The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-12
A CATHOLIC MISSION.
STANDING ROOM ONLY Ar ANNUN-
CITATION CHUUCu,
Rev. Father Rnhcrt aud rev. IA
Their brown, the missionaries, At
tracing Great Crowds ut Ev-
cry SerVicc-A Sermon,


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10, Following Is an address yesterday by
Rev Father Robert,
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you CONSIDERED TO De the most Important
allal' oil me l am sure my dear IrieAus,
!9u WuV' zen me that nothing Is OF
greater Importance than the sl4Nauon oil
1he soul, Inc en1oymenis' wealth. flches
anu hoAorS OF thiS WoFll are as nothing
compared with the Importance OF saving
your sous what prohteth a man II ne
gam the world and loses his own sour
Yet II is not strange that the more we
Know OF Hod anu things eterhai tne less
we en- To- care about mat soul we are
H.lIS'us along 20 eternllF' oelog carried
along IN the SWIFT current OF une' anu
uie majority OF our people seem 20 oe Ielt
w utter IorBetfulness OF God heaven or
'he saNln5 OF their soul. Here ma some
anu tne,F th0uSh's' thelr very creams at
hsnC ~ tue acquisition OF perishaple
"t1.tH' lhia seems 10 d. tIelr oHlS hlln
me CIhers aEGin seek the hohoTs OF
'ne MoItu, ai, ", Iof TINS they WIN slfaln
eEely nerve. lhey are WlillhS % fehouhee
rellglon; they VIII sacriuce conscience. ,
g an the MODEST princlples OF the hearL (
rms IS their all important aifair IN nte.
gIhels AGAIN seem 10 i've Tor hansht put
LOT 'ne trAtlllcauoh OF animal passions
ana aeslres' ms Is their OBJECT IN me-
gu We're 10 ask these dlIlerent classes
81 people what Is the most important at- I
taH IN me- one ana al would ten me /
mat tnere is nothing more important than
the salvation OF the soul
now my dear friends whence TINS con-
Tadiction, ana why Is 1T that we believe
one 'hihs' and every action OF our lives
Is to the very opposite OF what we believe,
ASK whence this contradiction. Oh. 1t
seems to me that the prophet spake' the
truth Wnen he said; 'Desolation is in the
whole land; the whole land 10 made DESC
late because there Is no one that tainketh
IN his heart
Now, my dear frienda, why do we say
that the most important affair of lie Is
the salvation of the soul? we ordinarily
reckon the worth of worldly things ia
the proportion of the price that has been
paid for them. DO you possess an object
of great worth-let us say it is dia-
mond, a very valuable diamond? Do you
not consider your care in preserving that
q matter of great Importance? 1T is
placed where no one can touch 1t. 1t is
carefully guarded, for you know its value
ana We preserve an object OF worth In