OBITUARY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 16, Issue 46, 16 March 1894, Page 6

OBITUARY.

We record with great regret the death, at Greymouth, by drowning, of John Thomas Kennedy, third son of Mr James Kennedy, manager of the local gasworks. Deceased, who was a fine boy, 14 years of age, and one of the most promising in attendance at the Marist Brothers' school, went with some companions to bathe. Unfortuoately being unable to swim he got out of his depth and was drowned. After a difficult search of 48 hours the body was recovered. The funeral, which took place on Sunday the 4th inst, was very largely attended, testifying to the respect and sympathy felt for the bereaved parents. The boys of the Catholic school attended it, walking together in procession.— R I.P.

A telegram from Westport informs üßof the death of Mr Michael Bcanlon, of whose illness details were given by us io a recent issue. Mr Scanlonmet his end fortified by the rites of the Caurch, and with perfect resignation. He was a man of penuine worth, whose loss will be deeply and widsly felt and lamented.— R l P.

We have also to announce with great regret the death of Mrs O'Neill, wife of Mr Patrick O'Neill, of the BrancheP, Upper Shotover, which took place in Dunedin on Monday, the 12th inst. The deceased had come to this city some months ago to be under medical treatment, and had received all the consolations of religion. The remains have been taken to Qaeenstowo for interment. — R IP,

Miss Conybeare, the sister of Mr C. A. V. Conybeare, M.P., who spent three months in Derry Gaol for feeding the evicted tenants in Donegal, bas lately been travelling in Canads, waere she has been the guest of Lady Aberdeen.

Lieut.-General Sir George Tomkyns Chesney, M.P., expressed the opinion in a speech at London lately that, " in the event of war with the United States, it would be impossible for Great Britain to prevent Canada from being annexed to the States." Thtt would be a good thing for Canada and not a bad one for the United States, provided that England would first take home Goldwin Smith, the Orange Society and the leper settlement at Tracadie. All three would be unwelcome adjuncts of annexation. Without tb«m Canada is a grand country and fit for admission to the Union. — Pilot.

The following beautiful and truthful tribute to knowledge from the lip« of Father Tom Burke illustrates mott forcibly the position of the Catholic Oharcb in relation to the education of her children : — " What ie the formulation, the bund, the link, the life and the eoui of the Catholic Church ? I answer— F«ith. Faith in God. Faith in every word that God baa revealed. Faith, stronger than any human principle of belief, opinion, or conviction. Faith, not only bowing down before God, but apprehending what God speaks ; clasping that truth to the mind, and informing the intelligence with its light ; admitting it as a moral influence ioto every action and every motive' of a man's life. It is the soul and life of the Catholic Church. Faith I What is Faitb ? It is an act of the intelligence by which we know and believe all that God bas revealed. Faith, then, is knowledge? Most certainly I Is it an act of the will? No; not directly — not essentially— not immediately. It is directly, essentially, and immediately an act of the intellect and not of the will. It is the intellect that is the subject wherein Faith resides. The will may command that intellect to bow down and believe ; but the essential act of F.ith is an act of the intelligence, receiving light and accepting it, and that light is knowledge." Therefore, the Catholic Church cannot exist without knowledge."