women and children-yes, often very "little ones," mere babies-when the destroyer marks them for his own! They are Hawaii's wards- these poor sick children—and well and nobly does she look out for them; nor are they ever forgotten or neglected. Their rations are plentiful and good; there is no stint of food or clothing. Water is laid on all over the place, and nursing and medicine, and prayers and priest are theirs. They are never overlooked at Christmas or Thanksgiving-time, and even Fourth of July brings for them as well as for others a noisy joy!

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By most savants the disease is not thought to be contagious, in the ordinary sense of that term measles or whooping-cough; but if a "Sister" or a "Brother," or a priest goes to Molokai for life, to "lose his life that he may find it," he or she must expect, in time, to become a victim, too, to this appalling disease. And should they escape, it would be in the same unaccountable manner that one escapes when in the midst of cholera or yellow-fever, and comes out unharmed.

And Father Damien, what shall I say of thee, thou saint in Paradise!

It was foolhardy, unwise and reckless, a tempting of Providence, a playing with edge-tools, if, as has been said of thee, thou didst take a cup from a leper's hand to drink --the pipe from a leper's mouth to smoke! But thou wast "wise unto salvation"-loving, brotherly and Christ-like, wherein thou didst through the long, lonely years of thy banishment from home

and country, and kith and kin, nurse and help and pray for thy children, ministering to them in their supreme hours of agony-and even shrouding them often for the grave!

On the coast of France, near Calais, is a lighthouse. Some one said to the keeper in charge, "What if your light should go out?"

"It never shall, sir; it never shall! Oh, when I look out at night, and see the ships from India, from Australia, from America, and from other places, I feel as if the eyes of the whole world were upon my light. Oh, it shall never go out!

"And they came to the gate within the wall, where Peter holds the keys.

Stand up, stand up now, Tomlinson, and answer loud and high The good that ye did for the sake of men or ever ye came to dieThe good that ye did for the sake of men in little earth so lone!' And the naked soul of Tomlinson grew white as a rain-washed bone.

"This I have read in a book,' he said, 'and that was told to me, And this I have thought that another man thought of a Prince in Muscovy'—

And Peter twirled the jangling keys in weariness and wrath. 'Ye have read, ye have heard, ye have thought,' he said, ‘and the tale is yet to run:

By the worth of the body that once ye had, give answer-what ha' ye done?'"

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BISHOP OF PANOPOLIS.

T. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, on Van Ness avenue, was crowded to the doors yesterday morning, the occasion being the consecration of Rev. Father Gulstan P. Ropert as Bishop of the Hawaiian Islands.

"Among the immense congregation were several natives of Hawaii, who had come here to be present at the ceremony.

"It was a spectacle of great pomp and magnifi

cence.

"The beautiful interior of the sacred edifice, the brilliant lights and colors around the altar, and the clergy, with their scarlet and white vestments and the insignia of their higher offices, formed a picture of rare grandeur and impressiveness.

"There were about forty clergy within the altarrails, including, besides the celebrants, Bishop Nichols, of the Greco-Russian Church, and several visiting priests.

"The consecration ceremony was commenced by the celebration of pontifical high mass, in which Bishop Scanlan, of Salt Lake City, and Bishop Mora, of Los Angeles, assisted.

"Most Rev. Archbishop Riordan was the celebrant; very Rev. Father Prendergast assistant priest, Rev. Father York deacon of the mass, Rev. Father Doran sub-deacon of the mass, Rev. Fathers P. Gray and Patrick Scanlan deacons of honor, Rev. Fathers Montgomery, Kirby and Imoda masters of ceremonies, Rev. Father Crowley chaplain to Bishop Scanlan, Rev. William Dye chaplain to Bishop Mora, Rev. Fathers Valentine and Renaudier attendants on the new Bishop.

"Censer-bearer, Francis Leonard; boat-bearer, Council J. Goodell; acolytes, Richard A. Donne, William A. Hughes, Aloysius Mallon and John Kelly; bookbearers, Robert G. Drady and Cornelius E. Kennedy; candle-bearer, John H. Wilson; apron-bearer, Edward M. Deasy; crosier-bearer, James J. O'Dea ; miter-bearer, Charles V. A. Drady; cross-bearers, James J. King, Daniel A. Ryan and Aloysius Dunnigan; leaders, Stanislaus E. Ranken and Thomas M. Deasy.

"The sermon was preached by Rev. Father Sasia, of the Society of Jesus. He took for his text: 'Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God; but how shall they hear unless they have a preacher, and how shall he preach unless he be sent?'

"He drew a beautiful comparison between civil and religious society. God was the author of both. But in civil society he leaves men to choose their form of government, but in religious society he chooses his

own way.

"The sermon was a learned disquisition on the

establishment of the divine institution of the Church, the central thought being that a man to preach the word of God must be sent by God to so preach it.

"The consecration ceremony was most solemn and impressive. Archbishop Riordan took his seat on a gold stool which had been placed on a small platform in front of the altar.

"The distinguished prelate read the office of consecration, the priests forming themselves into a picturesque group around the celebrant and Bishop-elect.

"During the reading of the office the Bishop-elect prostrated himself out at full length on the carpet, face down, until the Archbishop told him to rise and approach the altar.

"He was then annointed and made his profession of faith.

"Before the conclusion of the mass the new Bishop bestowed his blessing upon the worshipers.

"The music, under the direction of the organist, Professor Eisner, was in keeping with the solemnity and grandeur of the occasion, and was finely rendered by the well-trained choir.

"It began with the Hawaiian national hymn, organ and solo. The 'Kyrie,' Mozart's Twelfth, followed. After the consecration of the Bishop the 'Gloria' and balance of Mozart's Twelfth were sung. The offertory was Diabelli's 'Gaudeamus,' in which Miss Clara McGowan and S. J. Sandy sustained the leading parts. The grand'Et Incarnatus Est' was sung by Charles Gottung, tenor.