The Washington times., 1902-12-08
Theirs a Life of Unendlng
SeIf-SacrIflce
MUCH GOOD DONE BY ORDERS
Distinguished Prelate RecOunts Their
Deeds of Mercy on Battlefelds
and in Hospital.

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day. His sermon was replete with. in
tersstIng anecdotes.
The sermon. in part, was as follows:
Much has been said and written
within the past two years about the
friars in the Philippine Islands They
have been praised and abused in turn.
Perhaps the best way to Judge or
those much maligned men in the Far
East is to consider the character OF their
consecrated brethren and sisters here in
Baltimore. This investigation will give
US an opportunity OF ascertaining how
far the religious men and women OF this
city are emulating the example Of Christ
as presented in today's Gospel in the
sacred cause OF charity.
Pointed to as an Example.
Let US now see who are these re-
ligious men and women and what Is the
spirit that animates them. Let US lift
the veil and give the public an Insight
into the private lives OF the devoted
servants OF God Their example will
cheer and inspire us.
They consecrate themselves to God
by vows OF religion, self denial, and
good works. They spend several hours
each day n prayer and meditation and
other cities OF piety- They occupy more
time every day In religious exercise
than the average deyout Christian does
on Sunday. They rise early. after in
dulging in as much sleep as is barely
necessary for the wants OF nature. They
do not fare sumptuously. but ca; Of the
plainest and simplest food. They are
not dressed in elegant apparel. but in
garments Of the cheapest kind.
"One gown OF a fashionable lady
costs more than would clothe a whole
community for a year. When they die
there is no pomp OF display at their
funeral. and rarely is any panegyric
pronounced over them. Their life is
hidden with Christ IN God.
Missions of Mercy.
There is no phase OF human misery
known for which our religious com
munities do not provide some remedy
or alienation. We have in this city
an infant asylum, under the charge Of
the Sisters Of Charity, for the shelter
Of helpless babes who have been cruelty
abandoned by their unnatural parents
or have been bereft OF parental protec-
tIon in the mysterio4s dispensation OF
Providence before they we're even capa-
bic OF knowing a mothers love. These
little waits. floating on the waters OF
life like the infant Moses drifting in
the turbid waters OF the Nile. are res
cued by one OF the daughters Of the
great King from temporal and spiritual
death. and are tenderly raised by this
cousecrated virgin. who becomes al
nursery mother to them.
From Cradle to Crave.
"As the Catholic Church provides
home for those who are on the threshold
of life. so does she secure a retreat for
those who are on the threshold OF death.
From the cradle TO the grave she is
provident mother. She rocks her chill
dren in the cradle Of infancy and she
luHs them TO sleep on the couch CT
death
The Little Sisters OF the Poor have
charge OF an asylum where aged men and
women find at the same time a refuge
from the storms OF life and a novitists
to prepare them for a happy eternity.
In this asylum are welcomed not only
the members OF the Catholic Church.
but also those OF other forms OF Chris
tianity. and even those who profess no
faith al all. The Sisters make no dis
tinetion Of person, OF nationality. Of
language. OF color. OF OF creed. True
charity embraces all mankind The only
question they put TO the applicant for
shelter is this: Are you a victim OF
age and penury? II so. come to us and
we will provide for you
we have in this city several orphan
asyIums, superintended by religious
men and women. where boys and girls
arc brought up to be useful and worthy
members OF society. Many OF them be-
come in after years a valuable acquisi-
ton 90 the Christian commonwealth.
The darkest page in the annals Of
san Domingo is the history Of the mas
sacre Of the whole population in the up
rising OF the blacks on that island about
a century ago. Upward OF a thousand
OF the survivors took refuge in Baltimore
and we're Hospitality entertained by its
leading citizens. Among them was a
young gentleman named Hector Nicholas
Joubert de ia Muraille. whose parents
had been involved in the general slaugh-
ter. He afterward studied at ST. Mary's
Seminary. and became a priest.
He said TO himself I will avenge the
death OF my parents; I Will be revenged
on the race that made me an orphan
But his revenge was in accordance with
the spirit OF the Gospel In 1887 he
founded community OF colored Sisters,
called the Sisters OF Providence. whose
mission was to receive and educate col
ored orphans This institution still ex-
lists
Nursing the Sick
THE Catholic Church in this city has
Sisters OF various orders I'm charge OF
hospitals for the treatment Of every
form Of disease. where patients are ten
derby nursed by these devoted women
and attended by skilled physicians She
sends her Daughters OF Charity and Of
Mercy to the battlefield. and even 10 the