The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
LETTER OF THE MOST REVEREND ARCHBISHOP
THE NEW CATHEDRAL OF ST. PAUL
many, I am sure, will be surprised
that the sum is not larger.

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that the sum is not larger.
| !.
Those to whom send forward my ap-
peal, are within one of three classes.
/. There are those who should have
made contribution to the Cathedral,
! who in their hearts, | believe, have
been wishing to do so, while for one
reason or another allowing delay be-
! tween the wish and the deed To
those / say-Now is the acceptable
time: now is the moment for action.
Let not the Cathedral swing open its
portals, on it's Dedication Day, without
numbering You among it's friends and
patrons: let not the Cathedral's Me-
mortal Volume close its pages without
having inscribed thereon your names,
| to your own enduring honor and to
| that of your children. Wait not, | say,
| for immediate solicitation. So soon
as this letter is read, let your offer
ing, large or small, as your wealth or
poverty permits, be sent forward
| joyfully and at once.
| II. There are those who gave
promises OF subscriptions, but are
| backward in the payment, either total
| ly or in part. Here | have in mind
| together with individual subscribers
a limited number Of parishes, as yet,
more or less, on the list of delinquen-
cies. TO all such | make the urgent
, plea that they complete at once their
payments. Sums they owe may be
small: indeed, in most cases this is
| the fact In the present condition,
! however, of the finances OF the Cathe-
dral, small sums help it much in bal
ancing it's accounts. And, then, so
| far as they themselves are concerned,
| there is for deHnquents the question
Of personal honor which is satisfied
only by the carrying out in full OF the
promises they have made. With
many, the excuse has been that no
harm was done, that the Cathedral
was paying it's way, that when the
pressing call would come they were
Iao be on their feet, to do their duty
and touch the final goal side by side
with all competitors. Well, the press
ing call is read out: let the answer be
llnhesitating and immediate.
/ III. There are tiFc proven friends
1f the Cathedral-those who made
promises and put them into execution,
lwho pledged subscriptions and paid
| them To those am not afraid TO
mako my appeaf IL ask that they do
t.oWcthjng more. rs! 49, @p3 ia hay-
Aing the Cathedral freed Of all indebt-
edness on it's Dedication Day. They
will not, / am sure, Say-We have
done our share: let others do theirs.
Genuine Christian generosity does not
measure itself with the backwardness
Of others: it springs into effect of its
own impulse, and is pleased that room
is allowed to it's further expansion. In
all battles, there are the brave, who
never count what has been done, but
always seek out the way that more be
done. Those who have been true
friends of the Cathedral rejoice in the
part they already have taken in its
: construction: let their part be still
: wider, that their Joy be still deeper
: Do they miss what they have given?
Do they feel they are the poorer be-
, cause a year or several years age
: they paid their subscription? Have
they not had their joyous compensa
ton in the remembrance of their gen
} erosity, and, most likely, in an III
: crease of temporal blessings as the
gift from the rewarding hand of Him
: who takes as given to Himself what
t is given to religion or to charity
r Some there were, who, in making
: their subscription, did say, that, later
if need occurred, they would be ready
l to enlarge the amount The time ha!
: come that they may do so. | an
greatly mistaken in the confidence
{ put in the noble generosity of those
] who from the beginning have stood b!
D the Cathedral as it's friends and de
e tenders, if this second appeal Of mine
e is not needed, not rewarded with +;
|. quick response.
The first Sunday after Easter, Apri
nth, will be, repeat, the Cathedral
/. own day. pray from my heart tha
as on that day | offer to God the Ca
6 thedral, the gift to Him of it's friends
= and patrons, may be able to say
! is a free building: every stone in it i
paid for: none other than the Lor,
Himself has ownership of it.
: Meanwhile, Beloved Brethren, / ir
! woke upon you, each and every one
! the love and protecting care of Hin
from Whom all good things descend
Who in His own merciful way II
wards by hundred fold whatever. W
= do in recognition of His supreme SOY
y ereignty over us, over all that we ar,
'e over all that we have.
+ JOHN IRELAND,
.. Archbishop of st. Pau
. ST. Paul, January goth, 1915.