. The First American Catholic Missionary Congress. tyr; of the slothful Asiatic,they made the very athlete of God; of your own Northern forefathers,they made the messengers of grace, who stopped not at the course ofrivers, nor halted at the mountain ranges, but hastened on to carry thegood tidings of great joy. And so, in this fair land of America, where the pioneer priests andmissionaries made of the savage, the lily of the Mohawks, the samedivine energy has been felt, and we find its glorious result, in this firstAmerican Missionary Congress, assembled here in Chicago, to-day, underthe auspi
. The First American Catholic Missionary Congress. tyr; of the slothful Asiatic,they made the very athlete of God; of your own Northern forefathers,they made the messengers of grace, who stopped not at the course ofrivers, nor halted at the mountain ranges, but hastened on to carry thegood tidings of great joy. And so, in this fair land of America, where the pioneer priests andmissionaries made of the savage, the lily of the Mohawks, the samedivine energy has been felt, and we find its glorious result, in this firstAmerican Missionary Congress, assembled here in Chicago, to-day, underthe auspices of the Catholic Church Extension Society. Like the Pente-costal fire, it has come as a mighty wind, and thanks to our God, it hasfound a noble and ready response. Clergy and laity, here united in truefraternal and Christian spirit, are all filled with the same ambition, tospread our Holy Church, to enlarge the bounds of the Kingdom of God,and to bring the tidings of joy to our scattered brethren, as well as tothe stranger without the gate. 28. * IE 3 £> r - ?-
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