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For the Banner of the South.
“ Gray.”
BY DU. K. O. TTCKNOR.
Something so human-hearted,
In a tiiot that ever lies
Whore a splendor has just departed.
And a glory is—yet to rise!
Gray in the solemn gleaming—
Gray in the dawning skies !
in the old man’s crown of horror—
In the littlo maiden’s eyes !
Gray mists o’er the meadow brooding,
Whence the world must draw it3 best ;
Gray gleams in the churchyard shadows.
Where all the world would “rest.”
Gray gloom in the solemn cathedral,
Where the “Glorias” are poured!
And with the Angel and Archangel
We wait for the coming Lord.
Silvery gray for the bridal,
Leaden gray for the pall;
For urn, for wreath, for life and death.
Ever the gray for all!
Gray in the very sadness
Os ashes and sackcloth ; yea,
Wliile our raiment of beauty and gladness
Tarries, our tears shall stay ;
And our souls shall smile through their sadness,
And our hearts shall wear the Gray.
Cohtm'nts, Ga., January Ist, 1868.
I- V —■ ■■ -
From “The Irish in America.’’
: reminiscences of bishop England.
[continued.]
Bishop England’s diocese, as we have
seen, was sufficiently extensive to satisfy
the most insatiate thirst for wide-spread
jurisdiction. It extended from Charleston
to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, a dis
tance of 450 miles, and from Charleston
| to within 80 miles of Mobile—about 800
miles in the two directions, it was from
250 to 300 miles broad. Still, extensive
as this vast territory was, it was not too
much so lor the energy of this extraordi
nary man, and the ardor of his priestly
zeal, lie would get through his mission
ary labors in this manner : possessing
a little carriage, indifferntly described as
a “sulky,” ‘‘buggy,” or “wagon/* the
Bishop endeavored, perhaps with the aid
of one of his few monied friends, to pur
chase a pair of serviceable horses, or strong
ponies, and accompanied by a negro boy
| as a driver, he would travel from place
to place, preaching, instructing, and ad
ministering the sacraments ; and on his
return, it might bo in throe months, six
months, or even nine months, he would
readily, and even profitably, dispose of
lbs cattle, then more valuable than at the
commencement of the journey, owing to
the training to which they had been sub
jected.
Many a strange incident, and even
■ startling adventurer, occurred to the
Bishop during his long and arduous jour
neyings, at a time when the roads were
little better or worse than tracks, the pop
i ulation was thinly scattered, and accomo-
I Cation, even of the rudest kind, was not
always to be had. Frequently, the shel
i ter of the forest was all that could be ob
i taiued in those days for the traveller.
Once in a city or town, he was sure of
being well received ; for while preju
dice kept some aloof from the “Popish
; Bishop,” curiosity, and the irrepressible
j desire of Americans to listen to sermons,
. discourses, “lectures” of any description,
' impelled numbers to hear a man who was
famous for his eloquence. Halls, court
houses, concert-rooms, churches, and eha
j pels, would be freely placed at his dis
posal ; and the probability is that he
; rarely suffered from lack of hospitality
} under these circumstances. But there
! were occasions when the Bishop found it
difficult enough to make out a dinner, or
j secure the shelter of a roof against the
night. Even in the Southern States,
i which are proverbial for the unaffected
hospitality of their people, churls were to
be met with, at least in Dr. England’s
i time.
One evening the Bishop, who on this
| occasion accompanied by one of his few
Priests—Father O’Neil, it need scarcely
he added, a countryman of his own—
| drew up at a house of rather moderate
dimensions, whose master was a marked
specimen of the species Surly. Nego-
I tuitions were entered into for a dinner,
which the liberal host was willing to give
on certain conditions, somewhat exor
bitant iu their nature ; but there was to
j be no further accommodation. “You can
not stop tiie night, nohow,” said the
agreeable owner of the mansion ; and his
look of dogged dislike was quite as em
! phatic as his words. * After dinner, Dr.
England sat on a chair on the piazza, and
l ead his “office,” while Father O’Neil, hav
i ing no desire to enjoy the company of an
unwilling entertainer, sauntered towards
i the carriage, a little distance off, where
the boy was feeding the horses; and tak
■ lll K his flute from his portmanteau, he
on a log, and commenced liis favorite
a h\ ‘l’lie last Rose of Summer,” into
which he seemed to breathe the very
i 80ul ‘ °t tenderness. From one exquisite
\ 11)( dody to another the player wandered,
■while the negro boy grinned with delight,
and the horses enjoyed their food with a
keener relish. That
Music hath charms to soothe the*savage breast.
as here exemplified. As the sweet
notes stole on the soft night air of the
South, and readied the inhospitable man
sion, a head was eagerly thrust forth, and
the projecting cars thereof appeared
eagerly to drink in the flood of melody.
Another lovely air, one of those which
bring involuntary tears to the eyes, and
fill the heart with balm, was played with
lingering sweetness, when a voice, husky
with emotion, was heard uttering these
words—“ Strangers ! don’t go ! —do stay
all night—don’t go ; we’ll fix you some
how.” It was the voice of the charmed
host! 1 hat evening the two guests en
joyed the snuggest seats at the hearth,
bather O Neil playing for the family till
a late hour. Next morning the master of'
the house would not accept the least com
pensation. “No, no, Bishop ! no, no, Mr.
O’Neil! not a cent! You're heartily wel
come to it. Come as often as you please,
and stay as long as you can. Well al
ways be glad to see you ; but,” specially
addressing Father O’Neil, “be sure and
don’t forget the flute.
There were occasions when not even
Orpheus himself could have made out a
dinner or bed, had he been like Bishop
England on the mission in the Southern
States. Orpheus would have had to sleep
where he could, and carry his dinner with
him, as ihe Bishop very often did. The
Bishop was not unfrequently obliged to
be his own groom and servant, to look
alter the comfort of his horse, and see to
the cooking of his simple meal. Tying
the horse to a stake or tree, he would
brush him down and supply him with
corn, and then commence preparations
for his own refreshment. One night in
the woods, the Bishop and Father O’Neil
had taken their frugal supper, read their
“office,” and lain down by the fire to
s;«2p ; but they had not been long asleep
when they awoke in fright; a few mo
ments more, and the forest would have
been on fire, and perhaps the two mission
aries “roasted like chestnuts,” as Father
O’Neil afterwards said. The parasite
ivy had caught the flame, and was it rapid
ly encircling a gigantic tree in an embrace
of fire. By the most extraordinary ex
ertions, such as fear alone could inspire,
the ivy was torn down, the fire extin
guished, the forest saved, and the great
missionary longer preserved to the Amer
ican Church.
The desire to hear the Bishop was not
confined to any particular class : it was
common to all. A somewhat curious in
stance, illustrative of his popularity as a
preacher, occurred during one of his
journeys. Arriving at a kind of wayside
inn, or what may be described as a car
man’s stage, the Bishop found himself in
the midst of a large convoy of cotton—
wagons drawn by horses and mules, with
a number of drivers and attendants, white
men and negroes. His horses had been
fed, and he was about to resume his jour
ney, when a grave elderly man, who
seemed to be iu command, approached
him with every mark of respect, saying
—“Stranger, are you Bishop England ?
On being answered in the affirmative, he
continued—“Mr Bishop, we’ve heard tell
of you much. The folks say you are the
most all-fired preacher in this country, I
had to leave Washington before you got
there, and I can’t get to Milledgeville till
you are gone, Would you, Mr. Bishop,
mind giving us a bit of a sermen right
here ? It’ll obleege me and my friends
much-do, Mr, Bishop.” “Do, Mr. Bishop”
was taken up, in full chorus, by the rest.
The appeal so urged was irresistible with
the zealous missionary, who yielded a
ready assent. On the stump of a tree,
which had been cut down to widen the
road, the Bishop took his stand, the
branches of a huge cedar flinging their
grateful shadow over the preacher and
the reverent group that clustered round
in mute expectation. It was a scene for
the painter—the great overhanging forest
the rude, weather-stained log house, the
open clearing, lit up by a glowing sun,
the huge wagons with their horses and
mules, the bronzed weather-beaten coun
tenances of the whites, the great eyes and
gleaming teeth of the negroes of every
hue and tint. But the principal figure
was not unworthy of its prominence—a
man in the prime of life, of powerful,
well-knit frame, his lower limbs clad in
breeches and silk stockings, that exhib
ited a leg of model symmetry—a face
strong, massive, dark, full of power and
passion—an eye that looked as if it would
search the very soul ; this was Bishop
England, as he stood upon that tree stump
by the wayside. Soon were his willing
audience bound by the spell of his elo
quence, as he unfolded before them the
grand truths of religion, and explained to
them their duties to God and their fellow
men - He had been about twenty minutes
addressing them, when the leader stepped
forward, and raising his hand, said—“ That
will do, Mr. Bishop, that will do ; we’re
k mbiii ®f isi ioifso
much obleeged to you, Mr. Bishop; it’s
all just as the folks say—you are an all
fired powerful preacher. We’d like to
hear you always, but we rnusn’t stop you
now. Thank you, Mr. Bishop, thank you
Mr. Bishop.” “Thank you, Mr. Bishop,”
cried the rest in chorus. And amidst a
cheer, that would have tried the nerves
of horses less trained than his, the
Bishop started on his journey.
A brief memoir, or biographical sketch,
is given in the first volume of “The
works of the Right Rev. John England,
First Bishop of Charleston,” published by
Murphy and Cos., of Baltimore. The me
moir, too. brief for the illustrious subject,
is evidenily written by one who loved the
man, revered the prelate, and thoroughly
appreciated his power of intellect, his
energy of character, and his boundless
zeal. To an apparently trivial incident
was that tribute eventually due. How
the Bishop became known to his future
biographer happened in this way:
A lady of rank and refinement came to
Baltimore with the view of consulting a
dentist of repute ; whom she accordingly
visited shortly after her arrival in that city.
4he case, though important to the lady,
was not of that acute nature which re
quired immediate attention ; and the
dentist having satisfied himself on this
point, asked his visitor to excuse him
that day, as he had made an engagement
which he was very anxious to keep. “In
fact, madam, Bishop England, the most
celebrated preacher in our country, is
now in this city, and I had determined to
hear him.” “By all means, sir,” replied
the lady, “do carry out your inten
tion—l can call as conveniently to-mor
row-” The lady withdrew ; but not well
knowing bow to dispose of her time,
which hung rather heavily on her hands,
she thought she could not do better, in
order to occupy . an hour or so, than go
and hear the famous preacher. She
went ; and so strong was the impression
produced on her mind by the Bishop,
then in the full vigor of his intellect, that
she became half a Catholic on the spot.
On her return she confided to her brother
—a man of considerable eminence as a
scholar, and a gentleman of the highest
personal character—the change wrought
in her opinions respecting the Catholic
Church. The brother received the start
ling intelligence with feelings of alarm
and indignation. But how check the
evil ?—how draw her back from the fatal
goal to which, with all the ardor and im
pulsiveness of a woman, she was sora
pidly hurrying? He should himself un
dertake the fraternal duty of solving her
doubts, and confuting her new-born er
rors ; and the more surely to convince
her of her folly, he commenced an ear
nest course of reading and enquiry—
and in order to foil the Bishop with his
own weapons, he resolved to hear him
preach. lie did go ; and such was the
power of the preacher, and the honest
candor of the listener, that the alarmed
and indignant brother was actually re
ceived into the Church before the sister,
who was only on the road to it! And
from the date of his conversion the Cath
olic Church in America had not a bolder,
or abler champion than William George
Read, the author of the “Memoir of
Bishop England.”
[to be continued.]
A large and influential meeting was
held on March 2, in Exeter Hall, under
the auspices of the Catholic Association
for the Suppression of Drunkenness. It
was presided over by his Grace the Arch
bishop of Westminster. It was the first
Catholic meeting ever held in Exeter
Hall.
OBITUARY.
DEATH OF BISTER MARY JOSEPH, OF THE COM
MUNITY OF THE SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH.
Sister Mary Joseph died iu St. Augustine last Satur
day woek, the 14th inst., having lingered for a few
weeks in consumption , contracted in tho discharge of
her duties. The Sisters of Bfc. Joseph have lately come
from France on an errand of Charity and Religion to
ward the colored people, for whom they Lave opened
schools in Savannah, in St. Augustine, and in Manda
rin, Florida. All remember how at the close of the
war, the civil and social position of the colored popula
tion of the Southern States having been altogether
changed, tho Holy Father recommended this portion
of the human family, poor and degraded as it might
be, to the solicitude of the Catholic Bishops of Amer
ica, with the view of gathering into the true fold of
Christ, this harvest, which seemed to be maturing and
ready for the harvest ; and application was made to the
community of St, Joseph in tho very city of Puy, in
France, where the community originated. The call
was responded to with astonishing generosity. Mem
bers asked most eagerly to abandon all the ties of home
and country, and to cross the wide ocean in order to
help the ignorant and distressed freedmeu of America.
Sister Mary Joseph was among the first to offer her
self, being only twenty years of age, and having spent
only two years in the Community. Her mother, who
is still living in comfortable circumstances, had to give
her consent for her departure ; it was a severe struggle
between nature and grace ; but grace overpowered
nature so fully, that she offered the dower of her
daughter, which parents in France always give to es
tablish them in the world, to defray the expenses of
the colony of the Sisters of St. Joseph going to .Amer
ica. The colony went first to St. Augustine, where
they had much to suffer from various privations and
uncomfortable lodgings. Sister Mary Joseph made no
murmur nor complaint, and it is from this cause, prob
ably, that the fatal disease, which earned her off, origi
nated. As soon as the Sisters had become sufficiently
acquainted with the language and country they took
charge of colored schools. Sister Mary Joseph was
sent to Savannah, where she was most active and zealous
in the discharge of her duties. Meanwhile, the disease
made progress, and it was thought proper to send her
back to St. Augustine, where she had the happines of
dying with extraordinary piety', a martyr, we may well
say, to zeal, charity, religion, and obedience.
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