The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-13
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Cardinal Asks Aid.

Declaring that the negro and Indian
missions of the country are in urgen
need of funds, CardiLal Gibbons ha:
issued letter te the Archdiocese o.
Baltimore asking aid. An appeal IL
made to the young men and women thai
if they should feel called to do mission
work they will not neglect the oppor'
tunity.
A collection was taken up in all the
Catholic churches Of the country Sun
day for the work of the missions. The
letter, which was written by the Car
dinal, was also signed by Archbishop
Farley, Of NV York, and Archbishop
Ryan, of Philadelphia. The prelates
recently had a conference with the
Cardinal on the subject.
eve have in this country about III
churches for the negroes and Indians,
writes Cardinal Gibbons. 1--WE have
about the same number of school and
charitable institutions. To these works
more than 100 priests and several hun
dred sisters and brothers are devoting
their lives, aud though they have great
difficulties to contend with, these herol-
cal workers are accomplishing a great
deal. They are giving the children OF
the negro and the Indian the elements
of education, in many places teaching
them trade by which they can earn an
honest living; they are caring for their
Door or abandoned children, their or
phans, for the old and the sick and for
Maynard boys. girls and women; they
are instructing all the dogmas of cur
holy faith and instilling into them
love of God and right principles of con-
duct; they are baptizing infants and
adults and spreading the light of faith
and the means of salvation.
ITO our good priests, brothers and
nuns this work Of saving souls is i'm
mediately due; but in great part also,
dear brother, it is your generosity that
has enabled them to accomplish all this
good, and you have share in their
merits. We need hardly tell you that
it requires not little money to support
all these churches, elementary schools,
orphan ages, hospitals, asylums for the
old or unfortunate; and our missionaries
and sisters, though indeed they ask but
little for themselves, yet have need of
money to provide their frugal living.
The work, too, must be pushed forward
from all sides the needs are crying out
to US.
upon your charity and generosity
We are calling once more, on behalf of
those who can do little in these matters
to help themselves; by aiding these
works and workers you are helping to
bring the light of faith and all its bless
ings to thousands of your fellowcrea
lures.
"What a power there is in money
How much evil il can do, and also.
thank God, how much good Make to
yourselves friends of the mammon of
iniquity,' our Saviour says; put the
goods that God has given you to useful
service; consider how prevalent in our
own land is the sin of extravaganza,
how in all ranks of life, even among
the poor, vanity. self indulgence and sin
squauder great or small sums of money
that could be used to aid our less for
tunate brethren, to save souls and to
bring glory to God our Saviour.
eve will not refrain on this occasion
from adding another appeal-an appeal
to our boys and girls, to many of our
young men and women. At the present
time grave tasks are laid upon the
church in America and we have very
pressing need of earnest workers. Are
there net many generous souls among
the youth of our country who hear the
whisper of voice calling them to the
service of God?
''Let them but listen, the whisper
will become the clear call of divine
vocation, and then let them obey the
summons. God has imposed the task;
therefore He will gave the vacations.
"We speak not only of the missions
to negroes and Indians, but of the i'm
mense needs of the church of America
in all fields. Brethren, pray that world
ness, the love of comfort, of pleasure,
of money of home, may not stif1le the
voice of God calling on these souls to
make the sacrifice; if you yourselves
feel no vocation to these works, earnest
ly beseech God to send the workers in
to the harvest fields and help the cause
for which we are how appealing by
generous contributions according to
your means"