St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-07

vine service all the winter. Though
very spacious. it was sometimes crowd
ed. On Christmas night there were no
less than 1900 persons present at mass,
and about 500 presented themselves at
THE HOLY TABLE
for communion on that day. 1t was to
me and to all a great consolation to
have for the celebration of our sacred
mysteries a place spacious enough to
contain the whole congregation. We
should have been very ungrateful to
God had we not rendered thanks to
Him for his divine assistance, and 1
hope that no one forgot that important
duty.
1.-The following is an abstract of re-
ceipts, expenses and Indebtedness for
the erection of the cathedral up to
Jan. 1, 1860:
Receipts
Amount received up to July
From that date up to January,
1857 Observation-Disclosures. 1852 so
Total .......................... So, $40 SO
After Rt. Rev. Bishop Cretin's
death up to the arrival of Rt.
Rev Rev, Bishop Grace, 1859. s5,S72 70
Collections made for plaster q
ing the Cathedral, etc.. 915 90
Total Observation-Disclosures. $40, 1OS 20
Expenses
From Aug. g. 1854, including a
small sum expended before, r.
up to Feb; 10. 1887. ;........ 1889 &C
From March Z, 1857, to August,
After that epoch, for plaster -''''' II
ing the church, ETC., up to
Jan. 1, 1850. Observation-Disclosures. 1888 "a
Total Observation-Disclosures. $50, 647 81
Expenses were paid as follows:
by collections and donations.
as specified above. SIC. 1O8 On
By money received from the
Society of the Propagation of
the Falth, by pew rent, etc.. 1887 SO
1hueotedness .................... 1852 Is
Iotal ............... 500. CAT "a
In the beginning of 1859, had to
erect, on Third street, a stone build
ing, seventy-three by fifty. three
stories high. The motive was to make
that property pay some taxes, and
produce some revenue for the diocese
Inc expenses were not far from 81. COO
Th half of these were paid with the
funds of the diocese, and the other
half with
BORROWED MONEY.
"A few days before the crisis of 1857,
L had leased the parcel of land to a
gentleman; but funds which he was
TO receive having been stopped, he re-
quested me to break the agreement. ]
gave my consent, and he made me a
donation of 800 towards the erection
of the cathedral.
MAY our good God bless all those
who have contributed towards the
erection of the cathedral! Their do
nations are recorded in heaven, even
the poor Widows mite will not be left
unanswered.
"The most essential duty of an adj
ministrator of a diocese, and of a pas
tor of souls, is to watch over his flock,
and as much as it lies in his power. to
feed the sheep intrusted to his care
with the word of God and the sacra-
ments of the church, which have been
instituted by Jesus Christ to purify,
sanctify and even defy our souls. 1t
is, the spirit of truth, who has taught
the church of God that, by the grace
of those sacraments, we become par
takers Of Divine nature-divinae con-
sortes naturae.
Having been appointed admins
traitor Of the diocese of st. Paul, !
understood well by the grace of Goa,
all the extent of my obligations. But
| where was I to find Immediately a
sufficient number of devoted laborers
to supply the wants of a field so ex-
| tenSiye, in which there was a. Catholic
population Of about fifty thousand
At that epoch, seventeen priests com
posed the entire clergy oasthe diocese
/ the limits of which were the same as
Minnesota Territory. My heart was
very much grieyed at the sight of sc
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