. Memorial of the life and labors of Rt. Rev. Stephen Vincent Ryan, D. D., C. M., : second Bishop of Buffalo, N. to the Protestant ministers of the city toattend the Bishops funeral. Seats, he added, would be reservedfor them in the Cathedral, and more than two score ministers,representing different denominations, accepted the invitation thusextended. Death is alwavs a great leveler of distinctions, be their naturewhat it may, and his summons seldom fails to awaken sympathywith those whom it saddens. In these days, when so manymalicious efforts are being made to sow religious dissensionsam
. Memorial of the life and labors of Rt. Rev. Stephen Vincent Ryan, D. D., C. M., : second Bishop of Buffalo, N. to the Protestant ministers of the city toattend the Bishops funeral. Seats, he added, would be reservedfor them in the Cathedral, and more than two score ministers,representing different denominations, accepted the invitation thusextended. Death is alwavs a great leveler of distinctions, be their naturewhat it may, and his summons seldom fails to awaken sympathywith those whom it saddens. In these days, when so manymalicious efforts are being made to sow religious dissensionsamong the American people, the presence of these Protestantministers at a Catholic bishops obsequies is very gratifying as in-dicating the true Christian spirit, and equally significant as con-stituting a rebuke to religious prejudice and fanaticism. A Manly Priest, a Godly Bishop. From the hlorth-uestein Chronicle, St. Paul, Minn. Stephen Vincent Ryan, who presided over the diocese of Buf-falo for twenty-eight years, passed to his reward last Friday. Hewas buried on Tuesday with signs and expressions of profound.
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