Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-22

70 the poor teaching al the holy Iaw
oi charity such was the lives oil
these saInted members Of the Society
al Jesus, And, YET, practically un.
known aud almost forgotten. with
but perlsbable wooden crosses 10
mark theiF graves. sleep these Chris.
han volunteers who we're Christi
anlty vanguard Ia our land. They,
10 truth, lived up 70 the battlc-cry
OF their Order ad maIorem Del
gloriam Z They made Il loud cry
and Il was heard alike BY hatred and
by love II scared Is high as the
purified soul could rise. lsroselike
burning incense towards the heaven.
~ throne. but II swept about 100 on
tha level ofthis earth. because trans.
lated into the universal Language Of
she Christian heart II meant For
the greater happiness 81 man. All
over the land are the fruits Of their
labors oi love.
/ Over Two centuries have passed
since the crOss on ST. Xagiers
Church drsi CLEANED over saiIless
waters and virgin forests marking
oue 81 the thousand oufposts II Rome
and the shen western frontier Of
civilization. Many devoted and self
sacrifnlno nri&sss h.sso III Imtared
II kpowh oishespold pioneers lsssis
history 81 sheEf trials aud sulIerlnQs.
touching as h II has been 50 long
neglected That now Ii Is only known
70 God. With all reverence b. il
written. bus II has ever seemed 10
me that more 81 the Ore Of the Holy
Spiris has descended upon the fol.
lowers cgthe soldier priest. Ignatlns
de Loycla, than upon any oFthe holy
priesthood since The Apostolic days.
81. Francis Xavier. Apostle Of Ghe
indies, tbs genius 81 crthuaIasSsc
piciy Matthew Ricci. the Sc. Paul
81 China Father CabraI IL Thibes
and NepeuI Iayneaiu Madura Bar
sena and Ortega 10 Paraguay CAB.
rlel Malagrida, she glorious, after
long years on the IndIan MISSIONS,
dying II the stake Ia Christian
land Marquette, Jogues, Brebeui,
Lailemaud. Rasles. Marsst. du PoIs.
son aud Souel. names 81 reverence
10 the West Andrew White. John
Althamor Grayenor, John Knowles.
Timothy Hayes. Apostles 81 Mary
land. What land Is there that has
not seen the cross planted and heard
the Gospel preached By Jesuitsf
But this not intended as pane.
gyric on the Jesuit Society nor an
attempt tosn0merate the namesoi iss
sanity dead except those Of Mary.
land, and the lisk Of tho many who
laboFed here must necessarily 30
impsriecl, for thoy leit DO trace DC.
hind Save the record Of good deeds.
Fathers John Brock Tor Brook
and Philip Fisher came 10 the Colo
ny between 1884 and 1889 Father
Roger Rigby vas herein 1912 Faith.
or Francis Fitzserbert. Ia 1864 Faith.
or Peter Manners ID 1863. Father
William Pelham died In Maryland In
1871 Father Francis Knatchbull
died here, June s, 1917. Ii l7Ol,
Father William Hunter was superb
or Of the Maryland Mission and bad
With him four Priests and four lay.
brothers. In l7o4. eight Priests
and three lay-brothers we're here.
II 1923, she number Of Priests had
Increased TO twelve. 10 1878, when
Father Peter Atwood Was Superior,
there we're eleven Priests. In 1887,
there wore thirteen JesuitsSin Mary.
land. N l7A6, there were twelve
Priests with Father Richard Molly
neaux IS Superior. III 1868. there
wero fourteen Priests and Father
George Hunter was Superior In
l779, the number 81 Jesuit Priests
III Maryland was twenty. Ia addi
sion 70 these. other names are men.
tloned above
Nomarble tells whero theiabodies
rest, but 1 hope and iondly believe
that from thrones ID Heaven their
souls look down Ia benedictlonl on
sbo dear old coupty where. BY the
napks ~ & and tho pat,lx