Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-27
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corrrrH1ILr. Mlss.. october 5.

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Editors Memphis Appeal
1t il important to every one to be able
at once to tell the day of the month
without reference to q calendar. This, /
have ascertained, can easily be done by
the following method Let the follow
ing figures, in the order presented, repre-
sent the twelve months Of the year:
1,4,4,7,2,5,7,3,6,I,4,6. Each Of these mum.
beTs represent the day OF the week on
which the month commences, counting
from the lst day of January, inclusive
OF that day. The second, third and
eleventh are represented by the figure
If January comes on Monday. Then
the first'day Of the months represented
by the figure will be on Thursday, and
so on Of the other months.
II will be more easily remembered
presented as follows January and Oe-
tober come on the same day. February,
March and November, four after. Wesay
April is hut seven and May IS but two,
June always hve-you will dDd 10 be true be-
Then JuIy Is seven, Angus Is three,
September and the twelfth aresiX-yo can see,
During leap year, after February,
the first day Of January should be
excluded, and count from the day
Of the week on which the second
day OF January occurs. The day Of the
week on which each month commences
being thus ascertained, we know the
first, eighth, fifteenth, tweny-secOnd and
twenty-ninth are the same.
These facts aud figures being once i'm
pressed on the mind, which will require
but few minutes, every man carries his
almanac in his head. ID. E. THOMAS.
BISHOP LYNCH, Of Charleston, thus
concludes an answering address to his
Clergy and Laity who called to congrat-
ulate him on his return from Europe 60
Much still remains to be done. Pros
perity has not yet returned to gladden.
cur land. There is still poverty and dis
tress, and hence it is that we shall still
have to seek aid from abroad, and will
have again to absent myself from the
diocese.
/ pray that prosperity may soon return,
and / am sure that every Catholic man,
woman and child will gladly unitein full
filling the duty OF gratitude to God and
in building up his house.
We have a work before US. We have
widows and orphans and poor among
ourselves. We have to provide for
them, and beyond that, we have a vast
multitude recently placed in liberty, but
who are not yet free with the freedom Of
the Church OF God. To them we must
labor to impart the light of true faith.
The work may be difficult, but the
Apostles found their work difficult. No
nation, no people ever yet was gathered
into the fold OF the Catholic Church save
at the expense Of labor, of difficulties, OF
martyrdom. Ireland is the only excep-
ton in the entire history Of the Church.
I feel bound before Almighty God to
labor for this work, and / feel sure that
even in q temporal order the spread OF
Catholic truth and Catholic life among
them will bring much good, and remove
many of the dangers which now threaten
our social condition. We must not be
because OF our own weakness,
for the Apostles were weak, and it bias
ever pleased God in His divine provid-
ence to choose the things that are weak
to perform the greatest works of his
power.