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church was crowded to suffocation at an early hour, 

 and multitudes were unable to enter at all ; so great 

 was the desire to witness the last sad rites that she 

 pays to those who have been the shepherds of her 

 sheepfold. The office for the dead was chanted by 

 the large body of his faithful clergymen, who had 

 gathered in from their different parishes, to pay their 

 last duties to the remains of their Bishop, whom they 

 so dearly loved. When the office was concluded. 

 Rev. Mr. Feely, then of Peoria, now of Elgin, 

 pronounced an eloquent funeral oration, recalling 

 vividly to the minds of all, the character and virtues 

 of the deceased prelate. 



At half past four o'clock, the procession formed 

 to conduct the body to its resting-place. First 

 came the clergymen and ecclesiastical students — 

 then the body, borne by six priests — then the 

 students of the University — then the pupils of the 

 Academy of St. Francis Xavier — then followed the 

 people of all denominations, sexes, and sizes. It 

 passed out of the church; wound round to the rear, 

 where a tomb had been prepared for it beneath the 

 sanctuary, and in front of the altar which himself 

 had reared. The ceremony was orderly and im- 

 posing. And when the clergymen in their white 

 surplices, with lighted candles in their hands, and 

 the beautiful little children of the Academy, dressed 

 in white, reminding one of guardian angels, watching 

 to protect us, stood with lighted candles in their 

 hands around the tomb, while the body was being 

 committed to its kindred earth, the effect was beyond 



