. A centenary of Catholicity in Kansas, 1822-1922 ; the history of our cradle land (Miami and Linn Counties) ; Catholic Indian missions and missionaries of Kansas ; The pioneers on the prairies : notes on St. Mary's Mission, Sugar Creek, Linn County; Holy Trinity Church, Paola, Miami County; Holy Rosary Church, Wea; Immaculate Conception, , Louisburg; St. Philip's Church, Osawatomie; Church of the Assumption, Edgerton, Johnson County; to which is added a short sketch of the Ursuline Academy at Paola; the diary of Father Hoecken, and old Indian records. RBV. DANIEL, J. HURLEY 102 THE HIST
. A centenary of Catholicity in Kansas, 1822-1922 ; the history of our cradle land (Miami and Linn Counties) ; Catholic Indian missions and missionaries of Kansas ; The pioneers on the prairies : notes on St. Mary's Mission, Sugar Creek, Linn County; Holy Trinity Church, Paola, Miami County; Holy Rosary Church, Wea; Immaculate Conception, , Louisburg; St. Philip's Church, Osawatomie; Church of the Assumption, Edgerton, Johnson County; to which is added a short sketch of the Ursuline Academy at Paola; the diary of Father Hoecken, and old Indian records. RBV. DANIEL, J. HURLEY 102 THE HISTORY OF OUR CRADLE LAND tered congregation, thus completing the work of good Father Abel, andhis predecessor, Father Wattron. Father Hurlej^ displayed marked executive ability so that whateverhe put his hand to prospered. Youth and good will were on his side,nothing daunted him. The bad conditions of the roads, the inclemencyof the weather or the more trying perplexities of depleted finances wereall overcome with patient determination. He suffered much in the winter season attending the distant mis-sions and in going on sick calls at night time; in fact, the probability isthat the severe rheumatism of his latter vears could be traced to this, for. he was never comfortably clothed, nor was his home accommodationsadequate. He was indeed a poor priest, but forgot all about it becausehe forgot himself. The church, the people and the little children wereall he lived for. The little catechism was all he taught and little kind-nesses filled all his days. He died poor but well beloved, on September7, 1903. In Father Hurleys time it was noticed that the Old Stone churchwas fast falling to decay; large cracks appeared in the walls and it wasfelt that it was no longer safe for the people to assemble there. This necessitated the building of a new church. It Avas a daringundertaking when we consider that the number of families then in theparish was not over fifty, probably forty families wer
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