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Show SELF-SACRIFICING PRELATES. Two Australian Bishops, Rt. Rev. J. J. Doyle, Lesmore, and Rt. Rev. James Murray, Maitland, N. S. W., who died this last summer, visited Salt Lake some years ago, and deeply impressed all who met them. The former had at his disposal, when the call came, thirty-six cents, the latter did not have one cent. Cardinal Moran, who was present at the funeral of Dr. Murray, said : "Some time ago they were all shocked to hear of the sudden death of one of their Bishops,'Dr. Doyle, who had only one shilling and sixpence to leave after af-ter his labors in the diocese, but their own Bifhop had not sixpence to leave. He would read for them a passage from Dr. Murray's will, which would give a fair idea of his great faith and piety. In that will he wrote as follows: 'Having no means at my disposal for the celebration of Masses for the repose re-pose of my soul, I trust myself unreservedly to the charity of my priests of the diocese to say more Masses for me, and remember me always in their Holy Sacrifice. I cherish the earnest hope that the faithful people of the whole diocese will not fail to offer their fervent prayers and their Holy Communions, Com-munions, and frequently recite the Holy Rosary for me in their homes as well as in the church. The Marists, the nuns and children attending their schools in all parts of the diocese were devoted to me during my life, and am sure they will ever remember re-member in my behalf the words of St. Ambrose: "We have loved him in life; let us not forget him in deaoth." ' " The Dunedin (N. Z.) Evening Star, referring to the Bishop of Maitland's great charity, says: "Seldom do clergymen die so wealthy as the good Bishop Murray of New South Waies. The cable said that he died unpossessed of a sixpence. Truly, did he die a wealthy man. The letters 'R. C.,' which were attached to the Bishop's name in the columns of the press, tempt one to give them a new interpretation. It is a matter of common knowledge, of course, that they mean Roman Catholic, Cath-olic, a title that has caused heads to be broken in less peaceful days. To please an odd fancy, if you will, why not accept the letters, as associated with the wealthy Bishop, now gone from the wliys of men, as representing 'Real Charity,' which is rare nowadays (" The New Zealand Tablet commenting on the two distinguished Bishops, says : "Those noble-hearted prelates knew money only for the good that it would do in spreading Christ's kingdom on earth, and, instead of the miser's selfish and solitary joy of possession, they had the keener joy of dispersion and of seeing earth's dross work the work of heaven. They are of the truly great '''Who live again In minds made better by their presence, live In pulses stirred to generosity. In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self.' " |