Progress of the Catholic church in America and the great Columbian Catholic Congress of 1893 .. . number of men who believe that their minds are nobler than metal,more powerful than steam, and too grand and too sublime to be satisfied with moment-ary pleasure. Far be it from me to criticise the noble efforts of contemporaries in spreading Faithor co reflect upon the past. Their works are their monuments. The past century ofChurch work is a wonderful foundation; but the future, what possibilities! The su-perb magnificence of the opportunity turns the head, and must set ablaze the heart ofevery
Progress of the Catholic church in America and the great Columbian Catholic Congress of 1893 .. . number of men who believe that their minds are nobler than metal,more powerful than steam, and too grand and too sublime to be satisfied with moment-ary pleasure. Far be it from me to criticise the noble efforts of contemporaries in spreading Faithor co reflect upon the past. Their works are their monuments. The past century ofChurch work is a wonderful foundation; but the future, what possibilities! The su-perb magnificence of the opportunity turns the head, and must set ablaze the heart ofevery Catholic. We can not live on the glory of the past; ours it is to raise the wallsupon the foundations and leave to another generation the ornamentation of the souls are to be saved and when generous, honest souls are hurrying hither andthither in the shadow of death, following foolishly phantom lights, who will rest, whowill spare the sacrifice and sit with hands piously folded pronouncing the idle word,enough? None; for we expect the reward of the Master who acted so generously. WORLDS COLUMBIAN CATHOLIC CONGRESSES. 13 toward the one who had not folded the talent in the napkin. We must labor valiantly,that those following the deceptive glare of false teaching may be brought within thevivifying influence of the Light of the World, and their gain will be our reward. For these various reasons, my dear brethren, we welcome you; the needv in moraland intellectual life we welcome, and Christ, who promised reward for the smallest actin His name, draws you nearer to His Sacred Heart and blesses and welcomes you. On the conclusion of the sacred services the delegates marched in pro-cession to the Art Palace, the Cardinal and other dignitaries accompanyingin carriages. These were welcomed at the door of the beautiful edifice byPresident Bonney of the Worlds Congress Auxiliary, and other officials, andin a very few moments the Hall of Columbus, designated for the largerassem
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