The Irish standard., 1891-05-09
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL SATURDAY. MAY o 1884,

foams we re at once swept into oblivion.
Men are brothers when common
danger upllfts his head The clarion
voice of the archbishop rang over all
Europe In strong appeal for help, for
food. for money, for sympathy all
these came. All these were needed.
One. fifth, at least. OF the native popu-
lation perishsd. Parents devoured
their children. brothers strangled each
other. Crimes were committed too
horrible FOR even mention. The priests
and sisters were everywhere. Many a
soul had time to realize, ere too late,
the sublime charity of the children of
God.
The archbishop during these Woeful
days had brought together some 1900
orphans. These he clothed and fed,
Over 500 OF them died soon after, still
leaving 1000 TO be cared for. He con-
ceiyed the idea of building two orphan
asylums, which idea he afterward
realized. into one of these he placed
the boys, in the other the girls. Two
Christian villages grew up around
them. One of these he called ST.
Cyprian. in honor of the bishop and
martyr Of Carthage; the other, st.
Monica, In honor of the mother of st.
Augustine. These two villages have
grown and prospered. Following the
plan he first laid down, he has joined In
matrimony those Of his orphans who
are OF sufficient age. To these he
presents number of acres of land. a
house and all that Is necessary To make
beginning. In this way he has sue
eeeded in organizing two communities
as peaceful, as happy and as contented
as may be found In the whole world.
The inmates do not forget their bene-
factor They love and cherish hin. A
missionary writing from there says
there is nothing more touching than
to see the venerable founder seated in
a large chair and literally covered with
little orphans who seek to penetrate
into the depths OF bis pockets for choice
morsels. which he never fails to carry
with him.
When the Arabs belleld this man and
those OF his faith caring tor their former
enemies during the epidemic. when
they saw the faithful sisters dropping
away one by one in their work of
sacrifice, they began I'd understand
better the deep mysteries of Christian
charity. A change was Immediately
wrought in their stubborn nature and
their hatred was perforce turned to
love. To make this the more lasting
an event transplred that made decided
impression on the minds of the Arabs
Tie archbishop had long contemplated
the erection of large hospital. He
set ta work ana saw one erected in
1876. When this was opened many
distinguished visitors were present,
among whom were many of royal lien
age. Invitations had been sent out tO
all the chieftains of the North African
tribes. and they all appeared arraved in
the picturesque garb OF the desert. TO
them the gorgeous building was work
of wonder; their surprise was without
bonds. their admiration as great as
their surprise. They greeted the arch.
bishop with such shouts of applause,
with such cries of welcome as is seldom
permitted man to hear. But this was
faint when compared with the OUT
pouring of their hearts when the great
man told them that the building was
erected for them and them alOne--fOr all
of them, the rich and the poor, the
| innocent and the wicked: all EnighE
come here and find ready welcome
So great was the emotion and Joy eX-
pressed on every side that the consul.
general OF England, Colonel Playfair,
exclaimed with rapture to his friends:
I'VE have seen anotherSt Augustine !
Fhe world has rarely beheld a greater
conquest than that achieved by the
archbishop a cong nest, " in the words
of Bou Alem. the Arab chief. ''of ali
hearts BY good deeds.
Higher honoTs were IN store for the
already illustrious archbishop. As a
reward for his services he was made a
cardinal Of the Holy Roman Catholic
church BY Leo XIII, and Drimate Of
Africa. His mind from the beginning
had penetrated with longing ardor the
vast country of the equator. Day and
night he could only see the millions Of
souls yet TO be saved. His heart was
filed with grief when he beheld the
tortures inflicted on the poor natives by
the cruel slave hunters. All the world
knows by heart the superhuman efforts
he has made and is still making for the
abolition of the slave traffic. His for
chile sentence will not soon be forgot
ten: "Give me 1000 good soldiers and
/ will drive every slave hunter into the
sea- The band of the Sahara, which
he has organized and WhlctI will seek
TO put stop to the deteStable traffic.
shows the indomitable will and deter
mination OF the cardinal. The world