The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-10-28

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from, First y Il, ~
III Mia ii nature, careless Is ~
trffss naeds III present Wants be satisa q
nasr, ~ il, ,period Of their HISTORY, do
theySn more the advice and encotar
seement HE faithful missiona
A n, 1sr q. b .A4 81 1np1.rs. s..
Am6ncl Y. = demon Of intempsr
ance HI. Had hia ousands q Victims.
This 1t, a greatest ce,urse, ot itslf, would
complete ita their b f III. gov
ernment. III laws, aided
- diminishin the evil. Still, there were
over horilee of white men watching to
supply, through greed Of gain, the fire
water which changed the Indian into
devil. 4: .5 81. 81; III 4 .5.8
t. The Catholic Church il the United
States had from the CONN ace ., ~ 20 :
deal with speculation ever increaaingat
q rate unparalleled in any other countrys
in the world Her missionaries were
few, unable tor many years to meet the
wants OF ths growing towns and with hi
tie possibility OF attending the new set-
tiers scattered over country Of immense
distances. Many, too, had come to make
this land their home, whose traditions
taught hatred Of Gatholicity. History,
which should have been record Of the
truth, became the medium Of shameless g
lying and the disseminator Of calnmry.
Catholics andx Catholicity were judged
and condemned on such testimony; 80
that the work of building up the Church
may .trulybe said 70 be the ], work g q GOD
rather than Of men. Only in compare
lively late days could the Catholic
Church in this country give due atten-
ton to those outside her own fold.
Well may we glory IN the: heroism OF
the mon and women who, tram the days
Of the discovery Of the new world to the
present, freely gave their lives 70 spread
Gods saving truths among aipagan peo-
pie. To their charity and prayers We.
still, look for aid in saving souls.
INDIAN MISSIONS. s$$
In our own land we may we'll be said
to have inaugurated within the last few
years systematic effort to convert and no
preserve the faith among the Indians. #
Tbs Catholic bureau OF Indian ms
sions informs us that the collections
taken up for mission work among tho
Negroes and Indians were as follows: s.
1871 ..ss1.sss vi 1880 46t ~
1885 !. 1880 1891 A. q d ...... ssYf
1882 ~. 696s7.ee 1892 2sss $50. 6dI3ahE
These sums, small as they are, and fAs
the reader may notice, gradually ditnin.-
ishing. have greatly aided the work Of
the schools amongst the Indians, rs weh
ss L rmiug a slight contr4 button 70 the
support Of missionaries. Notable anaong
private contributors is Mother Kathe-
rine Dre1ela mho has 50 generously given
means to. hulld churches and schools
where thsy were most needed. Btgotry,
the jealousy Of seets, and the pronounced
hostility 5oi those who nsde tho Ia isns
their prey, have often retarded the work Z ~
OF Catholic missionaries, but the Crane
.fact remains that what the worlds owl
iz,ng power can never achieve, the Rospe'
from the mouth Of the !. missionary 2 saal nat'
done successfully. i s
& We need now the scsiye operation
OF the religions orders L'et them % pre-
pare men and women & m e ve''
s:hooied iuthssv afios,s = dlsn lang aaget
and dialects; iet tnss teefe such a use.
ful books es may SUIT 81 ths present gsner
alton, and the futurez lsAn the nantas o.