The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-27

PRINCE GAILITzIN.-T Tribute Of a hetlod-
;st Bjsbop to a CatLoiic Missionary Rev,
IT W. Warren. one of the recently ordained
Bishops of the Methodist Church, wrote from
Cresson a few DAYS ago to lions Herdta, OF
Boston, as follows
Pausfng here a day on the top Of the Alleghe-
nies in my long flight toward the eVeT-recedinS
West. I glance around on the sIopihS Siue On ny
pass and then backward over tie way nay ~
down the rugged sides of the mountain INTO the
beautiful Eden-ike valleys Of fennsy iNaiiIit iiii
also er tbe sroodlv city of Brooklyn, but my heart
and eve rest the state where Ilass1lt my ctti
unto me .-(Tet thee cut of thy country, and rom
thy kindred. and from thy fathers noue unto =
fair but the learners Of faith must be wanderers
and not uroDrletors therein. Let me tell What
Ic and heart rest any Wedding Guest that stays
to hear me through would miss the FESTIVITIES
fhe 6uest examples Of the power OF personal lnHu-
cuce and the pcrmaneuce OF human uecus, lH.tt
this country affords. see miles oi hne4y eultlSt
ted farms reaching TO the very top OF the Aile-
ghcuics.
WHY THIS EDEN IN THE WILDERNESS
Why this beauty amid hard conditions? Itmust
be the work Of religion. for any less exalted pur
pose would have sought the smilinS taiIe4s ueio'
or the rich prairles pey%ond % e. ~ bI @ siorc
ny is & 'oy t,irl,ed once Nv the royalty of heaven.
~ - H. 1,.rfect state So our continent has
bae to1rbcd in several places by the royal blood
of Europe. coming to establish the life oi royal
- 80. s1I,Tt itself in crusades into Asia turned
westward to America, and leit its monuments ~
tho source of the st. Lawrence, near Detroit on
the summit Of the Alleshanics' and at dozen dozen
other uIaces In l7T0 CfallitZn. Prince Of royal
Russian blood. was born at the Hague; HIS lath-
er was for many years Ambassador at l,arls- His
mother the Princess Amelia, studiously trained
her son In the Catholic faith, well knowing aJ the
time that its profession by him in Russia would
F.ar Ia rgg a
Wheh litt u I.,lit " ~ iss nd win the dcvo-
ti0u of d mother came with her son 70 these west
ern wilds. lie arrived at Baltimore IA l'9o.
A rEI.FECr APOLLO OF BEAUTY, A PERFECT LoNoLA
or DEVOTION.
lie was ordained priest tn 1885, being the hrst
priest admitted 10 holy orders in the lhltcd
States Ta7 He at once commenced InissiO iOnary
lff ,f the greatest hardship. lie visited the scat
ta~rl sheen of The mountains and wilder ness. and
in 17pT was permitted TO found CGIhOic coihlIlu-
nitv that should be as distinctly swayed by the
r,rilcjTIeg of that Church the Puritans were by
theirs He chose this top OF the mountains, ~ctiue ~
hare as Augustine smith. laid aside royalty,
yr,,aI+b name took uD labor. sacrifice devotion to
others. His ministratiOns extended a. lar q nu-
man endurance would permit, but he gave ms
principal care to founding his beautiful town OF
LOrettO. that should De
MS IDEAL or THE CITY OF GOD OK EARTH.
Every great leader has had his idea. Some,
like his uamcsake. only write out t1c!f lucas
some more practical. seek to cmbody them. IicTe
was his cross planted-the only one between Ian
caster and St Louis. and that on mountain tcp
bi.h enough to be seen by faith at least, all over
the continent His sisters. inheriting the estate
he forfeited by his religion justly divided the pro
iiertv win him This ho devoted TO his colony.
lie founded the church, the orders OF the Sisters
of Mercy and a college OF the Franciscan BrctheTS
IIe bseinc an American citizen IN 1872, was He
louy Wing in politics. and Jealous IN ms duties 70
his adopted country. In 1872 he
RAISED a COMPANY FOR THR WAR GAvETHEN IIiB
MASS
and sent them forth with his blessing and an eX-
h0rtation 70 be courageous. lie maintained an eA-
tensiye corrcspondence with Adams, JacHsgh, M
Webster and Clay. On the 9Th of May, ls4' the
stiffness OF death came over every home IN I'oretto
doltb Their counselor and friend, both in matters
political and religious had forgotten the object OF
Of his friends: he had forgotten the language in
which he had expressed all the great schemes OF
his manhood and WAS prattling ID inc euphonlous
language Of France. talking with his motner,
praying at her knee,
sISGING THE vEsrER HYMNS
she taught him. as the evening Of life came on,
till when il was dark he sunk into tnat slam Der
! from which the dawn OF eternal day awoke hlIn-
As result of his HE this whole country IS Pre-,
dominantly Catholic. In an social, eHuC'ltoii',l
and political aspects il bears today the stamp lie
put upon It. For years to come the same indq trl
Ous. hardy. intelligent people ne created VA 1e
. found here. a simple monument OF stone STANDS
F over his grave the hillside, but his true monI
ment is the whole country Inc Sooi men u,
. lives altcr them. Good mems names arc not writ
in water: their thoughts may he embodied in sys
been ns large and his inspirations a. vigorous rs
f those Of the Pilgrims. he might have eNcT.ed as
wide an Influence. It is easy to trace The line %
Z demarcati1u between the flow OF two sources OF
civilization il is crossed in dozen places by tht
traveller on this continent rs sonsihly rs when hf
.r0cs from a Protestant to I Catholic canton il
Switzerland. Whoever wants his inhueEce to liyt
. should build not with marble. but with mind
. should establish ideas and propagate the hi2hcs
fceliu. OF religion. There is room on this cont
. ucnt and planet for thousands Of men to so huilt
that their names shH live for centuries, and Gro,
shall say We'll DONE
"A mistake. Father Badin was the FIRST; or
daincd l713 at Baltimore, by Bishop Carroll Ed
} Catholic JHjraSe.l