1917 Yearbook
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1917 Yearbook
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One billion pagans are calling to us, "Come save us ere we perish in
the fifthy depths of materialism and unbelief". One hundred thousand
souls go daily before God's judgment seat and each of them may plead,
"We have not so much as heard of a Holy Ghost". And to whom will the
Judge turn for an explanation—an answer? Europe can do nothing; she
cannot care for her own. It is America's hour of probation—will she be
found wanting? Does she so little appreciate the gift of faith that was
brought to her at the price of the blood of the Jogues and Breboefs, and
the hardships and sufferings of a battalion of missioners,—that she does not
care to pass it on to others ? Is she prepared to answer on the final day to
the awful demand, "Where is thy brother?" Will hers be the plea of Cain?
God forbid.
Is America to stand indifferently aloof and see these millions lost to
Christ beyond hope of recovery? We boast of our part in the war,—that
we stand on the side of democracy and freedom; and yet we can read without a blush of shame of the one billion who are slaves, and seem doomed
to remain slaves—the pawns and puppets of an incomparable tyrant. Where
is our vaunted love of freedom and right, where our solicitude for the welfare of humanity? It would seem to be the exclusive property of our separated brethren, who have taken advantage of the present sad state of affairs
to push their own propaganda with ever-increasing vigor. The slavery of
the body has an end; kings can hold the stage for only a brief moment, but
in hell Satan will rule for eternity and his victims shall eternally seek in
vain for respite, their chance of freedom gone forever.
Ask yourself, dear reader, "What am I doing for the cause of Christ?
What am I doing towards the overthrow of the tyrant? Am I worthy to be
named a citizen of Christ's kingdom, or am I not rather—because of my
indifference—to be considered an enemy?" Let us enroll ourselves under
Christ's banner, and let us learn a lesson from the world "wiser than the
children of light", a lesson of efficiency, of united action, and of self-sacrifice
for a cause. REV. B. F. MEYER, 1913,
Maryknoll-of-the-Missions,
Ossinging, N. Y.
Note:—Maryknoll is the Seminary of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of
America for the training of missioners to carry on the work of spreading the gospel in
heathen lands. Fr. Meyer expects to leave for China within the coming year.
the fifthy depths of materialism and unbelief". One hundred thousand
souls go daily before God's judgment seat and each of them may plead,
"We have not so much as heard of a Holy Ghost". And to whom will the
Judge turn for an explanation—an answer? Europe can do nothing; she
cannot care for her own. It is America's hour of probation—will she be
found wanting? Does she so little appreciate the gift of faith that was
brought to her at the price of the blood of the Jogues and Breboefs, and
the hardships and sufferings of a battalion of missioners,—that she does not
care to pass it on to others ? Is she prepared to answer on the final day to
the awful demand, "Where is thy brother?" Will hers be the plea of Cain?
God forbid.
Is America to stand indifferently aloof and see these millions lost to
Christ beyond hope of recovery? We boast of our part in the war,—that
we stand on the side of democracy and freedom; and yet we can read without a blush of shame of the one billion who are slaves, and seem doomed
to remain slaves—the pawns and puppets of an incomparable tyrant. Where
is our vaunted love of freedom and right, where our solicitude for the welfare of humanity? It would seem to be the exclusive property of our separated brethren, who have taken advantage of the present sad state of affairs
to push their own propaganda with ever-increasing vigor. The slavery of
the body has an end; kings can hold the stage for only a brief moment, but
in hell Satan will rule for eternity and his victims shall eternally seek in
vain for respite, their chance of freedom gone forever.
Ask yourself, dear reader, "What am I doing for the cause of Christ?
What am I doing towards the overthrow of the tyrant? Am I worthy to be
named a citizen of Christ's kingdom, or am I not rather—because of my
indifference—to be considered an enemy?" Let us enroll ourselves under
Christ's banner, and let us learn a lesson from the world "wiser than the
children of light", a lesson of efficiency, of united action, and of self-sacrifice
for a cause. REV. B. F. MEYER, 1913,
Maryknoll-of-the-Missions,
Ossinging, N. Y.
Note:—Maryknoll is the Seminary of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of
America for the training of missioners to carry on the work of spreading the gospel in
heathen lands. Fr. Meyer expects to leave for China within the coming year.
Date
1917
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