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" ThoB did this man die, leaving not only to yonne men, but also to the whole nation, the memory of his death for an example of virtue and fortitude.' —2. Ma^h., 6— 31. On Monday evening last the bell of the Cathedral tolled out the sad news of the death of Most Rev. F. N. Blanchet, D. D., pioneer priest, first Bishop, and finally the first Archmshop of this North west. At ten minutes to six o'clock in the evening of June 18, 1883, with a ra»del Christian spirit, he surrendered his soul to his Maker. Notwithstand-, ing his death was expected hourly, a mournful feeling pervaded {he Oatholic jaommunity md announcement. Yet the mourn fulness was softened by fihe firm belief that a venerable Patriarch had mkk to enjoy the reward of the just. He p^ped away painlessly, after a long lile of useful- ness and great benignity, the larger part of which had been spent in Oregon. On the 24th of April last, in view of the end which was too* surely approach- ing, he received the last sacrament from the hands of his coadjutor and succeasor, Archbishop Ohas. J. Seghers. Every one interested in the history of the in- troduction of civilization, blended with Christianity, among the natives of this region, and the pioneers, must recog- nize the labors, the trial and the disin- ■t' tereslie^Ijeixnsm displayed venef able deceased pioneer of the Cross. Im- bued with a heaven-bom faith, armed 4 . h. with no weapon save the sign of man's redemption, and bearing aloft the Cross, he penentrated the wiles west of. the Bocky mountains, in search of lost sheep to reclaim them to the true fold. A missionary hero, carrying the gospel of the Most High to unknown beings, prompted by a bpifit from above, he was the herald of the King of kings among strange and uncivilized natives. Unlike the hero of the world, who displays his valor for worldly glory alone, this mis- sionary of the Cross was animated by the noblest a8pira!:>ion that can illumi- nate the soul — the hope of enjoying with God the eternal reward promised those who sow the seed of Faith among those who are without the knowledge of the true God. May he reap the reward sought. Pious readers of the Sentinel will not be forgetful of the venerable deceased Archbishop, who departed this life at the age of 87 years, nine months and fifteen days. Blogrspby of Mt. Rev. Arehbtithop Blanrhet. The Most Rev. F. N. Blanohet, D. D., was bom at St. Pierre, Riviere-du-Sud, Qufebec, Canada, September 3, 1795 ; wa« educated in the Petit Seminaire, Quebec, and waa or- dained July 18, 1819, by Archbishop Plessia. At that time Oregon was simply the name given to a territory extending along the Pa- cific coait from latitude 43 degrees to 64 de- grees 40 minutes N., until finally in 1846, the year of the accession of Pius IX. to the see of Peter, all the territory south of the 49th parallel was ceded to the United States. It was not till 1859 that Oregon was received as a State into the Union. In 1811 the Pacific Fur, Company, of which John Jacob Astor, a furrier, and the founder of the New York house of Astor, was a lead- ing member, eetablished a trading-post, called A sUi rla^ afrtfag mouth gf ihe Columbia rivwi After came the Hudson's Bay Company, em- ploying many Canadians, moat of whom were Catholics. Many of them settled and inter- married witha.Al.4.. 1. w>^ '-, , t>- jlMta^t^ ■ flttlMiHH rlAr. XYI, afterwards made a knight of the order of St. Gregory the Qreat. Fiither De Smet Tinted the Rooky moun- taina in 1840. He left, and retarned in 1841 to found the Flathead mission of St. Mary. In September, 1842, two Canadian priests, the Canadian priests, the Revs. A. Langlois and J. B. Z. Boldnc, reached Oregon to assist thtoir wom-ent brethren. As an instance 'of their labor and its fruits, the followii^ item, of many such sent to Quebec, will .suffice : "From March, 1840, to March, 1841, were performed', baptisms, 610; marriages, 12 ; burials, 11; communions, 60; one abjuration at St. Pan'. • « » Of the 510 baptisms, about 410 were Indians, 100 whites; 4(i adults." On October 17, 1843, St. Joseph's College; at St. Paul; was founded, with the Rev. A. Llmglois as director. There entered at once thirty boarders, all sons of farmers, save one Indian boy, the son of a chief. A building was also prepared for the reception of the sisterp who were expected to arrive with Father De Smet. > With the rapid g^wth of the missions the Holy See, at the request of the Bishops oj Quebec and Baltimore, erected Oregon into a vioariate-apostolio (December 1, 1843), ap- pointing Father Blanohet its vicar-apostolic, he receiving the briefs on ^November 4, 1844. In August, 1844, Father Pe Smet arrived from Belgium, together with six Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, four Jesuit fathers and some lay brothers, to assist in the of the mission. The Papal briefs arrived J^ovember 4, atad Father Blanohet, setting out for Canada, received his consecration in Montreal at the hands of the Bishop of Montreal,' Right Rtov. Ignatius Bour- get. Thence he went to Rome, which he reached in Jknuary, 1846, and set before the Pope the great wants of his vicariate. At his intercession, in July, 1846, after Ihe aooeesion of Pius IK., the vicariate of Oregon was erected into an .ecclesiastical province, with the three sees of Oregon City, Walla Walla (now Wallula) and V-tnoouver's Island. The Right Rev. F. N. Blanohet was appoint- ed to Oregon City^ the RigWitev; A. M; A. Blanchet, his brother, to Widla Walla, and the Right Rev. M. Dtmera to Vanoouver's Island. The neoessity of this division may be judg^ from the result of the missionaries' ' labors at the end of 1844. If est of the Indian tribes of the Sound,; Caledonia, ^d several of the Rooky mountains, and of lM>wer Oregon, had been won to the faith. . Nine mi^siohs ^ had been founded : five inlLower Oregon and four at the Rooky mountains. Eleven church • es and ehapels had been erected: five in Lowt er Oregon, two in Caledonia and four at the Rooky mountains. There were two eduoa- tiona establishments — one for boys and the other for girls. There irere fifteen priests, seottlai and regular, besides the sisters. These ' figpnres may not look large to-day^ but they were large at the time and of greiMt signifi- cance in a rapidly populating and gr^ing , region. <> ■ Meanwhile the Archbishop of Oregon City had been very active abroad in aid of his new province and its dioceses. He sought help on all sides, and returned in A^gu8t, 1847, accompanied by a colony of twenty persons, comprising seven sisters of ^ Notre Dame de Namui;, three Jesuit Fathers, three lay bpetiiflrg>^ve secular priests, two deicons and one cleric. The Bishop of Walla Walla*was consecrated September 27, 1846, and entered on his charge in the following year, taking with him six priests, four of th» teen sisters of Notre Dame de Namur ; the Bishop of Walla Walla, with three secular priests, four fathers O. M. I , and twelve J suit Others at ihe Rooly mbuntaiis ; wl the Bishop of Vancouver's Island, not having a single priest, departed fur Europe^ and* ) .w^. \ ' "ilS,"?^ ■W!" ^ 6 '■f V after Timtiikg Bome,* returned in 1852 with a The Catholic population of the archdieoew in number of miaaionarien. 1878 was estimated at 20,000. The Walla Walla diocese . waa- suppressed There has-been a slight increase in the and .that of- Nesqually erected in it* stead, number of churchei,- priests and inrtitutions with the same Bishop (May 31, 1850)^^nce 1878. On July 1, 1879, Ayoh^^iihop In 1^ Archbishop Blanohet assisted at the Seghers, the coadjutor, ar^ved at Portland first Plenary Council of Baltimore. In the and was received by the 'venerable founder of the summer of the 8a;me year the Sisten* of the diocese, surrounded by his cfejgy and Notre^Dame" de Namur left their establish- faithful flock. In a few words of touching ment at St. Paul for Oregon City, and in the simplicity and sweetness th| aged prelate re- following year went to California. In 1855 the ceived and welcomed his youthful 90-laborer Archbishop started for South ^Lm^rica to ool- to the field where he had planted and sowpd lect for his needy diocese. He traverned and reaped so well. * After initiating Aroh- Ohili, Bolivia and Peru, returning in 1857 bishop Seghers into the work of the diocese, after a successful expedititfn. Two years-later the venerable man ohosfc wholly^ to rptiref^m he departed foi' Canada, returning the same the scene of his active labors, and published year with twelve Sisters of the pBLoly Names hi" farewell Pastoral on the 27th day of Peb- of .Jesus and Mary for Portland, two Sisters ruary, 1881, announcing the acceptance by of St. Ann for Viotdria, home othfers for V^n<- the Hcly Father' of his resignation, from ooaver, and three priests. which we niake an extract : In 1866 the Archbishop attended the second "-After sixty-two years oi priesthood; afte*- Plenarv CJouncU of Baltimore,' and, ^er fortythree yearn of toilsome labor on this rienary wjudom 01 ";.""" ' ' , coast; after an episcopate of thirty-sijfr-years; .watchful for the cares of his diocese, returned ^^^^ thirty five years speiit at the head of with one priest and eight sisters. On July this efeclesiastical province, we may sfty with ' 18. 1869, he celebrated the fiftieth anniversary the Apostle St. Paul: 'The. time of my disso^ i t'^ ■ J- i.- ^ 4.1 '-« o4.i.^^ 0../I fn,,- lution is at hand; I have finished my course. of hu. ordination to the priesthood, and four .^^_ therefoie, the Lord dismiss His servant months later left for Batae to assist at the ^ peace, for, truly my eyes have seen the i~ Vatican Council, where he met his elarly wonderful works of His salvation.' We came brother missionaries. He returned to Port- to this country aocom^nied by the late Mo- , J.1 ,o-T» J T 1- OS «* fK- ««l1nwi«o. deste Demers, the first Bishop of Vancouver's land in 1870, and on July 28 of the ^llowing ^^^^^^^ .^ ^ggg^ ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^p^l ^^ yeii died his old associate— Bishop Demers^ ^^^ ^j^y. j^^^ where then we saw notl2ing at Victoria, B. C. To Bishop Demers fluc- but *darki]iess and the shadow of death,' we oeeded the Eight Rev. Charles John Seghers, haye now flourishing diooepes and vicariates, i. J T OQ 18711 Tr. 1S78 WiaVinr. prosperous missionsVa zcalouH olcrgy, fervcut oonsecra^ted June 29,^1873. In 18.a iJishop ^„_^„„;,.j„„ „„h « n»t4,nlin nnonle of whom Beghers was appointed coadjutor to Arohbish- communities, and a Catholic people of whom we expect great works and noble deeds." •On Tuesday evening Archbishop Seghers returned from his episcopal visit to East- em Oregon, aAd repaired to St. Vincent Hospital, where he recited the/*De Pre- fundis" and " Miswere," over the remains. .X ML ^^^Y'^^1 Then the body of the Most Reverend de- churches, sixty* eight sisters, nBie aoaaemies , , . ^ • 1 • a ' . . , ' ' ,f ... w. u- 1 ceased, robed in episcopal raiments, were for girls, one college for boys, two paroohial ^^'*^''». ai aC *v * *i.« ^ «,h- J- J- op Blanchetv whose long life of arduous labor in the cause of Christ and His Church called lor some assistance in 4iis dbalining years'^ ' At thi% time, .forty years since the creation of -the mission, the archdiocese of Oregon City contained twenty-three Pi>^le^ twenty-two 8. fflme FpisSoidOmovm fror^goSTSlyTeToKllOT; lleagher^^ UonrtHBy sinti^^Osteh^ and this church, now considerably enlarged The pupils of St. Mary's Academy, accom- and improved, was made tiie pro-oathedral. panied by the Sisters, formed a line on •s * ^'wmmm .r- 1 ^ each side of ,the street abreast of the life, the soundness pf his piety, the pertte- hearse. F^Uowinj^ them were, delegates verance of liis virtue, we fondly hope that ' from Sir Vincent ^ Paul Society^ Anpient he- Will rise among the Just with the reaiti:.- . Order at' Hibernians (in regalia), Frfther^ rection of the righteous. Foi>j it is writ- Mathew T. A. and fi. Socvity, citizens and ten : "Precious in tl^fight of the Lord is carriages containing 'Archbishop Seghers the death of his saiiSI" Wedoiidt can- 'and dergy. Arriving at the Cathedral the onize him; we hafe no authority to do s(y;' remains of I the deceased Archbishop were but we venture to say that the holiness of placed on the^repared catafalque, in front his life was a mystery to none, and that his' of the High- Altar.- The severalaltafs, the edifying death gives us a gmarantee of his ]^ •pillacs and walls of th.e church, had been salvation. And therefore, let. me correct , appropriately draped. Oh yesterday Pon- what I said a moment ago., Deat6, 1 said, tifical High Aiass was offered up at 9 o'clock, is a great teaqher. Let .mQ be moreprecise th6 Most Rey. Charle^. Seghers, cele- and more accurate: the dead Prelate, the bitent; ,Fat&er Fiereaii, assistant priest; fleaeased ArcKbishop^whom we now sur- .- Father O'Dea and Gibney,- d j^|^ns of hon- • reune presence of the and knowing ui we do the integrity of his awful sanctity of God. Tl^erefpre, pray for ' f \ 4' •' K .8 in him: he has labored for your sake; do now Botnething for him in return and offer on his behalf your prayers, and good works. And you, if there are any in this church, lukewarm men of doubtful Catholicity, who neglect your duties, and are ever ready to "boycott" priest, bishop or Pope if they do ^not submit to your arbitrary dictation; you have been, I know it, the objects of his uneasiness and the causes of much uf his sorrow and sadness in the past. Behold, he is now here before you: as he died, so you will die alho. Blessitd will you be if, • like him y you can ^ie intheLor# On this ! day of mournful solemnity, you have also a solemn dnty to perform : fall on ymr vknees, humble yoor proud heads before his lifeless remains and repair now the evil you have done in the past ; repair it, I say, by ferventlyand sincerely praying for his soul. May God forgive you as he, God's repre- sentative, ever forgave yen, and continues ■till, I am sure, to forgive you ! With clouds of incense the prayers of five absolutions will now rise towards Heaven. Let us all join our prayers, beloved breth- ^ren; there is a holy violence done *o God by prayers that are public and curambn. l^ertuUian uses an energetic expression to charaoteriie prayers that are public and oummon: "Quasi manu facta;" they are like a holy uprising, a pious insurrection to ' force, -as it were, from God through the .j»owerof the multitude whai we are afraid •^o^ being unable to obtain by individual ex- ertionv Pray with us, whilst we pray in font name." i^ter Mass, and iii4he evening after the office of the dead had been^reci^ed, the im- mense congregation passed before' *Mie re- mains, viewing for the laift time the vener- able and saintly appearing featui»s of the deceased patriarch ceased Archbishop, Right Rev. A. Jungers, BisQop of Nesqually, celebrant, Rev. J. F. Fierens, assistant priest; Father Sohram, of Vanjcouver, deacon; Father Metayer, of St. Mary's Oonventt- sub-deacon; Father Orth, master of ceremonies. - . , • The cathedral was tbrongetd with an attentive and reverential congregation. At this Mass, Archbishop Ohas. J. Seghers, feelingly delivered the follow- ing able panegyric: " ' ,^ Archblskop gcgher'H rnneral fttirmvm. ' "Mementote Proepositoriun vestrorum qoi' vobis locuw sunt verbum Dei. •Bteiuember your prelates who have spoken to you the word of God."-(Heb. XIII. 7.)" Eliseus, the Prophet of Israel, was told by The sons of the prophets thi|.t \»ere at Bethel : " Dost thou know that this day the Lord will take away* thy master, Elias, from thee 1 " And he an- swered: "I also know it, hold your peace." And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho C9me also to Eliseus and repeated the same question \ " Dost thou know that this day the Lord will take hway thy master from theel" And he answered again : "I also know it, hold your peace." Does it not seem to you, beloved brethren, that the Holy Prophet Eliseus, by enjoining silence on the prophets' pupils, endeavored to ban- ish from his mind the awful thought of a final separation from his beloved mas- ter 1 Does it not seem to you that, by removing that thought from his mind, he tried to lull himself with the impoi sible delusioo of staving off the event h« dreaded so munhl And we also, when we saw the enackted frame of our for- %■ On^Thursday horning Pontifical High mer pastor gradually «row weaker and Mass wa« offered up at 8 o'oK»ck for the weaker; when we saw the flickering ppoB6«6f the soul of our pioneer de- oundle of his Uf© dwindle in site and de ■.t . uuJ^'^t k 9 with an egation. has. jr. follow- i^ '""•■• • ■'l ' }rum qui' etuember > you the i • -»» oretfse in brightness, to those who said : died after a long, laborious career and " Hip days are nambered," we were the Lord willed that I, an worthy, took tempted to say : "Hold yoar pe^ce;" and his place. The first Archbishop of Ore- we fondly chased from our thoughts the gon, whdm be so ftiithfuUy accompanied, idea of the approaching realty. But has also departed this life, and I, un- pilasJ It is a reality, and he has gone worthy, an;> again called to replace him from our m\^t, an(l what we have now also.. Where, when, and bow have { before us is out the mortal clay, a mo- deserved to succeed those two first «ment ago tbe dwelling of his holy spirit, apostles'of this coast 1 And how q^hall I H^is eyes, once su v^atchful over the find light, strength and grace to walk in flock entrusted to hio oire, are closed their footsteps and to d^mtinue the labors from the light of day; his liptt, ever so they have (^mmencecl 1 But be not ready to announc« the word of God, are afr\id, beloved brethren, I am not shut and dumb; his hand, that used to going to^>eak to you about myself; tt wield the pen with such incredible and I have permitted myself this slight allu- indefatigable activity, is cold ai>d mo-^jUn to my own pwson, it is merely to tioniess; his feet, that used to carry him siplaia to you, why, although incompe- from his cell to the sanctuary, and from tent to do justice to the subject, I could the sanctuary to his cell, his feet are not conscientiously shrink from the ■tiff and move no more. We shall see task of speaking to yon to-day of the him no more stooping over the altar, illustrious deceased whom we lament walking to and fro with wavering and and bewail. Let me tell you how he ^ anoertaio step, and offering the Immacu- lived and how he died. I, or rather h^.? late Lamb with trembling hands. will teach you how to live ^nd hoil^lo His life was a continual, an incessant die. cause of edification; but, alas ! it had It is written : "Ante mortem ne come lo an end. Do you realize it, laudes quemquam" — "Praise none before beloved brethren 1 He is the Apostle their death." — (Ecclesiastic. XL, 30.) of this coast, the foundation of this What we were not allowed to do before, mission, the corner stone of this church, we are permitted to do now. and you the seed that was sown here and grow will all bear witness to the trtkh of my . into a large, lofty tree, was sown by his words when I rosoiutely tell you that, fn hand; to him, under Gk)d, we owe the his life, in his death, we find much to flourishing condition of Christianity in praise. Ah I let us praise him t Let this country; and he is dead 1 He is us be proud to be allowed to praisa dead, and the Lord has deigned to call him I Do you know, beloved bre- me to take his place. Fortr-tive years thron, that a time will come when the ago/ ho left his native oountrr with name of Archbishop Blanchet will be another apostolic man, Modesto Demers, coupled with those of Las Oasas, the the first Bishop of Vancouver Island, fin t missionary of Oentral America, of ~ whose zeal drove httn tnto^ tmr wtms w^ JUariuetta aiM> oraoGOuZi uio pioQOOirs ox - British Columbia, long, long befora the th? Cross in Canada and the Stat«i «f influx of the white populatioB. Ha the Atlantic 1 \__lZ' %.. •fc 10 Why 1 Because be was the first mis- JBiqaary, the Apostle of Oregon; he is to Orescon what St. Boniface was to Ger- ■ many, what St Augustine was to Eng- land, what St Patrick was to Ireland ! AndNbeliere n>e, our children will envy as the blessing of having seen him, of having conversed with him, of having listened to his voice. I might, with very good reason, speak of his piety, extol his sobriety, describe the invariable regularity of his life; I might dwell on his horror of idleness, his wonderful activity and his watchful vigilance — always on the alert; I might find much to praise in his jpreat humility, m his unwavering faith, in his constant confidence in God. But, leaving all that aside, to which, for want of time, I can make but a passing allusion, I will single out those qualities that shone, in him with incomparable ligSt, to which all that kaew him can bear testimony, and which none can be found to call in question: his chastity,his poverty and his wonderful pehteverance. 1. ' The particulars of his career are known to all. He was born in the vil- lage of St. Peter, on the River of the Seutb, in the Province and diocese of Quebec, in Canada, on the third day of ^ptember 1795. It has been said tb^t the founders of missions, religious com- munities and other eoulMiastical institu teons, are generally blessed with a long Ufa. This is certainly the fact with the founder ot tbe Ecclesiastical Province of Oragon : "Longitudine dierum rerlebo ilium."— (Psalm XO.)— he was filled, at his death, with length of days; he died ^^ ♦ l» ^ <^*» %< » ft af ft tm nltf t i t ir ntttfati irfinfn ai J , nine nonths, having made his profes •ion ol faith and having reaaivad the last sacraments with the most edifyinj; devotion. You will, I trust, permit me to forego the pleasure I would otherwise feel in dwelling on the various incidents of his long, eventful and checkered career; they have been in print many a time, Listen to what [ have to say of his chastity. Those people who talk against the celibacy of the clergy and want priests to get married, do not understand the lofty mission of the priesthood. Th« priest has to teach all Ohristian virtues, both by word and example ; among those virtues is that of purity and chastity ; he has to teach it, not only to .married couples who are forbidden to invade the beds of others, he has also to teaeh it to virgins of either sex, to whom all carnal, pleas- ure is denied. How could he teach pur- ity to the latter, if he himself indulged in the pleasures of matrimonial life f Yes, the mission of the prietit ooMges him to lead on earth the life of an angel Away, therefore, from us the comforts of the home circle, the enjoyments ef the family, the pleasures of matrimony ! The sacrament of matrimony we vener- ate, the matrimonial state we approve ; but, for the sake of our priestly mission, we renounce it, and we sacrifice the ad- vantages enjoyed by others in order to teach by example what we preach by word of mouth. And the saintly prelate, whose mortal frame is before our eyes, robed in all the apparel of the prieithood — for, he was truly a priest, "saoefdos," he had the p r i wit howi m aH tfar plenitude , xpot tike the •• presbyter " has it, restricted and limited, but like the Dishop has it, with 1 ^i^i&Lm .»Vir ;* -m^ n its power to give the £I^O||^flb^^ ^^^^ wayn content and ever pleased with its fecundity to beget'' jflH^bs — that whatever he had to cover his nakedness saintly priest, I ask, who t^tt describe and to satisfy the wants of human na- the integrity of his life i^nd the almost ture, no matter how little) Fine excessive prudence of his chastity 1 All, clothing, or a good table, had no attrac- even those that were most intimate with tion for him. In all thingb he seemed ' him, can bear witness to the remarkable to say : "Sat morituro ;" "That is snfB- « purity of his life. What precautions to cient for otie who has to die.'' flee from danger! What watchfulness We have, beloved brethren, still ex - in his dealings wich persons of either tant the last will and testament of St. sdx ! Wbat lessons, counsels, recom- Hemigius, the holy Bishop of Reims, mendations given to those over whom the Apostle of the Franks, he who bap- he had to preside ! The matter is deli- tized Olovis, the first Ohristian King of , , oate, facts cannot be given, But I state that warlike and powerful nation. St. publicly that it was the integrity of his Bemigius begins bis will as follovs : **In moral life that was ever to me an object nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sanoti. of admiration and a oonstant cause of Gloria Domino Amen. Ego Bemigius edification. episcupus civitatis Remorum sacerdotii 2d. In a country like this, where the compos, testamentum meum oondidi'' love of money has reached a degree of " Iti the name of the Father and of the feverish heat, nothing is more needed Son and of the Holy Ghost Glory to than the example of poverty. That ex- the Lord, Amen. I, Bemigius, Bishop ample the holy man, jvhosfl loss we be- of the city of Beims, invested with the wail, has given us in a remarkable,' in a priesthood, have made my will." Then most striking manner. ^ Like Job, who he proceeds : " Quandocumque ego Be- came naked into the world, and was will- migius episoopus de hac luce traasiero, ^ ing to leave it naked, be came poor into ia mihi hseres esto, sancta et venerabilis this country and poor he leaves it He Ecclesia catholioa urbis Bemorum.'* spar<>d no exertions to enri(4i his phurch, " Whenever I, Bemigius, Bishop, shall he was untiring in his efforts to increase depait this life, be thou my heiress, O the amount of "ecclesiastical property; holy and. venerable Oatholio Ohuroh of but for himself he reserved nothing, ab- the city of Reims." And after a few solutely nothing ; he leaves no personal words he repeats it a second-time : "Tu effects; theie was\ao fortune in his pos- sanota hoeres mea, Bemensis Eeolesia." session. He has put in practice that "Thou my holy heiress, O' Ohuroh of poverty of Christ which he was so fond Beima" of preaching. How he loved to speak Such is the last will of the Apostle of of the crib of the poor, Divine Babe kt Or^jon — his ohordh is his heiress; to Bethlehem I Hew he took delight ia her he leaves whatever he has ; en her dwelling on the extreme poverty of the he bestows whatever he has aooamulated. — S^ v iu r u t th e w oild ^Hffe^h ae ji i if »► Aml» as lw«*i near as possible to that noble exalte of well Pastoral, uStng the words of St lUi adorable Master. Was be not al- Ephrem, he leavea tj^«u8 what he had 12 1% Pi. most valuable — that which he prized will tell ns the hardships, privatioos .. above all things — that which was.dearer and physical sufferings he had to go to him that 1 the apple of his eye: his through^ when he arrived in this new Oatholio ftiith. country where comforts were unknown — * Receive (his legacy, beloved breth- where there were no facilities for trans- ran ; iteep it carefully ; watch faithfully portation, where modern civilizatio i ovefvit. When St. Paul whs at the end had not penetrated 1 Who will describe of his career he wrote to Timothy and the disappointments he met with, the •aid: "Oursum consummavi," "My bitter sorrows he experienced, and i he career ij consummated." And then what groans and tears, mingled with those of does he boast oft Does he boast of Jesus, his Divine Master, of which many wealth, popularity or human glory 1 No. a one has been witness 1 And would to He rejoices that he has preserved his God that he had received consolation Jbith: "Fidem sorvavi." "I have kept from those who hi^d volunteered to help the faith."— (I. Tim. IV. 7). All him to work in the Lori"s vineyard! .the rest seems to him to be be- Alas, it was not so. Some 'vere objects neath his notice. What a blessing to of uneasiness and great anxiety on his 'die in that faith we have received from part; others caused real disedification our fathers, and sucked in with the milk among the people^ and saddened his of our mothers ! St. Paul gloried that heart grievously; and, after the scandal he would die in it ; the holy man whose they had given, they abandoned him — remains are before U8» died in it. He forsook him, left him alone to till an im- has preached it to you ; he loaves it to mense field, to which his strength was you in all its purity — in all its integrity, unequal. ^ Like mercenaries and hire- O, beloved Jhristians, be carefully solioi- lings, n<>t like true shtipnerds, they de- tons to live and die in (hat holy faith, sorted the flocks in need of their care, without which to please God is an im- and suffered him to all but give way posaibility. ** Memeutote proepositorum under the almost overwhelming weight vestrorum. Remember this Prelate of of the yoke of the episcopacy, yours who hath spoken to you the word But he, like an oak, the solid roots of of God ; considering well the end of his which spread deep, far and wide in the oareer, imitate his faith. (Heb. XIII. 7.). ground, whilst the storm of adversiliy 3d. But of all the qualities that com- was carrying off leaves and branches, Btiand our veneration in. our deceased stood firm and unmoved, l;>idding defi- Arohbishbp, there was one which was, ance to t^e tempest, placing his trust in truly remarkable, and really heroical. God, ever hoping for better times; he tt is his wonderful constanjy — his ad mi stood persevering, uij^tnching, unshak- rable perseverance. On the 2dth of en, unwavering. - 0, th(i admirable con- Jnly, 1845, the Right Reverend Igna- stancy of this 'japostolioal man 1 I say tius Bourget, the|^ Bishop of Montresl, before Goid, and God is my witness that pUoedth s episcopal mitre on the btt>w of it is this mantl e of bis constant p e rs e ye tiie Apostle of Or^on. That mitre ranoe^t pray Heaven to let fall on my proved to be a orown of thorns, Who ehi^ulders t Of all the qualities ot his IB inind and of his heart-, that for which I do feel a holy envy, is, his unalterable perseverance to the end. O, holy Pre- late, who— I fondly hope it — art presev- ed from the dungeons of hell, pray for me, ihy unworthy saccessor; and when the thorns of the episcopal tiara will pierce my brow, when the sorrow^ attend- ing the ministry will draw tears from my eyes, when the disappointments of life will shake luy courage, suffer not that I collapse into discouragement, but obtain for me a share in thy constancy; pray for my final perseverance. And you, B<»loved Christian people, imitate his perseverance. He who does not per- sf.vere unto the end shall not be crown- ed. Kemerober your deceased Prelate; consider well the end of hip conversation, of hifc career; that final moment' will preach to you: perseverance to the end. By kis life the Pioneer of the Oross on this coast haw taught us how to live piously in Christ. Let us br efly con- sider how he died. His death will teach us how to die well. His sickness was not long, his illness was ndt painful; his agony was like a peaceful slumber, and he died the calm, qiiiet death of the just. And yet, sometimes in n\oments of in- firmity, be could be heard to sigh |ind groan involuntarily; and lest he might have disedified us he would at once ajpol- ogize, beg our pardon and bless the of Qhd. Death is a tremen- dous evil; of all the evils to which hu- ipsan nature is subject, death is the greatest I have no respect for the Hon tense of some modern authors al)Out the paiAleaasess of tlje extreme moment of tha loss of a great blessiag. It is the separation'tfrom friends and all those wo love; and is it nothing to fall into the hao'ls of the liviug God 1 NeverUieless, to a Ckristian, death, wither painful or not, is a great blessii^ and, in the sig^t of the Lord, it is of great vi^ue. " Pre tiosa in con^pectu Domini mors sancto- rum ejus." "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints '! (Ps. dXV. 16). The death of our la- mented Prelate was the death of a saint;. He closed a holy life with a most edify- ing death. And shall we say that some did not love him — that^ some positively disliked him 1 Do they forget that it is . wriften of those who hate the just one, tha* they are prevaricators 1 " Qui oder- unt justum delinquent?" (Ps. XXIIT, 22.) Yes, they prove one thing : be- cause he was good they prove that they were wicked. But enough of this. I conclude, "Mementote proepositorttm veatrorum." " Remember your Pre late." Remember him before the altar, in your prayers, in your good works. Where his mouI is , now we know not. We have every reason to believe it never went into the nbyss of hell. Perhaps It is now enjoying the beatific vision of the beaming beauty «f the Deity. But, perhaps, it is yet detained in the dark dungeons of purgatory, to be purified from the weaknessess which, in this life, are hardly, avoidable. The sanctity of God is awful; it can bear no stain of sin in its presence. We must, therefore, pray for the relief and the release of the soul of our b'iloved Archbishop. Yes, remember him, rever forget him, and for him. In his long' career he human TiBT "To Ihem theW Tpco «^. must necessarHy Tave^ven^oBeirse aiST except physical pain. But apart frgm received it. Let, how, all this be oblitr physical pain, death ip the less (rf life — eriOed. ^ — M- »s; «.5;.V.'^^^-''> 14 /^' 4' Forgi^ him, for, in his last farewell Pastoral he did ask, humbly and public- ly, eytfry one's pardon. Forgive him as ^6' also was ever ready to forgive: his lips were ever open to grant pard^ and his hand wai ever raised to bless. "We will carry his venerable remains to their last dwelling place. On the spolj of the cemetery of St. Paul where, while bless- ing the grave- yard, he stamped the ground and said publicly : " This is the place where I want to be buried;'* on tha^ spot he will sleep the. sleep of the dead, awaiting tis final resurectioa. You will devoutly accompany us and pay to him the last tribute of your love, reverence and gratitude, and your prayers will long afterward rise t« Heaven to ask for his soul mercy, for- giveness and eternal glory. After Mass a line was formed of convent school children, a large delega- tion from the A. O. H., Emmet Guard, Father' Matthew and the St. Vincent de Pau^ societies, and other Catholics, who escorted the remains of the deceased patriarch through the principal stte&ts to the special train at the depot in East Portland. When the funeral cortege had boarded the train, it started, and stopped only once to take on passengers ere it reached Woodburn, Marion county. At Oregon City Other passengers were added to the escort. Reaching Woodborn, Messrs. Oasey and Qleason and others, residents of that place, assisted in transfei^ing the remains to the narrow gauge train, which was awaitini: to transport the cortege ^fr ^Panf . - • — — Arriving at St. Paul, were found a large gathering of Catholics from neigh- boring parishes who bad joined those of S.t. Paul, headed by the present pioneer priest of Oregon, Father Delorme, awaiting the funeral cortege. All formed in line, headed by the societies from Pdrtland and wended their way to the brick church. After services the re- mains were ;«iken and deposited in tiie vault, there to await at an early day the erection of a new vault in the center of the graveyard. ' ' At the close the Most Rev. Charles J. Seghers, D. D., addressed the people, and finished by- feelingly expressing his thanks to the several societies and the Emmet Guard for the unexpected large escort they had sent to pay their last re- spects to their deceased pioneer Arch- bishop at his burial place. At 6 o'clock in the evening the train started on its return trip and arrived at Portland about 8 o'cloc c. The follow- ing acted as pall-bearers from Portland to the final resting place : B. O'Hara, Thos. Whalen, E. Campion, J. J. Meagher, M. Zan, Jas. Collins, P., Gately, 0. P. Martin. The following from the clergy acted as honorary pall-bearers: Rev. A. Vermesch, of St Louis, Father White of McMinnville, Father Duffy, of Walla Walla, and Father Schram, of Vancouver, Rev. A. J. G^loneux a^cted as marshal^and filled that import- ant position in an able manner. [From the Jaokaonville Sentinel.] * , * * In the month of Ootol^r, 1820, Father F. N. Blapchet, was ap- pointed to a mission iu New Brunswick, which administered for six years. Among his flock Father Blanchet count- fld a lanra number of Micmaok I «,= and their descendants, who, acoording tb a recent letter, still preserve a lively re- membrance of their old missionary. 15 'laK Father Blanchet spent tirelve years more in Canada as pastor of Ceda's parish, in the district of Montreal. His charity and heroism, during the cholera in 1832, are remembered to this day. The Prot- estants in the parish presented him at the time with two beautiful silver cups, as a token of their admiration for his «. conduct in visiting the nick and dying during the raging pestilence. His career as an American missionary began in 1838. He left Montreal on the 5th of May and reached Vancouver, "W. T., on the 24tb of November. The career of Archbishop Blistnchet, embracing a period of nearly forty-five years in Oregon, is long and interesting. On his arrival the Oatholio Ohurch had no existence at all; he watched over its infancy, has been a constant witness of its progress and, an able promoter of its advdncement. The vicariate of the Northwest comprised then the entire country north of Califor- nia and from the Eocky mountains to the Pacific ocean. It was Archbishop Blanchet who built the first brick church in Oregon in 1843, amid obstacles pecu- liar to the time and place, and the same bailding still serves the people of Saint Paul, Marion county. In 1845, Rev. F. N. Blanchet was named Bishop by Pope Gregory XVI and the epis- copal consecration/was received in Mon- treal on the 25th of July same year. Returning immediately the new pastor assumed the duties of his position, whitfh he has since filled to his own credit and to the satisfaction of his subjects. Two objects seem to have especially occupied the Bishop's fittention during his long administration, viz: to provide homes for the orphans and the sick and to pro- mote the cause of Christian education. . For the a^^tainment of these ends he has labored with a persevering energy that ovoroamv; multiplied difficulties. That his efiPorts' have resulted in an eminent success is attested by the condition of the diooese to-day. The mission in 1838 even grew into a pretty large tree, which spreads its branches (bx and near. For these things Archbishop Blanchet's memory wiP be revered in future times. "The path of the just is as the shining light"— Proverb*.. X. [T. B. Merry, in Sunday Oregonian.] The death of Archbishop Blanchet, ' last Monday night, % was no matter of surprise to me, for the retenn soldier of the Cross had lived well past the aU lotted four score of the paitriarchs of old. Ordained a priest ere the smoke had scarcely blown a,yrAY from che guns of Waterloo, he spent |ixty years out of his oighty-five years in the wildernesa Since the great Apostle of Baptism went forth into the trackless i^ces, living upon locusts and wild honey, the cause of Ohristianity has enrolled upon its banners no knight more loyal to the cause of the meek and lowly Nazerene. Pi«neer of our civilization, standard-bearer of the eternal truth, sleep well ! The ad- vancing years of our greatness as a State shall bold the name of the patriotic priest in deep reverence. When he was born, America was but a narrow strip of land beside the rude Atlantic waves. He lived to s^e the great atm^ of pro- gress march westward, firm-paced and slew, but with irresistible forot. till our nation's star-wrought banuer. dipped its glowing fringes in the westerii sea. '- After life's fitful fever he sleeps well." His grave is not in sight of the the city, which he had seen rise from ob- scurity' vO its present .graceful propor- jions. But in his intorn]lnt " the eter- nal fitness of things," was manifest. They lay-btm^dew af^ ^■ was but a mustard wad, bat .the little grain was no sooner buried as it were in the earth than it quickly sprang up and reotion morn, at the quiet little village of St. Paul, peopled nearly forty years ■-T--, 16 •%\. 4ji ik^ by French Oanadians like himself, moet of whom have already preceded the good old Bishop across the shadowy river. In the same churchyard with his flock of nearly fifty years gone by, the patriotic prient and his bumble flock alike repose, "Under the sod and the dew, Awaiting the judgment day." Over the arid and rocky plains the brave old priest toiled, more than half a century ago, with slow but unfaltering step on his errand of love. He lies with his grand old face turned to the east- ward, smiling his blessings up^n the grand army of progress that follow:sintbe trail over which he bore the cross with mingled hope, doubt and fear. Sleep on, brave heart ! That God fur whom thou didst encounter suffering and toil, has welcomed thee into His eternal rest. ^ (• ■k^ ■ills ^ ■ ■ r^ ,t^i*k r%k J«;. t i ' '■rJ .1 ' "-£**'» * ' '' i^ V* -r' >-' ."^ J"^ '-V f t i^, i ^ ? A. -^Z^'. , *v V.' ■iwc- , ■s: 1 r^i V. V ' ^ f