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Show REV. ALFRED YOUNG DEAD. The Rev. Alfred Young, one of the best known Roman Catholic priests in the United . States, a founder of the Paulist community and an author of works on Catholicism and on church music, died at St. Paul's convent Wednesday Wed-nesday week after a long illness. With the Rev Isaac Hecker, the Rev. Francis Fran-cis A. Baker and the Rev. Clarence A, Walworth he founded the Paulist Fathers' church in West Fifty-ninth street in 1SS1. and he had been closely I allied with its fortunes ever since. The Rev. Alfred Young was born in Bristol, England, Jan. 21, 1S31. When 7 years old he was brought to this country coun-try by his parents. He was graduated from Princeton university in 1848, and entered the medical department of the University of New York. From there he was graduated in 1852. He then began be-gan the practice of his profession. But a year later he became a convert to Roman Catholicism and entered the Seminary of St. ' Sulpice, Paris, abandoning aban-doning his profession to enter the priesthood. He was ordained a priest Aug. 24. 1S56. and became the vice president presi-dent of Seton Hall college, holding that office for a year. He was rector of the Roman Catholic Catho-lic church at Princeton, N. J., and later in charge of one at Trenton. In 1881 he resigned and helped to found the Paulist Fathers' church. He was a mia-I mia-I sionary of zeal and eloquence, and the composer of many devotional hymns of I great beauty. He was enthusiastic in j renewing the custom of congregational singing, as well as in restoring the ancient an-cient Gregorian chant in the liturgical ; service of the church. His name was prominently identified ! with the reformation of Catholic church j music in the United States, especially . I in the abolition of the concert style of ' j singintr and the use of modern musical masses and vespers. His greatest work ' was "The Catholic and Protestant " I Countries Compared," hich lias had -j an enormous circulation and has run ! through many editions. Many of his . ! sermons may be found in the six vol- . umes of "Sermons by the Paulists." j Among his principal publications were I "The Complete Sodality Hymn Bonk," " j "Carbolic Hymns and Canticles." "The H i Office of Vesnera" "The Catholic i Hymnal." "Carols for a Merry Christ- 4 mas and a Joyous Easter" and ".An Or- I der of Divine Praise and Prayer." He ! was the author also of a series of po- i ems. The bedv of the dpad nrlest wiU be Z carried into the Pattest Fathers' church on Friday evening. The v"s- ! per of the doad will be recited. At 9 j j o'clock on Saturday morning the office ' of the dead will be chanted and a so!- - "4 pmn renuiem mass will be celebrated. ! -i The choir will sinrr nil the liturgical ! service, and will chant the Gregorian j 4 mass. , |