St. Paul daily globe., 1895-09-05
MIR. HILL WAS AFFECTED
by the Tributes Paid to the Work
He Has Done.

j, AT the conclusion of the reading of
Mgr. Satollis address, Archbishop ire
! land introduced MIR. Hill in the most
I formal manner and when the latter
! arose, the audience cheered for fully
: Two minutes. Mr.. Hill began by saw
ing that he could never forget the oc-
caslon on account of the expressions
OF approval he had heard in regard
20 the work that was just being dedi-
Gated. These expressions were to him
matters of profound gratitude. His
Ieel1ngs evidently required some effort
20 restrain. for his voice trembled
while he spoke. Reading from a manu-
script, he continued:
The present occasion is to me a very
oieSsant one: | am called upon to-
night to perform the final acts in an
Undertaking which has for three or
iour years occupied much of my time
ana thought. In the presence of the
nig,ner onclais of the church and the
VISITING prelates 1 see the deep interest
which is taken in the dedication of the
, !heolog1cal Seminary of ST. Paul and
me work for which it has been found
Eo' ana earnestly join with you all
N the hope that it's work in the futures
VIII merit and receive the divine bless
ing, ana that its sons will take their
places IN the religious world as intel
Igent, worthy and devoted followers of
( their Divine Master. 1 cannot let the
occasion pass without a word in regard
90 one who has had most to do with
the early consideration of and conclu-
IONS sons w; winch &c ~, ultimately. led to the
OF you need hardly mention the name,
OF Mgr. Louis Caillet, whose long life
as Catholic priest has been spent
eu{y, whose broad Christian charity
ana unsWerv1ng zeal for the spiritual
welfare and upright life of both old
ana young have endeared him in an
UNUSUAL ad degree to the hearts of the
people OF st. Paul, both within and
without the church which he has so
dearly loved and so faithfully served,
over iorty years of active service nave
ieil MN somewhat Impaired in health,
but with a spirit as patient and de,
voted as when he first came among
you so many years ago. l NAV saw
truthfully that had it not been for nv
tial, tiiiIImate knowledge of and admira- |
ton for his character as a Christian
pastor and a personal friend it is very |
probable L would never have thought |
OF assuming the responsibility for the |
work which has been dedicated today.
Some of you may wonder WHY 7 who
am not member of your church. |
should have undertaken the BUILDING |
and endowment of a Roman CathoIic |
theological seminary, and you will par
don me If / will tell you plainly why. |
For nearly thirty years 1 have lived in |
Roman Catholic household, and |
daily have had before me and around |
me the earnest devotion, watchful care
and Christian example of a Roman |
Catholic wife, and of whom it may be
said, Blessed are the pure in heart.
for they shall see God" and on whose
behalf tonight | desire to present and
turn over to the illustrious archbish-
op of this diocese the seminary and its
endowment as provided in the deeds
and articles OF trust covering the
same.
Almost all other denominations have
In their various f1ocks those who are
able to help their church work in |
every material way, but the Catholic
church. with its large number of work
ingmen and women, coming from al
most every nation and cline, have lit
tie else than their faith in God and
the aid of those earnest pious and
devoted men who have been placed In
have to provide places of worship.
and while the state provides schools |