History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . REV. OTTO ZIEGLER, O. F. M. and as annihilated by the furious tem-pests that always assailed her! And is itnot from death itself, to speak so, fromthe bottom of abyss, that she has risenas many times, glorious and triumphant ?Follow her history through the ages, andsee whether her greatest prostration, herprofoundest annihilation, has not been al-ways the prelu
History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . REV. OTTO ZIEGLER, O. F. M. and as annihilated by the furious tem-pests that always assailed her! And is itnot from death itself, to speak so, fromthe bottom of abyss, that she has risenas many times, glorious and triumphant ?Follow her history through the ages, andsee whether her greatest prostration, herprofoundest annihilation, has not been al-ways the prelude, the signal of her great- 212 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF est victories; whether every enemy (andGod knows how many she has had) hasnot fallen before her, in the very momentthat he seemed to have inflicted the lastand mortal blow. No, that immortal Church is never soformidable nor so invincible as when sheseems to be reduced to the last extremity:because the strength which sustains heris not her own, but that of God, whose. REV. SIGISMUND PIRRON. O. F. M. might breaks forth in the infirmity of thecreatures. Oh! most holy and most puredaughter of the Most High! how littlethou fearest the attacks of those who havesworn thy destruction, when Christ him-self has assured thee of thy destiny, say-ing: Behold, I am with you all days,even unto the consummation of theworld. That the paraclete may abide with you forever. Have confidence, Ihave conquered the world. But, I must,dear brethren, to confirm what I advance,to console our faith and stir up our cour-age, now when once more among thethousand times that the Church has beenassailed, her chief pontiff is attacked fromall parts,—I must retrace here a few linesof that magnificent picture which holdsforth to us the annals of that Church, al-ways persecuted and always victorious. Consider her at first in the strugglewith the synagogue and the rebel Christ, her founder, had sunk undertheir repeated stroke, and expired in the
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