormy wave, 
 
 The wanderers of earth find rest ; 
 Beyond life's bourn — beyon<l the grave. 
 
 With glories ever new they're blessed. 
 
 No lights that realm fond Fancy's beam, 
 
 Nor doubting Reason's feeble ray ; 
 Ten thousand .Suns reflecting gleam 
 
 The light of (iod's eternal day. 
 
 Serene thai world ; no tempest howls ; 
 
 No surging waves can shak»! its peace ; 
 ■Calm and untroubled are all souls ; 
 
 l''rom care and warfare they've release. 
 
 It m'ght here be stated that Dr. 
 Dawson had the honor of writing the 
 first book ever issued from the press in 
 Ottawa ; ami that he was one of the first 
 in the lecture field, to call attention to the 
 resources and capabiliaes of the great 
 North-West, a country with whose history 
 and development two other members of 
 his family, Simon James Dawson, late 
 M.P. for Algoma, and William McD. 
 Dawson, formerlvM.P.torThreeRiversand 
 for Ottawa, have been closely identified. I 
 findalst)thatin alectureon Chit;a, delivered 
 in 1861, he predicted the, establishment of 
 steam communication l)etween Canada 
 and the far East, and that, in ancjther lec- 
 ture, in 1855, he uiged the appointment 
 in the British metropolis of a permanent 
 residtnt representative of Canada. What 
 chiefly marked his lectures, like his other 
 literary jjroductioiis, was the extraordinary 
 research and depth of learning he brought 
 to bear on his subjects. On one occa- 
 ;:ion, when lecturin;; on the Catacombs of 
 Rome, the late Mr. jaines Stevenson, 
 general manager of the (^)uebLC Bank, 
 was one of his hearers. He look an es- 
 jjccial interest in thesubject, having person- 
 ally exi)lored the Catacombs some time 
 before, and at the close ot the lecture was 
 anxious to know when Dr. Dawson had 
 last visited the interesting scenes he had 
 so eloquently described. When informed 
 that Dr. Dawson had never lieen at Rome 
 at all, and that all nis inlormation on the 
 subji t was derived fioni books, Mr. S. 
 exclaimej : "Oh! it isn't possible; why, 
 he knows Uiore aljout the Catacombs than 
 I do." 
 
 .\s a preacher he took exceptionally high 
 rank, and his gifts of oratory, es|)ecially in 
 his earlier days, when serving tinder the 
 Bishops of Edinburgh and Southwark, 
 were such as to draw forth very marked 
 encomiums from those entitled to speak 
 in that connexion. His funeral sermons on 
 Father O'Boylc, Mayor I'riel, Rev. Dr. 
 
f'T 
 
 lo 
 
 O'Connor and ihe Hon. T. D. McGee 
 have been printed in pamphlet form, as 
 well as his discourse on the occasion of 
 his golden jubilee. Needless to say, 
 had our venerable townsman not been 
 tempted to take up his lot in Canada, he 
 would very many years ago have been ad- 
 vanced to ttie Episcopate in his native 
 country. He would have been Arch- 
 bishop of Edinburgh, in succession to Dr. 
 Gillis, and who shall say that tiie exalted 
 office would have lost any in talent, 
 strength or dignity by his elevation. 
 
 I have spoken of his ready wit, and will 
 furnish one or two examples from memory. 
 While Sir John Macdonald was at the 
 head of the Railways and Canals, a well 
 known member of the Commons fell foul 
 ot the late John Page, Chief Engineer of 
 Canals, and moved for his im|)eachment 
 by Parliament. Sir John, apparently, was 
 not seriously moved by the weight of the 
 charges, but he, as was his wont, allowed 
 the matter to proceed to a certain length, 
 when he stepjjed forward, and by increas- 
 ing the offending officer's salary t'rnm 
 $4,000 to $6,000, knocked the bottom 
 out of the proceedings against him. 
 " That," said Father Dawson, when he 
 heard of the circumstances, " uiight be 
 regarded in the light of a u>ft im|)each- 
 ment I " On one occasion he found him- 
 self at a dinner i^arty at the Rideau Club. 
 .Someone who should have res|)onded for 
 the "Auld Kirk " was absent, and Father 
 Dawson was called upon to take his |)lace. 
 "With all my heart," he exclaimed, 
 •'here's both to the .-\uld Kirk and the 
 oldest Kirk of all!" He and a gentleman 
 from the West were having a mild dis- 
 cussion in my presence one day on some 
 church topic, when the stranger exclaimed, 
 " You know, 1 am no believer in sects." 
 " Oh ! I am cordially with you there," re- 
 sponded Father D.,"Idon"t believe in sects 
 either." At the last meeting of the (leneral 
 Assembly of the Presbyterian Church held 
 in Ottawa, its members were being enter- 
 tained at some fonn of dinner or banquet 
 at the Russell House. Father Dawson, 
 youthful and buoyant as ever, was there. 
 " Don't think," said he to Dr. Thorburn, 
 "that 1 am qualifying for the Moderator- 
 ship — it isn't in me ! " As the Rev. Mr. 
 Herridge has pointed out, there are many 
 lessons to be learned from such a life, not 
 the least valued and important of which 
 is the service which such a man is capable 
 
 of rendering in a mi.xed community such 
 as ours in the cause of peace, order and 
 good government. To fully realize all 
 we owe in this respect to him and others im- 
 bued with a similar spirit, we have but to 
 contrast the present peaceful and harmon- 
 ious stateof thingsin Ottawa withthatwhich 
 existed in the days of old Bytown, as 
 recorded in Lett's unvarnished tale. Our 
 departed friend was always on the best 
 terms with every one and had an ill word 
 for none, except on occasions when some 
 peculiar act of cruelty, oppression or 
 meanness came under his notice — then 
 the word "brute," "animal," or 'scaven- 
 ger" would incontinently escape his lips. 
 They were the most severe terms of 
 reproach to be found in the good man's 
 vocabulary. 
 
 In the character and habits of Dr. 
 Dawson the results of early home in- 
 fluences were largely discovered. He was 
 a true Scot, and a loyal, brave, good man, 
 loving life well, as Daniel did of old, but 
 loving (rod better. Above all, he could 
 claim the grand old name of gentleman, 
 because with manhood and gentleness, he 
 combined that frank and wmning courtesy 
 which seems to have been inborn in the 
 men of his day and generation. To the 
 learning of a Whewell he united the sim- 
 plicity of a child--but undoubtedly his 
 greatest charm in the society in which he 
 moved with such singular ease and 
 grace, was his entertaining conversational 
 powers. "We have lost making ^{^500 
 apiece," said an Englishman to me as 
 recently as in November last, after meet- 
 ing Dr. Dawson at luncheon. " How's 
 that ? " I asked. " By not having a short- 
 hand writer with us yesterday," he replied, 
 "to take down Father Dawson's talks. 
 His recollections of Canning and Welling- 
 ton, of (irey and Peel, the ^fanning 
 family, Cardinal Wiseman, the agital'on 
 for the Corn Laws, the passing of the 
 first Reform Bill, the Emancipation Act 
 and all the other matters he touched upon 
 would, if put toirether, form one of the 
 most interesting volumes ever issued 
 from the press." Dear, unpretentious 
 and ever welcome friend 1 How little we 
 thought, as we sat chatting and gos- 
 sipping over the walnuts on that bright 
 Sunday afternoon, that even as we laughed 
 and talked, the Unwelcome Ouest was 
 knocking at the door, and that we were 
 listening for the last time to the good old 
 
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 lunity such 
 , order and 
 
 realize all 
 J others ini- 
 have but to 
 nd harmon- 
 h that which 
 Bytown, as 
 1 tale. Our 
 an the best 
 
 an ill word 
 when some 
 :)ression or 
 otice — then 
 or '■ scaven- 
 ipe his lips, 
 e terms of 
 good man's 
 
 bits of Dr. 
 f home in- 
 d. He was 
 , good man, 
 , of old, but 
 ill, he could 
 gentleman, 
 intlcness, he 
 ing courtesy 
 iborn in the 
 on. To the 
 ted the sim- 
 nibtedly his 
 in which he 
 ■ ease and 
 inversational 
 king ^500 
 n to me as 
 after meet- 
 n. " How's 
 ving a short- 
 he rei)lied, 
 ^son's talks, 
 ind Welling- 
 e ATanning 
 he agitat'on 
 ising of the 
 cii)ation Act 
 )iiched upon 
 one of the 
 ever issued 
 npretentious 
 low little we 
 g and gos- 
 that bright 
 we laughed 
 ("luest was 
 hat we were 
 the good old 
 
 priest's cheery reminiscences. He is now 
 gone from us, but not to die ; for the recol- 
 lection of his many noble qualities and 
 of the example he has left behind in 
 his completed Christian life — in love and 
 unity with all men — will serve as a quick- 
 ening impulse and inspiration for future 
 generations. To me who knew him so 
 long and so well, it is unspeakably 
 precious and consoling to remember now 
 how highly his merits were recognized, 
 how full of happiness and contentment 
 his life was made. While the chief seats 
 of learning throughout the country took 
 an especial delight in bestowing upon 
 him some of their highest honors, 
 the representative of his Sovereign wa5 
 pleased to call him to the Supreme (kiild 
 of Literature ; while the Queen's daughter, 
 our beautiful and accomplished Princess, 
 was proud to admit one — to use the lan- 
 guage of Bishop Macdonell — "of his hum- 
 ble ])riestly life," — to the inner circle of 
 her councellors and friends, and to 
 order the execution of his portrait for her 
 private collection in England, the Church 
 he loved with such ceaseless devotion, was 
 
 Since Father Dawson's death, his niece, 
 Mrs. \V. H. Fuller, of Ottawa, has received 
 various communications fiom friends of 
 the lamented deceased, living at a dis- 
 tance, from \.\\-o of which I am permitted 
 to make extracts. His Lordship the 
 Bishop of Alexandria writes :— 
 
 " I entertained great regard for him. 
 His conversation and manner were so 
 chan-Mng that it was a pleasure to s|)end 
 a while in his society and hear him talk. 
 As he labored not for the sake of human 
 appearance but rather to serve his Master 
 whom he loved so sincerely, let us hope 
 that he now enjoys the reward of his 
 humble priestly life '' 
 
 Mr. Paul V. Flynn, editor and manager 
 of T/ie New Jersey Tmde Review, writes : 
 
 " It grieved me sorely to hear ot the 
 death of my beloved and venerable friend, 
 your uncle. He was indeed in advance 
 of the times in all that adds greatness to 
 , true manhood. He has appeared before 
 the Tribunal of Justice, and I doubt not 
 was received by the (iod of Mercy with 
 the welcome promised to the ' good and 
 faithful servant.' It will be ever my 
 pleasing duty to say a daily prayer for the 
 
 not unmindful of him in distributing her 
 dignities. Had he lived till April next, 
 he would have been privileged to cele- 
 brate the sixtieth anniversary ot his admis- 
 sion to the holy priesthood, but that con- 
 solation was denied him. Vet what greater 
 comfort his ; he died in the full possession 
 of his noble intellectual faculties, and 
 enjoying to the full the love and reverence 
 of all. Truly, in summing up his character, 
 we may say of him as was well said of 
 another, that he was one 
 
 Who never sdkt the truth to servo the hour, 
 Nor paltered with Etern.il (iod for [lower ; 
 Who let the turbid streams of rumor flow, 
 Through cither Iwbbling world of hijjh and low, 
 Whose life was work —whose language rife 
 With rugged maxims hewn from life ; 
 Whose eighty winters freeze with one rebuke 
 All great self-.seekers trampling on the right : 
 dreatest, yet with least pretence, 
 I'oremosl-hearted of his time. 
 Kirh in saving common sense, 
 And, as the greatest only are, 
 In his simplicity, sulilime. 
 
 Henry J. Morg.\n. 
 Ottawa, January 14th, 1895. 
 
 repose of his soul. Dr. Dawson was 
 indeed more than a friend to me. From 
 the time I (irst met him in i860, a bond 
 of sympathy closely drew i' ■ "^ogether. I 
 then regarded him as a Princ>- among the 
 Princes of the Church, and it is to his 
 fatherly advice that I owe, under Heaven, 
 whatever rejnitation I may have gained in 
 the sphere of lite in which I am engaged. 
 I imbibed from his lips lessons of duty to 
 my neighbor, my country and my Cod, 
 and never to sacrifice the iruth, no matter 
 what contingency might arise. He was 
 fearless, and yet how^ gentle. In him 
 the Church militant loses one of its 
 noblest types, while the field of letters in 
 the Dominion will be constrained to keep 
 his chair vacant, during the i)resent gene- 
 ration at least. His works will live an 
 incentive to others to imitate his example. 
 Two and a half years ago I took a trip 
 to Ottawa to see l-ather I )awson ; but I was 
 disappointed, for he had gone to the 
 country. My time was very limited, so 
 that I was obliged to return to the States. 
 I had hoped, however, that 1 might be 
 able to-meet him next summer ; but if I 
 do, it will be in Heaven." 
 
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 12 
 
 A distinguished member of the Canadian judiciary likewise writes to me : 
 " Very many thanks for your kindness in sending the Citizen with the article on 
 Father Dawson in it. He was such a kindly liberal man that without considering his 
 creed he could be proclaimed a ' Christian ' in the true sense of the term. .Xnd for 
 the same reason the Rev. Mr. Hcrridge is so much admired and wields so much 
 influence. He has the principles of Christianity that broaden the minds of those he 
 teaches and makes them tolerant, which is something much needed in Canada. I 
 never saw Mr. Herridge, but he is one of my ideals of what an instructor of religious 
 truths ou"ht to be." 
 
 The late Rev. Dr. Dawson. 
 
 (Ottawa CUizen, December 31, 1894.) 
 
 As the sad news spread about the city on Saturday evenmg announcing the sud- 
 den death, on that day, of the venerable Father Dawson, the many expressions of 
 regret everywhere heard, bore eloquent tribute to the deep and lasting character of 
 the ties which had existed for so long a time between the departed gentleman and all 
 classes of his fellow citizens. For over forty years the late Dr. Dawson has labored in 
 Ottawa, and although for the past ten years he had retired to a large extent from the 
 actual work of the ministry, he nevertheless, up to the last, took an active interest in 
 the operations of the church to which he Ijclonged, and also in all the moral, social 
 and educational enterprises with which the welfart of Ottawa is identified. 
 
 The death of the venerable divine was due to heart failure, superinduced by a 
 cold contracted on Christmas morning. On that day, as was his wont for several years 
 past, on Sundays and other occasions of high church festival he celebrated early mass 
 in the Convent chapel of the Congregation de Notre Dame, (lloucestcr Str :et. On 
 proceeding to the chapel from his lodgings, in the same street, be omitted j wear his 
 winter overcoat, earring it instead on his arm. This act of neglect or imprudence cost 
 him his life. He j^erformed his appointed ot"fice at the chapel, but with ditificulty, and 
 even later in the day succeeded in reaching the Archbishop's Palace, whither he went 
 as a matter of duty to wish His Orpce the conipiiments of the season, but his strength 
 by that time was apparently exhausted, and he was carried home to die — to give 
 back to his Maker the life which throughout had been devoted to such pure and noble 
 )>uri)oses. 
 
 The late Father Dawson had lived so U)ng in Ottawa, and was brought into such 
 intimate personal relations with so many, that we cjuestion if there was a man, woman 
 or child in the community who did not know him either personally or by reputation. 
 His death therefore appeals with strong and ])eculiar force to everyone. But although 
 so wel! known among us, how few there were, such was ihe innate modesty of the 
 man in referring to his own achievements and experiences — how few there were, who 
 had any conception of the many stirring events which lined and marked his long 
 and remarkable career : — Of his student days at Paris, Douai and Blairs ; 
 of his participation as an eye-witness in at least one Revolution in France : of his 
 experience as a page of honor to King Charles X. of France ; of his services as 
 chaplain at |Murtley Castle, near Balmoral, in spiritual attendance on several of 
 the great Scottish nobles : of his troubles and sufferings during the preval- 
 ence of cholera, tyjjhus fever and smallpox in the Edinburgh and Dumfries missions; 
 of his intimate personal relations with his great kinsmen, the " Hero of Hugoumont," 
 and the saintly and i)atriotic Bishop Macdonnell of Kingston, whose dying eyes he 
 heljied to close ; of his discovery and subsequent transfer to the Society of Antiquarici 
 of Scotland, ot the celebrated Scotch relic, the " Quigerich," or Crozier of St. Filan ; 
 and (jf his further discovery of the famous Cromarty bowl which passed into the pos- 
 session of his family by right of inheritance from the ancient Earls of Cromarty. All 
 these and other equally interesting matters and details were reserved for the entertain- 
 
'3 
 
 article on 
 lidering his 
 . And for 
 Is so much 
 3f those he 
 Canada. I 
 of rehgious 
 
 ing the sud- 
 cpressions of 
 character of 
 man and all 
 as labored in 
 ent from the 
 e interest in 
 moral, social 
 
 nduced by a 
 r several years 
 ed early mass 
 Str :et. On 
 d J wear his 
 prudence cost 
 difficulty, and 
 ither he went 
 jt his strength 
 die— to give 
 ure and noble 
 
 ;ht into such 
 man, woman 
 
 ly 
 
 reputation 
 Hut although 
 odesty of tht 
 ere were, who 
 rked his long 
 and Blairs 
 ance ; of his 
 is services as 
 on several of 
 the i)reval 
 iitries missions; 
 Hugoumont," 
 dying eyes he 
 of Antiquaries 
 of St. Filan ; 
 1 into the pos- 
 Cromarty. All 
 the entertain- 
 
 ment of those of kindred tastes, and then only unfolded when he and his friends were 
 i gathered in the quiet of his or their home around the fireside or at the family board. 
 
 The late Dr. Daw.son had long since attained the allotted span of life. He was 
 [born, according to the family record, at Red Haven, Banffshire, Scotland, July 30th 
 1810, being one of nine sons b irn unto John Dawson and his spouse .Vnne McDon- 
 :nell. On both the father and the mother's side, the family was connected with 
 [historic families — the maternal grandfather being for a long time heir presumptive to 
 [the estates and honours of the ancient house of (llengarry. After being well grounded 
 in the classics at the grammar school, Portsoy, our future townsman, went at the age 
 [of sixteen to pursue his ecclesiastical studies at the Episcopal Seminary at Paris, where 
 the had for fellow students the late Bishop (lillis, a native Canadian, and the celebrated 
 iMgr. Dupanloup. The revolution of 1830 occurring, young Dawson continued his 
 [divinity course at the Benedictine College, Douai, returning to Scotland in April, 1835, 
 Ifor final study and examination at St. Mary's College, Blairs. In the same year, he 
 pvas ordained to the priesthood and appointed assistant in the important parish of 
 «^Dumfries. While there he was instrumental in founding a new mission at Annan, of 
 Mwhich place the Reverend Lord .Archibald Douglas, who is not unknown in ecclesias- 
 ^tical circles in Ottawa, is now incumbent. In 1840 he was entrusted with the northern 
 ^4 missions of Edinburgh, and subsequently had se|:)arate charge of the Counties of Fife, 
 ;^. Kinross and Clackmannan. Here he remained until 1852, when having been invited 
 •Mto Canada by Bishop McDoneil, he obtained peimission to come to this country, whither 
 ^|iis parents had previously removed in 1830. For two years, however, he remained in 
 
 f England, and while there he was afforded the gratification of attending the first 
 iocesan synod of the Church of Rome that had been held in London since the i)eriod 
 f the Reformation. It was also at this time that he received from Pope Pius IX., as 
 n acknowledgement of his eminent church services, the right or privilege to recite in 
 )^?this country the church office as he had been accustomed to do in Scotland, according 
 ^^to the Roman Ordo. At the special request of the Bishop of Southwark, the neces- 
 sary indult was granted by the Holy Father under his sign manual, .\fter a short stay 
 "^t Quebec, where he was the guest of the venerable ArchbishojiTurgeon, and officiated 
 ^t St. Patrick's, the newly arrived jsriest was accredited to Bytown, now Ottawa, 
 and appointed to the charge of the Upjier Town, as that portion of the Cajjital 
 • on the left bank of the Rideau and the Rideau Canal was then called. This charge 
 Jie held for upwards of five years with general acceptance. At a later period he 
 ^labored at the Osgoode mission field, as the successor therein of the well known Celtic 
 ^|Bcholar, Father O'Boyle, and when, afterwards, during the sixties, Ottawa became a 
 .i* garrison town, having successive regiments of the line stationed here, it was Father 
 ^ Dawson wlio was selected by the General Commanding, to become Roman Catholic 
 -Chaplain to the Queen's forces. In 1875, he was recommended for ap|)ointment as 
 principal of the newly established Provincial Normal and Model School at Ottawa, 
 and would have received the office had he been within the age limit. 
 
 
 Of late, the departed gentleman, owing to advancing years and growing infirmities, 
 
 ^ad not had any settled charge, but had devoted himself largely to literary work, for 
 
 jrhich he had a special taste and aptitude. As already stated, he was accustomed to 
 
 lelebrate ma^s at the chapel of the ladies of the chapel of the Congregation de Notre 
 
 )ame,and there he was regularly to be found every Sunday morning,and on othtroccas- 
 
 )ns.rain or shine,as the saying is. His golden jubilee as a i)riest was celebrated in Ottawa 
 
 1885, the service being held at the liasilica ; and, in December, 1890, on the occasion 
 
 his attaining his 8oih year, another celebration in his honor took jilace at the City 
 
 lall, under the auspices of St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa. On thir latter occasion 
 
 ^tizens of all denominations vied with one another to give expression to the feeling of 
 
 Egard and attachment in which he was held by them, both as a Christian minister and 
 
 leir fellow-citizen. The demonstration was more practical in the results than such 
 
 jmonstrations usually are, for in addition to a fine set of fu<-s, the worthy father was 
 
 bade the recipient of a well filled purse. Nor was the oi)portunity lost by the Church, 
 
 br in the absence of the Archbishop of Ottawa at Rome, the Bishop of the adjoining 
 
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 14 
 
 Scotch diocese of Alexandria, marked his sense of Father Dawson's services as the 
 historian of the Church in Scotland by appointing him as honorary Vicar-General of 
 his diocese. ^ • 
 
 The late Dr. Dawson was probably one of the finest classical scholars of his day. 
 He was likewise well read in general literature, both French and English — and, in 
 addition, kejjt himself up to the last remarkably well posted in current events botli 
 here and in all portions of the Empire and the world at large. 
 
 His literary fame will doubtless rest on his ''■History of the Catholics of Scotland!' 
 and his *' Pius the Ninth and His Tir ," the latter of which has bc^n pronounced 
 by so good an authority as the London Month to be the best biography of that 
 Pontiff that has yet appeared. Towards the close of his life honors and rewards fell 
 thickly u])on the learned and accomplished gentleman. He was, as we have seen 
 made an honorary Vicar (ieneral of Alexandria. .Xbout the same time, he received 
 from Queen's University his doctor's gown as LT^.D., which was followed by Laval 
 University with the degree of Doctor of Letters. More recently, the University of 
 Ottawa conferred a similar distinction upon him. During one term he filled the 
 office of Chaplain to the St. Andrew's Society of Otta'.va, and at the annual con- 
 vocation of Queen's University, this year, he was ajjpointed by the board of trustees, 
 to deliver the baccalaureate sermon, the circumstance calling for wide and favorable 
 comment from the i)res3 and the public. His sermon, on the occasion, was such as 
 might have been exi)ected from one of his broad-minded Christian character. He 
 spoke strongly in favor of the unity of divided Christendom, and hoped that the talk 
 o( unity in the churches now sometimes heard might produce as its fruit a perfect 
 union in the divided Kingdom of Cod. 
 
 This sentiment might well serve as Dr. Dawson's epitaph — for the worthiest efforts 
 of his life were given to offices of the purest and most whole foukd charity. In 
 other respects he had rendered very important services to the community — his efforts 
 especially as President of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty entitling his 
 memory to be kept green and fragrant in the public recollection for very many years 
 to come. In short, it may truly be said of this venerable and much lamented divine 
 that he nobly fulfilled the spiritual injunction of doing with all his might whatever his 
 hand found to do, and that in all the relations in which he appeared before the public 
 whether as poet, historian, orator, priest or gentleman, he acquitted himself so as to 
 command the respect, the admiration and affection of all classes of his fellow-subjects. 
 Rest and peace to his ashes ! 
 
 Funeral of the Very Rev. Dr. Dawson. 
 
 An Impressive Service in St. Patrick's Church. 
 (Ottawa Citizen^ January 3, 1895.) 
 
 The funeral 
 morning from St. 
 
 of the late Very Rev. Father Dawson, V.G., took place yesterda 
 Patrick's Church. It was attended by many notable men and other 
 showing the great respect in which the deceased was held. Among those present wen 
 Rev. Dr Moore, of Rank Street Presbyterian Church, Rev. Mr. Herridge, of St 
 Andrew's Presbyterian Chun h, Rev. Mr. Bogert, of St. Alban's, Anglican, Rev. Dr- 
 Marks and Stewart, Methodist. Other gentlemen noticed were Mr. Sandford Flemini. 
 C.M.G., Sir James A. Grant, K.C.M.G., M.P., Mr. William Mackay, Hon. R. W. Scor 
 Q.C, Dr. Kingsford, Lieut.-Col. White, President of the St. George's Society, .M: ... , 
 Henry J. Morgan, Mr. Albert Norton Morgan, Mr. John A. Macdonell, Q.C, (Grcei "* "^' 
 field), Mr. Thomas Macfarlane, His Worship the Mayor, Lt.-Col. Macpherson. M 
 
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 Robillard, M.P., Dr. St. Jean, ex-M.P., D. O'Connor, Q.C, Martin O'Gara, Q.C, D.jSiP^" 
 Thorburn, Dr. Baptie, Mr. McLeod Stewart, Mr. John A. Gen>mill, Mr. John Poupon 
 ex-M.P., Lt.-Col. Tilton, Mr. J. L. P. O'Hanley and Aid. Starrs and Bingham. 
 
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 his fellow-subjects 
 
 The St. Andrew's Society turned out in full forct', and pent a handsome Horal 
 ||ecoralion in the shape of a St. .Andrew's Cross. Amung other notable floral tributes 
 Were a wreath "as a mark of respect and admiration" from the Hon. John C. 
 j^iiultz, Lieut. -(Jovernor of Manitoba; a broken pillar "in deepest sympathy" from 
 |lr. Sandford Fleming, a wreath on behalf of (^)u('en's University, Kingston; cut 
 loses and lilies " in pleasant remembrance of old times " frotii Mr. Robt. G. Halibur- 
 |Dn, Q.C, now at Cairo; and a cross "in memory of an old and esteemed 
 ftiend " from Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Morgan. The breast of the deceased was 
 (Covered with white hyacinths, placed there by the loving hands of his niece, Mrs. 
 W. H. Fuller. 
 
 Owing to the intervening of New Year's Day, which is observed as a holiday in 
 the Catholic Church, the remains of the venerable priest could not — as would other- 
 Wise have been the case — lie in state in the jjarish church, but the number of mourners 
 who thronged his (|uiet abode on Gloucester Street during the three days preceding 
 his funeral testified to the warm affection in which he was held. 
 
 In the absence of Archbishop Duhaniel in Halifax, Vicar-General Routhier cele- 
 fcffaled the mass for the dead. He was assisted by Fathers Whalen, Campeau and 
 Plantin, and many of the professors from the University of Ottawa, of which the 
 deceased was a distmguished honor man. At the conclusion of the services the remains 
 were taken for inli.rment to the ce'netery at Fallowfield, where there have been already 
 <|e|)osited those of the parents a.id of the brothers who have predeceased him, viz: Adam, 
 i© his lifetime editor of the Bytown (Imette; William McDonell, formerly M.F. for 
 tlie County of Ottawa, and some others. Mr. Simon J. Dawson, ex-M.P. for Algoma 
 \ii the House of Commons, and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fuller, the latter Dr. Dawson's 
 niece, were the chief mourners at the funeral and accompanied the r.^mains to their 
 last resting place, together with his other kinsman. Captain John A. Macdonell, of 
 Alexandria. 
 
 A Presbyterian Tribute to the Memory of a Gentle Catholic Priest 
 
 (Ottawa Ciiisen, Januarv 7, 1895.) 
 
 .St. Andrew's Church yesterday morning Rev. W. T. Herridge preached from 
 25 : "Thou art my Father." He showed how the idea of the Fatherhood of 
 
 ok place yesterda 
 lie men and other 
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 Herridge, of Si 
 nglican, Rev. Drs 
 . Sandford Fleming 
 Hon. R. VV. Scof 
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 Macpherson, M; 
 O'Gara, Q.C, 1'^ 
 , Mr. John Poupcm 
 d Bingham. 
 
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 PS. 86 ; 
 
 God had been gradually revealed to men, through underlying the work of Divine 
 Pfovidence from the beginning. He then unfolded the vast significance of that truth, 
 ai|d dwelt upon the practical effects of its acceptance ujion human character. In 
 spfeaking of its work in the development of Christian charity, he made the following 
 reference to the late Father Dawson : 
 
 " Last Wednesday morning a Requiem was chanted over the mortal remains of 
 an old resident of this city, the priest of a communion ecclesiastically opposed to our 
 own, but whose life illustrated the grand inclusiveness ot Christian charity. Some of 
 you may recall that sermon of his he preached l)efore the members of St. Andrew's Society 
 upon the very saine subject which is engaging our thought to-day. It was a sermon 
 utifiil in its simplicity, the sermon of one whose heart, too large for sectionalisrn of 
 kind, went out in love to our common humanity and faith in our common God. 
 e self-constituted defenders of Protestantisivi fell upon me because I expressed the 
 sure I should feel in having such a discourse rejieated from the lips of ni) late vener- 
 friend to the members of this congregation. Abuse is sometimes an unintentional 
 iment. If Protestantism and bigotry are synonymous terms— which God for- 
 ! — I wish to be a Protestant no longer. The Christian, no matter to what church 
 belongs, will find no difficulty in reconciling firmness of personal conviction with 
 orous respect for the views of others. It is hate, not love, which places truth in 
 ardy. I* Christendom is ever to be reunited, we must first proceed along the 
 s of least resistance, emphasizing those great essential facts which are accepted by 
 
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 all folli)\vcrs of JfHUS Christ, anil believing in tlie efficacy of the i)rincii)les which He pro- 
 claimed yet to break down every l)arrier of sect and creed and join His Church into one. 
 There arc noble souls in every ecclesiastical communion who are longing for the dawn 
 of that day when spiritual affinities shall triumph over intellectual divergences and reveal 
 the brotherhood of (.'hristian disciples all over the world. A life like that of Father 
 Dawson elo(|uently |)leids for such a consummation, for truth instead of mere opinion, 
 for tolerance instead of tyranny, for Christ instead of ecclesiasli^Msm, for a truly (Catho- 
 lic faith which shuts out no follower of the Master from the great commonwealth of 
 God. Kacf- to face with life's stern realities, our hearts cry out for the jjresence of the 
 universal Father. Face to face with the last dread summons, the voice of peaceful trust ; 
 need be but this ; ' Father, now come 1 to Thee ! '" 
 
 John Reade's Tribute. 
 
 (In "Old an'd Nkw," MoNrKi;.\i, Uuzeile, Jan. 19, 1895.) 
 
 Speaking of the Tableaux vivan/s at an entertainment given in Montreal by Their 
 Excellencies the F'.arl and (>)untess of .-Xberdeen, Mr. Rcade said : 
 
 "One of the scenes, the most charming of all, I would say, if they w^ere not all so 
 charming, reminded me of a lately deceased poet, to whom I had the |)leasure not loni; 
 since of wishing many years of hai)py age. If the late \'icar-(lcneral Dawson had 
 been asked with what crown ho would wish to have his services to his country and his 
 kind acknowledged, I feel assured that he would have answered, 'The Poet's Wreath.' His 
 was a twofold inspiration. He loved to live over again the heroic struggle for freedom 
 of the land of his bi'th ; and Scotland's annals from the prehistoric frontier to the dav 
 when Scotia gave Hru-umia a king were familiar to him, and his i)oetic themes embrace 
 the long interval from v'aractacus to Queen Mary. r>ut his devotion to Scotland diii 
 not make his love of Canada less ardent, and of the many Scotchmen whose name- 
 shine in the pages of our history. Father Dawson is by no means the least eminent 
 One of his poems bore the title of 'Madeleine de W-rcherei^ and it would have 
 gladdened his heart to see his heroine honored by so bright and life-like a presentation 
 
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 Father Dawson. 
 
 (Thk Free Press, Oitawa, !)i;( kmuf.r 31st, 1H94.) 
 
 The death of the Very Rev. Father Dawson will cause sorrow to all who knew him, 
 (ven in the slightest degree. A man of great erudition, and an exemplary i)riest, he 
 las won respect and admiration from every class, race and religious communion. In 
 lis simple Christianiiy, he shone the brightest of the bright. While firm in his own 
 >elief, and unyielding in the doctrine of his own (Ihurch, he was to all others tolerant, 
 ^ind and forbearing, always ready to explain doubts, or argue gently and without the 
 :ast show of attempted proselytizing. A few such men as the late Father Dawson in 
 community, and Christianity would be Christianized, and those who can now point 
 its divisions and bitterne.sses find no loose link in the armor of the faith through 
 rhich to discharge the arrows of their scepticism. It seems perhaps a little strange 
 lat so distinguished a man should not have long since graced the episcopate, and it 
 ras only recently that the rank of Vicar-Ceneral was conferred u|)on him. But in 
 Isefulness his work has been as great in a htnnbler sphere. 
 
 Bishop Macdonell's R«i?:iets 
 
 His Lordship Hishop Macdonell was recpiested by the Archbishoj) of Ottawa to 
 iittend yesterday the funeral of the late venerable Father Dawson, but having coni- 
 i)leted his arrangements for being present at the state funeral of Sir John Thompson at 
 Halifax on 1 hursday, he was unable to attend that of Father Dawson, who was an 
 honorary Vicar-(ieneral of his diocese. This was a matter of extreme regret to the 
 Sishop, as under ordinary circumstances nothing would have prevented his attending 
 to testify, by his presence, the great regard and respect which he entertained for his 
 venerable and distinguished friend, who was so justly esteemed by all classes of the 
 community at the Capital. 
 
 He therefore reijuested Mr. Macdonell (Creenfield) to attend the funeral of 
 Father Dawson, and to convey to His (irace, and to the relations and friends of the 
 deceased I'riest, his regret, not only at the death of so eminent and distinguished a 
 clergyman of the Church, but at the loss of one ot the most accomplished and pro- 
 found scholars in the Dominion, whose contributions to literature will remain a monu- 
 lUent to !iis attainments and research, and whose charity and fervent patriotism 
 endeared him to all denominations and all classes of the community, and more 
 esi)ecially those who, like himself, belonged to the Scottish race. 
 
 Rev Father Dawson. D.D. 
 
 (MoNTRK.M, Trite IVittiess, Jan. 2nd, 1895.) 
 
 just as our issue is going to ])ress, we learn of the death of the Reverend Father 
 ^'^neas McDonell Dawson, 1).D., of Ottawa. We regret exceedingly that the few 
 moments at our disposal will not permit of a notice worthy the learned, saintly and 
 popular priest, whose battle of life has just ended. Father Dawson was a gifted and 
 noble hearted Scotchman, and for years had been Cha|)lain of St. .Andrew's Society at 
 the Capital. So popular was he amongst all sectrons of the community, that he was 
 called in a friendly way, "the Protestant Friest." His fainilar form will be much 
 .noissed on the streets of Ottawa, his smiling face will no bnger be seen at all the great 
 festive gatherings — religious or national. 
 
 .\s a rule, l)r. Dawson wms to he found every day in the Parliament Library, 
 going over volumes of history, and preparing articles and poems for publication. Up 
 to the very end his ready, facile and truly elevating |)en was busy with inspiring verse 
 and lofty prose. The pages of " T/ie Chi'/," the Ottawa University Magazine, contain 
 some of Dr. Dawson's latest, and by no means least important, productions. 
 
 For some years Dr. Dawson resided in (iloucester Street, and said Mass at the 
 Convent ot the Congregation of Notre Dame. He was ordamedin 1835, and although 
 
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 \\v (in not cxacily know liis n^c nt tlio tnne ol (Jcalli, he ( oiilil not have l)een less than 
 eighty years old. The late William McD. Dawson and the ex-nieinher tor Algonui, 
 Mr Simon V,. hawson, were biothers of the hnnented priest. 
 
 I'he last time the writer met Dr. Dawson was at the University of Ottawa AnniKil 
 Commencement in June last. He then looked as healthy, in as gcjod spirits, and as 
 full of kindly urejtin;.;s for his host of a(i|ii.iintan(:i.'s, as upon any occasion for the ki't 
 thnty years. Dr. Dawson did very mtu h toward the cementing of the different 
 religious elements in Ottawa, and when the degree of I)octor was confeired U[)on |iini 
 he was congratulated by the whole population, irrcs])ective of rank, nationality or 
 creed. 
 
 Once more we deeply regret not having time for this issue to tell the story of that 
 good and learned priest. IJut his name will long live in the annals of the Cai)ital, his | 
 works will tell his worth to future generations, and we shall have a fitting opportunity, 
 before long, ot paying the tribute that personal and intimate friendship, as well as 
 general gratitude, demand. "Ood'srest to the soul of the I'riest of I'ertli," wrote 
 McOee thirty years ago; to the lamenteil priest who has now gone to his reward wc 
 repeat that |)rayer from our inmost soul. 
 
 A Characteristic Letter. 
 
 I'he following extract from a letter written by the late Doctor Dawson in 1866,1 
 with reference to a projected periodical, is interesting, as showing the liberality and! 
 breadth of view which characterized thai true Christian gentleman : 
 
 " If it is to be edited, as I am led to suppose, in the cause of Canadian literature| 
 " generally, and not in the iiiierest of any |)articular class of litterateitis or religionists 
 " or politicians, it will always have my best support. The people of this countryl 
 " require some common ground on which they can meet, without scowling at onc| 
 " another. If this is to be found anywhere, it is in tfie field of literature." 
 
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