The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

children daily give thanks 10 Almighty
God for the blessed work which she
began.
About Mother Seton.
II is very seldom that the history of
n saint comes into such intimate rcla.
lion with ourselves in the affairs of
everyday life as docs the life of this
noble woman. Mother Seton IS maiden
name was Elizabeth Bayley, and at the
close of the Revolution the family was
one of the best known in New York
City. Some of her connections today
are the families of Roosevelt, Post,
Maitland, Ogden and Bayley, james
Roosevelt Baylcy, first bishop Of New
ark and later archbishop of Baltimore,
was her nephew, and Robert Seton. now
an rchbishop in Rome, is her grand
son. Her father was Richard Bayley,
Il well-lmown physician and health olh-
Ger of the port of New York
As a girl she rather shranll from So
ccty and enjoyed quiet reading and Mt
tcnton 10 the religious duties which
her connections with st Paul's chapel,
| belonging to Trinity parish, on Broad
way. gave her. Her mother died wnen
she was 3 years old. While very young
she married William Seton, young
Scotchman of hgh-chool position, and
they were blessed with fivo children.
| Their happy life was interrupted by
| family had been merchants and he WAS
accustomed TO the sea, SO IN lSO2. with
his wife and eldest daughter, he en-
barkcd for Leghorn. Italy. 1t was here
that he died after n few months, and
Mrs. Seton found herself almost pen
niless in foreign land, as among other
vicissitudcs they had lost almost all
their wealth shortly before his death,
The Italians with whom Mr., Seton had
h.. 4 laf IN hp
true friends With them the poor widow
found good home for many weeks, and
it was here that she made her first
acquaintance with the Roman Catholic
religion. When she was able to return
to America the Signor Filcchi, who
with her brother had made II home for
the widow and her child in their great
bereavement, came with them as far rs
New York and introduced Mrs. Seton
to the Catholic clergy OF the city.
Her Life Hard One.
Mrs. Seton s life in New York was
n very hard one In order to support
herself and her five children she opened
n school. but her former associates had
become estrangcd from her when she
gave up the religion of her childhood,
and there were no new friends to
patronize the school 1t was owing 10
this desperate state of affairs that the
move to Maryland was made In En-
mittsburg she made her home and start
ed school in n small log cabin. Here
she was led TO organize a ssterhood
after the model of the Sisters OF Char
ity established in France IN the pre-
ceding century by st. Nicent de Paul,
and from this small and obscure and
apparently insignificant beginning has
developed the wonderful work of the
Sisters of Charity in the United States
as we witness it today.
Is Helpful Preacher.
The many thousands of people who
have listened with enthusiasm and edi
lication to the preaching of the Rev.
DR.. Campbell Morgan when he has Wis
tied many cities in this country during
the past ten years. VIII not be sur
prised TO learn that his English friends
on u recent occasion gladdened his
heart by giving him one day the amount
of S3O50, which was more than he had
asked for, Dr. Morgan is undoubtedly
one of the most helpful preachers OF
the present day. l listened to him for
sixty minutes one hot summer afternoon
not many years ago and wondered aft
erward how ii could possibly be that
the time had slipped by. At the close
Of the recent service at Westminster
chapel, 10 which I refer. the occasion
by the way being the fifth anniversary
of the commencement OF DR.. Morgan S
ministry at Westminster chapel, Dr.
Morgan said that he had n matter of
personal nature to present to the con
gregation. He said it was Just ten years
since he had received an invitation 10
the pastoratc Of the Fifth Avenue
church New York.
At that time he was unable to allow
his name to be submitted The pastor.
ate OF that great congregation was
again vacant and rumors have been
circulated that DR., Morgan was likely
to be made the rector. He said that
some of his friends wanted him TO say
that he would not accept such a propo-
sition if il were made to him, but the
doctor wanted it TO be distinctly un-
derstood that the master principle of
this life was 10 serve God in whatever
sphere His Will appointed and that he
strove TO have no Will Of his own in
the matter OF deciding where that
sphere mt any particular part Of his
life should be.
Assyrian Missionaries.
Some weeks ago / mentioned the
movement that is on foot on the part
of the Assyriau church to send some
OF ITS promising Young priests TO this
country and to England in order to
DeUler prepare them for their unique
position amongst an Oriental people
who are impaticntly cIamoring for
western ideas, Apropos of that, it has
been recently announced that the
orthodox Greek church has placed its
American mission under the direction
of n bishop. who is 20 have his resi-.
dence In New York. The Rt. Rev. Mgr.
Gcorgcadis. who has been appointed.
was formerly a diocesan bishop in
rhessaly, Greece, and his first act has
been TO forbid the members of his
church from attending and services
whatever except those Of the orthodox
eastern church. 1T would seem that
the poor Syrians must be very much
confused as to what their duty is, for
up to the present time the Syrian
orthodox church, with bishop resi-
dent in Brooklyn, has been subordinate
to the Russian mission, the Russian
church being IN communion with the
church in Greece. but this step is in
line with the Jealousy that the Greeks
have a ways felt for anything Russian.
In the college of cardinals, which
should consist of seventy members.
there are now but lfty.three, of whom
thirty-three arc Italians America.
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