. Memorial of the life and labors of Rt. Rev. Stephen Vincent Ryan, D. D., C. M., : second Bishop of Buffalo, N. ut-terly failed him to express adequately his grateful appreciation ofso overwhelming a welcome. He was specially grateful for thekindness manifested by his fellow-citizens of other than Catholicfaith. He referred feelingly to another demonstration, in thestreets of Buffalo, nigh twenty years before, to welcome a poor,unknown stranger. During those intervening years, he had be-come acquainted with the people, and the people had learned toknow him. He regarded the extraordinary h
. Memorial of the life and labors of Rt. Rev. Stephen Vincent Ryan, D. D., C. M., : second Bishop of Buffalo, N. ut-terly failed him to express adequately his grateful appreciation ofso overwhelming a welcome. He was specially grateful for thekindness manifested by his fellow-citizens of other than Catholicfaith. He referred feelingly to another demonstration, in thestreets of Buffalo, nigh twenty years before, to welcome a poor,unknown stranger. During those intervening years, he had be-come acquainted with the people, and the people had learned toknow him. He regarded the extraordinary honors offered to him,not so much a personal greeting, as a manifestation of respect forthe high office he held. And, indeed, he regarded it as a proudprivilege to be Bishop of Buffalo and to have both priests andpeople so worthy of the name and so worthy of all the honorsthat can be conferred upon them. Verily, that was an ambrosial night whose memory is stillfragrant in many a heart. It was an event which would haveglorified the noblest life. ! / I .. i X^^^d^ r f 1 - v ^ # ^ ^ »? Fi ^r^tepp^. Ef/ ^% r Ir* r.
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