St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-27
WELCOME TO sATOII,I


the citizens of st. Paul and Mime
sofa have in their midst distinguished
gentleman in the person of Mgr. SA-
TOLLI.
1t is fitting that they should do him
honor. both personally and as tribute
of respect to the great church organiza-
ton OF which he is the accredited repre-
sentative.
Whatever different views and creeds
various organizations and individuals
may maintain. all can unite in recognize
Ing the great moral and evangelical
work of the church which he repre-
SCENTS.
This sentiment should especially come
home to this community, for doubtless
hundreds will take the hand OF the dis
tinguished prelate on Friday evening
who were here when Minnesota was
one of the Ontposts of civilization in the
new world. The early settlers know
personally. and all others know from
the history of the times. that wher-
ever civilization penetrated there were
found in advance representatives of the
Catholic church, missionaries in the
cause tor which they had consecrated
their lives, bearing the banner of the
cruSS.
Ii is one of the beauties of our civil
cation That the great masses of our peo-
pie, whether with or without religious
creeds and beliefs of their own, honor
and respect religious teachers. The
town site Spectator recognizes. when
he surveys and stakes out his lots In adj
vance of population, that il he would
make business success he must rec
o-niZe the element of morality which
the church inculcates, and the church
first and school second must be form
ally established. No laws, or officers TO
enforce their pains and penalties. can
protect, develop and build up COM
MUMMY equal to moral and religious
sentiment
The clergyman whose field of labor
lies in the prosperous towns and cities
with which Minnesota and the whole
Northwest is at this time dotted is
properly esteemed and respected; but
his life and work is one of luxury and
ease in comparison with the missionary
who preceded, enduring the perils and
the hardships of savage and frontier
life in behalf of the cause for which he
laUored.
1t is the results of this missionary
labor that the present generation is en-
Joying, and it was the Catholic mission
dry, above and beyond all others com
binrd, who led this great work of moral
development.
In the terrible Minnesota massacre of
1862 the Catholic missionary was a
potential factor i'll restraining the VIM
nebagO and Chippewa tribes from join
ing the murder0us Sioux in their awful
raid upon the scattered white people
VINO had sought this section of country.
Wherever there was distress and af-
Fiction there was the missionary to be
found, extending the comfort and con-
solation Of his faith without hope of
pecuniary reward or personal comfort
Mgr. SA TOLL visits us at different
era. but as the papal ablegate he stands
for the church which has done so much
al this missionary labor-the fruits of
which we now reap-and in honoring
him we both honor ourselves and make
a lifting recognition of the memory of
those who gave their lives to holy
cause.
In thus commenting, we do not ignore.
the gallant missionary labors of other
religious denominations. Some were
early in the field. but the Catholic mis-
sionary was in the van.e
While each can take his choice of the
various denominationalr routes for reach
ing the supposititious realms of eternal
happiness, all can join in honoring the
distinguished guest within our borders.