Western field . t\y))Sutton .. H OW firm was the faith and how noblethe will Which planted its Emblem on the valleyand hill! Which dared mid the wilds of the savageto tread Where never the path of a Christian hadled; Which carried the Cross of the CrucifiedChrist Where wealth had not tempted, or lucre en-ticed. Though bleak was the mountain, the}^ climbed to its crown;Though arid the desert, they laughed at its frown;The canon, the river, the wild and the wasteHid never a fate that they would not have faced;No foe upon earth could have baffled that bandWhich came without weapon, in peace to co
Western field . t\y))Sutton .. H OW firm was the faith and how noblethe will Which planted its Emblem on the valleyand hill! Which dared mid the wilds of the savageto tread Where never the path of a Christian hadled; Which carried the Cross of the CrucifiedChrist Where wealth had not tempted, or lucre en-ticed. Though bleak was the mountain, the}^ climbed to its crown;Though arid the desert, they laughed at its frown;The canon, the river, the wild and the wasteHid never a fate that they would not have faced;No foe upon earth could have baffled that bandWhich came without weapon, in peace to command. The savage, untutored, defiant ana bowed in their presence—a soldier or slaveTo bear or defend, as the padres might Cross of the Saviour, nor deemed it a blind to their God, and a savage by birth,He saw in that Emblem the giory of earth! With the Book that they brought and theCross that they bore These missions were reared by the padresof yore; Like a rosary stretched over mountain andp
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