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 . ifest are they. For it is evi-dent that the latter methodserves but to depopulate thecountry of all its young men;to reduce the number of peo-ple in the houses; to deprivewives of their husbands, fath-ers and mothers of the aid oftheir children, and sisters ofthat of their brothers; to ex-pose Those who undertake suchjourneys to a thousand dangersfor both their
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 . ifest are they. For it is evi-dent that the latter methodserves but to depopulate thecountry of all its young men;to reduce the number of peo-ple in the houses; to deprivewives of their husbands, fath-ers and mothers of the aid oftheir children, and sisters ofthat of their brothers; to ex-pose Those who undertake suchjourneys to a thousand dangersfor both their Bodies and theirsouls. It also causes them toincur very many expenses, part-ly necessary, partly Useless,and partly Criminal; it accus-toms them not to work, but tolose all taste for work, and tolive in Continual idleness; it renders themincapable of learning any trade, and there-by makes them Useless to themselves, totheir families, and to the entire country,through having made themselves unfitfor the occupations that are most Com- mon and most useful to man. But It isnot only for these Reasons, which effectthis Life,—it is still more on account ofThose which concern the soul, that Thissending of the french among the savages. GROUP OF ORPHAN GIRLS IN MARQUETTE WITH SISTERS: I.—justicia; 2.—aurelia; 3.—depazzi; 4.—anastasia; 5. CATHARINE. must appear Infinitely harmful to Takes them away from all the holyplaces; it separates them from all Eccles-iastical and religious persons; It aban-dons them to a total deprivation of allInstruction, both public and private, of 106 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF all devotional Exercises, and, finally, ofall the spiritual aids to Christianity. Itsends them into savage countries and intoImpassable places,—through a thousanddangers, both on land and on water,—tocarry on in a low, servile, and shamefulmanner a Commerce that could be carriedon much more advantageously at mon-treal, where the people would have amuch larger share i
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