The Indian Advocate. (Sacred Heart Mission, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 3, Ed. 1, Sunday, July 1, 1894 Page: 8 of 24
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THE INDIAN ADVOCATE.
These are the noble heroines so out-
rageously maligned and slandered by
bigoted Protestants and infidels. This
is the revenge those noble victims of
persecution took for the wrongs inflicted
on them. Christian charity will shine
before the world in spite of all that
infidelity can do to obscure it.
DON'T WAIT.
If you've anything good to say of a man
Don't wait till he's laid to rest
For the eulogy spoken when hearts are broken
Is an empty thing at the best.
Ah! the blighted flower now drooping lonely
Would perfume the mountain side
If the sun's glad ray had but shone to-day
And the pretty bud espied.
If you've any alms to give to the poor
Don't wait till you hear the cry
Of wan distress in this wilderness
Lest the one you forsake may die.
Oh hearken to Poverty's sad lament!
Be swift her wants to allay;
Don't spurn God's poor from your favored door
As you hope for mercy one day.
If your heart be sickened with sin's affliction
Don't wait to receive sweet balm
From the frail weak man who never can
The storms of passion calm.
Seek refuge in Him who will ne'er despise
The penitent earnest prayer:
Hail blessed relief from tears and grief
And the mind's unceasing care!
Don't wait for another to bear the burden
Of sorrow's irksome load;
Let your hand extend to a stricken friend
As he totters a-down life's road;
And if you can say a kind word to him
Don't wait till he's laid to rest;
For the eulogy spoken when hearts are broken
Is an empty thing at best.
3. J. Donnelly.
PAWHUSKA OSAGE AGENCY.
Sunday April 16 was a gala day for
the Catholics of Pawhuska. Rt. Rev.
Bishop Meerschaert was here on his
pastoral visit and his presence amongst
us is always a treat. The Church was
filled to overflowing both morning and
evening and the Bishop lectured on
different dogmas of our holy faith such
as the Holy Scriptures Infallibility of
the Pope etc. The sermons were
eloquent and convincing and listened
to with great interest and attention.
During High Mass coram cpiscopo
the children all Indians received
First Holy Communion from the hands
of his lordship. The music was beauti-
fully rendered by the Sisters and their
pupils. In the afternoon the Bishop
confirmed eighteen persons three of
whom are converts.
During his stay with us the Rt.
Rev. Bishop received many calls es-
pecially from the full-bloods and he
had a kind word for all of them. They
have great respect for the priest and
especially for the Great Chief as they
call the Bishop.
One of the Indians presented his
grace with a fur cap which he himself
had made out of the skin of a wild
animal which was stretched with the
ears and head left on; it was decked
with feathers and furnished with little
bells and ending in the back with
numbers of skins of small animals cut
into strips rolled and twisted by means
of thread spun from vegetable fiber.
It is quite a curiosity.
"We have two flourishing schools here
for the Indians one for the boys and
one for the girls with about 200
children under the care of the Sisters
of St. Francis who ably and successfully
conducted the schools which are the
only hope for the future of the Church
since the older people whether half-
breeds or full-bloods are not very
practical Catholics. May the Lord
continue to bless the work of those
good Sisters who with so much self-
sacrifice devote themselves to the wel-
fare of our Indians.
D. AV. in Kansas City Catholic
Would you speedily reach the pin-
nacle of perfection learn in earnest to
love humiliations injuries and calum-
nies fit. Ignalitis.
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The Indian Advocate. (Sacred Heart Mission, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 3, Ed. 1, Sunday, July 1, 1894, newspaper, July 1, 1894; Sacred Heart Mission, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc69755/m1/8/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.