^8 Life of The 



individual capacity, and not as Bishop of Chicago; 

 and, therefore, his relatives might, in case of his 

 sudden death, have deprived the Church of its rights, 

 and the poor of the charities intended for them. 



Bishop Quarter had now a charter for his new 

 College, and he wished next to establish an Eccle- 

 siastical Seminary, in which he might educate young 

 men for the holy ministry, in order to supply the 

 wants of his diocese. Great was the dearth of 

 clergymen in it, and all his energies were applied to 

 remove this very serious obstacle to his progress. 

 There was, however, a very great bar in the way of 

 the accomplishment of this his purpose and that 

 was the lack of means to erect the buildings. With 

 a view to procure this means, he left Chicago for 

 New York, early in the April of 1845. He was 

 absent about four months, and during that time 

 he collected a large sum of money, which enabled 

 him to commence the erection of the building. On 

 the 17th of October the foundation of the College 

 and Seminary was begun; so rapidly did the work 

 progress, that on the 2 id of November they were 

 under roof. 



The amount of money that he had collected in 

 the diocese of New York, was not sufficient to 

 enable him to complete these buildings; and, in 

 order to do this, his pastoral of 1846 was directed 

 to his faithful clergymen, directing them to assist 

 him in his undertaking. He says: 



"Although our holy religion advances daily and steadily, 

 under the protecting care of Divine Providence, and although 



