St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-24
NEGROES AND HEATHER.

Archbishop Ireland's Missionary
Appeal-A Grave Responsibility.
Archbishop Ireland has addressed
letter to the clergy and laity of the arch
diocese OF st. Paul In relation to the an
nuai collection which is to be taken up
IN az the Catholic churches throughout
tbe state next Sunday in aid of the for
eign and home missionary work of the
church. OF the proceeds. one-half will
be entrusted to commission composed
OF the MISUNDERSTANDING of Baltimore,
the. archbishop of Philadelphia and the
bishop OF Wilmington, for distribution
to the missions among the Indian and
negro population OF the United States,
and one-half will be transmitted to the
Society of the Propagation of the Faith,
In Paris, whose protecting charity COW
ers the missions among the heather in
the whole world. Last year S1,75l. rs
was RENTED to Baltimore and similar
amount to the society in Paris. The
letter concludes as follows:
Providence allows to-day to the mis-
siOnary work of the church the widest
extension. Messengers of divine truth
reach into the most remote and hitherto
the most hidden regions. They keep
pace with the most daring explorers.
Neither the deathly glare of the African
sun, nor the prisons and gibbets of An
nam can alright them. In no age does
the Catholic church fail to beget heroes
OF Sanctity and of zeal; in no aye does
she cease to fulfill the commands de-
livered to her by her founder, to teach
all nations and to show forth in her own
life the universal love for souls which
was the Inspiration of Bethlehem and
Calvary. VIII we not wreSt from pleas
ure and vanity the temporal means
needed to sustain the noble missioners
of the church amid their labors? How
easily we throw away. in play, in drink.
IN the service of fashion, money a
1.-THE of which would relieve an i'm
pOverished priest in China, Japan, or
the Congo, and enable him to win over
to Christ souls no f eternity will
praise us as their friends anu SavlOrs!
need but make brief mention of
the special obligation resting upon
Catholics in America to assist in the
conversion of the Indian and negro
populations of their own country. There
is here to be repaid debt of justice as
well as of charity. The American ma
ton took from the Indian his hunting
ground and put upon the negro the
merciless chains of seryitude. Let us
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restitution in bringing to their souls the
Joys and graces of supernatural life.
There is much In the future of the
church In America dependent especi-
ally upon the care we give to the con-
version of our negro brethren. Num-
bering to-day 100000, they will be soon
so many that great will be the influence
welded by them in social and political
Interests of the country. Nor are they
unwilling to hearken to the voice of the
Catholic church. They instinctively
recognize in her the hrmest friend of
true liberty and fullest human brother
hood, and their natural interests bring
them to the threshold of her sanctuary,
into the immediate presence of her sup
.ernatural truths and graces. Catholics
in America,if they read Alright the signs
OF the times, and have the power to dis
Germ things surely coming, will bend all
their energies to the conversion of the
negroes, priests will preach to them.
and laymen will give or their temporal
means.