The conquest of the continent . ion, were the effective stimulus which keptthem brave and faithful under manifold discour-agements. That they sometimes accomplishedlittle, compared with the opportunities theyfaced and the achievements of other Christianbodies about them, was due to the fact that theChurch at large did not yet believe in herself. Does she yet believe? That will be proved bythe issue. If she has a mission to become any-thing more than a respectable little soct, she can A Last Word 185 fulfil it only when she rises to a sense of whatshe is and what she is called to do. If she has
The conquest of the continent . ion, were the effective stimulus which keptthem brave and faithful under manifold discour-agements. That they sometimes accomplishedlittle, compared with the opportunities theyfaced and the achievements of other Christianbodies about them, was due to the fact that theChurch at large did not yet believe in herself. Does she yet believe? That will be proved bythe issue. If she has a mission to become any-thing more than a respectable little soct, she can A Last Word 185 fulfil it only when she rises to a sense of whatshe is and what she is called to do. If she has,as she believes, a Catholic heritage—if she is,as she claims to be, a national Church—her bestcontribution to the religious needs of Americaand the world will be made when she acts onthese beliefs; when, following the best tradi-tions and suggestions of the past she aspires tobecome in the future a more perfect represen-tative of New Testament Christianity. To such a mind, and to such a service, mayGod bring us all I NORTH. ^epar/tnmt ^? 8 includes Alaska^ andJlisiionarif Districts of Honohih aird iheYhilifpinQ Islazids. MAP SHOWING DIOCESES AND DISTRK
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