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THE LATE ARCHBISHOP POLDING.—LYING IN STATE, SACRED HEART PRESBYTERY.
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[FROM A PORTRAIT TAKEN WHEN IN THE PRIME OF LIFE.]

OUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP POLDING.

ON Friday, the 16th instant, John Bede Polding,
Archbishop of Sydney, passed peacefully away from the
scene of his earthly labours. His death took place at the
presbytery of the Sacred Heart Church, which has been his
private residence for some time, and to which he has been
very much attached. A feeling of deep and sincere regret
pervaded the entire city—indeed, we might say the whole
colony—when the announcement of his death was made
public; for his exemplary Christian conduct during a long
series of years, his kindly, amiable, and unassuming dis-
position, his fervent piety, his tender regard for the opinions
and feelings of others, his constant devotion to his own
ecclesiastical duties and non-interference with the feelings
and preferences of others, had endered the venerable prelate
to all sections of the community and all divisions of the
Christian Church. Whether regarded as the ecclesiastical
head of the Roman Catholic denomination in this colony,
whether regarded simply as a Cnristian in the broadest
meaning of that term, or whether regarded as an English
gentleman, he was equally entitled to admiration, equally
worthy of high esteem. Thus he lived honoured and died
regretted by those for whom he so assiduously laboured as
well as by the wider circle whom his enlarged sympathies
embraced. Although of late his age prevented him from
undertaking the most laborious duties of his high office, he
was, until very recently, able to meet his clergy, and to
advise with them and to give them the benefit of a life-long
experience and accumulated wisdom. It was, however, for
some time past, observed that though his mental faculties
were as clear as ever, his bodily powers were failing. Want
of appetite, and a consequent diminution of physical
strength, were becoming, to those immediately attendant
on him, painfully perceptible. On Friday, the 9th instant,
the first serious indications of fatal illness appeared. The
Archbishop's medical attendants, Dr. Milford and Dr.
Bennett, were called in, but almost at once the case ap-
peared hopeless, and the most favourable bulletins issued
showed that the end was merely a questiou of time. On
Thursday evening, the patient's strength failed rapidly ; he
passed a restless night, but towards morning became more
calm, and just about seven o'clock on Friday morning he
breathed his last, so peacefully and almost imperceptibly
that his attendants scarcely knew the moment when all was
over. His last hours were watched by Dr. Vaughan (Co-
adjutor-Archbishop), Dr Colletti (the chaplain), Dean
Hanley, Dean Forde, Dean O'Connell, Prior Dwyer, and
Fathers Hayes and Athy.

Dr. Polding was born at Liverpool, England, in the year
1794, and was, therefore, in the eighty-third year of his age.
Left an orphan in early life, he was brought up by the Rev.
Dr. Brewer, the President of the English Benedictines,
until his thirteenth year, when he wes sent to Acton
Burual, the seat of Sir Edward Smyth, where his education
was continued, and where, in his seventeenth year, he was
admitted to the Order of St. Benedict. Eight years subse-
quently he was ordained to the priesthood, and from 1819 to
1834 he resided at St. Gregory's College, where he super-
intended the studies of the younger members of the order.
Several of these, in common with their preceptor, attained
to distinguished positions in the Roman Catholic Church,
and the affection and gratitude which they cherished for
their master found fitting expression in a memorial which
was presented to the venerable prelate about two years and
a half ago. Among the signatures to this memorial was
that of William Bernard Ullathorne, Roman Catholic Bishop
of Birmingham.

In 1833 Dr. Polding was nominated to the Bishopric of
Madras, but was permitted to decline the offered preferment
and to remain at the college. In the following year he was
consecrated Bishop of Hierocæsarea, and towards the close
of 1835 he arrived in Sydney, with the authority of Vicar
Apostolic of New Holland and Van Dieman's Land. Before
coming to Sydney the Bishop visited Van Dieman's Land,
where he laid the foundation of a church at Richmond,
established a school for the poor at Hobart Town, and made
arrangements for the religious instruction of the people
under the Rev. Mr. Cotham. The early Roman Catholic
teachers in New South Wales had been treated with a large
amount of intolerance, but the severity of which they had
had to complain at the hands of the Government had been
removed prior to the advent of the Bishop in the colony.
The denomination had received legal recognition under the
church Act of Sir Richard Bourke, and the public Treasury
had become chargeable to a small extent for the support of
religious ordinances. Five Roman Catholic clergymen re-
ceived a stipend of £150 per annum during the year 1834,
and £600 was appropriated for the support of Roman
Catholic schools. The Cathedral of St. Mary's, which had
been commenced by Father Thierry, was advancing towards
completion, and steps were being taken to establish St.
Mary's Seminary. The Roman Catholic communion was
then beginning to show signs of growth and power ; but the
Church of Australia which, under the Archiepiscopate
of the lamented Metropolitan, has expanded into vast pro-
portions, was, upon his arrival in September, 1835, still in
its infancy. Under the discreet and zealous government of
Dr. Polding, its development has been coexistent with the
progress of Australian settlement. The few priests who
welcomed the arrival of the Vicar Apostolic of New Holland
have beeu constantly reinforced until there are in Australia
to-day almost as many hundreds of clergymen mourning the
death of their Metropolitan as there were individuals who
welcomed his arrival on these shores forty-two years ago.
There were six Roman Catholic clergymen in New South
Wales in 1825, and in 1876 there were 139, including the
bishops of the three dioceses of Goulburn, Bathurst, and
Maitland. Convents, monasteries, and religious houses
have also been multiplied, and in the arch-diocese of Sydney
alone there are upwards of 130 ladies engaged in the service
of the Church, while the number of the other dioceses of
the colony is proportionately large. The Roman Catholic
Church in the other colonies of the group owes much to the
venerable prelate whose labours were only terminated by
death, and it will be admitted on all hands that the in-
fluence of Dr. Polding was as benificent as it was far-
reaching and effective. The Bishop's life was almost
exclusively devoted to ecclesiastical affairs. For some
years after his arrival the prison population of the colony
was numerous, and many of his earlier efforts were directed
towards the refomation of that friendless class ; and it is
well known that their hard lot was in several instances

greatly ameliorated, as the result of his benevolent and
well-timed representations. From the commencement of
1836 to 1841, 7000 convicts had passed at least ten days of
retirement devoted to the formation of religious habits

under the direction of the Bishop and his clergy. Dr.
Polding has always taken a very deep interest in education,
and Lyndhurst and St. John's Colleges stand as enduring

memorials of his labours.

It appears to have been the settled determination of the
Bishop to keep himself aloof from party politics ; and it was
probably for this cause that, when nominated a member of
the Legislative Council in May, 1856, with the heads of
other religious bodies, he was the first to decline the dis-
tinction. Dr. Polding made the extension and consolidation
of his Church the chief business of his life, and there is not
a district of the colony to which he has not made numerous
pastoral visits, from which men of less earnest zeal and
robust health would have shrunk. He also made four visits
to Europe, leaving the colony in the years 1840, 1846, 1854,
and 1866, his object being to enlist the sympathy and prac-
tical help of his coreligionists of the northern hemisphere in
Australian missionary work. He left Sydney in September,
1869, to attend the celebrated Œcumenical Council, but
being overtaken by serious illness at Bombay, he had to
forego his intention, and returned to the colony at the close
of the year. It was on the occasion of his first visit
to Europe, in 1841, that he was raised by Pope
Gregory XVI. to the then newly created Archiepis-
copal See of Sydney. During his stay in Rome the
Archbishop was employed by his Holiness on a diplomatic
mission to Malta, which he conducted with marked success,
and was consequently invested by the Pope with the order of
Count of the Holy Roman Empire and Bishop Assistant at the
Papal Throne. Dr. Polding's missionary tours through the
colony, especially in earlier days, when little or no attention
had been paid to the construction of roads and bridges, were
fatiguing and even perilous ; but he was always a splendid
horseman, and it is probable that the hardships of his earlier
travels had the effect of consolidating his health rather than of
impairing it. He never suffered from serious illuess until on
the occasion of his last visit to Europe, via Bombay ; and
there can be no doubt but that the timely arrival of the
Coadjutor Archbishop (the Most Rev. Dr. R. B. Vaughan),
in December, 1873, did much to conserve the declining
strength of his predecessor. It is understood that during the
last three years Dr. Vaughan relieved the late prelate of some
of his most arduous labours in the arch-diocese of Sydney.
His constant presence and most affectionate care did much
to cheer the last hours of the departed. The priesthood have
also been assiduous in their manifestations of fraternal affec-
tion ; and the visits of condolence which were paid by pro-
minent citizens during the last few days, afford gratifying
evidence of the respect and affectionate regard of all classes
of the community. The Roman Catholics of the colony will
ever revere the memory of the beloved prelate, whose piety
and devotion have long given him a pre-eminent place in their
affections ; and Dr. Polding is entitled to the respect and
gratitude of the colonists at large by reason of the. wisdom
with which he administered the government of his church.
While steadfast in his adherence to the principles of his re-
ligious profession, the late Archbishop was ever courteous
and considerate of the views and feelings of others ; and his
moderation and tact often did much to assuage the asperity
of those differences of race and creed which have sometimes
threatened the peace of society.

In noticing the death of Archbishop Polding, the Mel-
bourne Argus pays the following well-deserved and eloquent
tribute to his memory:-"Death has rarely taken from the
people of Australia one who will be more regretted, or whose
memory will be more fondly cherished by men of all classes
and all creeds, than the late Archbishop Polding. Every
one to whom he was known, either personally or by repute,
on hearing of his fatal illness, must have been impelled to
echo the wish which Henry the Fifth uttered on behalf of
Sir Thomas Erpingham:—" A good soft pillow for that good
white head." And if the last hours of the deceased prelate

needed such solace as that

' Which should accompany old age,

As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends,'

they must have been abundantly soothed by the spontaneous
evidences of sympathy, affection, and respect which were
afforded to Archbishop Polding on his deathbed. Nor was
it his rank which inspired the esteem and veneration in
which he was held by Protestant and Catholic alike. It was
the simplicity, suavity, benignity, and benevolence of his
character. He was a churchman of the Carlo Borromeo
type. He was a Christian first and a Catholic afterwards.
He was a gentleman in the truest sense of the word before
he was a priest, and he never ceased to be both Christian
and gentleman during his long and exemplary life. No
ecclesiastical boundaries fenced in the native kindliness of
his disposition. His creed was that of Rome, but his church
was that of mankind. We have little doubt that his theo-
logical doctrines were of the most orthodox character, but
the best sermon he ever preached was his daily life. His
was a gospel of peace, and its "hidden springs" were not
polemics, but benevolence in thought, word, and deed. He
lived in amity with all around him, hoping and believing the
best of those who differed from him on points of faith, and do-
ing the best for such as needed counsel and assistance, without
inquiring into their opinions. It was their necessities which
appealed to him, and their belief or unbelief did not repel
him. Hence the magnitude of the special influence he ac-
quired, and the feeling of personal attachment which he
conciliated, for there are tens of thousands of men to whom
dogmas are either indifferent or incomprehensible, whereas
character and conduct speak eloquently to the understand-
ings and the hearts of gentle and simple, sceptic and

believer.'

LYING IN STATE, SACRED HEART PRESBYTERY.

THE illustration on our first page shows the lying in state of
the remains of the late Archbisliop Polding at the presbytery
of the Sacred Heart Church, which had long been his private
residence before his death. Shortly after eleven o'clock on
the day of the deceased prelate's death, the arrangements

for the lying in state had been completed so far as to allow
the public admission to the large room of the presbytery, in
which the remains were reposing. As it had been decided
that the body should not be embalmed, the final robing com-
menced as soon as possible after death. The remains were
clad in magnificent and appropriate Pontifical vestments
An altar, draped in black and ornamented with white
flowers, was erected. The room was draped in purple, and
here and there on the walls there hung wreaths of flowers and
foliage. At the head of the Archbishop at a short distance
was an altar, with a crucifix, decorated with flowers, and
furnished with six tapers. In the centre of the room lay
the remains at a height of about three feet from the floor.
On either side and at the head were tapers, twelve in num-
ber. The body was enrobed in full pontificals ; at the head
I was a crozier ; at each corner of the dais a wreath of

flowers ; and on either side of the body cuttings of the
pampas grass. The face was veiled, and the hands were
folded together on the breast, holding a small crucifix. The
features of the lamented gentleman continued to wear in
death that calm and dignified expression they wore in life
—it seemed as if his end in peace and quietness were in har-
mony with his life. Each visitor was allowed to remain in
the room a few minutes, and then required to give place to
others, and the arrangement having been maintained through-
out the evening, under the directions of Fathers Sheridan
and Leeming, very little inconvenience arose. Several clergy-
men attended the remains throughout the night, and the
offices for the dead were recited. From the first moment
the doors were opened to the public till the body was
removed on the evening of the following day to the cata-
falque that had been prepared for its reception at St. Mary's
pro-Cathedral, there was a constant and ever-increasing
stream of visitors,and it is estimated that during Friday alone
ten thousand persons took a last look at the mortal remains
of the deceased. Indeed, so great was the desire to view
them, that in spite of all that could be done to accommodate
them, hundreds were unable to gain admission, and had to
go away disappointed. The spectacle in the state-room was
an imposing and solemn one, as our engraving will show.
Some of the Marist Brothers and Nuns were engaged con-
stantly in prayer, and many of those who visited the room
in which the remains were reposing knelt reverently and
offered up a tribute of prayer for the departed prelate.

PORTRAIT OF THE LATE ARCHBISHOP POLDING.

The portrait of Archbishop Polding which appears on our
fourth page is from a photograph taken when the late venerable
prelate was, comparatively speaking, in the prime of life,
and will for that reason form a pleasing contrast to the
others that have been published of him as he appeared
shortly before his death.

THE REQUIEM HIGH MASS AT ST. MARY'S PRO-

CATHEDRAL.

THE solemn Pontifical "Requiem High Mass for the repose of
the soul of the late Archbishop Polding took place in St.
Mary's pro-Cathedral on Monday, the 19th instant. Ten
o'clock was the hour appointed for the commencement of
the service, but long before that time the cathedral was
densely packed with a congregation composing members of
all denominations. Every seat was filled, and many were
glad if they could only find standing-room. Shortly before
ten o'clock the space around the catafalque was filled with
nuns, the heads of different sections of the community, and
some of the more intimate friends of the diseased Arch-
bishop. At ten o'clock the great bell at St. Mary's ceased
to toll, aud the solemn and touching strains of the " Dead
March" heralded the approach of the procession. The altar
boys bearing tapers, the priests clad in surplice and biretta,
the Benedictines clad in black, walked slowly in, taking
their appointed places around the coffin. Among those

present were—the Right Reverend Monsignor Lynch, the
Venerable Archdeacon Rigney ; the Very Rev. Deans Halli-
nan, Hanly, Sheridan, Forde, McCarthy, White, Kenny,
O'Brien (Cooma), and Flanagan ; Fathers P. Young, Roche
(O.S.B.), McCarthy. Luckie, C. M., Jolly, McGuinn, Phelan, E.
Walsh, M. Walsh, J. M. Garavel, Cunningham, Hayes, Leo-
nard, M. Athy, P. Carroll, J. Cunningham, M. D'Arcy, Fitz-
patrick, Foley, Keating, Keoghan, De Menent de Chenais,
Mahony, Z. F. Muraire, O'Reilly, Pollard, Riordan, J. Sheri-
dan, P. Slattery, J. W. Taylor, J. Flemming, Collins, H. B.

Callachor, M. A., Dillon, Ambrosoli, Tressailet, and M.
Gough. Then came the Lord Bishop of Bathurst and his
chaplain, the Lord Bishop of Maitland and his chaplain, (the
Rev. Father Ryan, of Newcastle), the Lord Bishop of Goul-
burn and his chaplain (the Rev. D. McAlroy, V.G.); and
lastly the Most Rev. the Lord Archbishop of Sydney, attended
by his chaplain (Father Vaughan), entered and took up his
position for the first time at the north side of the altar. Dr.
Colletti, assisted by the Rev. Father Petre, was master of the
ceremonies. The Pontifical High Mass was celebrated by
the Lord Bishop of Bathurst, the Very Rev. the Arch-priest
Sheehy being deacon, and the Very Rev Dean O'Connel the sub-
deacon. The Very Rev. Dr. Quirk was assistant priest to the
throne in cope. The Rev. Prior Dwyer was deacon, and the
Rev. P. Quirk, M.A., was sub-deacon to the Most Rev. the
Lord Archbishop. When all who attended to do especial
honour to the memory of the deceased prelate had taken
their seats the lauds commenced, being sung alternately by
the cantors and the decani sections, Fathers Leeming and
Cunningham being the chief cantors. At the conclusion the
Solemn Requiem at once burst forth, reminding the congre-
gation that the Solemn Sacrifice was about to be offered up
for the soul of him who is gone. As the more solemn part
of the canon approached, the congregation knelt; and when
the bell tolled to announce the divine presence, the heads of
all were bowed low in silent prayer for the soul of John Bede
Polding. The music was hushed, as even that would be out
of place at such a moment. The only sound audible was the
swinging of the censor. With a feeling of relief, which was
embodied in the music that follows, the worshippers arose,
and the Agnes Dei was sung, and the mass was over.
Thanks to those who took prominent part in it, its effect
was perfect. The congregation then shortly left the church

but lingered a moment around the coffin to obtain some of
the white immortelles with which it had been decorated.
These they took, to store up in memory of him whom they

had loved

The internal decorations of the cathedral were erected
under the directions af Mr. Jas. Mullins, of thä firm of A.
Moore and Co. Without any attempt at mere display, they
were appropriate and beautiful, and well calculated to sym-
bolise the dignity of the deceased prelate and to impress all
beholders with the solemnity of the occasion.

The body was encased in a leaden,shell, which was placed .

in a plain polished cedar coffin, which bore the following in-
scription : - " Joannes Beda Polding, 0. S. B., Primis
Archiepiscopus Sidniensis, natus die 18 Novembris, 1794,
consecratus die 29 Junii, 18o4, obdormivit in Domini die 16
Martii, 1877. Requiescat in pace." This was placed on a
dais elevated on four steps, symbolizing the ecclessiastical
grades—deacon, priest, bishop, archbishop. At the head of
the coffin stood the pastoral crook, to remind us of his
authority, while on the coffin lay his vestments, reminding
us of his sacred character. Around the body were a large
number of lighted candles, telling us of the immortality of
the soul. The catafalque, beneath which the remains lay,
was a singularly appropriate structure—draped in heavy
black, expressive of sorrow, and relieved here and there with
the white flowers of the field, expressive of that hope which
tempers grief. Nor was this by any means all that deserves
an honourable mention. Nothing oould be more excellent
than the execution of the music, If there is any occasion
when music is a real power in a church, it is at a funeral.
' The Dead March," by Handel, the soul-piercing tones of

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Mozart's Requiem, the powerful sonorous chant of the

priests—all express feelings and suggest ideas which are

natural at such a time. The chorus was a combination of
the various city choirs, and together with the orchestra, their
execution of that most difficult music was everything that
could be desired. The whole of the music was under the
directorship of the Rev. Father Leeming, and under the con-
ductorship of Mr. Delaney. Mr. Banks, of St. Patricks, pre-
sided at the organ ; Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Miles sang the
soprano and contralto solos in a most artistic manner. The
service as a whole was most impressive and touching, and
in full harmony with the sad occasion.

VAULT AT THE PETERSHAM CEMETERY.

THE view on page twelve shows the interior of the vault at
the Petersham Roman Catholic cementry in which the re-
mains of the late Archbishop Polding has been buried. The
vault is situated in the centre of the burial ground in a con-
spicuous position. It is eight feet long by five and a half
feet wide, and the height to the centre of the arched roof is
six feet. A large wooden cross, easily seen from the Peter-
sham road, marks the locality. It is understood that the
remains of the late Archbishop will only repose there tem-
porarily, it being intended to have them removed to St.
Mary's Cathedral, where a mortuary chapel will ultimately
be erected for their receptiou.

SACRED HEART CHURCH, PRESBYTERY, &C.

OUR engravings on page twelve also show an exterior view
of the Sacred Heart Church and the Presbytery, the latter of
which had for a long time been the favourite residence of
the late Archbishop. The church and presbytery are too
well known to need exact description, and have become
especially so since the death of the venerable and distin-
guished prelate, who passed so much of his time in them
They are situated near Old South Head Road, and by their
conspicuous position at once attract the notice of the passer-
by in that neighbourhood. Though urged by his medical advi-

sers to remove further from the noise and turmoil of the

city, no persuasion could induce the late Archbishop to
vacate the presbytery, to which he clung with fondness. The

room in which he drew his last breath is shown in our
engravings on page twelve, as is also his study at the pres-
bytery of St. Mary's Cathedral.

THE FUNERAL PROCESSION.

Immediately upon the conclusion of the services con-
nected with the obsequies of the late Archbishop Polding
in the pro-Cathedral, preparations were made for starting
the funeral procession. The deep sympathy and concern
shown by all classes and all sects of the community towards
our Roman Catholic brethren in regard to the loss of their
venerated prelate was strikingly evinced on Monday.
Thousands of people turned out to witness the procession,
and thickly lined the footpaths along the whole of the
route. Our supplement will, perhaps, give an accurate idea
of the scene that presented itself when the procession had
formed, and of the multitude of persons who followed the
remains to the grave, as well as of those who congregated
in the vicinity of St. Mary's, Hyde Park, and everywhere
that the cortege could be viewed. Nearly all the places of
business were closed until after the funeral had gone by.
It was also noticed that a great number of people were
more or less attired in mourning apparel. It is believed
that so long a funeral cortege was never seen in Sydney
before, as it is computed to have extended over about three
miles. It is no slight praise to those who had the marshal-
ling of this vast procession to say that the whole of the
arrangements were so well made that no hitch occurred.
All the various bodies fell into their appointed places with
the regularity of a well-disciplined army, and the utmost
order and decorum was maintained throughout, lt is esti-
mated that in the fore part of the procession there were
between four and five thousand persons oh foot, forming
members of the Guilds and other societies, and there were
no less than 261 vehicles following the hearse, besides
several more that fell into the procession at St. Benedict's,
in Parramatta-street. The order of the procession was as

follows :

Australian Holy Catholic Guild.

Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society.

St. Francis' Guild Brothers of Temperance.

The German Society.

Catholic Young Men's Literary Society.

Catholic Young Men's Society.

Sacred Heart Society.

Christian Doctrine Society.

Lyndhurst College.
Lyndhurst Union.

Sydney University.

Band of the New South Wales Artillery.

Altar boys.

Clergy on foot.

Bishops and Clergy in carriages.

His Grace Archbishop Vaughan.

THE HEARSE.

Mounted Orderlies.

Two mourning coaches.

Mourners on foot.

The late Archbishop's carriage.

The carriage of his Excellency the Governor.

The carriage of Sir James Martin, containing the Lieut.
Governor, Sir Alfred Stephen ; the Chief Justice, Sir James
Martin ; and his Honor Sir William Manning.

Carriage containing the Hon. John Robertson, Colonial
Secretary ; the Hon. W. B. Dalley, Attorney-General ; Hon.
A. Stuart, Colonial Treasurer j and Mr. J. Williams, Crown
Solicitor.

Carriage with Hon. John Lucas, Minister for Mines ; and
Hon. J. Docker, Minister for Justice and Public Instruction.

Carriage with the Hon. John Hay, President of the Legis-
lative Council.

Carriage with the Hon. G. W. Allen, Speaker of the
Legislative Assembly.

Carriages and other vehicles, among the occupants of
which were his Honor Mr. Justice Faucett, Sir G: Innes,
Mr. Saul Samuel; Mr. P. A. Jennings, Dr. Donovan, Mr.
W. Browne (Singleton), Mr. J. Teece, Alderman O'Connor,
Mr. W. M. Alderson, Rev. Dr. Lang, Mr. M. Fitzpatrick,
M.L.A.; Mr. W. C. Windeyer, M.L.A.; Mr. R. Driver,
M.L.A.; Mr. H. H. Halloran, Dr. Mackenzie, Alderman
Young, Rev. A. B. Davis, Mr. C. Cowper, Mr. E. Butler,
M.L.A.; Mr. J. Butler, Mr. T. M. Slattery, Dr. Milford,
Dr. Bennett, Mr. P. Raymond ; Mr. J. W. Smart, Dr. Clune,
Mr. E. Flood, Mr. E. Hollingdale, Mr. E. O. Caraher, Mr.
Shepherd Smith, Mr. W. Neill, Mr. E. Fosbery (Inspector
General of Police), Mr. J. Hurley (Narellen), Dr. Cox, Dr.
McDonagh, Mr. J. Merriman (Mayor of Sydney), the Rev.

Principal Kinross, the Hon. A. Campbell, M.L.C., the Rev.
Mr. Saliniere, Mr. W. Cooper, Mr. J. Gr. O'Connor, Mr.
Jackson, Colonel Richardson, Mr. G. Hurley, Mr. E. O.
Smith, Mr. Alfred Hilder.

The route taken by the procession was as follows :—From
St. Mary's pro-Cathedral, along College-street, down Park
street, George-street to Parramatta-street, where, at St.

Benedict's a portion of the clergy fell in, and on past the .
Glebe, through the cutting, along the Parramatta Road to

Petersham.

Owing to the broken and sloppy condition of the road
beyond the University, the cortege did not reach Petersham
till nearly three o'clock. The cemetery had been kept free
of intruders by a body of police acting under the directions
of Superintendent Read, and sub-inspectors Anderson,
Waters, and Rush. Only the members of the choir and a
few other persons who were to take part in the proceedings
were admitted. A large body of people whose hopes of
gaining admission to the ground had been disappointed,

spread themselves round the enclosing fences and along
either side of the road leading to the cemetery gate.

As the coffin, borne by several members of the A. C. H.
Guild, and preceded by the cross-bearer, the Chaplain, the
Warden, and the Secretary, was brought into the cemetery,
the choir, which was under the directorship of the Rev.
Father Leeming, chanted the miserere. The members of
the Guild formed a large circle around the vault, the space
before them being occupied by the clergy in their ecclesias-
tical robes, the altar boys, and several gentlemen, among
whom were the Hon. Sir Alfred Stephen, Lieutenant
Governor ; Sir James Martin, Chief Justice ; the Hon. John
Hay, President of the Legislative Council ; Mr. P. A.
Jenning's, K.S.G. ; members of the University, members of
Lyndhurst College, and others. The coffin, on which a
large Cross formed of immortelles, was placed on supports at
the entrance to the vault, and, after the choir had chanted
the Benedictas, the rite of the last absolutions, as prescribed
by the Pontificate, was performed by the Archbishop, and
the Bishops of Brisbane, Maitland, Goulburn, and Bathurst,
assisted by the Revs. Dr. Quirk, Prior, Dwyer, Dr. Coletti,
and others. During the ceremony the choir chanted the
Psalm, De Profxmdis. The ceremony being concluded, the
Archbishop addressed a few words to those standing imme-
diately around the grave. He said : " My lords and dearly
beloved—-I assure you that I feel far too depressed to-day,
after what I have gone through during the last week, to say
any words at all, if I did not think that you would feel it
as a loss if I did not, in a very short way, express the feel-
ings which animate your hearts now that we are putting
away all that is mortal of John Bede Polding, amongst his
priests and amongst his people. Such a life as his, and such
a work as he has done, you know as well as I do, require
long thought and long study, not only to amass but to
place before the minds and the imaginations of others, in
order that they may appreciate his spotless life, and learn

the lessons which it teaches. As to myself and my loss,
this is not the place, I suppose, to speak of a personal loss,
though what is your loss, what is the loss of each one of us
but a personal loss ? But I feel it because it leaves upon
me a weight which was borne by him, and also because I
know more of his former life before he came to the this
colony than any here present. I know something of his
career during the years he was in the same house of religious
discipline in which I myself was taught to serve God at
early morning and late at night ; and I can assure you here
surrounding me that there was never anything in this
world that had a more powerful action on my spirit, not from
what I knew of him by personal contact, but from the
traditions that he left behind him, and from that indescrib-
able influence which, like an opulent flower in a garden,
spreads its perfume hither aud thither. What he was as
a bishop you know better than I do, because you have been
in contact with him year after year, and have listened to
the sage counsels and gentle reproofs which came from his
lips. I will not detain you now in speaking of the works he
has effected, or of his great piety, or of the wide-spread in-
fluence whioh he possessed throughout the community. On
another occassion myself, or some other person will en-
deavour to set forth abrief history of his life in the great
and exalted position to which he attained, and to exhibit
that gentleness, that forbearance, and all those other
qualities which take so many years to learn, and which
were displayed by him with such great brilliancy. May
his mantle indeed fall upon my shoulders, and may I learn
from him those lessons I so much need, and may he look
upon that Church for which he laboured so indefatigably
for many year. And let us in return not forget him. If
you would do something for him remember his soul in your
prayers, for, however spotless a man's life may be, there is
an eye more searching than man's—the eye of the Judge of
all men ; and, if there be any soil, it will have to be burned
out in the purging fires. Pray then that he may receive
that reward he longed for in life, and you will have per-
formed the most holy service you can perform to John Bede
Polding. Having buried his remains you may free his soul
from the penal fires in which it may even now be placed. "
Shortly after the conclusion of his Grace's remarks, the
assemblage left the cemetery to return homewards.

" So He giveth His beloved sleep."

As when some stately shallop glides away
In silent grandeur over placid seas,

At sunset, fading through the golden haze
In memorable beauty—thus he died.

Not in the turmoil, stricken in his strength
Not 'midst a host of labours uncomplete,

But with the builded work set firm and sure
From deep foundation unto turret top,

Weary, but willing, he hath sunk to rest.

Envoy of Peace ! Cross-bearer for the Christ !
His task is done-the victory is gained :
But, oh ! what record in this baby land

Can truly tell us all his good deeds done ?

What kept undone that might have wrought from

good?—

How great the lesson of his charity,

Which, reaching wider than the Poles apart,

Would grip our world and lift it up to Heav'n !

Not yet to know : the hours are all too fresh,
And grief is green upon men's memories.

Not now-not now-the requiem surges up,
The wailing dirge is yet within our ears,

And eyes are blind with hallowed tears that fall,
And hearts are leaden with a heavy woe.
In time to come, if ever bigot hate'

Do mar the aspect of Benevolence ;

If e'er the vapours of its baleful fires

Do smirch the azure of our Austral skies ;

If impious hands, calumniating God,

Dare pour His mercy out from measured cups,
Or set sharp bounds to mark the only way

Then shall the beauty of this dead High Priest
Gleam like a glory through the darkened isle,
Halo the decades of bis pilgrimage,

And gem far richer than a kingly robe
His simple vesture of humility.

Matrons and maidens, grizzled age and youth
Will tell sweet stories of his blameless life :

How, stooping from his high majestic state,

He passed betwixt the scorner and the scorned,
O'erturning ever in his daily walk

The slavish altars reared to Ignorance.

How, bravely piercing to the lair of sin,

He freed repentant bondmen of their chains,
Or quelled the terrors of their agony.

His bones will crumble, and his tomb decay,
And stranger races fill this continent ;
But alway in the converse of the good

The name of POLDING shall find honoured place,.
And dear remembrance, re-enthroning Time,
Shall note the peerless virtues of the man

The perfect mind, the patient, faithful heart ;
The rev'rent lips, aye moved in holy wish
Or sage reproof ; the ready, gentle hand,

That quenched the zealot's fervour ere it grew
At flowing runnels of exhaustless love ;

The wondrous power of kindliness in him
To dull the spite of bitter sectarists,

And draw from pallid Envy holy drops

Which dewed the snow-white roses on his bed
What time he yielded up his sacred charge,
And, in the fulness of an honoured age,
Did fall asleep to dream of Christ.

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