"TILL DEATH DO US PART."

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14302, 23 February 1910, Page 7

"TILL DEATH DO US PART."

THE -BISHOP'S LAST WORDS. 'Smp [BY TELEGRAPH.—-OWN. CORRESPONDENT.] ' ! Whangarei, Tuesday: ;•■ . . The whole community was cast ',' into . .-T'- profound gloom early i this morning when . : the news of the death of Bishop • Lenihan v.. became known. • • '.%^v ;^ body was . taken from the presby- : tery to the church, where it lay in state V during the day. The last offices for the dead were recited by Father Smiers 'at 1 four o'clock in the church, which ; was ,;■ filled »to overflowing. An address from ,'•"' the altar was .delivered by Father Patterson, who eulogised the late Bishop and '•■ spoke of the great loss which the Church J; arid? diocese had sustained. The "Dead March in Saul" was played as the body Was --being carried out of the church to the station. A large number of people followed the remains to the station plat- ■■;■•.■ form, :, where the scholars of the convent V:,y?cre->waiting,- all wearing black sashes, to ,-Pay the last respects to their beloved bishop. From four to five p.m. all the business places in the town closed as a mark -', of respect, and- flags, including those of the ; "nipping,,were flown at half-mast." The re•./:.:mains were conveved on board the Ngapuhi, which sailed for Auckland at 5.30 p.m. At the social which was held last evening the Bishop seemed in his usual health, though ,/ne complained of feeling a little tired. He ..;_'.■;'. •Poke during the evening of the Church and educational 'matters, and expressed great •'.;'•■-Pleasure at tho cordial relationship existing between himself and the congregation, and '.'■-,,'-;*»o at 1 ..the.good feeling existing between We Catholic and other Churches in Whit-, ■'■;.'. Dgarei. -His last words in the address were ;;'*?.reference „to his . predecessors in office. ' After enumerating their many trials and , pointing out their splendid qualities and speaking of his own pleasant relations with «"'flock, he said, " I hope that good feeling . \. .and mutual love will exist till death do us -.part,"

. T l&r portrait and biography of the lato Bishop L'enihan appear on page six of this :V-issue. ■••. l °