Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-03-04
THE COLORED MISSIOS.


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An interesting and impressive sermon was
delivered at 81. Noysius' church yesterday
by the very Rev. Herbert Vaughan, Of st,
Jospph's Missionary College, London. The
,ni..Ion Of the gentleman In this country,
which wa the subject Of his discourse yestCr-
dsy l. one uf general Interest, and we take
rlPnsurg therefore In laying before our read
err brieI summary Of his remarks. The
reverend gentleman, having read the gospel
"Asthe Father sent me, go also I send you
IlnInE. therefore, teach all nations whatever
have commanded you, and behold am win
YOU all days, even To tue communication Of tbs
THAT man who Ia not Interested In the work Of
the foreign missions he's not love i9r so9lr,
aud he who has no love for souls 10 Christian
only 10 name. The spirit Of Christianity Is
Identical with that Of the foreign missions; the
church on earth I. but mission from heaven ,s4,
shown. The nrst missionary was Iesns Christ
himself the adorable Son Of the Father sent
from Heaven on mission ~ sI nn, DIriSs I,,pI
exhibited the mission for which he came On
earth Even from the cradle which EARN
yOuchsa fell him, from the crib OF Bethlehem, no
SAINT forth His missionaries. The shepherds
who watched on that hrst Christmas morning,
attracted by the strains Of heaNonly lnusie ute"
noar to tho stable In which he llyedi they en-.
tered and paid tho tribute OF theli hdoration,
ami then departed 10 announce TO their people
the wonders OF which they had been witnesses:
The Wiso men, also, from the East, Of different |
races and representing various people, drawn |
more by the love Of the infant king than by the
star which led them, returned into thsir owe
to their people tho good tldings Of great JOY
which they had learned.
And when the sdict Of persecution went forth,
| and II was deemed eXpedient that the divine
| babe should foe with his mother, whittier were
| their steps directedG Did they seek shelter
among their f,iend the shepherds, whG e9aLd
nessesf Did they ny to eastern Asia, where they
| would have been warmly welcomed BY the three
| kings and their peoplei No. There was mis-.
snnary Work to 10 Accomplished, and to land
| OF darkness Ito Afrlca-their steps were bent
| And as tradition teaches that when our infant
| Lord entered the land Of Egypt the Idols fell
from their affairs 80 is II piOlsly believed that
| the advent and stay Of that fountain OF grace
we're the means OF making Egypt the nrst land
Of saints; tho sanctuary Vi holy auchorites and
TLS ministry. too, Of our Lord, tho three years
he spent in teaching, was but the founda tiOn for
A mission for the whole world. Had II been
alone a mission TO the Jewish people, It would
have been failure, for the Jews were not con
verified by Hin. To the people he spoke In pare
but having chosen from them band Of faithful
apostles, He committed to them the lessons OF
silyation which they were to disseminate, Him.
self being the model and example Of what they
taught And what was II he communal atsd to
theml
The fathers voice, 20 tender ana 20 loving
but 50 familiar, will be heard without heed by
the son through life But that son, careless
though he may have been 10 youth anu man.
huOI, when summoned TO the bedside Of ms
living father, whom no soes gathering the last
feeble remnants Of his strength for n parting
Injunction, will lay his ear close TO those Dying
lips aud listen. And when the grave has closed
over the form Of his parent, all other counsel
may DO forgotten, but the dying words he heard
are treasured up In his heart, from which they
can never DO eifacsh. What, then, were tho last
words Of Jesus Christ, tho friend Of mankind
He knew when to speak; He know at what mo.
ment Of HIS own life to give tho most lmportant
lesson and 20 at His last Interview with His dis.
cpleI on earth He said to them, 90 forth and
: | teach al nations whatsoever commanded you,
. and 10! am with you all days even to the con
q | summation Of the world "
A This parting Injunction Of our Divine Master
1 has ever been faithfully observed by the Church
a The spirit Of charity, In which lne eEuus,
Of the needs Of home, to give where there Is 9
greater need. Two examples viii sulhee te
, Illustrate this spirit. When Gregory the
! posed for talo as slaves 10 the market place o.
! Rome hi. heart was touched with pity for thell
land. Though he needed workers In hlS owt
D.. ylcinty-ior even In Italian cities, mot tar dis
= lant from Rome, there was then much heather.
igm-he saw a greater need 10 that northern
land, whore the tire Of ChTlstlLnlty, once kindied
was now wholly or nearly extinct, and thither
, | he sent st. Augustine, with forty monks, "a
- prOsrh the truth, which, knowing, would make
, | them tree. 80.
= the borders Ol their native land there was Chris
u tian work 10 DO done, there went forth TO ltaly
= tU Germany, to France and switzerland mission
G eTs who sowed the seeds Of faith In those cOun
II tries where they have plenteOus trult.
This Church thus has ever delighted In lGr
elgu mission try work, and yet until now no nils
s'on had gone forth from the English. speaki NJ
hIerarchies, from those enthusiastic aud ener
getio hierarehies, the Catholic Church in Ing
land and America. But their time, In the prov
idcnce Of 0od, was now coms. Twenty lOul
y years ago DR.. Wisemau, subsequently, Cardlna
Wlscman, was undergoing trial In Rome
Il which weighed his soul down TO the worry earth
/. In his agony hs sought counsel Of holy prizes
II whose name will doubtless some day be enrOlle'
=, among the clnonlIed saints.
Having stated his case, DR.. Newman receive,
as an answer that he must set to work 70 estab
I llsh foreign mlssl0n-a counsel which Tell upol
MIN like thunderbOlt, as 1t had no direct relief
enOO to the question which he had submitted
Il nor indeed to the special work upon which b
At was engaged, or to which his adviser was do
r voted.
W but never found means to apply II until hDou
'h twelve years ago. Then twas that the speake
who thought the English hierarchles sh9ul
II about the matter, fearing, however, that II W0nl
be treated as u mere youthful doIuslOn. ~
nj cardinal, however, gave u MS warm apprOol
- tiOn: and, thus encouraged, the speaker pre-
ssnted himself to tho sovereign pontiH VINO aus
al approved OF It, and gave him personal blessln
and order for the woTk-the establishment oi
IN foreign mission.
n. hui he had no means nor men at his com
a. mand and not knowing where TO mud either, bu
rpsulute to seek for both, he set sail from Ems
land and landed on the western coast Of u
" United States. To the people Of California
~ made his frst appeal, aud though they wei
u Door and needy, though their own church, III
material edInce was burdeIed with deOt, the
- responded generously, and the contribution
~ the Catholics u California; most Of them Iris
" Catholics, became the foundation oil tho 81 II
- seph's Apostolic Society.
Returning to London, college was esta
a IIshed, and recruits for the work obtained fro
NJ England, ireland, France and Holland.
yt When these had htted themselves for the
work they submitted themselves to the directic
-. OF tho Pope, not knowing where he would set
" them, The heart OF the Holy Father had Ion
- yearned with tenderness fJr the four mlllio
or cOlursd people Of this country, and eager
nd therefore, he embraced this chance TO aid then
He therefore directed them to 90 on nssio
- to the coOTed people OF America,
~ Having received their lnstructions, solem
y" vow was drawn up and registered by Whit
re- euch Of the pr ests binds himself to labor for Il
NJ goId Of these people, to be their iather al
servant, and to engage 10 no work which Wou
lat distract him from this m lsil0n. They Il
nm London In August last, and came to THIS eou
"a Try, where they were received with open arm
~ 4 church was placed at their disposal by q
"e Jesuit fathers Ia Baltimore, and there tn
he Their labors have met with tho greatest c
lrg enlargement. The co lored people have not on
IRE testified their gratitude In many ways to /
mr. priests, hut have tOuchingly exhibited their {
VutiOn to the service OF God.
a, He had travelled throughout the SOuthe
~ country, and now, at the end OF us journey,
rue was more convinced than ever Of tho necessity
her the work upon which they had started. He h
~, spoken with persons Of every rank and con
Nc. tinn; lie had taken them at hap hazard, and
was convinced that Thousands upon thOusaT
H. VI the oOlOred people Of the south had no
~ ngiun whatever. He had picked them
hcs slfan gers on the street and buttOnhOled tho
tho so TO speak, and again and again had he b,
n told they knew naught Of religion.
spu But worse than that, many arc relapslng Il
idUlatTy, aud there can be no doubt Whate
III, that yoOdOOism and ietlchIsm exists amt
~ them.
~. The object OF this mission Is to teach tn
Ut people, to establish among them schools
on which they will be taught to cultivate the 81
vet a nd also such trades MS are suitable for the
Higher schools, too, will be established In VIII
ing they will be taught more advanced branches
an learning.
" % Catholics and citizens Of this great Amori
'o,- republlc-ls Catholics 10 assist In this wo
Ji' which Is to them foreign mission, for thou
It's work IL within tho borders OF thelr Q
Is country, It Is foreign In that 1t Is deVO' ed
,uly people OF smother Tace-tO citizens, for as 81
lear they should have at heart the Instruction u
III. enlIghtenment VI these people, who could
u''e elevated alone by the illuminating spirit Of