The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-10-10
Death OF Father Gerxaud.


Resolutions Of the Catholics Of O4achita.
Whereas, on the 18th day Of septem-
| Der 1873, our beloved and esteemed
pastor, Louis Gergaud, hearing that the
! Catholics OF the city Of Shreveport were
bercft Of the consultations OF religion by
the death of two priests and the Illness
of the third and feeling that his duty
to his fellow Christians was paramount
to all other considerations in not per-
hitting such state OF affairs to con-
tinue, he Immediately went to that
stricken city to fulfil his duties Us q
soldier OF OF the church he SO ably rep
resented, by ministering to the sick and
dying and consoling the living; and
Whereas, after only a few days labor
| In this mission he was stricken by that
! dread pestilence-the yellow fever
himself ON the 24th day of September,
1878, and,
Whereas, OF, Wednesday the first day
Of October, 1878, it pleased Almighty
| God in his wisdom, to take from his
| field ofuseftllness among us this SER
! want Of the Lord, in the prime Of life
and manhood, and
| Whereas, in his conduct, Father Louis
Gergaud, has shown q heroism equal to
that OF the martyrs in early days Of
!
| therefore,
| BE it resolret2, by the Catholics of
Ouachita parish, That in the death Of
Father Louis Gergaud, parish priest of
st. Matthew's church, city of Monroe,
parish OF Ouachita-where he has been
n jealous worker In the cause of the
Holy Catholic church for the last 1S
years; where he has built up n church
and q Catholic community from a very
small beginning to a congregation num-
bering hundreds Of worshippers; where
he has administered the holy rites of
the church to so many, and where his
field Of usefulness was so great-this
community has sustained q loss that
cannot be estimated and a void that
cannot be filled; the members Of his
churchhave been deprived ofone whom
they loved and respected for his good
qualities Of head and heart and for the
great interest he las always manifested
in their welfare, both spiritual and
temporal; the Catholic church Of this
Diocese hos lost one whose piety, learn
ing and services rendered in the pro-
pagation Of tho Gospel, would have
received their reward in this world, had
he lived, in the Mitcr of Bishop.
1eesolped further, That while bowling
in humanity at the throne OF Almighty
oOA1 NAAO HAS uSSASSN VAIAC SAAS SOOu
man should be taken from US, we feel
deeply the loss we have sustained in
his death, and take this occasion to
again bear testimony to his learning,
purity and piety-qualities which so
much endeared him to US.
hcesOl,,e6 further, That we tender our
heartfelt and sincere sympathies to his
Jagged and well beloved mother In this
her great hour of affection, who, in a
foreign land will hear Of the death of
her son in the cause of Christianity and
charity, and assure her that while she
and the church have lost II son, Heaven
has gained a martyr.
Resolved yJttrt/te,', That as soon as cir
cumstances permit, we will have his
remains brought to this tity and in
TERED, according to his last wish, in the
Catholic cemetery in this place in the
establishment of which he took so deep
an interest, and erect q suitable monu-
ment to his memory.
The supply Of money In this market
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