CARDINAL NEWMAN'S END. (New York Freeman's Journal.) LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVIII, Issue 22, 26 September 1890, Page 15

CARDINAL NEWMAN'S END. (New York Freeman's Journal.) LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT.

Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Tbou me on ; The night is dark, and I am far from home, Lead Thou me on. Keep Thou my feet : Ido not ask to see The distant scene ; one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor pray'd that Thou Sbould'st lead me on ; I loved to choose and see my path ; But now lead me on. 1 loved the garish daj, and spite of fear, Pride ruled my will, remember not past years. So long Thy power has blest me, sure it still Will lead me on ; O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent^till, The night is gone. And with the morn those angel faces smile, Which I have loved long since and lost awhile. — Cabdinal Newman, London, August 12th. About an hour before the end Cardinal Newman asked to see Father Neville, his Secretary, whose hand he grasped as he smiled and murmured, " I hear the music of Heaven ; all is sunshine." Several priests and others at the bed-aide were moved to tears at the scene. Dr. Blunt, who has been the Cardinal's constant attendant for many years, said : " There was not the slightest hope from the beginning of the attack. There is nothing more terrible in ito effects on the aged than pneumonia. I have known such persons stricken down when in seemingly excellent health, and die within half an hour. The inflammation spread in the Cardinal's right lung withsurprisingrapidity advancing six inches in less than that many hours, and he had no vitality left to resist it. No, indeed ; the body will not beembalmed. No Burgeon's knife Bhall ever disfigure those sacred remains. As soon as death was evident the remaios were dressed in the Cardinal^ grand robes of state, as you will see them exposec" in the church." Birmingham, August 12th. The Oraiary where Cardinal Newman died is situated in Edgbastcn, a charming suburb about a mile and a half from Birmingham. The Oratory is an unpretentious building of red brick, directly in the street. The church stands next door. The Fathers there furnished the following information : " The Cardinal's death has bo taken us by surprise that no plan ! of arrangements has yet been perfected. The funeral will take place here a week from to-day, and the body will be buried at Bednal, a little village seven miles distant, where we have our Oratory retreat. The Cardinal will, by his own wish, be laid beside Father Ambrose St. John, whom he loved ho dearly and whom he addressed in his 11 Apologia " in those touching lines: " A.nd to you especially, dear Ambrose St. John, whom God gave me when he took every one else away, who are the link between my old life and my new, who have now for twenty-one years been so devoted to me ; so patient, so zealous, so tender ; who have let me lean so hard upon you, who have watched me so narrowly, who have never thought of yourself if I was in question." " Yes, we were all present when the Cardinal passed away, but there were no deathbed scenes, he beiDg in a comatose state almost from the commencement of the attack The body will be on view to morrow and for several days." At the Oratory at 4 p.m., the ceremonial connected with carrying the remains into the Banctnary took place. Down the silent corridor came the Fathers of the Oratory ; some in surplices, some in sombre cassocks chanting in mournful tones the solemn Latin woids of the " Miserere." All the members of the community, fourteen in number, were present, except the two Brothers Bellasis. Directly after them came the purple shrouded bier, reverently borne by the tnemberß of the household. Crossing the courtyard, fresh with green and bright with the sun now shining, the procession entered the church, and passing up the centre aisle, laid the reverend burden on the catafalque made ready in front of the chancel. Silently the mourning Fathers moved about each duing his appointed work — one lighting the four monster candles which guarded the remaiaa on either corner ; one bringing the mitre, wonderously wrought in white satin, and fitting it tenderly on the bead of the great departed ; another placing at the feet a small table on which two candles threw down the light upon a silver bowl filled with holy water, and still another laying the bright red cardinal's hat upon the bady. Then short prayers were said, and a few psalms read, while one of the Brothers waved clouds of incenae, and a saddened comrade sprinkled the remains with drops from the silver bowl. Then having knelt in silent prayer, the Brothers, signing themselves devoutly one by one withdrew.

The pal Hii; face stands out ia auarp rjlief agaiomt a magnificent background of purple and gold. ,The cheeks and mouth are sunken the nose hooked and very prominent. He is dressed in full pontificals, anil hi 8 breast is hung with jewelled chains and crosses. The hands are gloved in purple ; the feet shed with slippers richly embroidered. Now all have withdrawn save a few kneeling priests, and Cardinal Newman, lies alone in the talents anctuary. where his silver tongue will be h-ard no more. A Eequiem Mass will be said at 10 a.m,, and the " Bosary " every evening at 8 o'clock.

Borne August 13. Toe Pope waa mucb grieved at the news of the death of Cardinal Newman. He celebrated Mass for the deceased Cardinal in his private chapel, and will offer up a Bequiem Mass in the Sistine Chapel later.