The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-03
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ed lie but souls, nought Of comfort knew
he, but the pleasures Of wiping away The
tear Of distress, and Of drawing the sim
ner to repentance. IAN to all'-this his
device, as it was the rule of his daily
living, and so, while with the gentleman
and the scholar he Wore the mien Of dig
nifty and refinement; with the poor and
the loWly he put forth rather his human
ity and the sweetness of his simplicity
OF character. Ever the priest, and much
because of this he was the citizen and
the philosophical man, proud OF his title
of American, taking deep interest In pub
lie affairs, and lending to them readily
aid Of tongue and hand. And thoughtful
he was, toreSCe eng, eminently lntellig mt
in his ministry, While neglecting no duty
Of the present day he never turned his
mind from the visor Of the future, AMI
he so labOIed that upon the Foundations
which he was putting into place a great
editice might one day be reared. Iha
plans he made were so w.se the wor%s
he entered into were so betting to time
and place, that his SUCCESSORS have had
no reason to diYerge from the lines he
traced; the impress Of his mind and
heart have remained upon the diocese Of
st. Paul.
WORK OF BISHOP GRACE.
Joseph Cretin passed away in 1857; in
1859, Thomas Langdon Grace succeeded
him upon the see Of st. Paul. l shall, l
trust, be pardoned, If this morning l do
not essay picture Of Bishop Grace's
episcopate. Virtues and deeds, asSurcdly,
there are in profusion, with which to EN-.
be!lish canvas of no mean proportions;
and the brush to make the tracings would
in my hand move under the impulse Of
tendereSt love from the deepest depths of
the heart. u ut time even for an approach
to Justice Is lacking, and it We're the
wish, l am confident, Of dear Bishop
Grace himself that on this fiftieth an
niVersary his name be drawn aside. in
order to set in more marked relief that
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our anniversary must needs bear chief
relation, whose honor Bishop Grace al
ways deemed to be his own, even as we
deem 1t to be ours
Nor is there the need to speak Of Bish-
op. Grace, whom my hearers saw depart
only, as 1t were, yesterday. They know
as well as l know, and they confess as
willingly as l confess, the part I'm the
which fell to the lot Of Bishop Grace.
was immense; and such ever throughout
his long episcopate, was his saintlinesS
of living, and his intelligent application
in the story of the Catholic church in
America, must needs be those over which
is spread the name OF Bishop Grace.
And the priests of the diocese of St
Paul: At once / single out and salute the
Nestor among them, to whom time and
service award place all apart-Augus-
tine RaVouX For full half-score Of
years before there was diocese OF ST.
Paul, Father RaVouX was a priest I'm the
Northwest, the Black Robe OF the I'M
tutored Sioux, the friend and adviser of
the earliest white settler, the pastor Of a
parish, knowing as bounds, If bounds at
all 1t had, the Chippewa river to the
east and the Missouri to the west, the
patriarch, the predecessor in Office of all
the bishops and all the priests of the
whole ecclesiastical province Of st. Paul.
In loneliness, in poverty, in suffering he
cared for the Masters cause throughout
this whole vast region, never daunted,
never coVeting Surcease of labor, ever
the true Christian, ever the true apostle.
The event of the I'd OF July, 1851, was
but the browning of Father RavouX's
previous labors, the realization of his
VOWS and hopes. He It was who first
foresaw the opportunities Of the church
in the Northwest, who made these oppor-
tunitieS known to Bishops LoraS and
Henri, and in this manner FASTENED the
erection OF the diocese. And on this day
Of it's fiftieth anniversary he Is with US,
reviving before us the whole past of the
church in the Northwest, impeTsonating
what are our duties to 1t today and to-
morrow. Behold the stately pine, soil
tary in It's towering height-its fellows
that once with it beautified the forest,
one by one have fallen around It; the
trees Of newer examinations may meas
urc from it to what growth they them
selves should aspire.
FAITHFUL TOLL OF PRIESTS.
And to another shall I say a special
word of hail. In November Of l849 Rev.
Albert Lacombe arrived in Pembina as
auxiliary to Rev. Joseph Bellecourt
Father Lacombe had been but recently
ordained in Canada. His soul aglow with
the fire Of the priesthood, he consecrated
himself to the far-away missions among
half-breeds and Indie 10, and journeyed
for five months, by way of DUBUQUE
where he was to receive his jurisdiction
to the northern frontier. Since then he
has never ceased his apostolate. His
zeal bore him far beyond the limits of his
first field The valleys of the Saskatch-
evan and the Peace have witnessed the
wondrous triumps. Distant Calgary
could not restrain him from taking part
this morning in our solemnities.
The priests Of the diocese Of st. PAUL.
The men, especially, Of the olden time,
the builders of the diocese! We arc proud
today to pay tribute 20 their names.
They were largely, at first, sons Of fair
France. The early Catholics of Mime
sofa, in great numbers, spoke French.
Bishop Cretin, Frenchman, could best
obtain missionaries from Frances ana,
then, France Is the classic land OF mis-
sionaries. But soon other countries and
They were men Of faith, those pioneer
priests, unsparing of self, needless OF
earthly reward, truly seekers Of souls.
How arduous their task, we realize with
difficulty today; how well they did their
work, the parishes they founded, the
generations of Catholics they baptized
and instructed will tell for long years TO
come. A few of them are yet among
US, with wnitened hair, bending form,
even manned limb, the signs OF valiant
and ehivalrous warfare-an Oster, a
Cotton, a Robert, a Buh. Others have
passed to life beyond the grave, among
them a Pierz, Ledon. q Marigna, a
Haindl, a Murray, a Caillet; but their
memory remains and their deeds still fill
the land. Need render tribute to the
priests Of later sacerdotal generations?
The diocese of St. Paul-the province OF